Posts tagged menopause

Our Relationship With Hairdressers. . . It’s Complicated.

The last straw with a hairdresser I loyally supported for more than a dozen years ended the day she charged me $270.00, not including tip. That was for a cut and highlights for short hair,…

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News Flash – Gen-X Discovers Perimenopause And Menopause

When I opened the weekend newspaper and found an entire supplement devoted to perimenopause and menopause—as if it had just been discovered by Gen-X and never before discussed—I thought it was time to re-post an…

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How To Manage That Nasty Menopause Middle

Not all of us get it but most of us do—that extra layer of fat distribution around the middle that accompanies menopause and turns our body from a feminine hourglass shape into a rectangle (me!),…

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Bridget Jones Is Not The Only Fun Diary To Peek Into

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding is one of the few diaries I’ve had the opportunity to peek into (even though it was fictional), but reading the inside story of other people’s lives is probably…

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News Flash! Gen-X and Y discover menopause!

Apparently, baby boomers have been keeping a huge secret. Gen-X and Y are claiming that we boomers never forewarned them or talked about menopause or perimenopause and now they’ve been blindsided by the impact of…

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