Many people think it is a myth that it is a normal phenomenon to have depression during the menopausal years. Mild depression can happen to just about every woman in menopause, but severe depression is not normal and should be treated like any other kind of...
Hot flashes are one of most common concern of perimenopause and menopause. What are they like? Women describe them as feeling flushed all over and hot, with warm skin and sometimes sweating. They can occur several times throughout the day or night and can have...
During menopause, the decreased levels of estrogen contribute to a decrease in metabolism so that some women gain weight. This doesn’t have to be an inevitable thing… if you manage your lifestyle to prevent the weight gain before it occurs. Remember: it’s easier to...
When you don’t get a good night’s sleep, it can make you feel awful. Though several factors can lead to insomnia, for women, one of the biggest causes is a hormonal imbalance. When you have lack of sleep, it can make you stressed, which in turn affects your hormones...
A hormonal imbalance is something that can affect your body from head to toe. Depending on which hormones are out of balance, unbalanced hormones can affect your ability to move with strength and agility and it can affect your mind—making it difficult to make...
If you’re someone whose hormones are unbalanced, you know how it affects your overall health. You might be someone who’s experiencing dozens of different side effects. You might be dealing with fatigue or digestive issues or you might be putting on weight or...
Women going through the stages of menopause have a slow decrease in estrogen levels. Eventually estrogen production stops all together. Taking phytoestrogens, or plant-sourced estrogen-like replacements, can mimic the estrogen hormone lost during this stage of life....
There are many elements to your life that contribute to better health. Along with stress relief, lifestyle habits, and exercise, you can count sleep and nutrition among them. Sleep and nutrition work in conjunction to help your body’s natural repair process at a...
Menopause is just another stage of life a woman goes through as her childbearing years end. Menopause is defined as 12 months in a row without a menstrual period. During menopause, your estrogen and progesterone hormones are waning and this causes changes throughout...
Meditation is less about sitting formally on a cushion than it is about stopping, resting and tuning into your body and internal dialogue. That’s good news for all of us because it means that we can practice meditation almost anywhere, anytime. Formal meditation for...
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