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Fiercely advocating to raise awareness on temporary fluctuations and regressions in capacity during our neurodivergent perimenopause and beyond. A safe space for our community to unmask, co-regulate, and share knowledge to self-advocate.
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🎧 What If We Stopped Asking Which Kind of Perimenopause Care Is Right? (opens the original)
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In this conversation, Kate Codrington and I explore what happens when “natural menopause” and “medical menopause” become identities rather than options. We talk about menopause treatment choices, HRT, self-advocacy, personalised menopause care, the pressure to have the “right” kind of menopause, and why our needs may change from one day to the next.Accessibility: you can watch the video with or without closed captions, listen to the audio only podcast version, or read the transcript of our entir
Both/And: Moving Beyond the 'Natural vs. Medical' Menopause Divide with author Kate Codrington (opens the original)
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Soon* I will be going live on Substack with author Kate Codrington! We will be talking about the importance for people to make their own menopause care choices rather than being influenced to pick a side. * Thursday 10th September - 7:30am for those in the UK with Kate, 6:30pm here in Aotearoa New Zealand Hello and welcome to Divergent Menopause, previously known as The Autistic Perimenopause: A Temporary Regression.I am <a href="https://substa
🎧 Dear Menopause: Thank You for Saving My Life (opens the original)
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One year ago, Sam Galloway entered surgical menopause following a hysterectomy and oophorectomy. After years of debilitating perimenopause, she expected menopause to be another battle. Instead, hormonal stability brought unexpected gifts: stability, certainty, clarity and the beginnings of cognitive recalibration. In this deeply personal follow-up to “Dear Perimenopause: F**k You”, Sam reflects on the first year of surgical menopause, neurodivergence, sensory overload, mood stability, cognitive
Dear Perimenopause: F**k You (opens the original)
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In this episode of Divergent Menopause, Sam Galloway reads her brutally honest “f**k you” letter to perimenopause. A decade of rage, grief, chronic pain, cognitive changes, suicidal ideation and medical uncertainty, ending with the decision that finally changed everything: surgical menopause. This is not a tidy menopause success story. It's a story about surviving a menopause transition that nearly broke her, and finding something unexpected on the other side. Why write a “f**k you” letter? It i
What Cats Can Teach Us About Perimenopause, Menopause & Midlife (opens the original)
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It is/was International Cats Day on August 8th, and my ragdolls Harry and Toby have some sage advice for those of us clawing our way through perimenopaws and beyond! 🐾Hello and welcome to Divergent Menopause, previously known as The Autistic Perimenopause: A Temporary Regression.I am Sam Galloway (she/her), an autistic ADHDer (AuDHDer), and a surgical menopause survivor. I write Divergent Menop
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