Menopause, Confidence and Feeling Like Yourself Again

Menopause changes more than hormone levels. 

For some women it changes how they feel about themselves. 

The body may look different. 

Sleep and energy may change. 

Sex may feel different. 

And after years spent juggling work, family and responsibility, menopause can arrive at a time when you suddenly wonder: 

Where did I go in all of this? 

Confidence is not vanity 

Feeling comfortable in your own body matters. 

It affects: 

  • relationships 

  • social life 

  • intimacy 

  • motivation 

  • willingness to try new things 

Looking after yourself is therefore not superficial. 

Start with what you can control 

You cannot stop ageing. 

You can influence how you live through it. 

Regular movement, enjoyable food, enough sleep, clothes you feel good wearing and time spent doing things that interest you can all contribute to wellbeing. 

None is a miracle cure. 

Together they can make a substantial difference. 

Stop comparing yourself 

There is no correct way to be a woman in her fifties, sixties or beyond. 

There is also no requirement to recreate the person you were at twenty-five. 

The objective is not to return to an earlier version of yourself. 

It is to become comfortable with the person you are now. 

Relationships may need adjusting too 

Partners change as well. 

A successful long-term relationship is not one in which nothing changes. 

It is one in which two people keep adapting to change together. 

Talk. 

Laugh. 

Make room for affection. 

And if intimacy has become difficult, treat it as something to solve together rather than something one person has “failed” at. 

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Menopause can sometimes leave women asking: 

“Why don’t I feel like myself anymore?” 

But perhaps the goal isn’t to become the woman you were at 25. 

Perhaps it is to become comfortable and confident with who you are now. 

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