Menopause

Your body is changing. The cycles grow irregular, then stop altogether. Hot flashes, sleep disturbances, mood swings — perhaps joint pain, perhaps a rawness you've never known in yourself before. Medically, menopause is a hormonal transition — estrogen levels fall, the reproductive phase ends, the body recalibrates.

But the question BodySignal asks goes deeper: Why do some women move through this transition almost unnoticed, while others suffer through it for years? And what does it mean when a natural process of maturation feels like a loss?

Menopause is not a decline. It is a rebuilding.