As the new year approaches, many of us begin thinking about how we can prioritize our health and well-being in the months ahead. As we get older, a key aspect of healthy aging involves addressing the changes in hormone levels that can contribute to symptoms like fatigue, weight gain, and mood shifts. Hormone replacement therapy…
The jokes about women feeling moody and irritable on their periods have probably been around since there have been women and periods, but the evidence is clear– there is a strong link between hormones and mental health, not just in women, but in men as well. This fact is hardly a surprising one. Human hormones…
Menopause is something that every woman will go through at a certain point in her life, but how she gets there and what her experience of menopause is like is something that will vary greatly from person to person! Some women will naturally enter menopause at an earlier age than average, and some at a…
Menopause is something that all women eventually deal with. We all know it’s coming, but whether or not you ever actually feel ready for it is a different story! Menopause can feel pretty similar to how it felt being a young girl entering puberty for the first time– it’s a whole new world of confusing…
While not a universal symptom, hot flashes are incredibly common for women to experience during menopause, and any woman who’s ever been through one will tell you that it’s no fun. Hot flashes can be uncomfortable and embarrassing, and you can end up moving through each day dreading the possibility of one occurring. For…
The symptoms of menopause are a source of dread for almost every woman as she begins to approach middle age. Hot flashes, night sweats, body changes, thin skin, vaginal dryness– the parade of unpleasantness can seem almost endless. Some level of these symptoms, unfortunately, can’t be avoided, just like some level of PMS symptoms can’t…
Menopause is something that every woman both fears and dreads a little bit. Stopping your period might sound great after so many decades of dealing with it, but all of the other symptoms of menopause make you pay for it! There’s a slight misconception when it comes to menopause. Most people know that it…
Any woman who’s been through it can tell you that menopause is about more than just your period stopping– it affects your whole entire body, and often not in the most pleasant ways. If you’re currently going through menopause and are wondering if some new change in your body is caused by it, there’s a…