Jan 7, 2025
This is not a business book however an important book for every woman and everyone who has a woman in their life (I’m talking to you men!) to listen to or read. I listened to it this past summer and what a difference it has made in my life.
Perimenopause and Menopause are not talked about enough and so many women suffer needlessly. Women spend 1/3 – ½ of their life in this stage and so little research and studies have been done surrounding this. Conversations need to happen, studies need to be done, and doctors need the knowledge to help women. And as always, we each need to advocate for ourselves and educate ourselves.
I learned that so many of the symptoms I was experiencing that I thought were due to aging were due to my hormones. I had spoken to my Dr. over a year ago about hot flashes and he had just brushed it off. When I came back to him last fall with all of the symptoms I was experiencing that were likely due to perimenopause, he listened and suggested I start HRT (hormone replacement therapy).
Literally within 2 days, I felt so much better. I hadn’t realized how exhausted and poorly I felt as it had all come on gradually. I explained it to Doug that it wasn’t a “tired” from not having enough sleep, but a tired right down to the bone level. Within 2 days, bam! Energy!
Hot flashes (and I’m talking the kind that when I got into a car, the windshield would fog up lol), gone. Sleep better. Moods better. Brain fog better. Joint pain better.
HRT is not for everyone and there are different formats, so you need to discuss it with your Dr. and if you Dr. isn’t educated in this area, find another one who can help you.
Whatever you choose to do, this book will help shed so much light on the changes you are going through (I think every woman should read it) or the women in your life are going through.