Menopause

CULTURE

‘Where are all the menopausal women?’

Where are all the menopausal women? I suppose that’s the question that prompted the creation of Agatha Doyle,…

By Amanda Cassidy

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EDITORIAL

My midlife awakening: ‘Who the hell am I now?’

The mid-life years are the time for us to ask ourselves what is the life you want to…

By Amanda Cassidy

SELF

Ask the Doctor: ‘My period doesn’t come as regularly and I turn 40 next week. Am I in early perimenopause?’

All your burning health questions answered by the professionals. “My period used to run like a clockwork. It came…

By Sarah Finnan

SELF

‘When I received my second cancer diagnosis, the Irish Cancer Society was there to help’ 

Ahead of Daffodil Day this Friday, Wexford native Caroline O’Connell shares her story about how the Irish Cancer…

By Meg Walker

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REAL-LIFE STORIES

Alcohol and the menopause: Why are we only talking about this now?

Police said this week that missing mother Nicola Bulley had "significant issues with alcohol" and that some of…

By Amanda Cassidy

SELF

Menopause? There’s an App for that

For years, we've had Apps or online communities for every life stage. There's even a digital community dedicated…

By Amanda Cassidy

Loretta Dignam

SELF

Wellness Diaries: Loretta Dignam, CEO of The Menopause Hub

Loretta Dignam, CEO and founder of The Menopause Hub shares her self-care insights, tools and rituals, from laughter…

By Loretta Dignam

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SELF

Perimenopause & Me: ‘Mood swings and waterfalls of sweat — more than anything else, I felt embarrassed’

From randomly bursting into tears mid-sentence to foregoing social occasions for fear of hot flashes, perimenopause makes its…

By Sarah Gill

Perimenopause
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SELF

Perimenopause & Me: ‘Anxiety, stiffness, brain fog, palpitations…I’m one of the generation who feared HRT’

In the third part of a new series, Niamh Daly opens up about her perimenopause experience, the supplements…

By IMAGE

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SELF

Perimenopause & Me: ‘It dawned on me that our chance to have a baby had passed’

For years, Marian Hearne was fobbed off by doctors and told there 'was nothing wrong' with her, that…

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Catherine O'Keeffe
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SELF, EDITORIAL

Perimenopause & Me: ‘I had never experienced anxiety before so that was really scary’

In the second part of a new series, Catherine O'Keeffe opens up about her perimenopause experience and the supplements…

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SELF

Perimenopause & Me: ‘I felt depressed and anxious 80% of the time; then the uncontrollable tears came with a vengeance’

In this instalment of our Perimenopause & Me series, Marita Moran takes us through her journey from intense…

By IMAGE