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Shades of Menopause
The Menopause Mystic
The menopause space is dominated by cisgender narratives that often don’t represent or include the experiences of all people who are affected by this transitional life stage. Omisade Burney-Scott is doing her part to change this.
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Quick, informative read.
Written by integrative gynecologist and hormone specialist, Dr. LaKeischa McMillan, The Other PMS was a quick and straightforward read. Dr. McMillan uses helpful analogies and simplified metaphors to explain the critical role of our sex hormones, and our adrenal and thyroid glands during menopause transition. I also appreciate how she shares her own struggles, as a Black woman and medical professional navigating perimenopause (especially the impact on relationships and self-perception) and talks through her approach to treatment and wellness. I found it to be a particularly helpful perspective coming from a doctor practicing in the space. I definitely recommend!
You can purchase her book via online booksellers, including Amazon and Barnes and Noble. You can follow Dr. McMillan on IG or Clubhouse, @DrLaKeischaMD. Happy reading!
STORIES
A LONG TRANSITION: LIFE POST-MENOPAUSE
HIT WITH PERIMENOPAUSE: I KNEW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
HIT WITH PERIMENOPAUSE: I KNEW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
Lisa M. Griffith-Fleming, a 56-year-old hair stylist and actor, has been experiencing menopause transition for the last 11 years. Now, post-menopausal, she's got a lot of life lessons, remedies and better than ever sex stories to share.
“Whooo woo barbecue — that’s what it has felt like every day with this menopause I’ve been going through since I was 45 —more than 11 years now. I’ve got tenure!”
HIT WITH PERIMENOPAUSE: I KNEW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
HIT WITH PERIMENOPAUSE: I KNEW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
HIT WITH PERIMENOPAUSE: I KNEW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
Susan Torres, a 51-year-old casting agent, began experiencing disruptive symptoms at age 49.
“My mother never spoke about my body — or anything sexual. There were little nicknames — but you don’t hear about that until you are there.”
AHEAD OF THE CURVE: EARLY MENOPAUSE
HIT WITH PERIMENOPAUSE: I KNEW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
AHEAD OF THE CURVE: EARLY MENOPAUSE
Asia Kaleem, now 42, is a vivacious, gregarious mother of 3 — thrust into early menopause eleven years ago. Now, she’s happy to be in a stage where she can “Do whatever the hell she wants to do” — left her home town, moved to NYC to reinvent, and learned to “lean into the sweats.”
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