Transitions Through the Perimenopausal Years gives you the tools and the space to expand your self-knowledge and increase your understanding of your journey through perimenopause so you can feel comfortable in deciding on healthy life choices.

The authors also found that not only is each woman’s perimenopausal experience unique but her self-perception influences her transition. The authors believe that if each woman could fully assess her perimenopausal situation, she could then choose all that she needs to have an empowering and even fun! perimenopausal journey.

• Do you find yourself struggling with the changes you feel in your body and in your life?
• Do you feel overwhelmed with the conflicting information surrounding you?
• Do you wonder what lies ahead for you?
• Do you wonder what choices are available to you?
• Do you want to take charge of your own health issues?
If you answered “yes” to any of the above, Transitions will be a great asset to you. This book enables you to become your own health advocate. It explains the perimenopausal events, identifies concerns of perimenopausal women, and includes a guide for organizing personal concerns and deciding which course of action among the many available options is best suited to you.

Transitions Through the Perimenopausal Years has eight chapters.

Chapter 1, On Being a Woman, covers women’s reproductive biology to give readers the language they need to understand reproductive and aging processes and to articulate concerns.

Chapter 2, More Question Marks Than Periods, provides landmarks by dividing the perimenopausal journey into five phases.

Chapter 3, Charting the Journey, provides an easy way to keep a personal daily diary of the changes happening to your body.

Chapter 4, What’s Happening Now?, explains many of the typical signs and conditions of perimenopause as well as other changes that occur in midlife and Chapter 5, Living Long Living Well, discusses health challenges that women may face as they age.

Chapter 6, Clarifying the Risks, provides risk assessments and health profiles to help us determine our personal risk level for these potential challenges.

Chapter 7, Paths to Wellness, reviews the advantages and disadvantages of various healthcare options, including traditional, alternative, and lifestyle choices.

Finally, Chapter 8, Taking Charge, then sends us on our way to taking charge of our health by providing models for decision making and implementing changes in our lives.