Menopause is often whispered about, reduced to quick tips or symptom lists. But the truth is far deeper, messier, and often terrifying. This is my story... not as a guide, but as a mirror for anyone navigating uncertainty, fear, and awakening. I share it to honour the journey, validate the struggle, and show that it is possible to come home to yourself (even in the darkest hours.)
The Crack in the Foundation
My menopause didn’t begin with a hot flash. It began with fear.
The world was closing in. My mother had just been diagnosed with cancer at the start of the pandemic. She had to go into surgery completely alone. No hand to hold, no familiar face beside her. I sat at home, pacing, terrified, feeling as if my world were collapsing along with hers.
Then came the
