Table of Contents
Introduction Menopause: It's Not What You Think 1
Part 1 It Begins at the Beginning
Chapter 1 The Continuum 15
Chapter 2 What Does It Mean to Be Male or Female? 27
Chapter 3 Your Menstrual Cycle 33
Chapter 4 Perimenopause 43
Chapter 5 Menopause 57
Chapter 6 Caring for Ourselves at Midlife 69
Part 2 Sexuality and Relationship
Chapter 7 The Continuum, Continued … 99
Chapter 8 Becoming a Lover 107
Chapter 9 How Our Relationships Form 117
Chapter 10 Sex and Culture 125
Chapter 11 The Body Electric-the Energetic Nature of Sex 135
Chapter 12 Sex at Midlife 149
Chapter 13 Creating Good Sex 157
Part 3 Midlife Course Corrections
Chapter 14 Finding Our Way Home 173
Chapter 15 Coming into Present Time 185
Chapter 16 Becoming the Wise Woman 211
Part 4 Moving Through
Chapter 17 Engaging and Sharing Your Wisdom 221
Chapter 18 Becoming the Memory Keeper 229
Chapter 19 Begin It Now 237
Acknowledgments 241
About the Author 243