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The Menopause Manifesto: 7 F*ck-That Tips for Surviving This Hormonal Hellstorm

“I tried the herbal teas. I tried deep breathing. I even downloaded an app that told me to imagine I was a leaf floating on a stream. Spoiler: I am not a leaf. I am a peri-menopausal woman on the edge of setting fire to my bra and the dishwasher.
So here’s what I wish someone had told me:
You’re not broken. You’re becoming.
And you don’t have to do it politely.”

From righteous rage to fuzzy-brain hacks and screw-you fashion, this is your unapologetic survival guide to hormonal hell — written by a neurodivergent Gen X therapist who’s done pretending this is fine.

7 “Weird” Habits That Actually Keep My Mental Health on Track

Mental health doesn’t always come dressed in yoga pants with a smoothie in hand. Sometimes, it’s talking to yourself in a David Attenborough voice or rereading The Secret Garden for the 12th time. As a therapist (and chaos gremlin in recovery), I’ve learned to honour the small, peculiar rituals that keep me stitched together.

In this piece, I’m sharing 7 of my strangest daily habits—the kind that don’t look like wellness, but are. They’re messy, sensory, emotionally scruffy, and often involve playlists titled “Existential Laundry Folding.”

If you’ve ever felt like your coping mechanisms make no sense to others but feel like home to you… this one’s for you.

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