Cracking the Menopause: While Keeping Yourself Together

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This meticulously researched book looking at all aspects of the stages of the menopause (before, during and after) is told in a frank and often very sarcastic manner, which took a bit of getting used to, but I enjoyed by the end. Mariella Frostup gives her personal experience in each chapter, but they also include the voices of lots of different women, and some men, and this helped to show how diverse an experience it can be. There is so much information here, that it can be a lot to take in, but I plan to get a hard copy (having enjoyed the audiobook) so that I can use it as a reference book too. Related issues, such as employment and how we view ageing and looks, get a good outing too, together with cultural aspects of the menopause and how it affects people with extra needs.

Visit beautiful Norwich Department store in the Heart of Norwich, or one of our branches in Norfolk And if the authors are right about magnesium spray for calf pain. They will get another 2 stars. (when I went to the doctor her 'helpful' advice was, "we all get aches and pains as we get older"!!!) You don't have to be without the information needed to make your journey through the menopause, easily and without feeling flustered. In this book, I will enable and empower you to understand the physical and emotional changes you will go through. You will also be able to understand the various stages of the menopause and gain a positive outlook on a natural part of your life. There are also first-person case studies from a variety of people who’ve gone through menopause, including celebrities, activists, politicians (or their wives), HR professionals…

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I found this a helpful read. I enjoyed reading other people's experiences along with the explanations of what is happening to our bodies. This friendly, feisty book has all the myth-busting facts, tactics and strategies we need to sail through menopause and not just survive, but thrive. -- Alice Hart-Davis, founder of The Tweakments Guide The campaigners had called their online women’s health project The Menopause Manifesto, but Jennifer Gunter, the US gynaecologist and author of a book of the same name, published last spring, strongly objected.

This is a very timely book, both personally and politically. And, as we know, the personal IS political.

Advance Praise

Optimistic, hilarious and informative. A rallying cry for women to love and look after themselves at any age. -- Susannah Constantine

This enlightening audiobook is passionately narrated by the authors, Mariella Frostrup with Alice Smellie. And it does it in a light-hearted way without dumbing down and without emphasising one factor or treatment over others. It is a thorough, complete guide that is a delight to read. Anyone who reads it will come away with new information and a fresh insight into the state of menopause today.

I very much enjoyed the way this book blended historic and current perspectives with personal experiences. It brought to life the idea that our experiences of menopause vary greatly, adding to the complexity and importance of this topic. It's high time we renovated and elevated this life change. Despite the centuries of speculation and propaganda, we are not overheating or inherently cold, we are not hysterics or boiling vats of toxic poisons, we are not dried up or washed up, we are simply menopausal. There were many parts like this, where I found myself nodding along. Have they been spying on me? However…

In this no-holds-barred guide, Mariella shares her own journey through the menopause, along with the latest science, advice from leading experts and humorous illustrations - to provide an informative source of wisdom and enlightenment. One of my biggest bugbear with menopause books – especially celebrity menopause books – is that they feel they have to be “worthy” and teach a “lesson”. I don’t want that. I want a book that will explain menopause and have a bit of life and fun about it. You know, like 50Sense… Plus, neither one is a doctor, so this is no dry medical tome that takes the life out of menopause. Nor is it a moanfest or an aspirational read (although Mariella gets inspirational about changing how menopause is viewed). It’s honest, educational and fun. A fun menopause book? I loved that it doesn’t preach or assume I know nothing about menopause. Instead, it delivers the facts and information in a very accessible and inclusive way, talking to its readers as the grown-ups we are. What I particularly like is that lifestyle is given just as much spotlight as hormone replacement therapy. Mariella talks about how she’s upped her exercise to support the impact HRT has on helping prevent osteoporosis, for example, and like many of us, grimaces when she remembers the amount of partying she’s done in the past when she thinks about the risk now of breast cancer.Marian Keyes, author of Again, Rachel I inhaled this book, it's fantastic. Women of all ages need to read it. It’s genuinely helped me understand why I wake up at 5 a.m. and made me laugh along the way. This book is a must read for any woman going through the stressful chapter of menopause. This information is comprehensive & valuable and the advised resolutions are practical. Good taste. But we’re still waiting for a #KnowYourMenopause selfie… Isn’t it just another celebrity menopause book? I love this book and it was a joy to listen to other women’s experiences as I enter my 40s and perimenopause.