The first Australian guide to perimenopause, featuring Shelly Horton’s incredible story along with interviews with local and international menopause experts including Dr Louise Newson, Dr Mary Claire Haver, Dr Kelly Casperson and Dr Ginni Mansberg.
Health advocate and journalist Shelly Horton thought menopause was for old ladies and was simply hot flushes and no more periods – until she went from kicking arse in her career to waking up in the ICU, all because her hormones staged a full-blown peri-mutiny. Now, driven by the knowledge that keeping quiet only holds women back, she is sharing her perimenopause story along with evidence-based health advice, case studies and practical tools so you can navigate the peri rollercoaster with more confidence and a lot less confusion.
I'm Your Peri Godmother will keep you laughing as you learn:
- What HRT is and how to decide if it's right for you
- How to navigate night sweats, insomnia, weight gain, brain fog, heavy periods and more
- What to do when peri anxiety and depression hit hard
- Which herbs and supplements help and which just lead to expensive wee
- Why you need skincare for your vagina
- How to advocate for a menopause-friendly workplace
Consider Shelly your big sister, your supportive best friend, your very own peri godmother, here to help you through it all with a wave of her magic wand, lots of medical evidence (but no medical jargon) and real-life warmth and humor.
Introduction
Chapter 1: Welcome to the Shit Show - Perimenopause unfiltered
Chapter 2: Hormones Gone Wild - The science of WTF is happening
Chapter 3: Treatments - Why HRT needs a new PR agent
Chapter 4: Mental Health Mayhem - Surviving the brain betrayal
Chapter 5: Symptom Bingo - Is it peri or are you dying?
Chapter 6: Weight Gane - Who put this spare tyre around my waist?
Chapter 7: Bleeding Hell - The whack-a-mole of peri bleeding
Chapter 8: Sex, Lies and Dry Spells - I nicknamed my vagina 'the sandbox'
Chapter 9: Work It, Baby - Why perimenopause is a workplace issue
Chapter 10: The Fury - Don't get mad, get results
Chapter 11: Menopausal Zest - Giving zero fucks
Ovary and Out: A love letter from your peri godmother
Your Peri Power Pack: Cheat sheets and resources for kicking perimenopause in
the ovaries
For Team Hot Flush: Supporting your peri person
Shelly Horton is a journalist, TV presenter, keynote speaker, MC, runs her own company ShellShocked Media, and is a loud-and-proud peri warrior. She appears weekly on Channel Nine delivering opinion segments and was a health and lifestyle presenter for 9Honey. Before her decade at Nine, she reported for the ABC, presented on Channel Seven and was a journalist for Fairfax. A fierce advocate for women's health, Shelly takes her peri crusade into workplaces, helping businesses stop pretending menopause doesn't exist. She's also an ambassador for the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Share the Dignity and HER Mental Health, and a member of the International Menopause Society. She's got zero time for brain fog or keeping quiet.
