| Description |
xvi, 589 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Introduction: The Journey Begins 1 -- Midlife: Redefining Creativity and Home 3 -- Why I'm Writing a Menopause Book Now 5 -- Blazing a New Trail 6 -- Chapter 1: Menopause Puts Your Life Under a Microscope 9 -- "Not Me, My Marriage Is Fine" 10 -- The Childbearing Years: Balancing -- Personal and Professional Lives 12 -- Why Marriages Must Change at Midlife 16 -- My Personal Fibroid Story: The Final Chapter 20 -- Feeling the Joy of Co-creative Partnership 23 -- The Forces That Change the Goose Also -- Change the Gander 26 -- Real Menopause Hits 27 -- My Marriage Goes Bankrupt 28 -- Armadillo Medicine: The Power of Vulnerability 31 -- Celebrating the Past While Creating a New Future 33 -- Chapter 2: The Brain Catches Fire at Menopause 36 -- Our Cultural Inheritance 36 -- Our Brains Catch Fire at Menopause 38 -- Learning to Recognize and Heed -- Our Wake-up Calls 39 -- Is It Me or Is It My Hormones? -- Debunking the Myth of Raging Hormones 42 -- The Multiple Roles of Your "Reproductive" Hormones 48 -- -- -- -- Embracing the Message Behind Our Menopausal Anger 53 -- Emotions, Hormones, and Your Health 57 -- How Our Midlife Brains and Bodies Are -- Set Up to Heal Our Past 66 -- Finding a Larger Meaning 71 -- Chapter 3: Coming Home to Yourself: -- From Dependence to Healthy Autonomy 76 -- The Empty-Nest Syndrome 76 -- Boomerang Babies 80 -- Powerful Feelings, Powerful Healing 82 -- Caring for Ourselves, Caring for Others: -- Finding the Balance 84 -- Hitting Pay Dirt: Getting Clear About -- Money at Midlife 90 -- Coming Home to Yourself 97 -- Vocational Awakening at Midlife 99 -- A Road Map for Navigating Unknown Territory 102 -- Chapter 4: This Can't Be Menopause, Can It? -- The Physical Foundation of the Change 105 -- What Is Happening in Your Body: -- Hormonal Changes 106 -- Perimenopause Is a Normal Process, Not a Disease 107 -- The Three Types of Menopause 110 -- Perimenopause and Hormonal Levels 112 -- Is There a Test I Can Take? 114 -- Menopause and Thyroid Function 118 -- Menopause and Adrenal Function 119 -- What to Expect in Your Transition 124 -- Chapter 5: Hormone Replacement: -- An Individual Choice 134 -- A Brief History of Hormone Replacement 134 -- Bioidentical Hormones: Nature's Ideal Design 138 -- A Hormone Primer: Essential Information -- Every Woman Should Know 142 -- How to Decide Whether or Not to Take Hormones 154 -- A Dusting of Hormones 169 -- How Long Should You Stay on Hormones? 170 -- -- -- -- Chapter 6: Foods and Supplements to Support the Change 172 -- Basic Principles of Herbal Therapy at Menopause 174 -- Menopausal Healing Foods 178 -- Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture -- for Menopause 187 -- Start Somewhere 190 -- Chapter 7: The Menopause Food Plan: A Program to -- Balance Your Hormones and Prevent -- Middle-Age Spread 191 -- Making Peace (Once Again) with My Weight 192 -- Five Steps to Midlife Weight Control 194 -- The Elements of Imbalance 199 -- The Hormone-Balancing Food Plan 205 -- Optimizing Midlife Digestion 219 -- The Final Frontier: Accepting Our Bodies 225 -- Chapter 8: Creating Pelvic Health and Power 227 -- What Is Yours, What Is Mine, What Is Ours? -- Reclaiming Our Boundaries 228 -- Hormonal Imbalance: Fuel to the Fire 231 -- Menstrual Cramps and Pelvic Pain 231 -- Heavy Bleeding 235 -- Fibroids 240 -- An Empowered Approach to Surgery or -- Invasive Procedures 247 -- Strengthen Your Urinary Health and -- Pelvic Floor Muscles 254 -- Chapter 9: Sex and Menopause: Myths and Reality 264 -- The Anatomy of Desire 265 -- Sexuality at Menopause: Our Cultural Inheritance 267 -- Menopause Is a Time to Redefine and -- Update Our Relationships 274 -- Hormone Levels Are Only One Part of Libido 277 -- Secondary Libidinal Support: Estrogen and Progesterone 279 -- Testosterone: The Hormone of Desire? 