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The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change QUOTES

The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change QUOTES

1 " with a woman’s life expectancy at eighty-four years, it is reasonable to expect that she will not only live thirty to forty years beyond menopause, but be vibrant, sharp, and influential as well. The menopause you will experience is not your mother’s (or grandmother’s) menopause. "

― Christiane Northrup , The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change

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― Christiane Northrup , The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change

3 " Holding our breath or breathing shallowly always stops us from feeling. And to heal anything, we have to feel it. So breathe mindfully whenever possible. I have the word breathe posted in strategic places throughout my home and office. "

― Christiane Northrup , The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change

4 " Throwing the leg of lamb out the window may have been Aunt Carol's outward expression of the process going on within her soul: the reclaiming of herself. Perhaps it was her way of saying how tired she was of waiting on her family, of signaling to them that she was past the cook/chauffeur/dishwasher stage of life. For many women, if not most, part of this reclamation process includes getting in touch with anger and, perhaps, blowing up at loved ones for the first time. "

― Christiane Northrup , The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change