This month my husband Fletch wrote a series on his blog about taking hold of his health as he hit middle age. The response he's received has been hearty, to say the least.
Last October, I too, decided to make public my own battle with my health. When I posted on Facebook all that I have been up against and how it was being resolved, I was not prepared for the response I received, either. My phone began to buzz - all day long - "off the hook" with text after text. Women messaged me privately, and I had a few call and ask to get together to discuss what they had been experiencing.
It's not an understatement to say that so very many of us in our middle age are really, really struggling.
If you feel as if you're one of them and you missed my original Facebook post, here it is. Maybe you'll read your own story in mine:
Is this your story, too? I'm not a nutritionist or a medical professional, but I can tell you what has made all the difference for this over-committed, middle-aged, working, homeschooling, mother of 8 plus 2 daughters-in-law. That post comes next.
Part Two: Hormones, Middle Age, and the Mess
Part Three: Hormones, Anxiety, and Middle Age: How I Got My Life Back