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• The Forgotten Five: The Worst Menopause Symptoms You Never Heard About

  

  Femininity © lynette sheppard A few weeks, ago I was contacted by a producer from a new television show scheduled to air this fall and specifically geared to... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Menopause and Osteoporosis: An Unfortunate Match

  

  Meriel Anderson shares information and hope for menopausal bone health in this guest blog post. There are steps we can take right now to ensure stronger,... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Bacterial Vaginosis During Menopause

  

  Oyster Plant © lynette sheppard This week’s guest post also focuses on vaginal health. Written by Patrick Ross, this offering addresses an uncomfortable... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Having A Healthy Sex Life After Menopause

  

  Dry Leaf © lynette sheppard Loss of desire. Vaginal dryness. Painful intercourse. All of these Menopausal symptoms might seem like the beginning of the end of... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Top Five Natural Treatment for Menopause Symptoms

  

  Sleeping Maiden Water Spirit © 2012 wcj By: Pam Andrews of PerimenopauseAnswers.com Early menopause symptoms include abnormal weight gain, breast tenderness, a... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Top Home Remedies for Perimenopause

  

  Spirit and Matter (c) 2012 wcj By: Pam Andrews of PerimenopauseAnswers.com Perimenopause is the stage before the actual menopause. This natural phase in any... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Perimenopause Or Menopause: How to Tell the Difference

  

  Feminine Jungle © lynette sheppard This guest post by Pam Andrews helps differentiate between these two phases of the Menopause journey with a focus on the... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Menopause at Age 29 – Goddess Needs Help

  

  If you think it can suck to go through menopause in your 40's or 50's (and we all know it does), imagine being 29? With small children? Here's a letter Menopaus... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Can HRT Prevent Colorectal Cancer?

  

  Plumeria Time © lynette sheppard Hormone replacement therapy and cancer risk: we hear about it all the time. This guest post by Nader Ahmadnia of colonoscopy. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• In Pursuit of Hormone Happiness? Read Shmirshky

  

  Do you have a Shmirshky? Or are you one? If you are a woman experiencing perimenopause or Menopause, then the answer to both of these questions is a resounding... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Menopause Mailbag

  

  Blue Ridges © lynette sheppard When I first started this Menopause Goddess Blog five years ago, I envisioned it as publicity for our book: The Big M in softcove... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2012 DIARIES, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Hair We Go Again: Menopause Hair Loss Revisited

  

  Sunny Day © lynette sheppard Well ladies, I have been using Avacor (active ingredient minoxidil – as in Rogaine) and I hate to get too excited, but I do think... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Mood Swings and Menopause – You’re Not “Going Mental!”

  

  Flowers in the Rain © lynette sheppard Enjoy this guest post by Katie Brind’Amour, guaranteed to make you feel better about feeling moody. Happy Easter, dear... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Survivor – Menopause

  

  Halawa Valley © lynette sheppard Some days, it can feel like living in a bizarre reality show as we slog through menopause. Can’t you just hear the little... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Research Participation, Hair Loss, and HRT Update: A Menopause Grab Bag

  Greetings, Goddesses (and those who love them). My apologies for not posting for a couple of weeks. The short story on why? Hula conference, food poisoning,... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Losing Sleep Over Menopause

  

  My cats, Frankie and Po, don’t have any trouble sleeping. Their mistress cannot claim the same. When Perimenopause first came to live at my house, my biggest... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Eat Prunes For Postmenopausal Bone Health

  

  Aspen Summer Trees © lynette sheppard “Ick! I’m not eating those!” I told my grandmother. “I’ll eat them,” crowed my little brother, human garbage receptacle an... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Menopause Will Scare You Sometimes

  

  Anxiety may literally be the most unnerving of the emotional traumas visited upon menopausal women but there's help for this normal and temporary symptom. Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Aging Or Transforming: Which Are We Doing?

  

  Flower Spiral © lynette sheppard Aging is weird sometimes. It takes a bit of getting used to. Like when you suddenly become invisible in shops or restaurants... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• 2012: I Have My Dancing Orders

  2012 is off to a great start and I have given myself my dancing (not marching) orders for the year vis a vis the thought-provoking questions from Robin Mascari... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2012 HEALTH