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Every woman has to deal with it every month, but all that would come to an end for her. That is when menopause sets in.

But the arrival of menopause does not indicate that she needs not suffer those unbearable muscle tensions and emotional roller coasters and syndromes. As a matter of fact, when one is on the verge of getting a menopause, she has to be prepared for more things to come.

Therefore, all women, especially those of you who are about to reach your golden years, should mentally and physically arm yourselves with the perils of menopause, and educate yourselves on the possible menopausal problems and ways to surmount them.

Let’s get started by recognizing some of the common symptoms that would signal to you that you are going to encounter menopause anytime soon:

1. Transformation of period patterns: your period may seldom occur or occur too often, may take too long or too short a time to stop, and may produce a heavier or lighter flow.

2. Flushes and sweats: You will feel a little too hot and even perspire at night. This could lead to lack of sleep.

3. Hair fall and facial hair growth: Your hair on your head will slowly begin to fall, while the hair on your face starts to develop.

4. Aridness in the vaginal area: This problem could cause one to lose interest and drive to carry out sexual intercourse with her partner.

5. Irregular heartbeats: Your heart will tend to beat too fast.

6. Emotional instabilities: You will tend to get easily depressed, even over the most trivial matters. Mood swings will start to take over your soul and you could be crying yourself to sleep almost every night.

7. Mental instabilities: You would not end up becoming senile, but as far as menopause is concerned, it can affect you mentally. You would feel that everything is so complex and have difficulties concentrating.

The symptoms may sound hard to handle, but in actual fact, they can. What you need is simply a healthier lifestyle that will act as your weapon to conquer menopausal problems. Let’s go in depth on what can be done to curb these symptoms in you:

1. Opt for a healthy diet. Eat more fruits, vegetables and anything rich in fiber, and cut down on those fat intakes. You should also include calcium products as part of your diet as calcium can strengthen your bones and allow you to stay fit even when the symptoms arise.

2. Mild exercises would help you pull through those times too. Keeping yourself physically active can actually help take away the pain of enduring menopause within you.

3. Reduce the amount of alcohol and caffeine. Too much of those could aggravate the symptoms and anxiety when facing menopause. Drink lots of water because this can reduce the amount of stress in you, thus keeping you free from depression and mood swings.

4. If you are smoking, you should quit. Here are some ways to quit smoking. If you can do so, you can gradually get rid of the hot flushes and be protected from being prone to major health diseases.

5. Consult a doctor to find out more about the problems you have with your irregular period and the medications that can be prescribed to aid you. A professional can also guide you on the treatments that would be essential for you.

So ladies, do not think that menopause marks the end of the world. There is still hope.

Remember, taking control over these menopausal symptoms starts with you!

-Nafa Danfad

True love is beyond words. Even after experiencing a milestone of your life, you will find that there is still a lot about true love that you have yet to discover.

We have no concrete research on this. All we have is our honest thoughts, as reflected in this series of questions that our buddy, Marzie, has tagged us.

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*Copy the questions and answer them honestly.

1. What does true love mean to you?

As far as we can see, true love is not only about accepting someone for his or her good qualities. It is also about accepting his or her imperfections. No one in this world is born perfect and when you truly love someone, you should not be expecting perfection. And if you truly love him or her, you would make an effort to amend those imperfections rather than rattling over them.

2. How do you know you're really in love?

Try giving yourself a day without seeing or hearing from this person. If true love has really gotten into you, that day without his or her presence would definitely make you feel perturbed and deficient. And every single day that you get to lay eyes on him or her, you would wish that that day would never go by too soon.

Find a day when he or she lands into a major mishap. If you love him or her so much, you would beat the odds to help and comfort him or her, even if it means you would lack of sleep or end up skipping meals.

3. How many times in your life have you fallen in love?

We are still enjoying life, and at the same time, searching for the true meaning of love. We may have written a number of articles related to love and marriage, but honestly, we too are still mastering the art of love. Hence, we have not tasted the bittersweet moments of love as yet, but we hope to find that soul mate that we have been looking for.

Crushes and infatuations do not count in this instance.

4. Have you ever fallen out of true love because you were mad at the moment?

Since we have never fallen in love, it should be elementary that we have never fallen out of love due to anger, and we pray hard that it would never happen to us in a million years.

5. Do you feel love and physical attraction are the same thing?

Love ignites the physical attraction, as we used to mention in our article on emotional and physical effects. If the physical attraction does not complement with the emotional attraction, it simply means that love did not exist between the two. Therefore, these two are separate issues, but you have a choice to make them mutual.

6. If your true love became ill or disfigured would you continue to love them the same way?

Yes, because remember, true love is also about accepting his or her imperfections.

