The Wisdom of Menopause

Author: Northrup (USA)
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book is a way to gain an in-depth understanding of healthy and happy women. Women have an intuitive connection to the spiritual world, the ability to harmonize their own wisdom, and a stronger physical system. Dr. Northrup reduces the spiritual to the medicinal, promoting understanding and trust between the two. That is, every woman needs to maintain physical health and create a fulfilling life. Menopause is an extremely frightening word for many women because it seems to imply aging, hysteria, and deteriorating family relationships. Is this really the case? Dr. Northrup, a highly popular medical advisor among American women, challenges traditional views through personal experiences and numerous compelling cases, explaining the changes women undergo during menopause and proving that menopause does not merely mean the loss of fertility or becoming an unpleasant "haggard."
Combining advanced medical technology with the best natural healing methods, Dr. Northrup guides women in choosing the most suitable comprehensive solutions—both spiritually and physically—to secure their future: how menopause initiates a woman's shift from caring about others to caring for herself; how to listen to the awakening signals in life, those emitted through menopausal symptoms, grief, depression, and anger; the meaning behind sexual dysfunction and other physical changes; how hormonal changes manifest as physical symptoms and how to individually select hormone replacement therapy; the magical effects of Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture; dietary adjustments and middle-aged beauty; and how to prevent long-term health issues such as heart disease, breast cancer, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer's disease.
Women can maintain their health by learning to observe their own bodies. Menopause is not merely a change brought by the passage of time. At this stage, women will hear messages from within their bodies—a wisdom from within that tells them it is time to change their lives.