Is It Hot in Here or Is It Just Me?

Is It Hot in Here or Is It Just Me?

Revisiting Menopausal Hormone Therapy When I was a new Nurse Practitioner (NP), the Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) evidence-based medicine guidelines scared the sh * t out of many prescribers. I was one of them. HRT went from being the miracle drugs for treating...
The Life Process of Menopause

The Life Process of Menopause

Menopause is a Life Process not a medical condition. And it’s not something that’s unfortunately wrong with 51% of the human population and toothed whales. I’m still learning how to menopause in a good way. The last four years have been the hardest health years of my...
Hemorrhaging

Hemorrhaging

As wild as they are, the hot flashes I’ve started having the past couple months are easier than the hemorrhaging I was experiencing the last couple years. Depending on who you talk to, hemorrhaging is a sign of perimenopause and also caused by environmental factors....
This Is How I’m Going to Do Menopause

This Is How I’m Going to Do Menopause

The only information I had about menopause came from vaginal dryness commercials, sit com punchlines, and Betty’s description of her “heat orgasms”.  At the stroke of 50, I started to feel like I was losing my grip on reality.  I felt angry all the time.  I woke up...
We Were All There to Heal, to Feel Something Other Than Fear

We Were All There to Heal, to Feel Something Other Than Fear

Listen https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/dodsonandross.s3.amazonaws.com/Podcasts/CarlinNovWorkshop.mp3 We thought we’d be celebrating the first Madame President but instead we packed up and headed out for Bodysex with heavy hearts.  As my flight took off, I thought...
Abortion

Abortion

We wrote about our experiences with abortion. Browse the links below to read the full post. Abortion: A Self-Reflection “Pregnancy can be a natural process until it goes horribly wrong.”by Grace Oasis Read Grace's Post The Abortion Issue is a Red...