Perimenopause and memory loss: everything you need to know
If you’ve ever stood in the middle of a room and thought, “Why did I come in here?”, you’re not alone. Cognitive changes during perimenopause and menopause are common, but they can also be unsettling....
View ArticleExclusive excerpt: “Normalize It” by Jessica Zucker PhD, leader of...
This is Chapter 12, “On Change,” of Normalize It: Upending the Silence, Stigma, and Shame That Shape Women’s Lives by Jessica Zucker PhD Nova, whom I’ve been seeing for half a decade, relaxed into my...
View ArticleAging out of f#cks: The neuroscience of why you can’t pretend anymore
You’re in a meeting. Someone says something objectively wrong. And instead of doing your usual dance — the soft correction, the diplomatic phrasing, the careful preservation of everyone’s feelings —...
View Article‘Nobody else has issues with food after they get sober, right?’
Enjoy this exclusive excerpt of Humble Pie: Sober Menopause, Sugar Addiction, and the Sweetness of Recovery.. . . And then, for a long time, sobriety got a lot easier. But after a while, sugar started...
View ArticleHow to overcome self-abandonment
You’ve been everything to everyone. You hustle, overdeliver, say yes when you mean no, and carry the emotional weight of everyone around you. You’ve spent your whole life perfecting your expected...
View ArticleRecovering from anorexia and bulimia in my 50s
The sharp, familiar outlines of anorexia and bulimia came into view when I met T. I was 52 years old, two years separated from my husband of 25 years, and still grieving the sudden death of my mother....
View ArticleHow to stop feeling guilty
This is an exclusive excerpt of Chapter 5: “Identifying Your Guilt Triggers” of Guilt Free: Reclaiming Your Life from Unreasonable Expectations by Jennifer Reid MD Let’s take a moment to consider a...
View ArticleWhy women disclose child sexual abuse later in life
My grandmother was in her 90s when she told me something she had carried for nearly a century: her history of sexual abuse. I started to speak openly about mine in my mid-40s. We tend to think of...
View ArticleEnjoy this excerpt of Love, Finally by Geneen Roth
Shopping With My Mother My mother and I are shopping at the Healthy Food Expo in Huntington, New York, on a dolphin-blue day. I am thirty, she is fifty-two. We stop at a booth of tie-dyed...
View ArticleMeet stress reduction coach Stephanie Lewis of LiveWellFlow
Stephanie Lewis, Esq., NBC-HWC was the epitome of the Half Sandwich Generation — aka working caregiver — and the stress that comes with it. For several years, she cared for her aging parents while...
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