My indispensable friend Imma Sust posted a video on Instagram explaining that she wasn't having a good time due to some of the symptoms of menopause. The video received a lot of comments, and what surprised us most was the number of women who had been suffering from certain health issues for years and years and the resignation with which they lived with them. Both Sust and I sought good medical advice to navigate menopause well, and it was shocking to read so many women who normalized feeling unwell. But I recently realized that no matter what I do or say, I'm not immune to a certain normalization of physical pain either.

"I'm not well, doctor. I think I have depression or, worse, early-onset dementia," I terrified my family doctor. "I feel deeply sad, I want to cry, I'm in a very bad mood and irritable, and I call my daughters for no reason. At work, I can't concentrate. I'm even starting to have major memory lapses," I confessed through a flood of tears.

Mireia Grossman appears with a vulva-shaped pillow and an anatomical model of the kind she uses in her workshops to teach thousands of women what they have between their legs. "I am like The stranger "in a crotch version," she jokes. She discovered it in her forties, when she was studying physiotherapy and signed up by chance for the elective course on women's health. "Elective!" she exclaims. What she discovered was so surprising that she has since dedicated herself to spreading the word as a pelvic floor physiotherapist. And not just to help prevent it. common problems such as prolapse or urine loss, but to guarantee and prolong the fun.

Menopause is still a taboo subject in the workplace, although most women who go through this phase suffer its symptoms every day while still going to work. This was emphasized this Tuesday by researcher and professor at the Eada Business School, Aline Masuda, who analyzed this phenomenon in the study. Menopause at work. The report is based on a survey of 575 working women aged between 45 and 58, of whom 93.5% present at least one symptom linked to menopause, while 60.4% reported seven or more. Muscular pain (74%)

Singer and actress Nina (Barcelona, ​​1966) entered menopause suddenly after surgery. She was 44 years old, and suddenly, her body began sending her signals indicating that she had entered a new phase of her life. That experience led her to further strengthen the lifestyle she had followed until then, based on a healthy diet and regular physical exercise. In the book Menopause (Column/Destino) The artist and speech therapist explains that becoming aware of our bodies and knowing how to respond to their needs is essential for a healthy life, and offers guidelines for achieving this without getting discouraged.