Topics · Identity · 55 episodes, 43 guests
Many of us walk through our days feeling like a stranger in our own skin. Your whole life, hormones have been orchestrating your mood, your energy and your very sense of self. When you don't feel like yourself during menopause, your body is speaking to you. Try this: gently shake your hands, arms, shoulders, hips and whole body to bring yourself back into your body.
Being a woman is not a diagnosis.
Dr. Aviva Romm, on Episode 45 of Pleasure in the Pause
Here are a few of them, with the episode where we talked about it.
Cynthia Thurlow
Nurse practitioner · Ep 106
Dr. Aviva Romm
Yale-trained MD, midwife, herbalist · Ep 45
Dr. Mariza Snyder
Author, author of The Perimenopause Revolution · Ep 109
Ashley Turner
Ep 86
Carly Mountain
Ep 104
Ana Flores
Ep 8
This is not a list of anti-aging tips. This is a celebration of what it means to grow into yourself, more rooted, more unapologetic, and more alive than ever, while also being real about the moments when the old stories still creep in.
Play episode 97Women going through menopause are two and a half times more likely to initiate divorce. A quarter of them say menopause played a part in why the marriage ended.
Play episode 74From feeling disconnected to vibrant and alive: Marcella Hill's story of transformation will inspire you to wake up to your authentic self.
Play episode 24The distance you feel from your own body in perimenopause is real, it has a name, and it is not a sign that something is wrong with you.
Read the articleFeeling disconnected from your body in perimenopause is common and it is not imagined. Hormonal change affects mood, memory, sleep and sensation, so the body that once felt familiar can start to feel unfamiliar. Clinicians have a name for it. It is a recognized part of the transition, not a personal failing, and the connection can be rebuilt. Read the article
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