I am Not Old, I am in the Prime of my Life

For those of you over the age of 50, do you believe that? This is the prime of your life? Think about it, we have accumulated a vast amount of knowledge and are still learning, we have raised a family and, for the most part, the kids are on their own and self supporting, we are approaching the end of working for an employer (or already have) and have the freedom of schedule. Think of all the dreams we can fulfill now that we had to put off for some responsibility or other.

So why do so many women not feel this is their prime? Are they slowing down, muscles hurt, bones ache, memory is poor? Do they feel lonely? Is their immune system shot and they keep getting sick? Ladies, we have been mistreated and misled by the medical world and we need to grab the bull by the horns and take back our health and stamina. Turns out, we don't have to feel this way and being placated to and told you are just aging is baloney.

I am going to write a series of blogposts here on what my research and study has taught me about menopause (and perimenopause), what is happening, why and what can we do. I hope you'll stick with me and learn something new that can help you take your life back by the horns. Share it with your female friends and lets demand an improvement in women's health.

First.... some definitions:

Perimenopause: the span of years when a woman's ovaries are running out of eggs and as a result, her production of hormones are wildly fluctuating.

Menopause: Ovaries are out of eggs and estrogen production shuts down, usually between the ages of 45-55 years.

Post menopausal: After one full year of having no menstural periods at all

To really understand what is happening during these stages, I encourage you to watch this podcast on Youtube. Dr. Peter Attia is interviewing Dr Rachel Rubin on menopause.

https://youtu.be/W0XW6av2wLQ?si=YdlYp2u8IsokznW1

It is 2 hours long but a great background so we are on the same page as we move forward in our discussion

In Celtic cultures, the young maiden was seen as the flower; the mother, the fruit; teh elder woman, the seed. The seed is the part that contains the knowledge and potential of all the other parts within it. The role of the postmenopausal woman is to go forth and reseed the community with her concentrated kernel of truth and wisdom.

In some native cultures, menopausal women were felt to retain their "wise blood", rather than shed it cyclically and were therefore considered more powerful than mensturating women. (Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom. by Christiane Northrup, MD)

Isn't that a beautiful way to see this stage of life? I'm telling ya, attitude and the way we choose to see things makes all the difference.

Okay, go watch that youtube post and We will talk about symptoms you can see at these different stages (and why) and detail about estrogen, progesterone and testosterone hormones.

See ya in a couple days.