If Menopause Is Natural, Why Did It Feel Like Such a Surprise?  Have you ever found yourself searching online late at night, typing something like:"Can menopause cause anxiety?"...

The Unexpected Gifts Many Women Discover After 40  For years, many of us measured our worth by how much we could do for other people.As women, we're often the ones who remember ...

What Does Vaginal Health Have to Do With UTIs?  If you’ve ever had a UTI, you probably know how quickly it can take over your day.You’re making extra trips to the bathroom. You’...

The Things We Quietly Put Up With After 50  If you’re in your late 40s, 50s, or 60s, you may be dealing with changes in your body and in the way you feel about yourself.Things t...

When Your Confidence Changes Along With Your Body One of the hardest parts of menopause isn't always the hot flashes or the hormonal changes.It's the quiet moment when you stop ...

When Vaginal Dryness Begins to Create Distance Between You  One of the hardest things about vaginal dryness isn't always the discomfort itself.It's what happens around it.Maybe ...

Menopause Myths We Need to Bust One of the biggest myths about menopause is that vaginal dryness only begins after your periods stop.It's easy to believe because menopause gets ...

In Conversation: Finding Love Again After Breast Cancer  Every woman who sits down with me has a different story, and today it's Hannah's.After breast cancer treatment brought o...

Myth Solved: Is Menopause the End of Your Femininity?  Menopause has a way of making us question things we never expected.Not just our bodies.Our confidence. Our relationships. ...

Real Talk: Living With Vaginal Dryness After Menopause  Recently, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Cindy, a long-time user of Pleage, to talk about her experience with va...

Why dryness doesn't just go away We've talked about vaginal dryness before.And if you're dealing with it right now, you've probably thought about it more than you'd like to.The ...

When little things become the big things These days, you probably have a few things you refuse to compromise on.The fan.The cool sheets.The bedroom window cracked open just enou...

Old enough to know. Young enough to want. There comes a point when many women stop talking openly about desire.Not because it disappears.Because it starts feeling complicated.Yo...

The body keeps changing. So do you. There’s a moment many of us don’t expect during menopause.It isn’t a hot flash.It isn’t a sleepless night.It’s the moment you realize you don...

Intimacy after menopause: It may not be over One of the hardest things about menopause isn't always the symptoms themselves.For many of us, it's the quiet fear that comes afterw...

Getting pieces of yourself back postmenopause Nobody really tells you about this part of postmenopause.We hear plenty about the years leading up to it. The hot flashes. Poor sle...

“I Thought She Was Angry At Me All The Time” One husband described menopause this way:“I knew something was changing. I just didn’t know what it was.”At first, he thought it was...

The Stress Of Hot Flashes At Work  A lot of women can handle hot flashes at home.Work is different.Because it is not only the heat itself.It is trying to stay composed while you...

“You’re Just Getting Older” Is Not Always A Helpful Answer A lot of women already know menopause can cause symptoms.What catches many off guard is how quickly those symptoms are...

What Internal Support Really Means Most women think about vaginal dryness as something to deal with in the moment.Something temporary.Something external.Something you only think...

What Finally Helped After Sex Became Painful Recently, I sat down with Pam, 62, to talk about something many women quietly go through but rarely say out loud: what happens when ...

When Menopause Makes Your Body Feel Unfamiliar If you’re going through menopause, you may have noticed how easy it becomes to feel disconnected from your own body. Your clothes ...

What Women Wish They Had Known Before Menopause If you’ve ever suddenly felt anxious, exhausted, emotional, dry, forgetful, or just unlike yourself lately, many of us wish someo...

Dressing for Hot Flashes Without Losing Your Style  Hot flashes have a way of showing up at the most inconvenient times.In the grocery store. During a meeting. Halfway through d...

The Quiet Changes Menopause Can Bring Many of us don’t expect menopause to feel emotional at first.We expect the hot flashes. Maybe the night sweats. We hear about hormones and ...

