Menopause Journeys, Menopause Symptoms
Menopause can come with a few extra pounds and a lot of new stress. Ideally, you’d hit the gym, but between fatigue, the cost, and your already busy life, how are you supposed to do that? Somatic exercises and wall pilates take some of the pressure off of working out...
Menopause Journeys, Menopause Symptoms
Menopause is tough on its own, but when you throw attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) into the mix, it ups the challenge. Hormones wreak havoc on your brain. When you’re going through one of the biggest hormonal changes of your life, you might see changes...
Menopause Journeys, Menopause Symptoms
Rosacea is a chronic skin condition that, for many, becomes prevalent during menopause. Unless you’ve found a way to manage it, it can act like an unpredictable guest crashing the party on your face, neck, or chest. Whether it gives you that permanent blush effect or...
Menopause Journeys, Menopause Symptoms
You’ve tried to muddle through the hot flashes, mood swings, insomnia, and changes to your body on your own. After all, you knew you’d go through menopause someday. You hope you’ll get a break eventually, but in the meantime, you feel like menopause is making you...
Menopause Journeys, Redefining You
Menopause is natural for many people assigned female at birth—not just people who identify as women. Treating it as a body process rather than a marker of being a woman can make lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) people feel...
Menopause Symptoms, Peri-menopause
As women enter their 40s and 50s, shifting hormone levels during the transition into menopause can trigger a host of bothersome physical and emotional changes that disrupt quality of life. Termed “perimenopause,” this transitional period is characterized by...
Menopause Symptoms, What The Bleep Happened
As we journey through life, there comes a time when our bodies go on a fascinating yet challenging adventure called menopause. It’s a phase filled with changes—both exhilarating and, let’s admit, a bit perplexing. If you find yourself at the threshold of...
Hot & Sweaty, Menopause Symptoms, Partner
Do You Get Hot Flashes Upon Waking Up? It’s 6:19 a.m. I’m lying in bed, snuggled up and cosy, gradually waking up to the sounds of birds greeting the morning. At precisely 6:20 a.m., our alarm goes off. I roll over to silence it, turn to greet my husband,...
Menopause Journeys, Menopause Symptoms
Ah, menopause – the rollercoaster ride that takes every woman on a different journey. As if hot flashes, mood swings, and night sweats weren’t enough, some lucky ladies experience changes in body odour, a bonus menopause effect, shall we call it. Fear not,...
Menopause Journeys, Menopause Symptoms
Menopause is commonly called “The Change,” and for good reason. This transitional time leading to the cessation of the menstrual cycle can be challenging, with physical and emotional symptoms ranging from uncomfortable to debilitating. Fortunately, natural...
