Therapist-turned-coach for women in perimenopause and menopause who want their SELF back.
You're not crazy.
Remember puberty?, remember your kids' puberty? It ain't pretty, you're shuddering for a reason. You're going through another one -- perimenopause and menopause. You deserve informed care, treatment, and information. Start here with Dr. Jen Gunter's appearance on Glennon Doyle's We Can Do Hard Things podcast
You are exhausted and deserve rest
You cannot go on an empty tank, you cannot go on fumes. In order to go, you must rest and refuel. This is your permission and your prescription to do so. Go to bed early, have a cup of coffee in the morning by yourself in quiet, have a cup of tea after lunch, do a five-minute meditation at the end of your work day. You can't go without water. I'm telling you here, you also can't go without rest.
You can get help for your changing body
If you aren't thrilled with your doctor's knowledge and care, find a Menopause Society-certified practitioner here
You can set boundaries
You don't have to feel guilty
Albert Ellis called it "shoulding on yourself" and what you do when you hear that red-flag word is replace it with "am able to and would like to." Check out my interactive quiz to see if your shoulds are your own, or someone else's internalized agenda.
