My post from a few weeks ago, Learn to Make Peace with Your Aging Body, provoked some stimulating conversation—online, in person, and in my own head. So many nuances related to this came up for me that I decided to turn create a blog series on this topic. If you missed the original post, you…… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Menopause/Power Surge
Learn to Make Peace with Your Aging Body
About a year ago I put on my favorite black pants (you know, the ones that look good with everything, casual or dressy) and realized they just didn’t fit the same. Too tight, pinching at the waist. I’m sure this has happened to you before—it certainly wasn’t my first go ’round with jeans getting tight.…… Continue Reading
Is Menopause a Hero’s Journey
A few weeks ago I commemorated the four-year anniversary of the day I packed my trusty Nissan Altima with as many belongings as I could fit, and drove away from the comfortable life I had known for the last three decades. As I wrote to my e-letter readers, it only took about 50 miles on…… Continue Reading
An Ally From PMS To Menopause: More About Progesterone Cream
If your interest was piqued by my first post on progesterone cream – a substance that many women find to be a hormone balancing panacea – read on for more about how progesterone cream may or may not be for you. That post explained natural, biodentical progesterone cream is, and why it can relieve crazy-making…… Continue Reading
Progesterone Cream for Menopausal Symptoms – Can It Bring Back your Juiciness? (Part 1)
photo: Matthew Kenwrick If herbs and other natural remedies aren’t quite doing the job to cool your hot flashes, mellow your mood swings, or to relieve other symptoms of (peri)menopause – but you’re not quite ready to get synthetic HRT – there is a middle path. Have you tried out natural progesterone cream? You may have…… Continue Reading
Wondering Where You Misplaced Your Vitality? Win A Free Radiance Session!
photo: Kenneth Dagenais I talk a lot on this blog about looking and feeling radiant. That comes from the inside out, so I share quite a bit more than simply my stash of herbal and natural wellness tips. I also write about that confrontation with our internal obstacles, those gremlins that keep us stuck and…… Continue Reading
Your Friend The Kegel: Natural Solutions For Urinary Incontinence
photo: Daniela Vladimirova Shh! It’s embarrassing! But there – I said it: urinary incontinence. Isn’t it strange that a condition that affects up to a third of all women, especially those over 40, is such a hush-hush topic? Well let’s face it, no one wants to talk about the tendency to pee their pants whenever…… Continue Reading
Disappearing Act
photo: Helga Weber Can you recall the single most terrifying moment of your life? If you’re like me there are plenty of those heart-stopping instants. The day your car skidded off the road, the first time you stepped in front of a crowd to deliver a speech. To utter the words, “I Love You,” to…… Continue Reading
Find Your Balance Through The Midlife Transformation
photo: stephcarter The sun is now in Libra – the sign of balance. I just celebrated my birthday, and I’m definitely the classic Libra when it comes to that desire for harmony and balance. All my life I’ve weighed each decision with utmost care – scrutinizing each pro and con. I’m always trying to balance…… Continue Reading
Hot Flash Blues? Try This Everyday Supplement.
photo: Perfecto Insecto Wouldn’t it be great to eliminate those hot flashes without drugs and chemicals? If you’ve been following my “Power Surge” series on natural remedies for menopause, you remember that I found amazing relief from my own flashes and night sweats with the Peruvian herb/food called maca. (If you missed this, you can…… Continue Reading