One of the first signs of peri-menopause is declining progesterone, the nurturing and loving hormone, and one symptom is intolerance.

Rebecca Rosenblat spoke about the attitude she uses to thrive after the age of 40, during perimenopause and menopause: being a Diva!

Menopause is never-ending and lasts for the rest of our lives. The taboo around menopause has led to the suppression of very important health facts.

I was also 43 when I discovered that peri-menopause starts at age 40. The term menopause is even more frightening for women, and it’s important that we understand what it means.

Jill Hillhouse, Certified Nutritional Practitioner, dishes about how to lead a healthy lifestyle by removing key toxins from your personal products, foods and household goods.

Peri-menopause is the term used to define the 10 years before a woman enters into menopause, typically at age 50. Most women will start peri-menopause at age 40.

An excess of estrogen in our bodies as our ovaries start to shut down leads to estrogen dominance and symptoms such as hot flashes. It also leads to the belly tire.

It’s probably one of the hardest things we have to deal with in perimenopause. Sometimes, the rise of our estrogen makes us feel on top of the world. Others, we feel downright irritable.