Costa Women Meet … Lynne Parkin
With a mission to help women “embrace the menopause not fear it”, meet Lynne Parkin. With a love of all things ‘Gone with the Wind’ Read her story.
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Peri-menopause, have we forgotten about it?
MI VIDA NATURA BLOG Peri-menopause, have we forgotten it? At the age or around 35 – 50 women can begin to experience hormonal changes. However, they are sometimes not aware of this. This is because they have not been told about it or learned about it. As young women our mothers talk to us …
We need to change the narrative about being a middle-aged woman
So, hands up who was thrilled to be turning 40? We might look at our older sisters, mothers, or friends and see how they complain about “it all being downhill from now”. Like an inexplicable acceptance of middle age and all the aches, forgetfulness, loss of vitality and maybe loss of libido. The perimenopause …
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Bio-identical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT)
Our bodies gradually slow down as we get older. As a result, women make less and less of the two sex hormones, oestrogen and progesterone, and many suffer unpleasant or distressing symptoms such as: hot flushes, night sweats, loss of libido, headaches and mood changes. This process takes years and can be characterised into three …
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The Symptoms v Consequences of Menopause
Menopause … is it? Am I? No, it can’t be. Menopause, aka hormonal decline and deficiency, is inevitable for every woman and it’s way more than hot flushes – and more importantly it doesn’t happen overnight and is a gradual process that can start around the age of 40. Whether you notice/experience/acknowledge and symptoms or …
Battling the Perimenopausal Bulge
I set myself a challenge in 2019 to do a 365-day running streak. On New Year’s Day I pulled on my trainers with a goal of running a minimum of one mile each day for a year. By the end of January I’d clocked up 102 miles so readjusted my goal to do 100 miles …
Energize your life
Energize your life The more energy we have, the more we do and the happier we feel. So how do you energize your life? Energy is our fuel, we need it to get up in the morning, to get through the day and to relax. To keep up your energy levels, you need to be …
Menopause – the facts
The hormonal transition of menopause is a significant and inevitable chapter in every women’s life. As women, we battle with our hormones, from our teenage years through to midlife, at which point it comes in the form of waves. There was a time when menopause was a forbidden word. Known as ‘the change’ and typified …
Menopause ad Weightloss
Hi! Im 54 and going through the Menopause. I think I was conscious of it in my early 40s, and whilst many would like it over and done fast, to be honest its just another part of our amazing bodies journey. For those of you who don’t know me, I have monitored my body and …
Taking care of yourself during menopause – Hair
Hello and welcome – this issue I am talking about hair, are you taking care of your hair? Women often find they have very greasy or sometimes extremely dry hair at this time of life. So using a good shampoo, conditioner and maybe a conditioning mask every now and then could help to keep …