Hi Rin,

What a lovely post. Thank you. And a really good suggestion. I will go back and re-read also.

I wanted to mention a book I was given at Christmas that you might find helpful. Dr. Christine Northrup, The Wisdom of Meopause or something like that. Really interesting reading. She talks about how your brain forms new neural pathways during menopause (and peri-menopause) and described how your body gives you clues when you are not listening to it and not living the life you want to be living. I'm garbling it a bit but you may want to check it out. I sat down on Christmas day and almost read it cover to cover and found it both helpful and fascinating.