A few of the ways menopause has changed me for the better

I feel like I lost 100 pounds, like a toddler who is changing every day...

With Professor Joyce Harper (talk about leading by example – she’s contagious!) in Abu Dhabi November 22. Joyce is professor of reproductive science at the Institute for Women's Health, University College London, where she heads the Reproductive Science and Society group. She was in the capital to speak on menopause and longevity.

I went through menopause in August 2023 after a WILD trans-menopausal year.

Here’s how a new me has been emerging ever since.

H​ere are a few of them:

• ​My mood is way more even

• I'm sleeping well (unless I get stressed, don't move enough or get outside)

• I don’t care about astrology anymore​

• I have shed some friends and moved some out of the inner circle

• I have a hard time finding movies and TV shows I want to watch because I don't want to see violence and darkness

• M​ost news sounds ​so biased

• ​Polarized political affiliations don't make sense to me anymore

• I​'m super picky about the yoga classes + workouts I do because the industry looks insane to me

• I don’t want to …