'Essential reading for everyone' – Marian Keyes It’s high time we renovated and elevated this life change. Despite the centuries of speculation and propaganda, we are not overheating or inherently cold, we are not hysterics or boiling vats of toxic poisons, we are not dried up or washed up, we are simply menopausal. It’s time for us to start talking about the menopause. Cracking the Menopause, from straight-talking broadcaster Mariella Frostrup and health journalist Alice Smellie, has all the information you need, delivered with characteristic wry humour. Mariella shares her own journey through the menopause, along with the latest science, advice from leading experts and humorous illustrations – to provide an informative source of wisdom and enlightenment. Featuring case studies from women in every walk of life and all stages of their menopause journey, Cracking the Menopause opens up the conversation about an urgent topic that half the population will experience, but barely anyone is talking about. Designed to equip you with the knowledge to manage your symptoms from perimenopause onwards, this essential book separates the myths from the reality and offers expertise, hope and advice. 'I inhaled this book, it's fantastic. Women of all ages need to read it.' – Claudia Winkleman 'Mariella and Alice have just written one of the most important books of the year, bravo.' - Gabby Logan

Who Else Wants The Best Training To Deal With Menopause? Worried about the different stages of Menopause? Don't be! The Menopause Bible is here to guide you every step of the way. Each chapter covers different areas, from pre-menopause to perimenopause, and provides advice on how to deal with the different symptoms. We're also going to bust the most common myths surrounding Menopause. It's not easy going through the different stages of life, but it's even harder when you're struggling with the symptoms of Menopause. Whether you're experiencing hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings or anxiety, this book has everything you need to get through it all. In this book you'll learn about: Myths of menopause exposed Visceral fat and subcutaneous fat Post-menopause Lead a healthy and happy lifestyle Cardiovascular disease Bones and bone health Topical treatments Yoga Biofeedback Acupuncture Other folk remedies Get to know your herbs The pros and cons of herbals Alternative non-hormonal therapies How can you tell whether your body is still fertile? Are you trying to get pregnant? Keep the fire burning different ways to get rid of painful intercourse Libido How menopause can decrease a woman's sexual desire Sex life and menopause" Recommended Tests Exercise Treatment of urinary tract infections Taking relief supplements Perimenopause Symptoms Typical Mental Symptoms Vasomotor menopausal symptoms CBT Alternatives to hormone therapy (HT) Combination therapy Hormone therapy Sexual health, bone wellness, and general well-being Perimenopause and PMS Follicular dysfunction and follicular exhaustion can occur for several reasons Coping with early menopause Understanding the different types of menopause Perimenopause Evolutionary view: Changes in body composition during menopause Menopause is not a disease Menopause: the basics And much, much more... So why wait? Grab your copy today and start getting better informed!

Before During and After Menopause, Your Resource Guide to Cruising Through Menopause with Grace, Gratitude, Confidence, and Ease” is exactly what it says: a fabulous resource for every woman challenged by the changes her body is going through. Having this guide is likened to having a best friend to see you through the difficulties; priceless. I highly recommend. ~ Candia L Sanders author of “When Eagles Soar,” “Soul Rays” and “The Adventures of Jack Starr” Every woman is destined to move through the journey of menopause. As a comprehensive and content-rich resource book giving information on a range of topics to empower women experiencing menopause, Gwen Harris and her Council of Experts provide expertise, tips, and strategies to dealing with this change of life with grace, gratitude, confidence, and ease. Each chapter answers questions and delivers solutions to a woman's changing body, challenges with brain fog and emotional imbalance, the decrease in sexual response, money, business, creativity and so much more. Whether you are at the beginning stage or in post-menopause, you will be empowered having this resource guide to support you through this transitional season in your life. If you are looking for a community of support, consider becoming a member of the Menopause Support Group on Facebook.

Bringing together western medical science and eastern wellbeing for menopause education, this book helps yoga teachers develop their understanding of menopause and women's health as well as support their students. Petra Coveney - creator of Menopause YogaTM - shares yoga, breath and meditation practices, poses, and CBT and self-enquiry methods to manage menopause symptoms. Her book helps to educate and empower women going through menopause, allowing them to embrace it as an opportunity for self-growth. It includes three main yoga sequences that focus on managing specific groups of symptoms, as well as additional sequences for sleep, menorage, and osteopenia. This is the dedicated resource for yoga teachers who want to teach Menopause YogaTM, with four detailed 90-minute class plans also available to download. Underpinned by research and 20 years of teaching experience, Menopause Yoga helps those on their journey from peri-menopause to post-menopause to help them welcome the changes in their minds, bodies and emotions as they enter the next stage in their lives.

