I Am More Than My Hot Flushes

The menopausal transition is not just about the physical conditions such as hot flushes, brain fog and insomnia but really is about the emotional weight of aging and entering into a new phase of life. As women in our society we tend to be valued and relevant for our youthful looks and our fertility.

Menopause has a bad rap here in the West. I think Chinese Medicine had it right with their thoughts on Women’s Health and how the uterus was just important as the heart or the brain and understood how every organ relates energetically to it.

The menopause is highly revered in Chinese Medicine it’s known as “The Second Spring”. Many might balk at those words, they’ve seen mothers, aunts, friends or themselves indeed go through tumults hot