It’s hard to find anything worthwhile to read about menopause. Some books take the clinical approach, as if the menopause symptoms and you as a person are two separate things!! Hang on, there is a person here who is feelings these things- I am not a robot! Others are too “alternative” for me, full of “developing your inner …” insert what it is you want to develop!
However I was given a copy of a spiral bound book/journal by Christine Northrup called “The Wisdom of Menopause Journal: Your Guide to Creating Vibrant Health and Happiness in the Second Half of Your Life” by one of my friends as a birthday present. My friends love me despite my obsession with menopause at the moment- most of them are going through the same thing! Anyway, back to the journal, it was the best present I have received in a long time. I have devoured it from cover to cover. Not only is it full of useful facts and stories, because it is spiral bound it opens up flat so you can write in it too, and as you all know, I love writing about menopause. I now have a place to record my thoughts before I hit the keyboard and add to my blog.
The book discusses both medical and alternative (are they mutually exclusive I wonder?) cures for the symptoms of menopause and best of all, the author is positive about menopause!! In fact she says that “lifting of the veil of hormones” makes us free and activates our brains so that the next stage of our life can be the most influential, exciting and imaginative yet. Now that’s what I want to hear!
In fact I wish I had read this book before I started to feel the symptoms of menopause. I am sure I would have been better equipped to deal with what was in front of me. Maybe I wouldn’t have accepted the “its just menopause” response at every doctor’s visit, and might have been more empowered during these visits. Apparently she has written another book that is not in journal form that is really good too and has been a best seller for several years. It is called “The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change”. I intend to buy that too so I can really be informed and empowered- you go girl!
11:39 pm
Hi Ms. Menopause! I just stumbled upon your site via Sue’s My Menopause Blog. Fellow Dr. Northrup fan here. I’ve read most of her books, watcher her PBS specials, and am now addicted to the work of the Women to Women Clinic that she helped co-found (it’s in Yarmouth, Maine). The clinic’s website is filled with articles that ooze her same warmth and wisdom. It’s a great web resource — especially for menopause (womentowomen.com)
11:41 pm
“The book discusses both medical and alternative (are they mutually exclusive I wonder?) cures for the symptoms of menopause and best of all, the author is positive about menopause!! In fact she says that “lifting of the veil of hormones” makes us free and activates our brains so that the next stage of our life can be the most influential, exciting and imaginative yet. Now that’s what I want to hear!”
Yes, that’s what I love too about Dr. Northrup. I believe the combo approach — alternative plus conventional is called “integrative medicine”.
12:26 pm
Thanks for that Jacqueline, I’ve now learnt a new term! Integrative or integrated medicine- now that makes sense- take the best of both worlds!