My Menopause Blog

Since succinct and pity are my new blogging styles, allow me to share this sweet gem of advice that I heard while listening to CBC’s Ideas last night.
Trust your own sense.
If something feels right, it likely is. If it feels wrong, back away and reassess.
Sue Richards
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Despite the impression that menopause is a destination, it’s mostly a learning process. If you think of it as a rich educational opportunity that will reveal much wisdom and joy, plus the chance to laugh your ass off, the experience of menopause takes on a whole new light.
Your thoughts of menopause will serve to […]

Could it be this simple?

Relax your mind.
Seek wisdom not perfection.

Sue Richards
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Do you eat a balanced diet high in unprocessed foods like fresh fruit and vegetables and low in refined sugars, fats, caffeine and alcohol?
Do you get 8 hours of sleep nightly?
Do you exercise weekly, including stretching and core strength building?
Do you get fresh air daily?
Do you drink several cups of water a day?
Do you engage […]

There’s a new way of framing our forgetfulness that I would like to encourage all menopausal women to consider and perhaps embrace.
Miss Remembering recently got her 15 minutes of glory during the ‘did the pro baseball dudes pump themselves full of steroids or not’ congressional hearings in the states. According to both sides, there was […]

I haven’t come out and said this directly but today seems right for fessing up. Last summer I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease.
There are many grim reports and scary beliefs out there about PD - I’ve Googled my poor old brain out for the last several months, talked with scores of folk that ‘had an […]

When I look in the mirror, I know this for sure.
Time is a tattletale.
Sue Richards
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I know menopause is not a disease but what I didn’t know was how much my menopause would pale in the face of a real illness.
Sue Richards
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