Every woman experiences the menopause in different ways, so you need to know what to expect in order to help yourself. This book explains the various stages of the menopause, including the perimenopause, and helps you understand how it can affect your body and your emotions. It evaluates all the options available—including HRT and explains what treatment and lifestyle changes will help you stay healthy and happy. With in-depth coverage of HRT, covering new developments and weighing up the risks and benefits, advice on adopting an holistic approach to managing the symptoms and side effects including conventional medicine, and alternatives, diet and lifestyle changes, Menopause For Dummies will help you make the right decisions and stay in control.

'Fascinating' Psychologies 'A brilliant read' Happiful 'A really, really, really, really good book' Liz Jones, You magazine podcast How much do you enjoy your life? Does life feel dull? A bit grey? Do you feel as if your emotions have flatlined? This is anhedonia – a word only a few of us have heard of but one that explains why so many of us feel we are sleepwalking through life. Anhedonia is from the Greek word for 'without pleasure' and describes a loss of interest in activities you once enjoyed. It explains why many of us spend our lives in a fog, feeling neither happy nor sad, just not very much at all. In the first book to tackle this missing piece in mental health, writer Tanith Carey joins the dots on how convenience culture, stressful lifestyles, modern diets and both female and male hormonal changes can dial down our ability to feel excitement and joy. With the help of world-leading experts and by digging into the latest research, Tanith shows you how your brain's dopamine reward system works and provides strategies to help you bring colour back into your life. Groundbreaking, accessible and often surprising, this is the book that will teach you how to kickstart your feel-good chemicals and start loving life again.

In the 21st century, global demographics are rapidly changing, with a higher population of middle-aged people than ever before. As the ‘sandwich’ generation, people in midlife often experience significant work and intergenerational caring responsibilities, yet they are the subject of relatively little research. This short, accessible book redresses the balance in offering a geographical approach to how people embody and claim space in midlife while analysing the influences of gender, class and location. The author considers midlife in varying sociocultural and geographical contexts, viewed through the lens of the global neoliberal shift.

This extensive Research Handbook surveys historical and contemporary patterns within research on the sociology of gender. It clarifies key definitions and examines influential factors such as race, age, and occupation.

"In Menopause: A Midlife Passage, [questions about menopause] are considered in depth from a dazzling variety of angles. This is just the serious feminist discussion of menopause that I have been longing for.... its exquisite analyses renew us in our struggles to make sense of it all." -- Alice Dan, Women's Review of Books "Menopause has become a hot (with or without the flashes) topic in America. That's because a critical mass of us have reached it and are educated, aggressive, and confident enough to want to know what's happening to us, and then to talk about it.... Smart, useful, funny, Menopause: A Midlife Passage is a fine addition to the discussion, a healthy companion for this all-important life passage." -- Susan Stamberg, Special Correspondent, National Public Radio "Editor Callahan takes anything but a trendy approach to a very trendy topic. She's gathered essays by scholarly women who have thought through society's position on menopause and menopausal women and don't like what they see: older women denied positive portrayals in mainstream media, menopause treated by the medical establishment as if it were a disease rather than a natural occurrence, and devaluation of older women. Determined to change people's minds with their words, these women speak both powerfully and empoweringly. A must for feminist and women's health collections." -- Booklist "... a bold attempt to go beyond the standard medical framing of women's experience, and to contest the notion that the menopause is straightforwardly a hormonal 'deficiency disease'." -- New Scientist "... [an] entertaining and informative book that takes a very positive attitude toward the 'midlife passage'." -- Fertility News "This book should be required reading for all women's health care providers and anyone else doing counseling of menopausal women." -- Journal of Women & Aging Essayists from various walks of life present female-defined perspectives on menopause and the passage to new physical, social, and cultural development.

No woman looks forward to the menopause, but it is a natural process, not a disease, and as Overcoming the Menopause Naturally explains, there are natural ways of coping with any unpleasant symptoms. After explaining in simple terms the changes that take place, Dr Shreeve goes on to dispel as a myth the idea that the menopause means frustration, misery and loss of attractiveness. She describes it instead as an important milestone that marks a stage of physical and emotional maturity and the beginning of the prime of a woman's life. Her advice on the use of alternative therapies such as naturotherapy, herbal medicine and relaxation techniques will appeal to any woman who wants to avoid the side-effects of artificial hormones.