Shifting Our Shit (S.O.S)

About Shifting Our Shit (S.O.S)

Shifting Our Shit (S.O.S.) is a podcast focusing on how we can incorporate mindfulness-based, and related, practices into everyday life. Megan Bayles Bartley, LMFT is a licensed mental health therapist who focuses not on giving listeners "more to do" but to "think of things in new ways". She shares personal and professional stories, humor, and tips that will help enhance aspects of one's life. Skilled at balancing heavy topics with humor and lightness, Megan offers mental health and mindfulness "tools for your toolbox to handle all of life's stressors".

Publisher

Megan B. Bartley, LMFT, Founding Director of The Mindfulness Center

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

26 Aug 2022

Latest episode

7 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

91 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Sept 2026

   S6E6: Where to Start With Perimenopause

   Where Do I Even Start? A Real Plan for the Overwhelm of Perimenopause You forgot your own PIN. Cried at a dog food commercial. Sweated through your bra at the grocery store checkout. You are not losing your mind — your hormones are. If you've landed here mid-scroll, phone hot in your hand, wondering "is this normal or is something actually wrong with me," we want you to exhale. This is Episode 6 of Shifting Our Shit, and this week Elizabeth McCormack and I (Megan Bayles Bartley) slowed all the way down to talk about the thing nobody warns you about: the sheer overwhelm of midlife. Not just the hot flashes — the relationship strain, the brain fog, the sense that you're suddenly managing five fires at once with none of your old tools. Here's the truth: you don't have to fix everything today. You just have to find your chief complaint. Start With the Loudest Fire Ask yourself: if one thing got better in the next six months, what would it be? Sleep? Your marriage? Your energy? Pick the fire burning hottest and start there. You don't need a hundred-point plan — you need one honest answer. Walk Into the Doctor's Office Prepared Perimenopause brain fog is real, and it will absolutely make you forget everything the second the white coat walks in. Go in with your symptom list already written: what, how intense, how often, how long. Get specific. And if your provider brushes you off? Get a second opinion. Not all doctors — or therapists — are created equal, and finding the right fit is worth the extra effort. Resign as Cruise Director So much of the overwhelm isn't hormonal — it's structural. You've been running the show: gifts, groceries, laundry, the mental load of an entire household. It's time to hand some of it back. Show your people the path, then step off it. Let the wrapping look messy. Let someone else load the dishwasher wrong. Offloading only works if you fully let go. Trust Yourself First Your gynecologist shouldn't be giving marriage advice, and your favorite influencer isn't a substitute for a licensed provider. Get reliable information from trusted, credentialed sources — then check it against your own body. If something feels confusing or off, that's a signal worth listening to, not something to explain away. You are allowed to lower the bar and still hold high standards. You are allowed to stop apologizing for taking up less space in everyone else's needs. Pick your fire. Start there. Want the Full Conversation? Elizabeth and I go so much deeper on this in Episode 6 of Shifting Our Shit — including how to talk to a partner whose hormones aren't swinging the way yours are, and why your algorithm might be lying to you about how "normal" this all is. Listen now, and grab our free download of the products, providers, and resources we swear by on the podcast page.

2. 

   24 Aug 2026

   SOS S6E5(2): Perimenopause Earthquake on Relationships

   Continued conversation from S6 E5(1)

3. 

   17 Aug 2026

   SOS S6E5(1): Perimenopause and Relationships

   There's a specific 90-minute window in my house — 3:30 to 5:30pm — where I am not okay to hug, not up for small talk, and definitely not equipped to calmly explain why the frozen-pizza dinner plan fell apart again. I call it my witching hour. If you're in perimenopause or menopause and your partner is standing there confused, hurt, or bracing for impact, this one's for you. Here's the analogy I keep coming back to: men have a baseline of testosterone humming along fairly consistently. Our hormones? More like an EKG machine — spiking, dropping, doing something different every single day. That constant shift is exactly why the same conversation that felt totally fine on Monday can feel unbearable by Thursday at 4pm. It's not inconsistency. It's biology. The men in our lives often go through their own version of this — the classic midlife crisis, the sports car, the sudden need for adventure. Ours looks different: reassessing identity, body image, libido, and what we can and can't control, all while our emotional "scale" gets turned up. Sounds like you? So what actually helps? Give this episode a listen to find out things that help!

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

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