Health & Fitness
Staness Jonekos

How to Rebuild Your Self-Confidence During Menopause

By Staness Jonekos – Years ago, I learned a life-changing lesson from Anthony Robbins’s book, “Awaken the Giant Within”: that transformation begins when you can no longer dwell in a place of pain. I was going through menopause and everything that came with that — hourly hot flashes, night sweats,

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Staness Jonekos

Aging: What Are We So Afraid Of?

By Staness Jonekos – I live in the land of angels, but in Los Angeles these guardians are nipped and tucked with crooked smiles and lopsided eyes frozen on a static expression. At 52 I am really pissed off that aging — a thing that happens as soon as we

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Health & Fitness
CNicodemus

New Study Finds Early Hormone RT Reduces Heart Disease

By Chipper Nicodemus – Hormone replacement therapy has been used to treat menopause for years. A new menopause study shows that some women who go through hormone replacement therapy in the early years of menopause can actually lower their risk of heart disease. Due to a previous study done by

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lb50

Our Bodies Are Different

An excerpt from the book “Change Your Menopause” By Dr. Wulf Utian – Surely women are women? Of course women have specific similarities, but it is their differences that serve to drive home the subtitle of this book, namely, in contemporary menopause management, one size does not fit all! I

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Menopause
Dr. Brandith Irwin

Menopause and Your Skin

Dr. Brandith Irwin – “These aren’t hot flashes, they’re power surges” (anonymous). Menopause can bring some frustrating new issues for your skin, or even bad flashbacks to your teen years with problems like acne. But take heart — remember that there are the good changes with menopause too. Oil production is

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Health & Fitness
Staness Jonekos

Will Your Marriage Survive Menopause?

By Staness Jonekos – Co-author of The Menopause Makeover Over 60 percent of divorces are initiated by women in their 40s, 50s or 60s — the menopause years — according to a recent survey conducted by AARP Magazine. Why are women running away from marriage? I wasn’t even married when

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Menopause
Staness Jonekos

Menopause Nightmare? Think Again!

By Staness Jonekos, author of The Menopause Makeover from Harlequin Nonfiction – Ready for the shocking news? Menopause and marrying the man of my dreams happened at the same time! After 30 years of dating in Los Angeles, I was finally engaged for the first time. My wedding day was

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Menopause
healthyboomer

Tired of Heating-Up the Room Like A Space Heater?

By Kathi Casey, EYRT, CPI – If you are looking for proven, natural relief from your menopausal hot flashes and night sweats, and the irritability they can cause, smile, because simple, natural relief is on the way! Back in 1975, Dr. Herbert Benson discovered what he called “The Relaxation Response.”

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Menopause
Staness Jonekos

How to Sleep Through Menopause

By Staness Jonekos – Co-author of The Menopause Makeover We have all had sleepless nights, but for millions of post-menopausal women it happens 61 percent of the time, affecting their quality of life and their relationships. I, too, suffered from insomnia, thanks to irritating night sweats provoked by fluctuating hormones.

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Menopause
Sandi Thompson

Controlling Weight Gain in Menopause and Beyond

By Sandi Thompson – I have heard this many times. “I hit menopause and BAM! the weight just started piling on.” Does that sound familiar? If you answered yes, then keep reading. There is hope and it doesn’t come in a bottle. Well, maybe a bottle of Perrier. When our

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Menopause
Barbara Hannah Grufferman

The Ten Commandments of Turning 50: A Manifesto For All Ages

By Barbara Hannah Grufferman – If I only knew then what I know now. I try to avoid thinking that because it reeks of regret. However, I find myself saying it often… mostly to women in their 20s, 30s and 40s. Why? Because, as Shakespeare once wrote, “What’s past is

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Menopause
Staness Jonekos

How To Feel Sexy During Menopause

By Staness Jonekos – Co-author of The Menopause Makeover The baby boomers may have been the generation of the sexual revolution, but for many slamming into menopause, sex is the last thing on their minds! Both sexes can suffer from a declining libido as we age, but women don’t have

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Anti Aging
Joan Moses

How to Keep That Youthfulness-Naturally, As We Age

By Joan Moses – How often do you get to the gym in a week? Are your workouts producing results? If not do you wonder why or do you just go along with the notion that you are getting older and your body is not like it was when you

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Menopause
Dr. Shelly Reitkop

Menopause Must-Knows!

By: Dr. Shelly Reitkop, N.D. – There is no mystery to menopause: every woman knows she’ll eventually go through it. The hot flashes, weight gain and mood fluctuations are only a few of the changes that inevitably occur. The bright side? It doesn’t have to be so bad. Menopause is

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Menopause
Beth Havey

What Can Cool Chicks Do About Hot Flashes?

By Beth Havey – Hot flashes don’t occur because something exciting is happening to you during your menopause and postmenopausal years.  Hot flashes can spontaneously erupt at any time and often at the worst of times: you are attempting to dry your hair and the hot flash starts, making you

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Menopause
Altmeds.com

Riding the Mood Roller Coaster

By Kimberley Jace – Are you alternately exhausted and energetic; delighted and depressed; hopeful and desperate? Do other people say you seem “a little crazy” these days? Mood swings can be one of the most problematic of Menopause-related problems because they affect other people. We expect our families to remember

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Menopause
Altmeds.com

Night Sweats: How to Fight the Damp-Pillow, Menopause Blues

By Kimberley Jace –  You wake up realizing that your pillow case is soaking wet (again) and you need to change into a dry nightgown (again). It’s night sweats, one of the more bothersome of menopausal symptoms. Daytime hot flashes give you a chance to switch on a fan or

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Menopause
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