by Sheridan Semple | May 29, 2019 | Aromatherapy, General Health
Before menopause, I naively thought, “I’m so healthy! I don’t have any hormonal issues! Menopause will be a breeze for me! One day my period will stop, and that’ll be it! No problem!” Oh my gosh, how arrogant could I be?!? Well,...
by Sheridan Semple | Jan 13, 2019 | Aromatherapy, General Health
What?!? A spiritual opportunity? I feel like crap, how can this be spiritual? What on earth are you talking about Sheridan? When I say spiritual, I mean menopause helps you get in touch with your spirit, your inner being, your soul. Like the hero’s journey, you have...
by Sheridan Semple | Dec 16, 2018 | Aromatherapy, General Health
OMG, how much can one woman bleed?!? ***WARNING Graphic Content to follow!*** After 5 super-plus tampons backed up by 5 super-maxi pads, I began to wonder if anyone has ever bled out during her period. It suddenly hit me, this is the flooding I’ve read about. I’d been...
by Sheridan Semple | Nov 18, 2018 | General Health
Just tried on my new ski pants, size 10, and they’re uncomfortably tight! What happened to being a 6 Tall? Granted that was probably a nicotine-induced skinniness, but geez, size 10 ski pants cut off my circulation when I get into a tuck skiing. Harsh! Let’s talk...
by Sheridan Semple | Oct 21, 2018 | Aromatherapy, General Health
I went to sleep before 8:30 last night, 9 the night before and 8 a few nights back. Then slept in until at 9am (you read that right) my husband said, “I thought only teenagers did that.” I’m sleeping lots and lots right now because, like my teenage counterpart, I’m in...
by Sheridan Semple | Oct 1, 2018 | General Health
When you need reader glasses to find the tab on your tampon wrapper, it’s probably time for menopause. This actually happened to me last week, and I thought you’d get a laugh out of the image of me literally asking my husband to bring me some readers after trying to...
by Sheridan Semple | Sep 16, 2018 | General Health
Yep, I’m gonna use the “V” word and talk about vaginal dryness. I hear a lot of menopausal women sharing this uncomfortable and totally irritating complaint. It can be anything from annoying to downright debilitating and a serious sex life ruiner, that is if you even...
by Sheridan Semple | Aug 28, 2018 | General Health
Brain fog is a common menopause complaint. Heck, it can be a big issue for lots of non-menopausers too! I naively thought I’d skipped that perimenopausal symptom, until I noticed I couldn’t quite grasp the words I wanted to say. Easy words like… glove, dinner, or...
by Sheridan Semple | Aug 14, 2018 | General Health
I’m finding menopause symptoms come in waves. Sometimes I’m up on the crest feeling so good, scoffing menopause, and feeling I’ve got this symptom nonsense licked. Then suddenly a rouge wave comes out of nowhere, smacks me off my high perch, and I’m back down in the...
by Sheridan Semple | Mar 3, 2018 | General Health
Menopause isn’t a disease, so let’s stop treating as if it were one. In conventional medicine, we take a pill to deal with our “disease” symptoms and voila no more problem, right? Not so fast… there really isn’t a magic pill to heal yourself. Pills, taking away our...
