Time to let it all out! It’s okay to feel like menopause sucks! Not everyone goes through this transition gracefully.
But know this truth: there are soooooo many tips and tricks to help things settle down, even if just a little bit. You got this!!
Notable Quotes
Things, events that never bothered me now make me want to poke them in the eye. Have long internal conversations about calming down, telling myself nothing new going on. No reason to lose my mind.
Theresa
Dealing with elderly parents, college-age kids and CoVID-19 is a real “shit show.”
Lynn
Lack of community for women like me…relatively younger but dealing with all of this pain and change and restriction.
Laura
More Information
Blog posts tagged as stress & life changes:- Resilience
- Do You Laugh at Your Mistakes?
- Creating a Daily Oasis
- Do You Remember?
- How to Regroup After the Storm
- Menopause & Military Stories?
- Thriving As We Age: Ease of Mind
- The 2 Susans—A New Newsletter!
- A Few Thoughts on Aging…
- How Gratitude Can Improve Your (Dental) Health
- Art & Medicine: Eggs as Art—the Back Story
- A Spin on the C-Suite!
- MenoBits #2: Managing Stress During Menopause
- Breaking Ground (Revamp)
- Creating Magical Moments
- Managing Response to Trauma
- Feeling Stuck?
- The Walk
- There are Always Flowers
- The Backyard Oasis
- The Magic of Human Connections
- 5 Tips to Boost Your Immune System Today
- Why I Went Into Medicine
- Finding Your Inner Courage
- The Pandemic: The Ultimate Catalyst for Shifting My Medical Career
- myMDadvocate Turns One!
- A Personal Retrospective in Three Parts
- A Personal Retrospective in Three Parts. Part Three: Humor
- A Personal Retrospective in Three Parts. Part Two: Joy
- A Personal Retrospective in Three Parts. Part One: Empathy
- The Power of a Diagnosis
- Put This on Your Fridge!
- Mosaic Wisdom
- The True Art of Medicine
- Breaking Ground
- Please Stop Saying ‘Provider’!
- COVID Kindness
- Managing Trauma
- 5 Minutes of Movement
- The Hidden World of Chronic Disease
- Don’t Delay!
- Forest Bathing with a Twist
- The Final Sneak Peek!
- The Gift
- How I Lost 20 Pounds Without Trying
- Connectivity, Part 2
- Perimenopause from a Naturopathic Medicine Perspective
- Connectivity
- Crisis Hotlines
- A Medieval Menopause Story!
- Nature Therapy Break, Part 2
- Nature Therapy Mini-Break
- Finding Your Inner Courage
- Your lack of motivation is NOT the problem and “laziness” isn’t real!
- The Pandemic: The Ultimate Catalyst for Shifting My Medical Career
- Gifts & Opportunities: A personal retrospective of one woman’s menstrual journey
- How to Unplug
- Recovering From Surgery? Check in With Your Gut First.
- Get Out of Brain Fog and Harness Your Brain Power
- Opportunity Knocks
- Tips to Combat Insomnia and Hormonal Sleep Disruption
- Two Menopause Haiku for You!
- A Midlife State of Mind
- Getting from the Couch to Consistency
- Stress and its Impact on Everything (Including Weight!)
- Four Tips to Focus on for Improved Sleep During Perimenopause
- Creating Your Own Daily Oasis
- Menopause! The Conference.
- Autumn Splendor
- How to Effectively Work with Your Healthcare Team
- Reset/Recharge Podcast
- Creating a Multidimensional Career
- I Love Learning Podcast
- A Renaissance Medicine Woman & Entrepreneurial Physician Advocate
- Message in the Middle: Navigating Menopause
- Voices of Women Physicians
- Purposeful MD Podcast: Navigating Menopause
- What Medical Students Need to Know About Mastering Menopause
- Perimenopause: Sleep, Stress & Mental Health
- Becoming Immune Confident: The Menopause Menu
- Confidence Through Change
- Menopause: does it ever end?
- Bedside Manner Podcast
- Much Ado About Menopause
- I Want to Age With Intent
- I Need Caregiver Support
- I can’t find a PCP!
- Menopause: Feeling like a Broken Record?
- From Shakespeare to…Rap?
- Menopause: A Weighty Matter
- Lecture #68: Managing Priorities: Tools & Tips to Help You Overcome Overwhelm and Keep First Things First
- Lecture #3: Hypnosis for Weight Management Support
- Lecture #26: Force of Habit: making them, breaking them and our relationship with health
- Lecture #42: Chronic Wellness: Staying Motivated in the Midst of Chronic Medical Conditions
- Lecture #56: Life Athlete – Wisdom to Pursue Improved Physical Vitality
- Lecture #37: Steps to De-clutter and Organize Your Home
- Lecture #55: A Fireside Chat with Rev. Jennifer Daugherty on Inner Strength and Finding Hope in Challenging Times
- Lecture #43: Coaching Yourself Toward Wellness: Simple Tools to Enhance All Areas of Your Life
- Lecture #70: Nature Therapy
- Lecture #48: Unstoppable: Trench-Tested Tools to Thrive During Times of Tremendous Change
- YMCA Leadership Lecture: A Fresh Perspective on Failure and Success
- Lecture #62: How to Leverage Humor to be a Better Leader
- Lecture #10: Breathing Your Way Into Health
Additional Video Links: A great tip from MenopauseMenu fan Aleta: enjoy watching live otters on the Seattle Aquarium otter cam and Monterey Bay Aquarium otter cam – a great mini-break in your busy day! Another fun one is the jelly fish live cam at Vancouver, BC Aquarium – very soothing.
Video Link: How to Meditate in a Moment by Martin Boroson is a wonderful 5 minute demonstration video…that works!
Resources:
- A great podcast called The Happiness Lab by Yale professor Dr Laurie Santos will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surprising and inspiring stories that will forever alter the way you think about happiness.
- A few great Apps for you to consider: Insight Timer (free App for sleep, anxiety and stress), Calm (inexpensive App for sleep), and Headspace (inexpensive App for meditation).
- A nice resource is the website Choose Help with a great post by John Lee Using Coping Cards and Coping Statements to Improve Mental Health.
- Here is a simple 10 minute walking meditation to try from the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, adapted from a guided walking meditation led by mindfulness expert Jon Kabat-Zinn.
- Daniel Cordero, PhD’s article What if You Pursued Contentment Rather Than Happiness is an insightful read.
- If you have just five minutes, try this Fierce Self-Compassion Break next time you find yourself overly stressed and wound-up.
Wild Card: A tip from a MenopauseMenu fan: Rachel Hoffman’s website Unfuck Your Habitat is a refreshing place to visit.