Beautiful midlife
What comes to mind when you hear the word menopause, perimenopause and post-menopause? Old age, becoming old? Illness? Goddess time? Rebirth? Renew? Another female time? Hot flashes? Mood issues? What about self-care? What if you could use self-care or self-loving activities, to combat some of the most common perimenopause symptoms and develop a more loving […] Read more…
Can the Mediterranean diet be the answer to midlife weight gain and the dreaded midlife spread (AKA tummy fat)? It is for sure a strong contender and a very delicious one. The Mediterranean diet or way of eating has been touted as the healthiest diet in the world. Is it true or not? A lot […] Read more…
Intermittent fasting is a great way to lose perimenopause and menopause weight. TRF helps to balance hormones and it is ideal for hormonal for weight lose Read more…
During perimenopause, and post menopause even the skinniest people add on some pounds, especially around the tummy. It is possible to lose weight but we need lifestyle changes. Read more…
Most people agree that self-care is any activity that can make you feel recharged, peaceful or joyful. In this spirit, I have created a 7 day self-care “challenge” to motivate you to try something that will help you to recharge and refresh. Any activity can be self-care if it is mindfully done. The contrary of […] Read more…
Home sweet home and with healing plants, home with a sweet healing garden. I am not a good gardener, many of my plants commit suicide, but I try and my garden more or less looks nice. Besides beautiful plants, our garden can also have healing plants. The two plants I will recommend you today are […] Read more…
I remember a beloved youtuber in a video showing how to apply certain makeup and suddenly saying, “I am having a hot flash.” As her well made-up face got drenched in sweat, all I was thinking was, “But she said that she takes hormones (HRT).” Many women suffer a lot of symptoms during perimenopause, menopause […] Read more…
Can you smell something delightful to reduce or eliminate perimenopause and menopause symptoms? I am talking of essential oils and aromatherapy. I love essential oils. I started to study aromatherapy in the early 90s, almost 30 years ago. I have used aromatherapy for many conditions and I find it works really well for hormonal and […] Read more…
Eat this, eat that, do not eat that cake, it will kill you. Yes it has sugar, bring the priest we need an exorcist to get the sugar out and the gluten and the milk and the joy. No doubt sugar is bad, but the stress produced by the scary headlines is worse, at least […] Read more…
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough,” brought to us by the unforgettable Mae West. Self-care should be part of that life, right? Of course it should be, especially for women in their 40s and 50s. We have given so much and worked so hard already; we need some […] Read more…