Menopausing: The positive roadmap to your second spring

by Davina McCall, Dr. Naomi Potter

Overview

Winner of The British Book Awards 2023 Overall Book of the Year

‘We can’t wait for this.’ Red

Menopausing is more than just a book, it’s a movement. An uprising.

Menopause affects every woman, and yet so many approach it with shame, fear, misinformation or silence.

Why is no one talking about this? Who has the correct information? And how can we get it?

That’s how this book has come about. We are going to tell you the truth, so you can make an informed decision about your life and your body … mic drop.’

For too long, women have had to keep quiet about the menopause – its onset, its symptoms, its treatments – and what it means for us. Menopausing will build an empowered, supportive community to break this terrible silence once and for all. By exploring and explaining the science, debunking damaging myths, and smashing the taboos around the perimenopause and menopause, this book will equip women to make the most informed decisions about their health… and their lives.

Menopausing will also celebrate the sharing of stories, enabling women to feel less alone and more understood, and talk openly and positively about menopause.

• No more scaremongering: just evidence-based info
• No shame: real women, real menopause stories, real empathy, real community
• Honest, no-holds-barred advice: Dry vagina? Zero sex drive? Hair loss? We’ve got it covered
• The start of a movement: to get everyone talking about the menopause in every home, GP surgery and workspace

Davina McCall was a number 1 Sunday Times Hardback Non Fiction bestseller in the w/e September 25th 2022

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780008517786
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	11/15/2022
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	307,220
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Presenter, fitness guru, author and mother, Davina McCall is one of the UK's most loved TV personalities. With a career spanning nearly three decades, Davina is firmly established as one of the nation's most successful TV broadcasters, with current hit series Long Lost Family (ITV) and The Masked Singer (ITV) just the most recent in a long list of hugely successful programming. She was the host of Big Brother for Channel 4, for 10 years, and has hosted the Brit Awards, Comic Relief and the BAFTA television awards.
 
In addition to her TV work, Davina has also built a hugely successful fitness empire, encompassing no less than 15 fitness DVD releases with sales of over 1.4 million and ownyourgoalsdavina.com. She is a key brand ambassador for Garnier, and the first ever ambassador for Ryvita. Tying in with her healthy lifestyle, Davina has also released a number of healthy eating cookbooks.

Table of Contents

Introduction This is Happening, People… Menopausing 7

Chapter 1 F*** Off. Where Are My Keys? 26

Chapter 2 Knowledge is Power: Perimenopause and Menopause Explained 44

Chapter 3 From Dry Vag to Zits: Signs You Might Be Perimenopausal or Menopausal 62

Chapter 4 Early Menopause and Premature Ovarian Insufficiency 96

Chapter 5 Now For the Science Bit: HRT Demystified 110

Chapter 6 HRT: Debunking the Myths 144

Chapter 7 Doctor, Doctor … I'm Not Depressed, I'm Menopausal 162

Chapter 8 The Dry Vagina Monologues 178

Chapter 9 Feeling Frisky: Why Great Sex Doesn't Stop at the Menopause 200

Chapter 10 Batten Down the Hatches: How to Menopause-proof Your Relationships and Make them Stronger 214

Chapter 11 Dealing with Menopause Alongside Breast Cancer: Advice About HRT and Non-hormonal Treatments 238

Chapter 12 Dealing with Menopause and Other Health Challenges 248

Chapter 13 I See You - and You Look F***** Great: Positive Changes During the Change 260

Chapter 14 Let's Reclaim the Change and Spread the Menopausing Message 286

Editorial Reviews

‘Game changing’ Guardian Online

‘[This] book is amazing; the way you’ve designed this book, from the colours to the cover to the structure of every page and how engaging and unintimidating it is and accessible it feels.’ Steven Bartlett, Diary of a CEO

“An authoritative and useful yet entertaining book about an important and ignored subject.” Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Channel 4 News Anchor

‘Bracing, brutally honest, sisterly and huggy all at the same time.’ The Bookseller

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