My Menopause Blog

Two conversations stuck out recently.

There were three of us. We were referencing a slight acquaintance that we knew or perhaps didn’t know equally.

Me: She seems sad.

He: That’s funny, I thought she was shy.

Her: Really? I got the idea she was stuck up.

Second conversation, different person.

She: It’s always good to look at the other perspective.

Me: You make it sound like there’s only two ways of looking at this. I suspect there is thousands.

She: How can you take in more than two perspectives?

Me: How can’t you?

Neither of these conversations were about menopause. But they could have been. As it stands they illustrate how rigid or limited beliefs impact our understanding of the world and the people around us.

Menopause comes with a diversity of experience, beliefs, attitudes, fears and symptoms. It’s not a just a matter of what you believe about this life stage or your experience but rather how tightly you hold your beliefs and limit your thinking.

Like a elastic waist band, me thinks that a more flexible grip on menopause will ease the way.

Sue Richards

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