I am 56 years old. I am surrounded by a fierce cohort of women just rounding the curve from middle age to menopause. I can’t track the...

Where were you the moment that Joe Biden stepped out of the race for president? Laura and I were hawking menopause at the Summer Sundays...

The night before our very first Claws in Your Pause retreat, August of 2018, Laura and I barely slept. I was having trouble talking...

Last week Laura and I set up our Launch Your Pause table next to the Bluebird Ice Cream booth at the Columbia City Farmers’ Market and...

Yesterday I went to our neighborhood farmer’s market to set up a menopause booth with my friend Kate. I had gotten there early and had...

Last week I was at dinner with my partner and two friends, all women in our fifties. The service at the restaurant was glacially slow....

A few weeks ago at a family gathering my niece’s boyfriend told me it was his birthday. “I’m turning 27,” he said. “Ooooh, 27,” I...

Since arriving to my 50s I feel wise in many areas of my life. Most days I walk around with a fairly solid sense of self. This is a very...

I took a teaching job at a new elementary school this year, and every day a student asks me how old I am. This week a second grader...

Last week my partner Nancy and I took a much needed vacation to Mexico. We’ve both travelled to Mexico multiple times but this time we...

I turned 54 yesterday. As I sat with my eighteen-year-old daughter on the couch I thought to myself, “wow, she has a really long time to...

I have been wondering about the evolutionary advantage of perimenopause, and I think I have a new working theory. Interestingly, it’s a...

Last week I looked online for “bikinis for middle-aged bodies.” My body has changed. My middle corridor is like a barrel. I look at my...

My stepfather had a friend who described adolescence as, “a temporary period of insanity followed by an excellent prognosis.” Menopause...

Are you yelling at your kids? My daughter came to me the other night in a rare moment of appreciation. She has a friend who has been...

My friend Lisa and I agree to disagree about The Matrix. I remember 20+ years ago when she complained about the fact that the rebels can...

Deep Sleep came back. The night after I wrote, Oh Deep Sleep, Where Have You Gone? it returned. I am sleeping through the night again. My...

Oh sweet, Deep Sleep, where have you gone? Why have you left me? How can I find you again? I used to fall asleep easily and wake up with...

My Nana was one of my favorite people. She spent most of her time reading and doing crossword puzzles. She suffered from back pain as...

Today at Gather, the consignment shop where I work, a woman came in and spent a half-hour perusing the racks. She was very thorough,...