Thread by @monaeltahawy

I’ve been writing about my #perimenopause for a few years now. My essays have covered the physical as well as emotional and mental health impacts of this transition.

I will soon start power lifting & will be documenting that too! Until then 👇🏽 feministgiant.com/p/essay-menopa… #Menopause

Last year I started regular:
- strength training (for my bones)
- stretching (for my joints)
- walk for an hour (for my heart and anxiety)
- dance (for my heart)
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But this year, I've been less consistent because I started traveling for work again.

For the coming year, I want to graduate myself from at-home weights to working with a trainer to power lift.

It is consistently recommended for those of us going through menopause. So yalla!

In my 40s, I ran a lot and loved it: 3 to 4 miles a day, five times a week.

But as my body has changed as I make my way through this #menopause transition, the ways I want to work out have changed too.

Every day I try to move more and laugh more.

And invariably something aches: my elbow one day, a shoulder another, and my heart every day. I've been open about my #perimenopausal anxiety.

Take care of your heart and try to laugh more.
📷 @rerutled feministgiant.com/p/essay-menopa…

And I dress up and tell everyone my age at every opportunity.
#ThisIs55 #Perimenopause #MenopauseAwarenessMonth
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It's #MenopauseAwarenessDay on Oct. 18. I'm not a fan of days. I'm "aware" of my menopause every single day. I am nonetheless publishing a new essay on power (of all kinds), anxiety, and who is (and isn't) talking about #menopause. It's free to subscribe! feministgiant.com

Here’s the essay I wrote for last year’s #MenopauseAwarenessDay.

There’s a reason it’s the most viewed of my 13 essays for FEMINIST GIANT on #perimenopause and getting older.

feministgiant.com/p/moisturize-y…