Menopause: from bitchy to beautiful
Menopause Chicks
by Shirley
3y ago
I was 48 years old when I did this for the very first time: I thanked my body and called it beautiful. It was New Year’s Eve five years ago. I was lying in my bathtub—and I looked down at my body and said: “Thank you.”  I thanked it for giving me two amazing children. And, for carrying me this far on my journey. And while that might seem mildly insignificant to some—reflecting back, it was my own personal moment of disruption; it was a pivotal line in the sand that I drew between “this sucks” and a confidence-fueled “I’m smart. My health is my priority. And, I’ve got this!” It had ..read more
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Job Looking During COVID-19? 6 Things Need to Know Concerning Remote Featuring Right Now
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by Elisabeth Gill
3y ago
Job Looking During COVID-19? 6 Things Need to Know Concerning Remote Featuring Right Now Just after you thought that you simply might be getting accustomed to this whole interviewing for that new work thing, the whole world went sideways. Interviewing (let alone finding well) had been challenging ample on a excellent day. The way in which, exactly, are you supposed to start off interviewing— as well as hired— accompanied by the coronavirus pandemic? Serious breaths. The correct answer is definitely: You change. That’s just what recruiters and also hiring managers are generally doing, and they ..read more
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Moisturize your vagina like your brain health depends on it (because it does!
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by Shirley
4y ago
He looked up and said, “Really? I thought it was only about sex!” I have some very interesting conversations with the men in my life.  My husband has been listening to the ins and outs of navigating menopause for years. My son and his 19-year old friends asked for a Menopause Chicksupdate at a recent holiday party. And this time last year, I was a guest on the popular Sickboy podcast, where it wasn’t long before my conversation about menopause with three, curious 30-year old males quickly turned to juicy vaginas. The other day, I was having coffee with a colleague; a health profession ..read more
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You are the most beautiful woman I have ever known.
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by Shirley
4y ago
Breaking News: You are the most beautiful woman I’ve ever known. [And sometimes, it’s messy…even HOT in the middle. Read through to the end for my experience with the EmbrWave!] When I hear myself talk about my own journey and say words such as overwhelmed, tired and brain fog, I sometimes say to myself: OMG, what if it wasn’t perimenopause after all? What if…what if this is just me? True story: at this very minute, I cannot find my phone. I had it at this morning’s coffee date. I know I did not take it with me to the grocery store. I’m home. The groceries are home. No phone. I’m hot. And fr ..read more
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I want you to moisturize your vagina.
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by Shirley
4y ago
It’s time to prioritize our vaginal health! (article from this month’s LIVE PURE JOURNAL October 2019)   Let’s crack open the conversation on vaginal dryness. My sister is ten years older than me. She reached menopause at age 36 because she had cancer as a child and we assume the radiation treatments damaged many of her eggs. I was 26 at the time, and knew nothing about menopause. However, I remember one specific conversation my sister shared with me—where she described her most recent doctor’s appointment.   Doctor: Your ovaries have shut down. You need to go on hormone therapy ..read more
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Meet Rebecca
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by Shirley
4y ago
Rebecca is tired, has no energy, is losing her hair, feels cold all the time, her fingernails are weak and brittle & she describes her brain as “foggy.” Sound like anyone you know? The following case study was written by Bob Mehr, CEO, Pure Pharmacy, in Chapter 16 of MOKITA: How to navigate perimenopause with confidence & ease.   Rebecca is fifty-three, and she walked into our Pure Pharmacy location in West Vancouver back in 2015 with symptoms of fatigue, low energy, hair loss, feeling cold, weak and brittle nails, and brain fog. Many of these symptoms can be indicative of low thyr ..read more
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Heavy bleeding accounts for 70% of all gynecological visits
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by Shirley
5y ago
And it doesn’t have to be that way MenopauseChicks.com wants women to be prepared for perimenopause With Menopause Awareness Month coming up in September, there is no better time for raising awareness of bleeding in perimenopause, and how different it can be for some women.  We are calling on media, and all of us, to discard some of the traditional thinking associated with menopause, and instead empower women to get informed about perimenopause so they are prepared, rather than scared, when changes occur. Following is an excerpt from an article I was quoted in a couple of years ago–and still v ..read more
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Vagina Health: You have options
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by Shirley
5y ago
We need to stop telling women “it’s just part of being a woman” and to “suck it up.” When you sneeze, you’ll pee your pants and that’s something you’ll have to live with. That’s BS. Last Friday at MOKITA: Conversations for a Health Midlife, I introduced you to The Vagina Coach. One of the important takeaways from our panel discussion was that vaginal dryness and pelvic floor weakness, while common experiences for many women, DO NOT get better with time. That said, the other important message we want all women to know is that there are easy and accessible options. Many options, in fact, ranging ..read more
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INTRODUCING: The Mokita Fund for Women
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by Shirley
5y ago
I’m worried about women. Introducing the NEW Mokita Fund for Women As featured in: Live Pure Journal, July 2019 By Shirley Weir, Founder, MenopauseChicks.com, & author, MOKITA: How to navigate perimenopause with confidence & ease Six years ago, I started Menopause Chicks on a mission to “crack open the conversation” on one of life’s most natural phases—yet under-discussed; a topic laden with myths, misconceptions, stereotypes, fear and shame. I found people were more willing to discuss sex and religion over perimenopause or menopause. This led me to discover the word “mokita” (from Pap ..read more
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The popular topic of weight management & menopause
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by Shirley
5y ago
One of the most popular conversations on the Menopause Chicks community involves this topic: weight management. It’s a challenging subject for sure. As you can imagine, whenever a member posts something about challenges with weight—it always brings out comments from people who may or may NOT be the best “experts” to hand out weight management tips on the internet. I mean, seriously, we are all different. And I’m pleased to hear something like the Keto diet worked for you, but think about it–there’s no way that’s the magic wand for everyone. If you’ve followed our work for awhile, you know by n ..read more
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