Embracing Menopause Positively through Art
The peri menopausal and menopausal transition makes us aware of our changing brain chemistry. And I know this because when I began noticing changes in me, I went in search of answers. I spoke to my Gynac and a few more, did a lot of research into what Homeopathy and Ayurveda had to offer, read books, listened to the available podcasts on menopause and understood a lot of things. One was that there was a lack of awareness and shame associated with the topic. But practicing as a psychotherapist, I was hearing very similar and some new expressions of menopause. Thus began my journey into understanding menopause and spreading awareness. Essentially what happens is that estrogen, which plays a very important role in a woman’s body begins to dip as we enter peri menopause ( around age 33-35) and further dips as we near menopausal age ( around age 45-53). This insufficiency of estrogen in our system affects the way our brain responds to us. We would have noticed that we walk into a room ...