Self Talk I want only ONE easy-to-prepare, ready-to-enjoy festive package. One that includes Christmas family fun activities, small-sized traditional Christmas (Portuguese and Brit) that covers the lot: snacks, meals, drinks and desserts. No fuss, no mess, no arguments. And everybody’s happy. My patience is normally wearing thin by this time of the year. All IContinue reading “Menopausal Mondays”
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Menopausal Mondays
Self Talk I used to enjoy reading. I used to enjoy writing. Always loved to socialise and meeting new people. Even though I was a bit of a geek and loved playing around with MS Access and the primary scripts of web designing (yes, I found fun and sometimes mindblowing 😂). Our active life getsContinue reading “Menopausal Mondays”
Menopausal Mondays
Self Talk No motivation. No energy. No joy. This is what it comes to most middle aged women every 22/30 days. All we want is for everything arounds us to slow down… Joints start to hurt, nerves cramping up, our temperature swings, brain fogs, we become more irritable, patience shortens… We look for all theContinue reading “Menopausal Mondays”
Menopausal Mondays
Self Talk The reasons why I can’t sleep are typically related to five things: (Often related to item 1 and 3 for me 😬, and more often than not in a double wammy). I keep trying to convince myself to be kind to myself and to take it easy, to accept that not everything isContinue reading “Menopausal Mondays”
Menopausal Mondays
Self Talk ” I’m exhausted.” I try and stick to all the right things on autopilot, so I don’t have to make choices (or wrong ones). It helps me stay on track. Some days it works, others require a bit more effort. I reckon that if I’ve got the healthy food and exercise plan right,Continue reading “Menopausal Mondays”
Menopausal Mondays
Self Talk I say to myself often. When I get halfway through the day and feel like I’ve been scraping but got nothing done, when none of my efforts are being seen (or it looks as if people are purposefully ignoring me). The whole world is against me. All the traffic lights are red, theContinue reading “Menopausal Mondays”
A note from me
A health(y) investment
“Menopause: when the fire inside you matches your ambition.” Keeping a healthy weight in a Mediterranean culture meant keeping a well-rounded body. When I stayed at my grandparents for the holidays, they would think a good set of chubby cheeks meant good health; it meant we were well-nourished. All a reflex of their life experience,Continue reading “A health(y) investment”
Personal Spring Clean
Menopause is just puberty’s older, wiser sister. What better (brighter) season in the year will enable us to see things at their clearest? Being a little OCD, I consider it quite a satisfying task 😁 Going through this relatively new phase of my female life made me re-evaluate it. Menopause (and I guess andropause too)Continue reading “Personal Spring Clean”
Mumma’s Menopausal Journey
“Menopause is not an ending; it’s a powerful new beginning.” I believe I started my perimenopause about 4 years ago. I was 44. The brain fog was my trigger. It became more present as days went by. I realised it when I started forgetting things I had no problem recalling before. Brain fog (yes) –Continue reading “Mumma’s Menopausal Journey”
Nostalgic Mumma 