281 -- Aids to Lubrication 283 -- Telling the Truth 287 -- Nine Steps to Rekindling Libido 289 -- -- -- -- Chapter 10: Nurturing Your Brain: -- Sleep, Depression, and Memory 292 -- Enhancing Midlife Sleep 296 -- Depression: An Opportunity for Growth 304 -- Memory Loss at Menopause: Is This Alzheimer's? 314 -- Estrogen and Alzheimer's 316 -- Non-hormonal Ways to Protect Your Brain 319 -- Maximizing Midlife Wisdom 323 -- Chapter 11: From Rosebud to Rose Hip: -- Cultivating Midlife Beauty 328 -- Making Peace with Your Changing Skin 330 -- Preventing or Treating Wrinkles 336 -- Midlife Acne 347 -- Rosacea 351 -- Hair in the Wrong Places 354 -- When Good Skin Care Isn't Enough: -- Deciding on Cosmetic Procedures 360 -- Varicose Veins 364 -- Chapter 12: Standing Tall for Life: -- Building Healthy Bones 369 -- Osteoporosis: The Scope of the Problem 370 -- We're Designed for Lifetime Sturdiness 371 -- How Healthy Bone Is Made 372 -- Are You at Risk for Osteoporosis? 377 -- Measuring Bone Density 381 -- Bone-Building Program 385 -- What About Bone-Building Drugs? 393 -- Get Strong 394 -- The Sunlight-Bone Health Connection 403 -- Shore Up Your Earth Connection with Plant Medicine 408 -- Chapter 13: Creating Breast Health 409 -- Our Cultural Inheritance: Nurturing and Self-Sacrifice 410 -- The Emotional Anatomy of Breast Cancer 412 -- Lifestyle and Breast Health 417 -- Eating for Breast Health 420 -- Breast Cancer Screening 423 -- Putting Breast Cancer Risk in Perspective 431 -- -- -- -- The Breast Cancer Gene: Should You Be Tested? 433 -- The Effect of HRT on Breast Health 434 -- Bioidentical Hormones and Cancer Risk 437 -- The Tamoxifen Dilemma 444 -- Chapter 14: Living with Heart, Passion, and Joy: -- How to Listen to and Love Your Midlife Heart 449 -- The Heart Has Its Say at Menopause: -- My Personal Story 450 -- Cardiovascular Disease: When the Flow -- of Life Is Blocked 454 -- Palpitations: Your Heart's Wake-up Call 456 -- Gender Bias and Heart Disease: -- Our Cultural Inheritance 459 -- Arteriosclerosis: Reducing Your Risk 462 -- Carbohydrates, Sugar, and Heart Health: -- What Every Woman Should Know 472 -- Cardioprotective Supplements 475 -- Foods for Heart Health 480 -- What About Aspirin? 482 -- Get Moving! 483 -- Is Estrogen Replacement Necessary to -- Prevent Heart Disease? 487 -- How to Love and Respect Your Midlife Heart 492 -- The Heart-Opening Effect of Pets 493 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Menopause -- Psychological aspects.
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Menopause.
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Menopause -- Religious aspects.
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Women -- Health and hygiene.
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Menopause -- Popular works.
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Menopause -- Psychological aspects -- Popular works.
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| LC no. |
00051892 |
| ISBN |
055380121X |
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055338080X paperback |
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