Time to let it all out! It’s okay to feel like menopause sucks! Not everyone goes through this transition gracefully.
But know this truth: there are soooooo many tips and tricks to help things settle down, even if just a little bit. You got this!!
Notable Quotes
Things, events that never bothered me now make me want to poke them in the eye. Have long internal conversations about calming down, telling myself nothing new going on. No reason to lose my mind.
Theresa
Dealing with elderly parents, college-age kids and CoVID-19 is a real “shit show.”
Lynn
Lack of community for women like me…relatively younger but dealing with all of this pain and change and restriction.
Laura
More Information
Blog posts tagged as stress & life changes:- Voices With Vigor: The Best Primary Care
- Voices With Vigor: The Female Voice
- Your Health ≠ Your Weight
- From Ballet to Medicine: A Physician’s Career Pivot Toward Wellbeing
- Voices With Vigor: Trauma Redefined
- Menopause and Perimenopause: Healthcare Advocacy for Women in 2026
- Matrescence, Motherhood, and the Power of Support
- Why Women Feel Unheard in Healthcare: Menopause, Trust & Listening
- Please Be Dying, But Not Too Quickly
- Keeping it Real: A Candid Conversation on Caregiving, Connection, and Presence
Additional Video Links: A great tip from MenopauseMenu fan Aleta: enjoy watching live otters on the Seattle Aquarium otter cam and Monterey Bay Aquarium otter cam – a great mini-break in your busy day! Another fun one is the jelly fish live cam at Vancouver, BC Aquarium – very soothing.
Video Link: How to Meditate in a Moment by Martin Boroson is a wonderful 5 minute demonstration video…that works!
Resources:
- A great podcast called The Happiness Lab by Yale professor Dr Laurie Santos will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surprising and inspiring stories that will forever alter the way you think about happiness.
- A few great Apps for you to consider: Insight Timer (free App for sleep, anxiety and stress), Calm (inexpensive App for sleep), and Headspace (inexpensive App for meditation).
- A nice resource is the website Choose Help with a great post by John Lee Using Coping Cards and Coping Statements to Improve Mental Health.
- Here is a simple 10 minute walking meditation to try from the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, adapted from a guided walking meditation led by mindfulness expert Jon Kabat-Zinn.
- Daniel Cordero, PhD’s article What if You Pursued Contentment Rather Than Happiness is an insightful read.
- If you have just five minutes, try this Fierce Self-Compassion Break next time you find yourself overly stressed and wound-up.
Wild Card: A tip from a MenopauseMenu fan: Rachel Hoffman’s website Unfuck Your Habitat is a refreshing place to visit.