Maria Luque, PhD

It’s important to remember that #menopause is very unique for every person. Celebrate your progress and resist the urge to measure your happiness against someone else's highlight reel.

Are you listening to your mind?

✔Comparison syndrome: the age-old trap of comparing ourselves to others can be especially tricky during menopause. We’re bombarded with ads and images of women that look “younger” than their age and selling you all the “hacks.”

✔The “just accept your body” narrative is toxic: making it seem like it’s easy to love your body is being pushed everywhere. There are dozens of hashtags all about body love and body acceptance. Just do it! Well, it’s not that easy, actually, it’s not easy at all.

✔ The mythical “perfect” body: the pursuit of the perfect body can be as elusive as spotting a unicorn in the wild because nobody knows what the perfect body is. If you believe what you are told, the perfect body is always the body you don’t have.

We are indoctrinated to believe that we would be happier in our bodies if only we could lose some weight. Although we know it is a false equivalent, completely letting go of that idea is difficult. Here are a few reasons why: