Category - Menopause

Thank you to all who joined us for “The Impact of Menopause on Women at Work: A Guide Conversation” to hear about the challenges that women experiencing menopause symptoms face in the workplace and learn some of the strategies that employers can implement to improve workplace environments for midlife women. Our panelists were Claire Gill …

Have you ever had hot flashes so intense you sweated through your jeans?   What if I told you it wasn’t your Levis that are in question; it’s your other genes.   You probably have friends who have worse hot flashes than you, and some who you feel have it easy. Have you ever wondered …

Menopause is really challenging for many women. But it can also be a positive time of growth and development. It’s a time of more wisdom; a time when kids are typically out of the house so there is more freedom; it’s a time when it is finally your turn to turn your attention towards nurturing …

There has been a growing link between what you eat and your risk of depression. New evidence is tying that link to dietary fiber and indirectly, to estrogen. The Food – Mood Connection In my best selling book, The Estrogen Fix, there is an explanation about estrogen’s role on GUT bacteria. In a thumbnail sketch, …

One of the most common concerns of menopause is weight gain. Dresses become a size, or two, too small. The average size of the American woman now falls between a 16 and an 18, the lower end of plus sizes.     But there is a much more worrisome concern about weight gain than dress size…and …

I was recently interviewed by my good friend, Kimberly Doehnert, who is an IFBB Pro, Celebrity Trainer and Fitness Expert. In this interview we discussed one of the vexing problems that women complain of as they enter and pass through menopause – belly fat. They call it menopot, muffin top, jelly belly and lot of …

Menopause is stressful; hormonal changes, sleep changes, mood swings, and more. Throw in the economic issues we’re now facing, 100,000 new cases per day of a pandemic, and all the social and political tensions people are facing in this country right now, and everywhere you turn there is stress. You don’t have to be a …

When Michelle Obama speaks powerfully at the Democratic National Convention about the future of America, no one is surprised at her clear and honest statements. But it will surprise some when Michelle Obama is aboard Marine One dressed for an event and experiences a hot flash that she shares with America on a recent episode …

In my best selling book, The Estrogen Fix, there is a long discussion of bioidentical hormones for menopause symptoms. Bioidentical hormones are manufactured to be chemically identical to the naturally occurring hormones your ovaries produce during the reproductive years. Those include estradiol, progesterone, and testosterone.   Are Bioidentical Hormones Natural? For many people, bioidentical hormones …

A number of years ago I was in New York with my good friend Karen Giblin, founder of Red Hot Mamas. We were doing a satellite interview series on menopause. You go to a television studio, in this case it was in New York, early in the morning. Every hour you are interviewed by several …