I think of perimenopause as a time of awakening.
It kind of takes you by the shoulders and shakes you.
And if you’ve been in a busy-ness trance, like many of us, it may cause you to look around and wonder how you got here.
You start to re-examine everything in your life.
Like the time and effort you spend on your work.
And the quality of relationships you have with your partner or kids or parents or friends.
And of course, the shape and health of your body.
You may find yourself in a place, emotionally or physically, they don’t really want to be, but it’s what you’ve become used to.
It’s a dull kind of normal… It’s not terrible, but it’s not great.
You know you’re not as happy as you could be.
As you want to be.
“But what can you do? This is just life, right?”
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