Jennifer Gerson

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We’re talking menopause, without the sales pitch. With this new 19th newsletter, you’ll feel less alone and more informed as you navigate this season of life. Subscribe today .

The average age of menopause in the United States is 51. The average age of perimenopause onset — when your hormones start fluctuating in preparation for the end of ovulation — is 10 years before menopause, or 41 … or, exactly how old I am right now.

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One thing I have been thinking a lot about is how this phase of life isn’t only about reckoning with physical symptoms. Managing these physical symptoms can also be a kind of wake-up call about the kind of

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