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| Author: Christiane Northrup
Publisher: Bantam
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Rating:  201 reviews
Sales Rank: 1505
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 656
Number Of Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 0553384090
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.175
EAN: 9780553384093
ASIN: 0553384090
Publication Date: October 31, 2006
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 The Wisdom of Menopause February 14, 2002
57 out of 72 found this review helpful
As the husband of 26 years of a woman who has started menopause I thought this (book) would be the ideal means to better understand what my life partner was going thru and, most confusing to me, unexplainedly putting me thru. Was I wrong!
I have a hard time putting credence to the words of an individual that uses tarot cards to guide her life (is this a " two thousand's" thing or something?) and who more or less blames her biology and gender for what went wrong in her life and why. For being a doctor I was amazed at the lack of educated insight or reasoned deduction in this woman's life. While she clearly describes what she is going thru and what changes it has made to her thinking I found it difficult to see how she saw 2+2 but swore it equalled 5 (and tries to make you the reader believe it too)! True there are many, many unjustices in the world today that still hold women back or regulate them to suffer undeserved indignities to say that it is because your brain was hard wired one way during the childbearing years and that was why you accepted such but, now that you have experienced menopause you should rewire, foresake all that you now feel hold you back or stiffle you, and go on the attack smacks of what women have complained of for years when their husband goes off the deep end having midlife crisis and buys a sports car and has a fling with his secretary (barmaid, trainer...whatever: younger woman). Hormonal changes change our drives and who we are but Dr. Northrup has to have the worst case of unrecognized hormone imbalance I have ever heard of. When she should have been listening to family, husband, and friends (and talking to her doctor) she instead sells the business, tells her husband to sleep in another room, and decides all that is wrong in her life was caused by society; with her being a pawn rather than a player. I know what her husband feels like as I have been accused of moving my wife's things (memory loss) to the point of being told I am a liar... to threatened with divorce as she thinks she "needs some space." For a man to have a loving partner one day and mere months later a woman he hardly knows because her hormones, or lack of, are now coursing thru her differently is a mind numbing confusing experience. For Dr. Northrup to say "do whatever you feel....it's natural' is to say that the husband has no say in what was a partnership in life and accept the chips as his wife sees fit to have them fall because she now has the "insight to truth". Rather Dr. Northrup should be telling men to get with their wife's doctor and ask her/him how to tactfully and lovingly handle the changes BEFORE menopause occurs so that he is aware and educated in what will be, in some cases, extreme changes in their wife's behavior.As an example: how do you tell your wife she is always angry without out making her angry? And do you have the right to ask the doctor if he/she is seeing the same.
I was deeply disappointed in this book and wouldn't recommend it to any man hoping to gain insight into what his wife is going through.
AVOID THIS BOOK AT ALL COSTS! January 19, 2003
Nancy C. Anderson (Gurnee, IL USA)
53 out of 69 found this review helpful
I opened this book with an open mind, but I'm afraid she lost me early on. I need straight forward informational help, not modern day witch craft. I'm not kidding! She casually refers to her reliance on psychics, tarot cards, etc., and expects the reader to continue to take her seriously. What I found even more objectional, however, was her premise that as women, from puberty to menopause we have a "hormonal veil" over our eyes, that causes us to nurture those around us, and subjugate our own desires and needs. As we reach peri-menopause, and our hormones are raging and spewing (yea- those of you who have experienced it know exactly what I mean!) these irrationally angry feelings, not our nurturing, kind and protective feelings reflect reality, and those other gentler, kinder notions were all a farce. Go ahead- act on the very worst urges within you. Don't you know? Its all about YOU- and how it feels to feel the way you feel. Forget how your choices may affect or even devastate those around you. This is by far the most selfish piece of rot I have ever read. Copernicus called- you're not the center of the universe. 'Nuf said.
 A Flawless Roadmap for Surviving the "Transition Years" January 4, 2002
Carolyn G. McGovern-Bowen, Ph.D. (Westlake Village, CA USA)
51 out of 55 found this review helpful
Dr. Northrup's book, The Wisdom of Menopause, provides women with a clearly marked roadmap for making the biologically scripted transition to menopause from an informed, confidant position. Her carefully considered discussions about hormone replacement--bioidentical or synthetic, foods & supplements, libido issues, osteoporosis, breast and heart health, as well as the "Resources" section brimming with detailed information on each major topic, help arm women with the understanding and tools needed to intelligently consult with their physicians about this perfectly natural process. The pharmaceutical industry tends to encourage the misguided view that menopause is a "disease" best treated with standarized doses of synthetic hormones; ones that bolster company profits--naturally! Yet, as Doctor Northrup makes clear, transition is not a "one size fits all" experience. Women's bodies and life experiences differ tremendously; hence the logic of individualized, holistic transition programs. Thanks to caring doctors like Christiane Northrup, gone are the days of blind deference to physicians who think that a pat on the head and a prescription for synthetic hormones will get you out of their hair! Bravo Doctor Northrup! Her book should be required reading for any woman (or man, for that matter) over the age of 35.
The self deception of this book March 12, 2002
51 out of 62 found this review helpful
I purchased this book because the reviews I had read made it sound as if it were full of sage advice from a medical professional. I was sadly mistaken. Ms. Northrup has used the stage of menopause to cover her needs to assert her self as a valuble human being. It was disapointing to me to hear someone who should command respect expound the use of things like Tarot cards ro decide her future. The most bizarre part of this book was her comparison of her fibroid tumor to an embryo... But instead of getting the appropriate help she 'nursed' her tumor and used it as a way to explain her need to release her inner self... She consistantly makes blanket statements concerning medication and herbs... Please don't use this book as an excuse to become self centered and please don't believe all you read!!!!!!
All the things your mother DIDN'T tell you! March 14, 2001
Sandra D. Peters (Prince Edward Island, Canada)
48 out of 55 found this review helpful
Alright, your 50th birthday is just around the corner, your children are leaving the nest, you finally have time to do all the things you planned, and now you feel as if your mind and body are on overload and about to short-circuit! Your mother may have told you what to expect as you entered your teens, but how many mothers told you what to expect when you were fifty? Hot flashes, cold sweats, peculiar aches and pains you never had before - don't worry, you aren't going insane...it's the rest of the world that is going crazy!Throughout the pages of this book, you will find great comfort in knowing you are experiencing a perfect normal reaction (however, "unnatural" it may seem at the time)to a perfectly normal life process. A positive attitude can make a world of difference and this excellent book answers all the questions that your mother probably never told you. It is a great book and one every woman approaching menopause should read. A positive attitude and a healthy and active lifestyle can make all the difference in the world.
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