7. Should anyone else be able to tell you who to love or not love?

It would be fine to open up to others’ opinions, but eventually, it is you who should have that final say because you know your feelings best. Read more about it in our article here.

8. Do you believe people that ended up divorced were ever truly in love?

They were probably not meant to fall in love, but they could have been destined to meet in order to learn some values of life from each other, and they should very well take their short lived marriage as an experience that they could learn a lot from.

9. Would you give up something you want for someone you love?

Yes, because to love is to sacrifice. Some things that you have given up on now could be taken back later, but true love happens once, and there can never be another.

10. If you truly love someone do you feel it should be unconditional?

That goes without saying.

There you have it! Our thoughts on true love deep from our hearts.

How about you? Come and share with us.

Rolando

Jesse

Lee Chien

-Nafa Danfad

What would you feel if we were to utter this to you?

If you are agitated over the fact that you still have yet to find a job that fits the bill, you are lucky…

If an argument breaks between you and your loved ones, you are lucky…

If you are struck by flu or fever, you are lucky…

Sounds uncanny, isn’t it? But get your brain cells moving and ponder on what we have mentioned above.

When sourcing for a job, it is true enough that it could be a hassle and could get you extremely exasperated if the process keeps prolonging. Nevertheless, give your mind some space and you will realize that you are somehow more fortunate than you think.

At the very least, you do have two hands and two legs to help you along in finding a job, unlike people who are immobile due to an illness or disease, and could less likely be able to go out there and find themselves a job.

It may take some time for you to grab hold of that dream job, but remember that at least you have already been granted the ability to look for one. So there is not a need for you to grumble. Stay patient and continue striving to get that job you have always wanted. Be grateful about it.

What about relationship or marriage catastrophes?

Yes, arguments between loved ones or life partners could tear you apart, especially when one does not wish to give in at all.

But then again, why not look on the bright side of it?

And the beauty of it is that the people you love are present right in front of your very eyes, and they probably strike an argument with you because they love you and they want what is best for you. You are way luckier than some people out there who barely have any loved one to pour out their heart contents to or even argue with.

Even if that relationship or marriage eventually crumbles due to that argument, at least you have already tasted the moments of being loved, rather than to have not tasted those moments at all. So be grateful.

Through times of sickness, all you would want to do is lay down on your bed and sulk over it. If you were not given any choice, you would have to end up going to school or work even when your bad health is getting in the way. That is when you would be sulking over it even more.

But think about those who are suffering from major diseases like cancer or are physically handicapped. They could have chosen to give up on their studies and career and remind themselves of how useless they are. Instead, they choose to pursue their dreams like many others, and never let their health setbacks hinder them from leading successful lives. Most of all, they choose to take these setbacks positively.

So you should forevermore stay positive and geared up, even when you have a mild flu or fever. Of course it is important to rest, but do no let all that dampen your spirit to go on with your daily lives. Be grateful that you still have the ability to do many things as per normal.

The feeling of gratefulness is the key to a life that you will always enjoy living, whether during good times or bad. As a matter of fact, gratefulness makes one more humble and thoughtful towards everything and everyone that surrounds him or her.

We here are grateful for many things in our lives, but we can only share with you eight things we are most grateful of, according to the tag that our beautiful friend, Jean, has given us here.

So here goes!

1. Family: They are the ones who would love you till the very end, and would stand by you during your happy times, sorrowful times or even your chaotic times.

2. True friends: They are the people whom you can call your brothers and sisters. They will laugh with you when you are laughing, and will cry with you when you are crying.

3. Blogging friends: Without them, our blog would be nothing but just another site filled with articles, but not filled with liveliness. Thank you all for your support towards us!

4. Blog: We are thankful to be able to set up this blog. It is through this blog that we could share our knowledge of life to all of you, and make more great friends and buddies.

5. Careers: We are contented with where we are today. Yes, we do hope to achieve greater heights, but that does not imply that we are dissatisfied with what we have achieved today. After all, it is what we possess today that could bring us to a higher level in future.

6. Food and shelter: These are the utmost important necessities for us all, and we are grateful to have sufficient food and shelter. Thanks to our beloved parents who have toiled to provide for us.

7. Health: As the saying goes, health is wealth. We are contented to know that we are all in good health and will forever strive to take good care of it.

8. Writing skills: We are indeed grateful to be blessed with this ability. Without it, we would not have been able to write articles that could help all of our readers and friends here build a better life.

Remember, our fellow readers, gratefulness goes a long way.

Now let’s hear from the following people about the eight things they are grateful for:

Marzie, Apple, Jesse, Lee Chien, Sani.

-Nafa Danfad