There aren’t many taboos left in our modern society today. Menopause is one of them.

 

Literally half of the population will experience it. every woman you see in the streets will be – is – or has gone through menopause. And yet, we don’t talk about it. Or if we do, it’s reduced to hot flashes, crankiness and how we can “manage” it with Hormone Replacement Therapy. There is so much more to this last female rite of passage. Like any other taboo the silence creates shame, isolation and the feeling that we are alone in our experience, The antidote is communication, sharing and empathy. Read more…