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This is a book for any woman who has reached midlife and wondered, Is this . . . it? I thought it would get easier. I thought I would have more figured out by now. I always thought life would be more beautiful than this.
Turns out, feeling anxious sometimes is much different than having generalized anxiety disorder.
Maybe you’re not at all like me, and you’ve floated effortlessly into your mid-40’s without any issues. Or…maybe you’re with the rest of us, and you’re wondering what the heck is going on! Here’s what you need to know about perimenopause.
I’m realizing now as my kids grow up into the unique people they are meant to be, they also grow a little bit AWAY from me. I’m not their center but orbiting somewhere in the periphery. And that’s okay. That’s where I’m SUPPOSED to be. Motherhood isn’t the only thing about me!
More than anything, I want you to know your doctor genuinely cares about you. They want to help you. They truly want to make you well.
One of your doctor’s jobs is to rule out worst case scenarios so they don’t miss something that can be very serious or even deadly. What else could this be? What is the diagnosis I absolutely can’t miss?
I go to therapy. Finally. For years I prescribed all manner of therapy. I encouraged it. Recommended it. Condoned it. Applauded it. But for me? Nah. Until now…
OF COURSE, you always intend to exercise and make something healthy-ish for dinner and switch the laundry and respond to those work emails and clean up the kitchen counters and make time for self-care and basically be a productive and functioning person. But then, all too often, life gets in the way.
