Why We’ve Been Ignoring Our Emotions for Too Long—and How Menopause Gives Us the Power to Listen

For years, women have been told to dismiss their emotions—whether they arise during menstruation or later in perimenopause. In our younger years, we hear things like, “It’s just PMS,” so we push our feelings aside, believing they’re not valid.

Then we enter perimenopause, and we’re hit with another label—“crazy.” But as Dr. Christiane Northrup explains in *The Wisdom of Menopause*, perimenopause is when the soul’s deepest truths rise up, demanding to be heard.

Instead of dismissing our emotions as irrational or hormonal, what if we viewed them as guides? What if we embraced the opportunity that menopause offers us—the chance to confront what we’ve been ignoring for years?

This is the heart of emotional mastery—listening to the emotions that have been signaling to us all along. It’s about no longer ignoring our true selves, but stepping into the wisdom and strength that midlife offers.