📚Your Menopause Reading List
For when you're ready to dive in.
🎉 Happy Friday, Friends!
Welcome to the next installment in our newsletter series on menopause. The last two editions are here:
- First, we talked about how menopause symptoms are more complex than we're told.
- Last week, we went over some things I've done to support my own perimenopause experience.
This week, we're focusing on other resources about this transition.
A note for anyone who isn't going through menopause, whether you will one day or won't: understanding menopause is not just for people who are in it. Everyone knows someone who is affected by menopause. People of all genders hold biases against woman, especially women past their reproductive years. Everyone has deeply held beliefs about the value of a woman, often related to her ability to reproduce.
There are tons of reasons to educate yourself on this topic, particularly if you're uncomfortable with topics like menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause. Supporting others, building empathy, examining your relationship with gender, and learning about the full human experience.
I've kept this list short because I think these are truly the best books available about this topic. They've supported me as a woman going through perimenopause and a trainer who focuses on people at and around this big change. I hope you love these gems the way I do!
📚 What Fresh Hell is This: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You, by Heather Corinna
Funny and truthful, Heather Corinna challenges readers with a historical understanding of reproductive health (torturing enslaved Black women “for science” and the current landscape of what to expect during peri-/menopause
📚 Menopause Manifesto, by Jen Gunter
Menopause is not a disease—it’s a planned change, like puberty. And just like puberty, we should be educated on what’s to come years in advance, rather than the current practice of leaving people on their own with bothersome symptoms and too much conflicting information. Knowing what is happening, why, and what to do about it is both empowering and reassuring.
📚 Eat to Thrive During Menopause, by Jenn Salib Huber, RD, ND
This book provides easy, digestible information on menopause nutrition, how diet culture failed us, why the food noise makes us feel crazy, and why we can’t just feel at peace in our bodies. Her newsletter and nutrition guide are super helpful too!
With you as we transition with love,
Dana