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Menopause Fatigue: Why it can feel so bone-deep
October is Menopause Awareness Month. The campaigns will cover the familiar ground of flashes, sleep, and mood, and every one of those matters. Another symptom gets far less airtime, though, and it starts in your microcirculation: a bone-deep exhaustion that ignores eight hours of rest and greets you again at breakfast.
I turned my birthday into your gift this year
MenopauseMenu is turning six years old, and we’ve flipped the script with a present for you!
Celebrate With Me!
“The Menopause Menu” turns three! The final post of four stories about community, sharing, and collaboration in support of women on their midlife journeys.
Celebrating 3 years: A Book Story in Four Parts
“The Menopause Menu” book turns 3 on August 17th! Enjoy these four stories about some of the more poignant and meaningful moments along the way.
Voices With Vigor: Inflamed & Confused? The Plot Twist of Midlife Immunity
Join Susan Baumgaertel and Kara Wada for an unscripted conversation on autoimmunity, midlife immune health, and the physician-patient perspective on living with chronic immune conditions.
Come Join Me on Substack: Where Medicine Meets Humanity
Announcing Substack’s “Juxtaposition in Medicine” – Writings from a physician-patient on the juxtaposition of humanity and medicine’s complex systems. Raw, real, reflective. With a sprinkle of serendipity.
Voices With Vigor: Rediscovering Ourselves — Slowing Down to Reclaim Our Narrative
Join us for an intimate dialogue on externalizing the stories we’ve been told about who we should be, what it takes to rebuild identity after trauma & career loss, where our beliefs about worthiness originate, how chronic stress & conformity impact our nervous systems, and why giving yourself permission to pivot might be the most important decision you ever make.







