by Heather Dillaway | May 23, 2014 | Communication, Menopause, New Research, Perimenopause, Philosophy
A recent study by researchers at La Trobe University and Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, suggests that working women “need more managerial support [while] going through menopause.” This “Women at Work” study explored the health and wellbeing of working...
by Heather Dillaway | Mar 27, 2014 | Communication, Health Care, Language, Menopause, New Research, Perimenopause, Philosophy
This month an important Sage research journal, Menopause International, “the flagship journal of the British Menopause Society (BMS),” changes its name to Post Reproductive Health. The Co-Editors of this journal are quoted in talking about this name change:...
by Chris Bobel | Feb 17, 2014 | Communication, Hormones, Menopause, Motherhood, Perimenopause
Dear Mom, I owe you an apology. Remember when you were perimenopausal (or as we called it, “going through menopause”)? Remember when you experienced hot flashes? And remember when you did, how we, your loving family, either 1) ignored 2) trivialized or 3) mocked you?...
by Laura Wershler | Dec 16, 2013 | Birth Control, Books, Fertility, Girls, Menarche, Menopause, Menstruation, Perimenopause
This holiday season consider giving the women in your life the gift of body literacy. The books, resources and services compiled below support understanding and appreciation of our bodies. Gifts for teenagers: * To hold a Wondrous Vulva Puppet is to experience a...
by Heather Dillaway | Nov 7, 2013 | Communication, Menopause, Perimenopause
I’ve been thinking a lot about the messages that women do or don’t get at menopause. Because of this, I decided to come up with a list of things that women would love to hear at menopause (or perimenopause, if we are talking about when women experience the...
by Heather Dillaway | Sep 4, 2013 | Menopause, Perimenopause
Anyone who has ever loved anyone and existed in any kind of intimate relationship, or raised a kid, or negotiated with their parent as their parent ages knows that you can both love someone and also be very frustrated — even feel like hating them — at the...
