An engineer by profession and freelance consultant, Beatriz Hernández is the 'alma mater' of The Other Beauty and promoter of the 'Menopause rEvolution' movement, which this Saturday, March 4, is organizing a meeting, in collaboration with Mercedes de la Rosa and Marta Ureta, founders of Zentro Urban Yoga and Vereda del Cortijo, respectively.

Its objective: to inform, share, accompany and encourage all those women who want to enjoy menopause to the fullest

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a stage ancestrally marked by an undeserved black legend.

Why the black legend of menopause?

The black legend comes because there are many symptoms that have not been treated.

Traditionally, women have lived through this stage 'putting up' with these symptoms because the professionals did not provide solutions since, in many cases, it was understood that they were part of the process and had to be lived with.

The lack of information is also, to a large extent, responsible for this black legend.

What we have to know is that there are solutions to be able to have a better quality of life.

As soon as solutions are provided, the legend will disappear.

Why is it still thought that women, little less, that we wither like flowers?

I love that you refer to flowers, because, at the first meeting, organized by The Other Beauty to talk about menopause, Eva Villar, from Eva Villar Beauty,

told his case.

She began with an early menopause at the age of 39 and with strong symptoms.

After a long process, he found the right treatment for her with bioidentical hormones and she felt like she was being watered, that she was blooming again.

The hormonal revolution that occurs in this period is the cause of aging, dryness, the accumulation of fat in specific areas of the body, etc.

In fact, currently, hormonal treatments are used as antiaging protocols, both in women and in men.

To what extent does all this have more to do with social pressure and old theories than with a real perception of women?

In my opinion, social perception or, rather,

Social pressure or fear of being judged are some of the reasons that have made women feel ashamed to admit that they are in menopause.

The word "menopausal" has been used in a derogatory way constantly.

Who has not heard the expression "let her go through the menopause"?

In addition, I believe that there is also an important issue that has contributed to fueling the menopause taboo and that is what I call 'our great ignorance'.

When I started preparing these meetings, I realized that I really had no knowledge of the magnitude of this process and, above all, of the solutions.

All this has contributed to the fact that most women have lived through this stage in silence.

The lack of information, the secondary role of women for many years, the fear of feeling judged,

These are some of the reasons that have fueled this silence. Because, to a certain extent, stopping your period can even be a liberation, isn't it?

I am still in the process of perimenopause and I am walking this path.

So I still can't feel that release and I sincerely hope to experience it like this.

Thanks to this movement, I talk to many women and those who are already without their periods and with a well-carried menopause, either because they have not had symptoms or because they have found an adequate treatment, recognize that it is a total liberation.

How can we combat that emotional roller coaster that, in many cases, usually involves entering menopause?

A few years ago a friend told me, "When you're in menopause, you have to be clear about one thing, you're going to hear yourself say things you've never said before and you're going to think '

Aren't there plays that the second acts are so much better than the first?

If we are looking for a treatment to combat the symptoms that can affect our quality of life, such as fatigue, insomnia, hot flashes, bad mood, vaginal dryness, etc., we must always do it with the help of a good professional, who accompanies us throughout the process. .

Follow-up and monitoring of any treatment are the key to success, especially if it is hormonal replacement.

What would be, in your opinion, the main tools we can count on to find that well-being that makes us recover our balance?

We must be aware that any treatment must be accompanied by a healthy lifestyle and the main pillar of this is exercise.

During menopause, it is essential that,

To protect our bones, let us especially emphasize strength exercises.

The muscle contraction we make when exercising helps improve our bone quality.

If we are looking for a treatment to combat the symptoms that can affect our quality of life, such as fatigue, insomnia, hot flashes, moodiness, vaginal dryness, we must always do it, I repeat, by the hand of a good professional, who accompanies us throughout the process.

Follow-up and monitoring of any treatment is the key to success, especially in hormone replacement treatments.

It is important to note that not all are hormonal treatments, there are other alternatives.

Today menopause is addressed with treatments that are tailored suits for each patient.

A friend told me years ago that with menopause,

Everything that can dry up dries up... Why is this happening to us? This comes as an example of what we talked about flowers and what Eva Villar commented on how she felt it was drying up.

One of the most important things that I have learned from the professionals I am working with preparing these meetings is the importance of moisturizing both the interior and exterior of our vagina.

The drop in estrogen is what contributes to the dryness of our skin, hair, nails, mucosa... If we hydrate our face, hands, body every day, why not these areas?

And why haven't they explained it to us before? How should we take care of ourselves, our skin and hair to combat the effect of hormonal changes? My routine for this stage of life is to fight against the loss of elastin and collagen.

As?

Through exercise and feeding with animal and vegetable proteins, bone broths and supplements.

And hydration for the body as if there were no tomorrow.

For me, prevention is very important.

I think that if I had known before everything that I have learned through Menopause rEvolution, I would have been aware much sooner and would have implemented some lifestyle habits years ago.

Therefore, it is important to raise awareness of the importance of perimenopause.

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