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Rockin the wild ride of perimenopause

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I don't seem to have PMS anymore. Instead with #perimenopause, my hormones go into overdrive AFTER or towards the end of my period. It'd like driving stickshift really badly.

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So the hot flashes have increased daily. It feels like a lightning storm in my body.

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"We tell people who are grieving not to make major changes for a year. I don’t think anybody’s ever said: ‘Don’t make a major decision when you’re perimenopausal.’” JoAnn Pinkerton, executive director of NAMS. Actually @EssentialHerb just told me this!

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"Almost every woman I know of my age is feeling confused and in a state of transition... And, as we may remember from puberty, transitions can be awkward." #perimenopause #menopause https://t.co/uUm5cNiVJA

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Curious to see what the map of a #hotflash looks like but haven't found anything as cool as this Emotional Map @NPR: https://t.co/tWmXXtu7Ln

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Getting through menopause, ya gotta take it day by day.

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3 - is to Pause in the midst of the emotional storm and find shelter, find a way to love & comfort myself and find a way to communicate as best I can. The good thing is, my friends who've been through menopause have said, "once you get to the other said, everything smooths out."

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2 - it makes me feel like everything is shifting, and I don't know where to stand. It is incredibly scary, especially for someone like me who has always been so driven and purposeful. I have dubbed this The Pause because the best advice I've discovered myself...

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1 - A lot of friends have said going through menopause is like walking through fire, and I get it. The emotional maelstrom is intense, and the hot flashes obviously make it even trickier. I find myself questioning everything, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but...

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Really good vid on teasting @amazeorg https://t.co/mG8ge0gSnd

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WTF

[Richard Stengel @stengel]

We’ve now gone from ignoring norms to normalizing corruption.

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@jannarden I was toggling between that and Doctor Who :)

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@4_the_babies Nope

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Wow

[Mel Robbins @melrobbins]

Just because it could have been different, doesn’t mean it would have been better. Stop giving so much of your attention to what could have been and start focusing on what could be.

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

When you have a more compassionate mind, everything appears to you in a more positive light. If we employ our human intelligence with warm-heartedness, it creates a happy atmosphere and fosters a happy community.

[Anna Sweeney MS, RD, LDN, CEDS-S @DietitianAnna]

Crying releases cortisol in tears.

This is a beautifully efficient system for stress reduction.

Please let yourself cry.

[Caroline Dooner @carolinedoon]

You are not alive to just pay bills and lose weight

[Covie @covie_93]

History will remember the one GOP senator that chose to uphold his oath of office and remain loyal to the United States constitution.

Thank you, Sen. Mitt Romney.

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This is what #integrity looks like. Thank you @SenatorRomney

[Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur]

Mitt Romney becomes the first Republican to announce he'll vote to remove Donald Trump from office: "Corrupting an election to keep oneself in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one's oath of office that I can imagine."

[Leslieoo7 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 @Leslieoo7]

A man who screams ugly things for a living gets a hero's medal, while a man trying to end gun violence is thrown out.

Not in my America. In my America, we give medals to heros fighting for children.

I don't know where my America is, but I hope she shows up Nov. 3.
#ImWithFred