By Bridgit Danner, FDNP, LAc This is a guest post by my dear friend Bridgit Danner, who is hosting an incredible summit called Hormone: A Women’s Wellness Summit happening in April. Be sure to sign up! Menopause is, in our cultural vocabulary, described as the symptoms of hot flashes and night sweats. But menopause is actually the cessation of your menstrual cycle. You know it’s ceased when you haven’t had a cycle for a year. Peri-menopause is a period that extends for a long time before menopause.
