Over this next month while I prepare for my talk, I want to share a little bit about menopause each day. Something from a story, or something that we don't know, or maybe a little bit of stigma or history.
So today, let me begin with just a little bit of advice that came from Helen Deutsch, who was a colleague of Freud’s. She said that her advice to women going through menopause is to resign themselves to the tragic reality — to focus on what they can still enjoy, despite the catastrophe happening to them, and try to be a good grandmother.
A Catastrophe?
I just want to say that’s a bunch of hogwash. My advice for menopausal women — perimenopause — going through it wherever you are, is to embrace this time as something that matters. That’s not necessarily going to make it easier, but it will allow it to be more powerful.
It has the possibility to remake us just like so many significant stages in life can do. And menopause is no exception. So I would just say: Ignore that advice and live your life to the fullest. Find your creativity, find your spark, find your passions. Reawaken your childhood curiosity and devote yourself to the things that you love and that matter to you.
And live your absolute best life.
