Menopause Mondays: Ellen’s 5 Steps to Hormone Happiness, Step 4: Menopause...
Tests….the mere word conjures memories of long-ago school days, folding myself uncomfortably into a tiny desk, preparing to wrangle with a grueling standardized test, my number two lead pencil cracking...
View ArticleMenopause Mondays: Women and the Prevention of Heart Disease
My father experienced his first heart attack at the age of 42 in 1963. He was a very strong, dynamic, and accomplished businessman, loving father, and husband. In those days, doctors could only...
View ArticleMenopause Mondays: Happy Nutritious Holidays! from Ellen and guest...
I recently had a great conversation with Keri Glassman, nutrition expert, founder of NutritiousLife.com, and author of 4 books including her latest, The New You and Improved Diet: 8 Rules to Lose...
View ArticleMenopause Mondays: Home For the Holidays- Got the Blues?
The holidays are often a bittersweet time of year. Amid all of the parties, family gatherings, and general joyousness, there can be some strong feelings of loneliness, financial stress, and annoyance....
View ArticleMenopause Mondays: What’s Gut Got to Do With It, The Correlation Between Gut...
Approximately 70 million Americans suffer from digestive issues.1 That’s crazy! Afflictions range from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) to Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), and from celiac disease (the...
View ArticleMenopause Mondays: So You’re in Your Thirties. You Don’t Have to Worry About...
We’ve all heard that there is a peak age for ovulation; a time when your body is ripe with baby-making magic, and there are eggs as far as the sperm can swim! Well, too bad that age is about 18, and by...
View ArticleMenopause Mondays: Memory Loss Linked to Menopause
Have you noticed that often you can’t seem to grab a memory or a thought? Do you look at your dear friends and children and blank out on their names? Is your refrigerator and dashboard covered in...
View ArticleMenopause Mondays: Why Wine Won’t Take The Edge Off Your Menopause Symptoms
Menopause offers us a whole new reason to want to drink. Forget work, spouses, kids, and money. Those may have been your old reasons for cracking open a bottle of Pinot Noir. Now there’s a new one: the...
View ArticleMenopause Mondays: 3 Ways to Ease Your Menopause Symptoms with Food
An apple a day keeps the hot flashes away. OK, not really, but it’s not as far off as you might think. Diet is a huge factor in how perimenopausal and menopausal women feel and act, according to Susan...
View ArticleGive Your Health a Tune Up This Summer
Last week, my husband reminded me it was time for my car’s regularly scheduled tune up. The brake lining, fluid levels, tire alignment, balancing—it all needed to be checked out. For both David and me,...
View ArticleAre Your Menopause Symptoms Really a Thyroid Disorder?
You wrap it in scarves, decorate it with necklaces, and swoon when it gets a kiss. Your neck gets a lot of attention, but, unfortunately, not the attention it really needs. See, situated in your neck...
View ArticleGet Back In The March Madness Game! – Conquer Your Menopause Mood Swings
She shoots….She SCORES menopausal symptom happiness! And the crowd goes wild! (Ahhhhh) When you say “March Madness” many people will automatically think of the NCAA March Madness college basketball...
View ArticleRelax Yourself to Sleep – Even in Menopause
Are you awake all night, and then dragging through the day with toothpicks holding up your eyelids? Then try not to snooze through this one. Sleeplessness can be a real problem for women going through...
View ArticleThe big “O” ain’t always what it used to be!
The big “O” brings to mind mood music, our favorite lover, and moans of ecstasy. For those in menopause and postmenopause, the new “big O” can also bring to mind osteopenia or osteoporosis. You are...
View ArticleHow to Get a Grip on Menopausal Depression
Celebrities and friends were shocked when L’Wren Scott, glamorous model-turned-designer girlfriend of Mick Jagger, committed suicide in her upscale New York apartment. Once again, life is not always...
View ArticleWhy You Should Quit Smoking if You’re Going Through Menopause
If you’re smoking while you’re going through menopause, you may want to put down that cigarette. Almost every day, there are studies being released about what can happen to you if you smoke and are...
View ArticleSummertime Chaos: Haywire Hormones and Kids Home on School Break
Just as your children can’t wait to be out of school for the summer, you can’t imagine how you’re going to cope. Don’t get me wrong. We all love our kids, right? Whether you work outside the home, work...
View ArticleEnough Symptoms to Scare Joan of Arc? Welcome to Menopause!
At Halloween time, you might be afraid you’ll eat all the Halloween candy before you hear your doorbell ring and that first chorus of “Trick or treat!” For many menopausal women, that’s the least of...
View ArticleKnow the Heart Attack Symptoms in Women
The medical community has placed a great deal of emphasis on heart health, from preventive measures such as exercise and nutrition to recognizing the symptoms of a heart attack. Unfortunately, much of...
View ArticleMenopause Treatments Through the Ages – You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby!
Suffering from menopausal hot flashes? No problem! Just take some opium and call me in the morning. Or perhaps you’d prefer a little cannabis? Sounds crazy, huh? But back in the 1800s, that’s what...
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