The Conversation So Many Women Over 50 Avoid  Recently, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Lisa, a long-time user of Pleage’s HydraHer, to talk about her experience navigat...

When Exercise Starts to Feel Like Too Much During Menopause During menopause, a lot of us notice the same shift.Workouts that used to feel manageable start feeling heavier.You f...

Menopause in Your 40s, 50s, and 60s: Why It Feels So Different at Each Stage One of the hardest parts about menopause is how confusing it can be.Because what it feels like in yo...

That shift in your body after a hysterectomy  There’s something a lot of us aren’t told before or after surgery.You’re told the procedure is done. You’re healing. Everything loo...

She Knew Everything About Intimacy… Until This Happened Recently, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Juliette, a long-time user of Pleage’s HydraHer, to talk about her expe...

When your partner doesn’t understand your menopause  There’s a point where things start to feel off.You might not even say it out loud at first. You just notice you’re pulling b...

Why UTIs keep coming back and what dryness has to do with it If you’ve had more than one UTI, you know the feeling.You treat it. It clears. And just when you start to relax… som...

When your body doesn’t feel like home the way it used to There’s a moment that can catch you off guard.When your body doesn’t feel as easy to settle into as it used to.You might...

When your body feels quiet, even when you want more It’s a strange feeling when your own body doesn’t respond the way it used to.Not necessarily painful. Not always obvious.Just...

When Menopause Starts Interrupting Normal, Everyday Moments One of the hardest parts of menopause is not always the big changes.It is the small, inconvenient moments that catch ...

Rebuilding sensation after menopause, gently There’s a point where things start to feel different.Not suddenly. Not dramatically. Just different.If you’re post-menopause, you mi...

When Sex Feels Hard, Connection Doesn’t Have to Disappear There’s a quiet fear that shows up when sex becomes difficult.You start wondering if closeness is slipping away.You lov...

“I Thought That Part of My Life Was Over… Until It Wasn’t” Recently, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Krupa, a long-time user of Pleage’s HydraHer, to talk about her expe...

Gaining Weight During Menopause? Here’s What’s Really Happening If your body started changing during menopause and you felt like it happened out of nowhere, you are not imaginin...

A Note for Women Moving Through Menopause Over the years, I’ve had the chance to hear from so many women about what menopause has really been like for them.One thing I hear from...

From Worry to Comfort Again: A Conversation with Liz Recently, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Liz, a long-time user of Pleage’s HydraHer, to talk about her experience…W...

You thought menopause was over… until dryness showed up Some women move through menopause without too much trouble.Life settles into a new rhythm. Your body feels stable again. ...

Topical Relief vs Internal Support: Why It Might Feel Like You’re Always Managing Dryness Can we talk about something frustrating?You use lubricant.It helps during sex.And then ...

When Menopause Changes How You Feel About Yourself Have you ever caught yourself thinking lately,“I just don’t feel like myself anymore”?Not in a dramatic way. Just quietly.Meno...

When Sex Has Hurt and Your Body Doesn’t Trust It Anymore Let’s talk about the part that is hard to admit.When sex has hurt, even once, something changes.You may still want close...

When Your Body Changes and You Start Blaming Yourself Can I say something out loud that most of us keep to ourselves?When our bodies change in midlife, we take it personally.The...

When Intimacy Starts to Feel Like Pressure Have you noticed that the word intimacy can feel heavy now?Not romantic. Not exciting. Just… loaded.If you are in menopause, you may b...

When You’re So Tired of Trying Things That Don’t Work Have you ever bought something for dryness and not even felt hopeful anymore?You just think, “Fine. I’ll try this too.”That...

Why Stress Changes Intimacy More Than We Realize Have you ever noticed that when life feels heavy, intimacy is the first thing to disappear?Not because you don’t love him.Not be...

Before You Reach for Another Cream… Read This If you’ve already tried a few creams and the dryness keeps coming back, it’s worth pausing.But what if the dryness isn’t just dryne...