Everything I Wish I Could Tell You about Midlife: A Woman's Guide to Health in the Body You Actually Have - Paperback

by Albertson Mikala MD (Author)

As you've approached midlife, have you wondered: Is this . . . it? I thought it would get easier. I thought I'd have more figured out by now. Something is wrong, and I just can't put my finger on it. Maybe it's my thyroid?

Drawing from eighteen years of medical practice and personal experience, Dr. Mikala Albertson addresses the universal struggles that women face while navigating health and healing in this new stage of life, exploring topics such as

- current medical best practices for wellness and well-being
- understanding perimenopause, hormones, mood disorders, body image, and more
- balancing co-occurring stressors such as relationship troubles, caregiver expectations, and shifting motherhood roles
- finding support, purpose, and healing in this difficult part of life

You may be weary, but there are steps you can take toward health and healing while discovering along the way that there is beauty here too.

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Guidance. Reassurance. Science. Stories. Practical tools. Support.

Has this middle part of life left you wondering: Is this . . . it? I thought it would get easier. I thought I'd have more figured out by now. Something is wrong, and I just can't put my finger on it. Is it my thyroid? Perimenopause? Or is this just what midlife feels like?

Dr. Mikala Albertson draws on her eighteen years in evidence-based clinical practice as well as her own personal experience to offer real stories and current medical information on a wide range of topics common to women in their later thirties, forties, fifties, and beyond.

Full of practical tools to empower you to care for and find healing in the body you actually have in this life you are actually living, Everything I Wish I Could Tell You About Midlife digs deep into:

- Preventive health and well-being specific to YOU and your unique parameters
- Perimenopause, mood disorders, and body image (as well as the harmful effects of cultural and societal expectations)
- Co-occurring life stressors like relationship issues, caregiver expectations, and shifting work/motherhood roles
- Support systems, purpose, and healing in your one precious, beautiful life

Life is hard--and today you may feel weary--but there are steps you can take toward health, growth, and healing while discovering along the way: There is beauty here, too.

Author Biography

Mikala Albertson, MD is a board-certified family practice doctor and well-being advocate who is passionate about women's health and healing in the middle of our messy, ordinary lives. Author of Ordinary on Purpose, Mikala inspires readers on social media daily to stop striving for "perfect" lives or some unattainable cultural ideal of "beauty and wellness" and instead aim for wholehearted living through a gentle, achievable, sustainable approach. She married her high school sweetheart twenty-two years ago, and together they're raising their five children near Salt Lake City, Utah. Learn more at OrdinaryOnPurpose.com.