03/02/2025
Perimenopause/Menopause:
The transition into perimenopause and menopause can often be a wild ride. Fluctuating hormones and symptoms like hot flushes, mood swings, sleep disturbance, chronic pain and brain fog can be tough to navigate. While menopause typically occurs in early 50s, the years leading up to it (perimenopause) can be equally challenging.
Having gone through menopause in the last couple of years, I get how there can be many emotions at play too. At times relief and a sense of freedom, at other times grief, in acknowledging a transition from one life phase to another. But also, surprise... For example, I could never have imagined how my skin wouldn’t quite fit anymore – until it happened😄.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), this is an important life phase and an opportunity to recalibrate and reset. Constitution, lifestyle, environment and state of health, can really influence how your body navigates the process. There is so much Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture has to offer... wherever you are at. We all have a unique experience of this process, therefore, an individual and targeted approach with Acupuncture, herbal medicine, diet and lifestyle changes can help ease this transition.
When it comes to navigating the highs and lows of this time, I find, the more you can settle your nervous system the better. For me, that means a little less cardio, a bit more yoga, more strengthening and a piling on of the joyful things.
Because the more you can nourish your heart by doing the things that you love and being true to yourself, the more resilient and stronger you can become. 💕
I’ll be posting some perimenopause/menopause lifestyle tips soon xx.
