Explaining Menopause
Living in a culture where youth is celebrated and wisdom of age has lost its importance, getting older is a huge hurdle to overcome. Loss of fertility is like a stamp of an expiration date imprinted on women.
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How Long Does Menopause Last?
Perimenopause s a phase when you can see or feel the first changes to your period and body. It can last anywhere from 10 years to a few months. Nevertheless, you need to be prepared and know what can and will happen during this stage in your life.
Lower Back & Joint Pain Causes
Our modern diet is filled with so many inflammatory-causing artificial substances that the list is endless. Starting from all kinds of sugars, additives, preservatives, artificial coloring, artificial flavors, and of course, all the artificial fats and so on. The worst of them being trans fats.
SI Joint Pain Caused by Food?
Si joint pain is usually first experienced after childbirth and later in perimenopause and menopause. The usual causes are hormonal imbalance and weight gain in pregnancy and later in life.
Do It! You deserve it!
We are caretakers all of our adult life. Perimenopause and menopause are periods in our lives where taking better care of ourselves is necessary. Pampering yourself is a must because it is one of the ways to invest in aging well.
Why Exercise in Menopause?
Exercise in menopause not only helps with many menopause symptoms but also makes aging easier, healthier, and happier.
Getting Through Menopause Happily: How I reinvented myself
I reached menopause in my mid-forties with a far more emotional reaction than I was used to having. All of a sudden, I found that I had to manage my energy carefully, that I had to say ‘no’ more often in order to stay balanced. Initially, I also had the feeling that my youth and attractiveness was fading.
The Internal Inferno
You are going on with your day, minding your own business when this uneasy feeling of heat starts. It is rising from deep inside you and is spreading so quickly as if a heat bomb had just exploded. That is how most women experience hot flashes.
Brain Fog – When Brain Feels Like Cotton Wool
Memory issues and difficulty concentrating experienced by women in their 40’s often referred to as brain fog is a perimenopause symptom.
Mood Swings – The Ups and Downs of Menopause
The fluctuation of estrogen and progesterone can cause mood swings, irritability and sometimes, even feelings of depression or anxiety. Think pre-menstrual symptoms on steroids!