My Menopause Magazine – Mental Health

That connection can influence how we feel and our overall health. An example appeared in a Time magazine special that showed happiness, hopefulness, optimism and contentment, “appear to reduce the risk or limit the severity of cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, diabetes, hypertension, colds and upper-respiratory infections; while depression — the extreme opposite of happiness — can worsen heart disease, diabetes […]

Dear Laura, Now that my youngest son is out of the house, I feel like my husband and I are not on the same page. He’s stubborn and we fight a lot. When the kids were here it was more tolerable, but now that we’re empty-nesters, I’m questioning whether my husband and I have anything in common. Am I crazy […]

New beginnings are the most exciting and energizing times in life. Summer is always a new beginning because it’s a new season. Now is a great time to get excited, motivated, and start making changes to get to your next level of YOU. If you’ve lost your mojo and want to be a better you this summer, here are 8 […]

Life changes in a split second. Deb got up at 6:30 a.m., went to the bathroom, and on the way back into the bedroom she tripped and fell. “I broke my ankle in three places. There followed an ambulance, hospital, and then two months in rehab: Everything had changed. I had broken my strong leg, while my other one is […]

Love. It’s been defined, re-defined, and debated for ages. Love itself is a fluid term, a concept that transcends time and is difficult to wrap words around, though many a poet and author has tried. Everyone wants it, and hopefully, most of us will experience it at some point during our lives. Love has been thought of in a variety […]

Change can be daunting. It can push all our buttons, fear, confusion, doubt and insecurity can arise as such a time is full of so many unknowns. We are personally dealing with big changes right now: selling our house, downsizing, finding the next place, getting the timing right, letting go of all that was and opening to all that will […]

I was recently talking with a woman who was struggling. She had a lot of things on her mind and was really feeling stuck; she couldn’t take any more. She had closed her mind to protect herself from anything else that might go wrong, which is understandable. Her mind was working like a valve; it didn’t let any additional bad […]

But 1/10,000 women enter menopause by age 20; 1/1,000 by age 30; 1/100 by age 40; and 1/10 will enter menopause before age 45. A new study in the February 2015 issue of the journal Menopause studied women with early menopause to see if and how their symptoms differ from women entering menopause at age 45 and older. One of […]

I don’t know about you, but when I heard that as a child, my eyes would roll. Now that I am a chiropractor, I understand just how important proper posture is – not just from a physical standpoint – but also from a health, appearance, and hormonal standpoint. Proper posture plays an important role in your health and wellness. Not […]

All successful CEOs have one thing in common: They’re able to maintain a big-picture perspective. It’s also something successful women have in common, says Zenovia Andrews, a business strategist, speaker, author and mother who coaches entrepreneurs and CEOs on time and budget management. “In business, CEOs implement a process that achieves efficient time and resource management in the most cost-effective […]