Today’s topic is hot flashes: what you’ve tried, what’s worked, your favorite terrible story about them. Today we’re taking questions, sharing solutions and telling tales. Please take a pause and join in the conversation throughout the day. 🔥🔥🔥
Exciting news: We’ll be giving away Hot Flash Cooling Mist from Pause Well-Aging to three lucky participants today — and Pause Well-Aging Founder Rochelle Weitzer will join us in sharing her insight and personal stories as well.
And if you haven’t already, check out this week’s great Pause guest essay from Dina Adler, who started us off this week with her own hot flash story. She’ll be joining us throughout the day too!
I remember the first time it happened to me. I have completely flummoxed as to why it was suddenly so hot — and why the person I was having lunch with didn't seem bothered at all. I could feel the sweat down my back and thought, "You can see me drowning, right?!" But she didn't say anything and neither did I. It wasn't until later that I thought, "Ohhhhhh....!"
During the summer of 2017, I was driving to the beach and suddenly found myself sweating. I mean really sweating. So, I cranked up the A/C and was ready to crack a joke about the heat when I noticed everyone else in the car was shivering. And then it hit me: I was 48 and this was my first hot flash.
So, I did what any woman would do. I panicked.
I felt like my life was over. Beachside lunches and long walks along the surf would be the sentimental last act before the credits rolled – not the climactic sequence of the life I'd been working towards. For the first time, I really felt my age and the limitations that lay ahead, as well as the turning point in my looks. Because you see, I was a cosmetics executive. I had been expected to represent the brands I worked for and I always stayed close to a mirror to make sure every hair was in place, every line was concealed, everything appeared as it should. That day, I knew things were about to change.
I’ll be honest, my vanity took over. I started thinking about what products could get me out of this so-called mess. But I realized, to my horror, that I was grasping at straws. Sure, there were tons of products for antiaging, but I was aging. And there was nothing on the market to help me and every other woman my age to embrace that reality. During a career spent promoting beauty as youthful radiance, I'd not only neglected the millions of women older than me – I'd neglected my own future.
With no great resources to turn to, something had to be done. I couldn’t be the only one struggling through menopause, right? My panic turned into productivity (possibly the one upshot of menopause-induced insomnia) and six months later, Pause was born. I wanted to focus on Well-Aging™, not antiaging, to inform and equip women to make the most of all three stages of menopause.
Jun 11, 2020Liked by Jennifer Owens, Sheryl Kraft, thePause Newsletter
Haven't had a really good one for ages. And by 'good', I mean pretty bad. But I did try to see them as surges. Worst time for me has always been first thing in the morning, just as I am waking up. A great way to make you jump out of bed, because it's actually horrible to be there and that hot. Like a biological alarm clock.
Good morning! Today we're trying something new: an open thread discussion on a topic near and not dear to many of us... hot flashes. Had one lately? Had one last night? Do tell!
Hot flashes, hot flashes. I've been dealing with hot flashes for the past two years. I also started to notice that during the late spring and summer months the impact of hot flashes are much more uncomfortable. Not only do I experience these sparks, it's coupled now with itchy skin...ahhh. That said, Pause Well-Aging Hot Flash Mist has been a much needed asset for relief (no, this is not a product placement plug, it's the truth :-). Between the mini-fan I purchased that looks like a smartphone (I have to keep it cute) and the mist I'm good. My current issue is not sleeping through the night--due in part to hot flashes. I recently started taking Magnesium Glycinate supplements and this has definitely made a difference.
I remember the first time it happened to me. I have completely flummoxed as to why it was suddenly so hot — and why the person I was having lunch with didn't seem bothered at all. I could feel the sweat down my back and thought, "You can see me drowning, right?!" But she didn't say anything and neither did I. It wasn't until later that I thought, "Ohhhhhh....!"
During the summer of 2017, I was driving to the beach and suddenly found myself sweating. I mean really sweating. So, I cranked up the A/C and was ready to crack a joke about the heat when I noticed everyone else in the car was shivering. And then it hit me: I was 48 and this was my first hot flash.
So, I did what any woman would do. I panicked.
I felt like my life was over. Beachside lunches and long walks along the surf would be the sentimental last act before the credits rolled – not the climactic sequence of the life I'd been working towards. For the first time, I really felt my age and the limitations that lay ahead, as well as the turning point in my looks. Because you see, I was a cosmetics executive. I had been expected to represent the brands I worked for and I always stayed close to a mirror to make sure every hair was in place, every line was concealed, everything appeared as it should. That day, I knew things were about to change.
I’ll be honest, my vanity took over. I started thinking about what products could get me out of this so-called mess. But I realized, to my horror, that I was grasping at straws. Sure, there were tons of products for antiaging, but I was aging. And there was nothing on the market to help me and every other woman my age to embrace that reality. During a career spent promoting beauty as youthful radiance, I'd not only neglected the millions of women older than me – I'd neglected my own future.
With no great resources to turn to, something had to be done. I couldn’t be the only one struggling through menopause, right? My panic turned into productivity (possibly the one upshot of menopause-induced insomnia) and six months later, Pause was born. I wanted to focus on Well-Aging™, not antiaging, to inform and equip women to make the most of all three stages of menopause.
Haven't had a really good one for ages. And by 'good', I mean pretty bad. But I did try to see them as surges. Worst time for me has always been first thing in the morning, just as I am waking up. A great way to make you jump out of bed, because it's actually horrible to be there and that hot. Like a biological alarm clock.
Good morning! Today we're trying something new: an open thread discussion on a topic near and not dear to many of us... hot flashes. Had one lately? Had one last night? Do tell!
Hot flashes, hot flashes. I've been dealing with hot flashes for the past two years. I also started to notice that during the late spring and summer months the impact of hot flashes are much more uncomfortable. Not only do I experience these sparks, it's coupled now with itchy skin...ahhh. That said, Pause Well-Aging Hot Flash Mist has been a much needed asset for relief (no, this is not a product placement plug, it's the truth :-). Between the mini-fan I purchased that looks like a smartphone (I have to keep it cute) and the mist I'm good. My current issue is not sleeping through the night--due in part to hot flashes. I recently started taking Magnesium Glycinate supplements and this has definitely made a difference.