Menopause Health

From the bestselling author of ‘Mum, What’s Wrong with You?’ comes a witty, compelling, honest and reassuring guide to living a magnificent midlife. Tackling everything from empty nest, career reinvention, sex, marriage, brain fog, burnout, perimenopause and menopause this laugh-out-loud memoir is a pathfinder for women whose messy midlife rage caught them by surprise. With advice from experts, celebrities and personal stories, the book will help women feel less alone as they embrace this liberating and transformational new stage of life.

Menopause hit Darcey Steinke hard. First came hot flashes. Then insomnia. Then depression. As she struggled to understand what was happening to her, she slammed up against a culture of silence and sexism. Some books promoted hormone replacement therapy. Others encouraged accepting the coming crone. Beyond that, there was little that offered a path to understanding menopause in a complex, spiritual, and intellectually engaged way.

In this definitive guide, Dr. Rosemary Leonard debunks some of the myths surrounding the menopause, including why perimenopause is a layman's term, and the pros and cons of HRT. Rosemary discusses the best approaches to the menopause and whether drugs, holistic remedies or other forms of treatment will work best for the individual. Covering everything from hot flushes, changes to your menstrual bleeding pattern, and how to tackle sex after menopause to advice on alternative remedies.

Hot flashes, loss of libido, and weight gain getting you down? You’re not alone. Millions of women around the world experience the unfortunate symptoms of what I jokingly refer to as puberty: round two—minus the teenage angst and obligatory nose rings. Join the club! Seriously, you don’t have a choice here. And congratulations! You are now the proud owner of a new body that needs to be nurtured and accepted into your life just as you nurtured and accepted that angsty, emotional teen version of you.

"He escrito este libro para quien esté viviendo la menopausia y esté pensando qué demonios le pasa, y para quien vaya a pasarla y quiera estar preparada y así, no llegue a ese periodo a ciegas, como me ocurrió a mí." Así arranca este relato personalísimo de Naomi Watts. Irreverente, valiente y reconfortante, Me atrevo a contarlo es la compañía que toda mujer necesita para abrazar la mejor versión de sí misma al entrar en el periodo más satisfactorio y poderoso de su vida.

Para muchas mujeres, la menopausia es un terreno incierto, más cercano a una enfermedad o una tortura que una etapa vital digna de ser disfrutada. Sin embargo, cuando disponemos de las herramientas y la orientación adecuadas, es posible transformar radicalmente esta experiencia.

The menopause for many women is a daunting time of change, of unexpected health challenges, of rollercoaster emotions and unprecedented shifts in how we feel physically and emotionally. But we emerge wiser than before, and stronger than we know. For many, the years immediately post-menopause bring other seismic changes too - empty nests, re-evaluated careers, losses and gains as individual as we are. The decade that takes us from our early 50s to early 60s is a time for us to take stock, to power ahead, to decide who we are and how we want to live as we face the future.

In her first book, nutritionist and naturopath Jenn Salib Huber gives the millions of women in perimenopause or menopause a clear path to using research-based information about food choices to alleviate their symptoms. Salib Huber teaches readers to manage the symptoms of menopause—night sweats, brain fog, and more—with foods they have in their kitchens already.

Las mujeres que han vivido la transición menopáusica, ¿qué opinan sobre esta época de su vida? ¿Se puede aprender de esta experiencia y rebatir los discursos oficiales? ¿Cuáles son los aspectos experimentados positivamente y cuáles se reconocen como negativos? ¿Qué estrategias han elaborado para atravesarla con bienestar? En este texto la autora ofrece una versión desdramatizada acerca de la edad de la renovación a partir de las voces de las propias mujeres, quienes reflexionan sobre la relación entre menopausia, deseo y sexualidad y los temores con los que se afronta esta vivencia en nuestra cultura.

From the host of Medicine or Myth? and Embarrassing Bodies Down Under. Night sweats, hot flushes, anxiety, insomnia, exhaustion, itchy skin, low libido, painful sex. Any of these sound familiar? Ninety per cent of women experience these symptoms some time between the ages of 40 and 60, but shhhhh...just suck it up, princess. And nobody mention the M word. Menopause and perimenopause (the hormonal roller-coaster years leading up to a woman's last period) are among our last taboo subjects.

Understand menopause with all its changes and challenges - and choose practices and treatments to make this next stage in your wellness journey healthy, positive, and joyful. Your menopause is unique to you - a milestone on your personal well-being journey. A lucky few will breeze through it, but for most women, this time of hormonal upheavals throws up a variety of challenging symptoms. Understand menopause better and find the right combination of resources for you - to stay physically, mentally, and spiritually well throughout.

Does perimenopause have you feeling out of control or as though you're losing your ever-loving mind? You're not alone. Up to 80% of women experience disruptive physical and psychological symptoms during this transition. If you're feeling overwhelmed by mood swings, hot flashes or sleep disturbances, this book offers real solutions. Inside, you'll discover the underlying hormonal shifts driving these changes, and—more importantly—practical, evidence-based strategies to regain control of your health and well-being.

Midlife doesn't have to mean crisis, chaos or confusion. In fact, research shows that women become happier with every decade of their lives. Discover the incredible possibilities of the female brain during the second half of life, redefine the perimenopause and menopause, and access your most vital, confident phase yet. Bestselling author and clinical professor of psychiatry Dr Louann Brizendine dives deep into how the female brain changes for the better during midlife and debunks myths and misinformation to create a revolutionary new framework for this life stage.

Are you tired of battling hot flashes and mood swings? Wondering if there's a natural way to manage menopause symptoms without feeling overwhelmed? "Effortless Menopause for the Savvy Woman" offers science-backed solutions to help you regain your physical and mental vitality with ease.

Menopause is not the end of the road – it's a new beginning filled with opportunities for growth, self-discovery, and empowerment. Embracing this change is not a sign of weakness but a testament to the strength and resilience that women possess. Just as warriors adapt to new battlefields, women can adapt to the changes of menopause, emerging stronger and more empowered than ever before.

Dr Annice Mukherjee is a top UK hormone specialist with nearly 30 years of experience. She went through the menopause at just 41 following a breast cancer diagnosis. In this audiobook, she combines her medical expertise and personal experience to develop an essential menopause toolkit offering balanced, practical and comprehensive advice designed for our modern world.

As a woman of a certain age, you know menopause is coming, but when those symptoms hit you, you’re never really prepared. Menopause tends to strike fear in a woman’s heart, but it doesn’t have to be scary! Sure, the symptoms are uncomfortable, but it’s a time of transition to the next phase of your life.

Unlock long-term health and wellbeing with Intermittent Fasting, even if menopausal weight gain and aging seem like obstacles! Are you a woman over 50 struggling with weight gain, frustrated by diet trends that don’t work, or concerned about the impact of aging? You’re not alone, and there is a natural, proven way to help you manage menopausal weight gain, improve health, and age gracefully.

Until a diagnosis of early menopause in her late twenties, Harriet spent much of her young life feeding neuroses and insecurities with obsessive internet searching (including compulsive googling of exes, prospective partners, and their exes), and indulging in whirlwind ‘parasocial relationships’ (translation: one-sided affairs with celebrities she has never met).

In this engaging book, expert health writer Niki Bezzant shares the latest specialist research and advice along with personal stories from real women to answer the most important questions women have about the hottest of topics. From bodies to mental health, alcohol to our stressful working lives, fertility to relationships, natural remedies to HRT, she dispels the myths and confusion around menopause - with a healthy side-serve of calling out sexism, snake-oil and bullshit along the way - and explains how to get the best help, for you.