Welcome!!
I’m Aisling, and at My Second Spring, we know women & menopause. We started the menopause conversation back in 2013 when it was taboo, and since, have shared thousands of women's experiences and expert advice to help you through your menopause. Join us!
About My Second Spring
Helping you to make informed decisions about your health at midlife and beyond.
My Second Spring provides a range of information and different approaches to allow women to discover how they feel about menopause. This will help you decide how we would like to navigate the change. We feature contributions from a wide variety of therapists who can help you deal with challenging symptoms using a variety of techniques and philosophies. The idea is to share information on health issues and look at the different parts of your life that are changing at menopause. The overall aim of My Second Spring is to help you to feel your best, deal with unresolved issues and look fantastic!
In China the menopause is known as the Second Spring and it is regarded as a time when women often find a new and more confident voice. Women at midlife are valued for their wisdom and respected for their life experience. Menopause is considered to be a new and surefooted beginning. That sounds good to me! I think the menopause can be an opportunity for all of us. With the intensity of the childbearing years behind us, it's time to put ourselves first or at least a bit higher on the list. My hope is that you and I will have some fun as we navigate this transition together.
Here’s how we’ll do it - the website is organised into 8 main sections:
- Menopause: Here you will find out when and what the menopause is.
- Symptoms: Read about some of the most common menopause symptoms such as hot flushes, anxiety and insomnia. Read the valuable comments sections to hear what other women have to say about specific symptoms and how to deal with them.
- Treatments: Fear not, symptoms can be addressed by a wide range of Treatments and Therapies. In this section, a great group of experts share their knowledge. It could be the medical approach that suits you or any one of a number of therapies from acupuncture to Ayurveda, homoeopathy or reflexology.
- Lifestyle: This is where the wider aspects of living your best life are up for discussion from exercise and nutrition to fashion and redecorating your changing home.
- Stories: Women who have been or are going through the menopause share their experience to help others gain perspective. If you have a story to share, please contact us. We'd be delighted to share it with other readers.
- Shop: We have created some ebooks for you to purchase for download. This way you can have all this useful information at your fingertips or beside your bed.
- Blog: When myself and the team find something we think you should know about we'll write it. We share good articles and relevant products, books, reviews. Have your say by commenting or sending us an article for submission.
- Events: Watch this space! We're currently working to bring you some online learning. We've had some fabulous off-line events but because sadly not everyone can be in Dublin, Ireland we're bringing the show to you in your own home.
Please take a little time to have a have a read through My Second Spring - you'll find a wealth of topics. Use the search in the top right-hand corner to get to your topic quickly.
My Second Spring will let you know what to expect and how best to manage and thrive at this exciting but sometimes daunting time of life. We will share top tips, tricks and tools that have helped other women to live with menopause symptoms that can be very challenging at times. I am on this journey too and like many others, I’m not quite sure which stop I’m at. I hope that you will join me on the trip by commenting on blog posts. If we all share our experiences, then we’ll provide new perspectives for everyone.
Are you ready? Then let’s begin...
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