Today’s generation is the first to really speak openly about menopause—yet the medical community and popular culture fixate on the negative aspects. Now a renowned women’s health expert offers a powerful guide to experiencing perimenopause and menopause as a natural gateway into the next exciting and meaningful phase of our lives.My guest is Susan Willson, the author of https://www.soundstrue.com/products/making-sense-of-menopause (Making Sense of Menopause). She is a Yale-educated certified nurse midwife and certified clinical thermographer with more than 40 years of experience in the women’s health field.In this inspiring and highly practical guide, Willson dismantles the cultural falsehoods we’ve been taught about menopause and illuminates:Menopause as metamorphosis—how the changes in our bodies literally transform us into new women with essential roles to play in our cultureHow the biological arc of a woman’s life unfolds toward menopause—and how our earliest experiences inform the menopause we will havePractical guidance for self-care—including sleep, nutrition, stress management, exercise, and social connectionsSexuality and relationships—deepening our emotional bonds and expanding our capacity to give and receive pleasureBecoming the Wise Woman—stepping into the essential role of an elder in our youth-obsessed world

Making Sense of Menopause honors the momentous passage that women go through at midlife with an appealing mixture of practical advice and reverent reflection. Susan makes it clear that menopause is not a diminution or mere biological process but a psychospiritual transformation.Email me, Lisa Stockdale, anytime at [email protected] - Aging in Full Bloom with Lisa Stockdale is sponsored by Capital Health Care Network, an Ohio-based, family-owned and operated company, providing solutions that help seniors age on their own terms. Those solutions include home care, senior living, nursing home and rehab care, and hospice. Learn more at Capital Health Care Network. Follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast player. Android user? http://www.subscribeonandroid.com Copyright 2022 Lisa Stockdale Mentioned in this episode:Aging in Full Bloom with Lisa Stockdale is sponsored by Capital Health Care Network, an Ohio-based, family-owned and operated company, providing solutions that help seniors age on their own terms. Those solutions include home care, senior living, nursing home and rehab care, and hospice. Learn more at Capital Health Care Network.