All perimenopause articles
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OpinionShe thought menopause might end her career – but God had other plans
Diane Kershaw reflects on the unexpected twists and challenges that shaped her career through midlife and menopause. From hot flushes and health scares to difficult interviews and new opportunities, she shares how she saw God’s faithfulness at work throughout it all.
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OpinionHow the Westminster Confession brought me the anchor I needed during ill health
Writer Samantha Bailie-McMurdock shares how, amid the turmoil of severe perimenopausal symptoms and spiritual fear, the Westminster Confession of Faith restored her peace and strengthened her trust in God.
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OpinionGREAT SEXPECTATIONS: I’ve gone off sex since I turned 50
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, relationships and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, Dr Kathrine McAleese answers a reader who doesn’t enjoy sex anymore.
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ArticlePlease, don’t stay silent
Jo Ibbott lifts the lid on the historical cultural attitude to women in midlife, including perimenopause and menopause
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ArticleWomen naturally understand about menopause, and men don’t need to…right?
Mid-life specialist Jo Ibbott debunks the two main assumptions she comes across regularly
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OpinionReaching midlife as a Christian woman (avoid having a crisis and embrace saying goodbye to youth)
Hannah Wickens shares some of her own experience of reaching her forties, and suggests some ways we can reframe the future as a place of hope rather than sad decline.
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ArticleIt’s not you, it’s perimenopause
As midlife specialist Jo Ibbott takes over the menopause column, she unpacks the confusion around this significant life event
