Menopause used to be spoken about in whispers, if at all. Women dreaded The Change, and many men did as well. Now, with many thousands of baby boomers going through menopause every week, women are changing their attitudes. Menopause doesn’t have to be a time of suffering: it can be a time for creativity as well.
Guest: Christiane Northrup, MD, Ob/Gyn and author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom; The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physicial and Emotional Health During the Change; and The Secret Pleasures of Menopause. Her Web site is www.drnorthrup.com/
The photo was taken by Barbara Peacock, courtesy of Bantam Books.