Menopause with Science and Soul!

Menopause is a time of change, spurring friends and relatives to offer mostly cautionary tales. A realistic and affirming guide, Menopause With Science and Soul offers inspiration along with the warnings, blending reality and possibility, risk and revelation. Statistics suggest that 80 million women in North America alone are currently experiencing menopausal symptoms. Confronting the average American woman at the age of 51, common symptoms include night sweats, thinning hair, memory lapses, insomnia, migraines, and irritability. Offering a hopeful and positive perspective, Menopause with Science and Soul (Ten Speed Press; April 2007) incorporates both modern medicine and ancient spirituality in helping women understand, cope, and embrace the changes occurring physiologically, mentally, and emotionally. Possessing a background in both naturopathic and conventional medicine, author Judith Boice combines the best information of both worlds in this affirming, informative, and accessible guide. The book examines the latest findings on biocompatible hormone replacement therapy, phytoestrogens, herbal remedies, bone health, and the effects of aging, nutrition, and exercise. Thorough and extremely user friendly, Menopause with Science and Soul explains all the basics, providing simple definitions, clear explanations, and helpful charts and lists in at-a-glance boxes. Another distinctive component of the book is the spiritual support offered to the reader in the form of first-hand narratives from women all over the world. Prominent writers, including Clarissa Pinkola Est?s, Brooke Medicine Eagle, Vicki Noble, and Caitlin Matthews share insightful essays and personal reflections on menopause. Stories, interviews, and rituals representing diverse traditions (from Native American to Gnostic and from Buddhist to Catholic) offer further spiritual advice to help women navigate the journey their own way. Menopause with Science and Soul looks at every issue, choice, and condition a woman faces during this life passage while granting nurturance and spiritual support. Science-backed and soul-centered, this friendly and informative guide is a significant and overdue contribution to the literature of menopause. Advance Praise for Menopause with Science and Soul: “On the continuum of menopause books, this title lies somewhere between Susan Weed?s New Menopausal Years and Christiane Northrup?s The Wisdom of Menopause with its blend of spirituality, holistic health, and user-friendly women?s health advice.” Starred Review, Library Journal “Judith Boice?s Menopause With Science and Soul takes the best of these often antagonistic world views and combines them masterfully, creating a luminous roadmap for women of all ages. Her book should be required reading for all women approaching their time of wisdom.” Marlise Wabun Wind, co-author of Walk In Balance: A Guide to Happy, Healthy & Harmonious Living “This is, hands down, the best book on menopause to come along! The lucky woman using this carefully constructed guidebook will basically have her own personal trainer overseeing her aging process. Judith Boice has the just-right set of talents to understand and articulate “the Change” within its wholistic context physical, emotional, mental, and spiritualall interconnected aspects impossible to separate.” Vicki Noble, co-creator of Motherpeace, author of Shakti Woman and The Double Goddess More about Judith Boice: Judith Boice, ND, LAc, is a popular speaker, author, naturopathic physician, and acupuncturist who has conducted nearly 1,000 trainings and lectures on menopause and women?s health throughout the United States. Visit http://www.drjudithboice.com She lives in Colorado. MENOPAUSE WITH SCIENCE AND SOUL: A Guidebook for Navigating the Journey By Judith Boice, ND, LAc $16.95; paperback April 2007 Celestial Arts, an imprint of Ten Speed Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58761-291-6 ISBN-10: 1-58761-291-7