Following on from Part 2 of my story from last week. The story so far….. I was not sleeping. I burned out. I had to leave my teaching job which I loved. What was going on for me? Menopause! Stats say that 20% of women suffer severe symptoms. I had to take charge of my...
Following on from Part 1 of my story from last week. The story so far…. I was not sleeping. I burned out. I had to leave my teaching job which I loved. What was going on for me? Put simply….it was menopause ….. more accurately…. It was my attitude towards menopause. I...
It was a cold Sydney winters day. We had just arrived back from a month in Greece. It was a beautiful red-hot summer there. I thought the holiday would be the antidote…..but it wasn’t! I slid down the shower wall and began to sob. As the water poured over my head and...
I have recently finished a fantastic book (finally…it was a biggy). It was written by a prominent American obstetrician and gynaecologist, Christiane Northrup and it is an absolute wealth of information! It is called The Wisdom of Menopause. Here is a woman who has...
I don’t think my poor husband knew what was happening! One minute I would be loving and kind ….and then the next ….I would be the bitch from hell. Let’s face it….everything can change during perimenopause and menopause. Relationships change, marriages fall apart, and...