A Woman's Guide to Menopause, Body Image, and Emotional Well-being at Midlife is the definitive primer for all things midlife and menopause, offering anticipatory guidance and research-based strategies. This book breaks down the transition to menopause in an accessible way to guide readers through what can be a confusing and isolating life stage. Harnessing her trademark curiosity and relatable wit, Signe Darpinian helps women navigate the most common menopause symptoms, body changes, and mental health and emotional challenges, and tackles love, sex, and body image through a weight-inclusive lens. Each chapter shares real life stories and expert advice to empower women to cut through diet-culture’s harmful messaging and foster their own authentic well-being and joy. Ideal for women approaching or experiencing menopause or as a clinical companion for those working with this population, this guide is essential for traversing menopause and midlife. "Signe Darpinian has given us a much-needed guide to navigating menopause without shame or diet culture. With warmth, wisdom, and evidence-based insight, this book helps women understand their changing bodies and emotions while building a more peaceful relationship with food and self. A must-read for anyone ready to embrace midlife with compassion and confidence." Jenn Salib Huber RD, ND, CIEC, host of The Midlife Feast podcast and author of Eat To Thrive During Menopause: Managing Your Symptoms with Nourishing Foods "We can finally exhale! As a registered dietitian and eating disorder specialist, I am thrilled to find a menopause guide that I can recommend without the diet and fitness hype and the scales and belly-blasting looming in the center! How refreshing to find solid advice for navigating menopause that encourages self-trust and drops the body shaming and fear-mongering." Deb Benfield, MEd, RDN/LDN, RYT, author of Unapologetic Aging: How to Mend and Nourish Your Relationship with Your Body "As a menopause physician, my patients are always asking for resources to help them through this hormonal transition and all of the changes their bodies are experiencing. There is so much noise out there on social media and beyond promoting unsafe practices and I am grateful for Signe's book detailing evidence based approaches to health! This book is now part of the 'menopause library' I recommend for my patients!" Amy J Voedisch, MD, MS, MSCP, author of Estrogen, Interrupted: A Guide to Surviving and Thriving in Perimenopause "This book offers a thoughtful and supportive approach to navigating menopause without focusing on weight as a measure of health or worth. The author, Signe Darpinian - a therapist with experience in the weight inclusive space, provides practical guidance and compassionate insight to help readers feel more at home in their bodies during this transition. It’s a reassuring resource for anyone looking for an alternative to the usual weight-centered messages around menopause." Naomi Busch MD, MSCP, o wner of Seattle Menopause Medicine "How I wish Signe’s book had been available as I made my journey through menopause! This book’s combination of factual medical information, enlightening personal stories, and nonjudgmental, wise, and gentle guidance makes it a must-read for all who wish to go through menopause in community rather than isolation. Menopause is a natural process, and Signe helps her readers find kindness for their changing bodies." Connie Sobczak , c o-founder of The Body Positive and author of Embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice!) "Have you ever opened a book and felt as if every word was written directly to and for you? Signe Darpinian’s warm, compassionate and candid book demystifies a phase of life few of us were ever taught about, standing in as a (highly knowledgeable) older sister who wants only to help readers–her collective “little sisters”--flourish in midlife and beyond. This book found me at the right moment in time–Ophelia is alive and well and experiencing hot flashes!--and I can’t wait to witness its impact on a generation of women. Culturally, individually, we NEED this book!" Sara Pipher Gilliam , co-author, Reviving Ophelia 25th Anniversary Edition "The time for menopause being a shameful problem for individual women to try and navigate, fix, or hide away on their own, instead of a universal experience deserving attention and care, is over. With books like this, there is no longer any need to feel shame, diet, or think there is something wrong with your body, or you. You and your body are not the problem. The problem has been lack of education, research, treatment, and community for women experiencing menopause. (Also, if you are grieving, the symptoms peri/menopause and grief are shockingly similar. You're not going crazy. You're grieving, and in peri/menopause.) Thank God/dess, and Signe, that problem is now being addressed in this book!" Linda Shanti McCabe, PsyD, a