What I Love About Menopause – Understanding What Menopause Is
Have a financial health check-up. This is an area many women find intimidating, but it is a crucial part of your personal life picture. If you don’t understand what’s happening with your money, chances are you won’t have very much of it. Talk to your local bank or business bureau for information about upcoming seminars and training sessions. You may also like Suze Orman’s website.
Don’t be afraid to express yourself. You’ve got a lot to say! A majority of women at this time find they no longer have patience for the incessant demands of others; they are more in touch with their emotions, including anger, and begin to figure out that now is the time to put themselves and their own well-being first. This is a good thing! Besides, you’ve earned the right to speak your mind — it’s one of the perks of being on the planet a little longer. Start a journal or buy a sketchbook and record your thoughts as you make this journey. Most of all enjoy yourself and have a little fun!
Go ahead, be high-maintenance! This can mean many things, from treating yourself to some expensive bath oil or a new haircut to exploring plastic surgery. Often women go through such an amazing emotional transformation at menopause that they feel their outside doesn’t reflect their inside anymore. (We do recommend you start from the inside out — not the other way ‘round!)
If there is something that doesn’t feel like the real you (maybe you’re hiding your inner redhead), change it. At age 58, one of my patients finally spent the money to get a bunion shaved off her foot that she’d had for 20 years. No one saw it, but she knew — and it made her feel great.
Read and learn as much as you can. There are many wonderful books on Women to Women’s reading list on menopause. I also like Suzanne Somers’ The Sexy Years. Another lovely book edited by Connie Goldman called The Ageless Spirit, gathers essays about getting older — from both men and women — that are very inspirational.
A final word on menopause and post-menopause
Whatever age you are right now, I encourage you to look inside and listen to your body’s signals. If you are unhealthy or unhappy, don’t ignore it or surrender. If you are worried about menopause, or post-menopause, ask yourself why? Whose voice are you hearing when you think about aging?
Changing your perspective on what it means to get older is a powerful first step in changing how you will age. I can’t promise that you will ever be 21 again, but I can promise you that if you eat well, take your nutrients, and make some positive lifestyle choices, you will be something — triumphantly — else.
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