Is menopause having a moment in the spotlight, or is it finally getting the re-branding it deserves?
No one prepared me for the life-changing symptoms of&nbs...
This past year I started again. I hadnāt slept around in years but now I do It regularly. I relish the delicious illicitness, that feeling of surrendering to a higher power. The desire is overwhelming at times. When I succumb, I savor the sense that Iām slipping out of myself, completely letting go. I crave the cool Egyptian cotton or silken Italian leather beneath my bare skin before giving myself over.
I confess. Iām a slave to the nap.
Iād like to blame the pandemic. The fear of catching a potentially fatal illness. Or losing someone else to it. Maybe itās age. Iām 65. Iāve lived a lot. Run too many miles, hit too many tennis balls, worked too many all-nighters. But I think itās more a capitulation, an acknowledgement that itās okay to be tired. Napping has become my friend....
Today I spoke again withĀ Certified Menopause Practitioners Dr. Claudia Levine and Nurse Practitioner Kate MacGlaughlin of Menopause Jewel Box about our changin...
Bedding technology has changed and it's a big improvement and truly helping me get a better night's sleep.Ā Ā In my 20's and 30's I never thought getting a goo...
Over this past year I have become an Ambassador for taking Collagen and in particular a product Collagen For Her and here is why.
We all know that our skin i...
Itās time to learn how hormones play a role in our changing bodies and ourselves. Do you know about Estradiol, that after 10 years post menopause it may be to...
Everyoneās menopause evolution is unique. Some women may have sweltering hot flashes in their forties, while others may be subject to jolting mood swings well b...
Perimenopausal hormonal mood surges are insidious. They didnāt announce themselves as something that had changed in my body. It just felt like it had always been this way. I began to wonder whether I had ever been any different. Itās like a personal form of gaslighting!
So, itās such a relief to realise that Iām not having a nervous breakdown, am not an awful, angry anti-social person, donāt have to cancel my life, and can find ways to cope.
My hope with writing this article is that you find some comfort and normalisation...
Did he notice? Did he see the flush that rose onto my cheeks, stained my forehead crimson? I backed away. I needed air. I debated running outside into the snow. I threw off my coat. If I could have taken my boots and shirt off, I would have. Wool socks inside my furry boots seemed like such a good idea when I left the house....
āOh look at her. Thatās a nice big side of bacon.ā I heard the guys chortle behind me as I walked up the beach walkway. I had tried to avoid walking in front of them in my frayed cut-off jean shorts but somehow Iād failed. And in that way that men felt entitled to comment on a womanās body...
There was absolutely no way I was going to state my weight in front of my husband, the pilot and 6 other passengers, but the truth was that I didnāt know what I weighed because I hadnāt stepped on a scale in two years. I was rattled because the stakes were so high. I needed to pick a number that was as large as I thought I looked because I didnāt want to bring the plane down....
If there is one experience which
characterizes the worst of menopause, for a lot of women, it is hot flashes.
Youāre laying in bed trying to sleep, or you are ...
This topic comes up every time I hang out with women my age."I thought when I stopped getting my period it would be so amazing. I thought I would be so happy to be done with thinking about it." ...
Most women will go through āthe changeā between the ages of 45 and 55. The symptoms can often include vaginal dryness and stress urinary incontinence, which can result in discomfort during sex, less desire to have sex and a difficulty in reaching orgasm....
