18/10/2025
I have this theory that the menopause is there to unpick us…
Not the real ‘us’ but the versions created by society and its superwoman expectations.
The versions created by the impact of decades of fertility hormones, childbirth, mothering, or the lack of all that.
A heart broken and rebuilt a million times over and a body completely exhausted by constantly reinventing itself to fit the mould of that particular chapter.
I think the menopause strips us bare.
Not to humiliate but to eventually FREE us.
And aren’t we so very lucky now that we have such control over HOW we rebuild.
These hormones that plague us so become ours to curate and administer.
And the biggest weapon of all is ours to brandish - SHARING.
No shame, fear or symptom can thrive in the light of our shared wisdom and experience.
The power is ours, what a thing.
And I’m not for a minute daring to say that any of this undoing is easy - but show me a phase of your life ruled by hormones that was easy, my love. We know what it is to battle, you and me.
I have this theory that the menopause is there to unpick the versions of ourselves we are far too brilliant and wise for now.
And we get to rebuild in the shape of something far more fitting…
the woman we were meant to be, all along.
Donna
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Donna ###
