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A little help from Mother Nature
Spirituality is all well and good, but as soon as physical symptoms come into play, “enlightenment” often seems just a tad less important. Here are four natural herbs that can help make day-to-day life during menopause a little more pleasant. It’s a good idea to consult your doctor on any Read More...
Menopause experiences
Laarni San Juan, 42 Registered nurse, San Francisco, CA “After delivering my first and only child at age 34, I was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure. I haven’t had a period since, so even though I’m relatively young, you could say I’m in the latter stages of menopause. I’ve Read More...
Time and again
[caption id="attachment_240410" align="alignleft" width="354"] Photo: Alan Cleaver via Flikr[/caption] Only when we see ourselves as creations of time and the past can we begin to live fully in the present. Bryan Hubbard | March/April 2012 Issue Here are two fascinating Read More...
Becoming a verb
Why visionary futurist Barbara Marx Hubbard sees December 22, 2012, not as the end of everything but the beginning of “conscious evolution.” Diane Daniel | March/April 2012 Issue Barbara Marx Hubbard has been expecting for decades. Now she has a due date: December 22, 2012, or, as she calls Read More...
The uses of desperation
[caption id="attachment_237070" align="alignleft" width="358"] Photo: Rizwan Vaheed[/caption] Terrorism may grab the headlines, but across Pakistan, hundreds of unknown activists are working to promote diversity and tolerance. By Amber Vora | March/April Issue 2012 On a hazy winter afternoon last Read More...
“Menopause is a wake-up call”
Babette Dunkelgrun | March/April 2012 Issue Christine Northrup, author of The Wisdom of Menopause, on the psychological meaning of menopause. How do you define menopause? “It’s a rebirth of your soul. There is a distance between how you Read More...
Still on the journey
It’s time for an article about menopause that does justice to the situation for women with partners and children. Lisette Thooft | March/April 2012 Issue She woke up one morning and her libido was gone, Hanny Roskamp writes in her uplifting account of menopause. To her surprise, she discovered Read More...
“When your heart is broken, you can feel everything”
Emily Avilés | March/April 2012 Issue Susan Piver, a meditation teacher and practicing Buddhist, explores questions about how to live an authentic life. Her most recent book, The Wisdom of a Broken Heart, examines heartbreak—romantic and otherwise—from the perspective of the surprising Read More...
The meaning of menopause
Sometimes a positive experience hits you from left field. The socially and culturally defined pressure to stay young, fertile and vibrant as long as we can is enormous, but what does it do to us? Hanny Roskamp | March/April 2012 Issue I’m 48 now. A year and half ago, I could still say I Read More...
It’s good to give
Giving improves physical and mental health, enhances communal bonds, spreads wealth—and best of all, it’s contagious. Diana Rico | December 2011 Issue Five years ago, I was coming out of Vidiots, my favorite video store in Venice, California, when I spotted him sitting on the ground against the Read More...