I say this because it is the only time in a woman’s life when she finally listens to her heart. It’s when she finally realizes she doesn’t have to follow the rules, and the kids will be just fine. They can manage on their own. It’s a time when I will finally focus on myself and what makes me happy. It’s also a time for me to focus on what matters to me. I might discover what I really wanted to be when I grew up.
I’ve just learned from Dr. Marie Claire Haver that I’ve been floundering because of my latest life stage. I’ve learned that I should pat myself on the back for surviving as well as I have. I thought that I must be going crazy or falling into bipolarism. (As if that was a thing.) But it’s truly due to my body changing from the effects of the food and my past choices. Who knew that those days on the top of the tar roof or down on the driveway with only a towel between me and the hot tar would cause my skin to drop all forms of collagen and collapse wherever visible? But I digress.
Really. Everything she said in the podcast with “Diary of a CEO” was very relevant and helpful. I recommend any female thirty-five or older to listen to it. She makes the biggest point (no pun intended), when she states that menopause is about shrinking gonads, and if men’s gonads were at risk of shrinking, there would be a serious platform to change the situation. Because we are women, we are expected to smile and wave.
So, as a help, I’ve ordered her book The New Menopause by Dr. Marie Claire Haver, which isn’t out yet. I will read it and order other copies as soon as I am able, so that I may send my opinion to the publisher’s pocketbook. Since money speaks louder than words, I think it will make a statement much like the suffragettes did for voting.
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