Thank you for being here! ❤️🙌 And yeah, love the women singing. Ooh, putting that on my IRL to-do list this year... Join a singing group (even if you can't sing, lol)
Latchkey kid here. 🙋🏼♀️ Starting in kindergarten! A five year old walking home alone to an empty apartment in Vancouver! With a string and key around my neck. So this is what we all have in common? Who knew!!
“If you want to do anything really worthwhile in life, you’re going to have to get down in the deep muddy.” Gah! Your mom sounds amazing!!! And her spirit is fierce and alive in you. 💛
"Down in the Deep Muddy" I love that; it sounds so "deep" or to be sung by a gospel chorus.
It is really hard for me to read about the new revelation by women and :menopause. When I wrote about it via my blog "Gonepausal" and eponymous book not one woman wanted to say a peep. All in denial and silence.. So you all finally worke up and came out of the closet or never knew about the closet because it was a silent subject. And where were to ob-gyn docs? Well most of them at the time were men and never thought about it was a big topic. Let me tell you girlies it doesn't end at post menopause it goes on and on. Just follow your sex life and you'll catch my drift.
Oh, please, breathing-schmeathing! Give me the epidural! Choosing to go without THAT is like CHOOSING to go through winter without SHOES. It's just DUMB!
It does go on and ON. Just a few weeks ago, a girlfriend who is 79, texted that her night sweats were back AGAIN. We are all such bespoke creatures--and boy, do we need to talk to each other about all this stuff so much MORE... a living document for generations of women: "What to Expect When You're Exploding 💥 (for Decades!)"
Sharing this event with my posse of midlife women friends (BTW I sing to them all the time ;) Hope you're finding time to stand in front of the freezer now and then (it works in a pinch). I don't know a single midlife woman who isn't "down in the deep muddy" in some way or another. I'm also speaking with women who have come out the other side, and will share in an upcoming Womancake post.
Singing is the best! And I can't wait to read your post! Night sweats are such sleep disruptors. Thank you for sharing Jen's live event... I think it's a rare opportunity to understand the underpinnings and dynamics of Big Capital C Corporate HR, which can feel so adversarial toward women in our demo. I'd rather us figure out how to build bridges there than persist with the divide we so often experience.
I work with a ton of SUPER POWERFUL older women in the corporate sector, and they've taught me so much about knowing my worth and making the most of it (they make others prove their worth!). They don't take shit from anyone, and it's amazing! One tip they've given me: challenge someone who cuts you down on the spot. Don't wait until you've had time to think it over, or you could lose your courage. But obviously, make sure you have a strategy for doing the challenging, otherwise it can back fire.
We are indeed in the thick of it! And yes, I just have to get with Heather and figure out the right HRT dose, and/or maybe it's not HRT but another med that can help. We're so lucky to have a meno specialist in our midst! Also, thinking some Lusome 10-second self-wicking nightshirts would be a good get!
Craving cheese, yes. Let’s sing women. Mockery trumps tyranny. Love this piece. Thank you!
Thank you for being here! ❤️🙌 And yeah, love the women singing. Ooh, putting that on my IRL to-do list this year... Join a singing group (even if you can't sing, lol)
Latchkey kid here. 🙋🏼♀️ Starting in kindergarten! A five year old walking home alone to an empty apartment in Vancouver! With a string and key around my neck. So this is what we all have in common? Who knew!!
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You are in it to win it. Love your energy and focus even with a midnight flash (in the pan, hopefully).
My flashes are warm embers. They die out slowly. Like a stubborn campfire.
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“If you want to do anything really worthwhile in life, you’re going to have to get down in the deep muddy.” Gah! Your mom sounds amazing!!! And her spirit is fierce and alive in you. 💛
"Down in the Deep Muddy" I love that; it sounds so "deep" or to be sung by a gospel chorus.
It is really hard for me to read about the new revelation by women and :menopause. When I wrote about it via my blog "Gonepausal" and eponymous book not one woman wanted to say a peep. All in denial and silence.. So you all finally worke up and came out of the closet or never knew about the closet because it was a silent subject. And where were to ob-gyn docs? Well most of them at the time were men and never thought about it was a big topic. Let me tell you girlies it doesn't end at post menopause it goes on and on. Just follow your sex life and you'll catch my drift.
The same goes for giving birth . It bleeping hurts and fuck the myth of breathing your way thru.
Oh, please, breathing-schmeathing! Give me the epidural! Choosing to go without THAT is like CHOOSING to go through winter without SHOES. It's just DUMB!
It does go on and ON. Just a few weeks ago, a girlfriend who is 79, texted that her night sweats were back AGAIN. We are all such bespoke creatures--and boy, do we need to talk to each other about all this stuff so much MORE... a living document for generations of women: "What to Expect When You're Exploding 💥 (for Decades!)"
Sharing this event with my posse of midlife women friends (BTW I sing to them all the time ;) Hope you're finding time to stand in front of the freezer now and then (it works in a pinch). I don't know a single midlife woman who isn't "down in the deep muddy" in some way or another. I'm also speaking with women who have come out the other side, and will share in an upcoming Womancake post.
Singing is the best! And I can't wait to read your post! Night sweats are such sleep disruptors. Thank you for sharing Jen's live event... I think it's a rare opportunity to understand the underpinnings and dynamics of Big Capital C Corporate HR, which can feel so adversarial toward women in our demo. I'd rather us figure out how to build bridges there than persist with the divide we so often experience.
I work with a ton of SUPER POWERFUL older women in the corporate sector, and they've taught me so much about knowing my worth and making the most of it (they make others prove their worth!). They don't take shit from anyone, and it's amazing! One tip they've given me: challenge someone who cuts you down on the spot. Don't wait until you've had time to think it over, or you could lose your courage. But obviously, make sure you have a strategy for doing the challenging, otherwise it can back fire.
It does feel like a mud bath these days, doesn't it? So sorry to hear about your hot flashes returning! Surely there is help for those??
We are indeed in the thick of it! And yes, I just have to get with Heather and figure out the right HRT dose, and/or maybe it's not HRT but another med that can help. We're so lucky to have a meno specialist in our midst! Also, thinking some Lusome 10-second self-wicking nightshirts would be a good get!
Such beautiful writing, Alisa!
Awww... That means everything! 💗