by Tess Oliver | May 18, 2021 | Menopause Nightmares, Weight Wrangler
How did I get so chubby? Will exercise help? Want to know what are the best exercises for building bone density/muscle mass over 50? Find out what the evidence says! It can all seem so unfair when you reach the menopausal stages and your body changes all by itself... by Trudy Rankin | Sep 30, 2019 | Sex, Somatic Siren, What The Bleep Happened
The impact of sexual problems on a woman and on her relationship with herself and others can be significant. No one is immune. Sadly, a lot of our problems with sex, libido and menopause are reported with an astonishing oversimplification of complicated phenomena.... by Trudy Rankin | Jul 2, 2019 | Menopause Nightmares, Menopause Symptoms, Sleepless & Tired, What The Bleep
Actually it felt more like I was awake from 2013 to 2019. It may have been longer. Sleeplessness is a great leveller. It’ll level anyone and anything that gets in its path. Once upon a time, there was a lady who was a great sleeper. She could sleep and sleep and... by Trudy Rankin | Jun 12, 2019 | Family, Menopause Symptoms, Weight Wrangler
My mum had her first heart attack at age 61. In 1988 Mum had 3 separate cardiac events; 2 heart attacks and a cardiac arrest. Lucky for Mum (and the family) she had the cardiac arrest in a Coronary Care ward at a hospital where there was easy access to defibrillators... by Trudy Rankin | May 28, 2019 | 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 … and... by Trudy Rankin | Mar 18, 2019 | Hot & Sweaty, Menopause Symptoms, Pet Peeves, Work
Imagine this… You’re at work, in an important meeting with your boss. You want to come across as cool, calm and collected. But right at the worst possible moment, you feel that dreaded heat starting somewhere in your middle and rising rapidly towards your...