Perimenopause and menopause are having their moment in public conversations. In this first full episode of season 2 of Not Your Average Aunties (NYAA), Farheen and Mohini talk about their multi-year perimenopausal journey thus far and how it’s been a significant reason why NYAA was itself on pause.
They begin with reflections on the uncertainty, confusion, secrecy and shame associated with menstruation and their bodies that began in puberty, and they dig into this season of cronehood - what it’s been like for them, what they are learning and what is supporting them through the aches, rage, pain, sweats and more. It ain’t easy and it’s not done, but there is alot of hope they’d like to share with others, their own age and younger.
According to Statistics Canada 2021 data, 10 million women, or a quarter of all women, in Canada are perimenopausal or postmenopausal. Women spend up to HALF their lives in the menopausal (peri or post) stage! It is time that women’s health, including the ups, downs and unknowns of the perimenopausal journey, be talked about by all genders and ages, regardless of whether one is going through it. Our individual and collective well being depends on it, and we cannot do it alone.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
The Midlife Feast Podcast by Dr. Jenn Salib-Huber – Episode 1 & 2
https://www.menopausenutritionist.ca/podcast
Aging Powerfully with Melissa Grelo Podcast – Episode 8 with Dr. Stacy Sims
https://www.agingpowerfullywithmelissagrelo.com/listen
Dr. Mindy Pelz on the Diary of a CEO podcast – watch from 1h:20m.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2mQOGzHtQc
Book: Estrogen Matters
https://estrogenmatters.com/
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