ARE YOU READY TO
UPLEVEL
BUILD YOUR VERY OWN
MIDLIFE TOOLKIT
WITH MIDIMANUAL
DITCH THE
OVERWHELM
→ You’ve been initiated! and are experiencing the biochemical, hormonal, and spiritual processes we call perimenopause.
→ It’s wrecked your confidence and hijacked your body and mind. Your ovaries are sputtering, and your brain is foggy. Memory lapses are for REAL.
→ Middle age is showing, around your middle. You’re tired but can’t sleep. Sex? Nah. BUT, punching everyone in the face seems like a good idea! So does getting a PhD!
→ Tingling? Itchiness? Palpitations? UTIs & incontinence? Vaginal dryness? Joint pain? Negative changes in your lipid panel? Pre-Diabetes? … You want to know what the FAAARK is going on.
“CONSIDER YOUR 40S THE MAGIC DECADE. THE DECADE THAT CAN GIVE YOU THE MOST LEVERAGE WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTHSPAN, EVEN JOYSPAN, IF YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.”
Life hits differently after your reproductive years. Nine out of ten women enter this season of life unprepared. If you’re one of these women, you may be asking, “Where’s the manual on how to do this?” I mean, nobody told you about the menopause appetizer—the time when hormones would be changing as rapidly as they did in middle school, the time when your brain shifts from running on gas, let’s say, to running on electricity. You didn’t realize wetting the bed would become a thing again or that you would grow whiskers!
Midlife for women is a time of significant transition and change, often marked by shifts in metabolic function due to fluctuating and falling hormones. This stage presents unique health challenges, including potential increases in cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and certain cancers, as well as psychological changes related to work, family, and relationships. However, midlife can also be a time of growth and empowerment, with opportunities to focus on personal well-being and proactively manage your health for a longer, more joyful life.
MIDIMANUAL
HERE’S ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU NEED TOMETABOLIZE MIDLIFE(AND NOTHING YOU DON’T)
RESET, REBUILD, and RECLAIM your RESILIENCE
MASTER your METABOLIC POWER in a manner that’s quite UNEXPECTED and SURPRISING in its EASE.
SHAPE and SHEILD your LIFESPAN + HEALTHSPAN + JOYSPAN
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You carry decades of evidence that you’ve walked into the unknown and have come out the other side. In your body. In your bones. That is not baggage. Knowing how to hold a vision when everything around you gets hard; That is foundation. Do it now, with intention. With MIDIMANUAL’S MANIFESTATION PRIMER, be clear-eyed moving into the second half of life and lead yourself from that vision.
Better understand this transition using the MIDIDICTIONARY—The essential list of terms that describe symptoms and biological components familiar to felt experience during midlife. Plus, check fact from fiction with MIDIMANUAL’S MYTH MONITOR.
DEFINE
THE METABOLIC POWER OF STORY
Inform individual decision-making with the Metabolic Power of AWARENESS. Here are the tracker worksheets you need to:
Assess
Recommend
and, Track
your way to better health and well-being.
EMPOWER
THE A.R.T. OF THE PRACTICE
METABOLIC SYNDROME. Naming it gives us power. Addressing it gives us our health back.
Domains of health recommendations abound. MIDIMANUAL is your Metabolic Health Coach for Midlife. Perimenopause to menopause is what doctors are now calling the make-it-or-break-it window for long-term health. Research shows that what you do during this time directly impacts your disease risks in the decades ahead. Let’s build up your metabolic lifestyle assets with the power of RELAXATION, QUALITY, PLEASURE, and the SACRED (alongside things like movement, protein, hormones, and peptides).
ADVISE
PUT YOUR METABOLIC HOUSE IN ORDER
Wield the Metabolic Power of RHYTHM and the calendar to move you gracefully through the years ahead. Ordinary people think merely of spending time; great people think of using it. Guidance is here.
CREATE
A SCHEDULE OF HEALTH
Women helping women. It’s the Metabolic Power of COMMUNITY. This is your resource for finding the assist you need from varied and allied professionals who understand what you’re going through and who can offer support. Plus, questions you should ask a potential provider, and a script for discussing treatment options with your doctor. And, appointment preparation tips.
INTEGRATE
A MIDLIFE SUPPORT SQUAD
A portal to the Metabolic Power of THOUGHT. Deepen your appreciation for and understanding of womanhood and the rights, privileges, and passages there unto.
Featured Articles
Book + Podcast Library
Grey Hair Gallery
And, more.
BALANCE
MIDLIFE IS A RIGHT OF PASSAGE
GET YOUR MENTORSHIP
TOGETHER
S h a e M i t c h e l l, CFNP
Creator of MIDIMANUAL
One of my greatest privileges in life is caring for women who have reached midlife and who are feeling dismissed, confused, exhausted, and quietly wondering, “Is this just how it’s gonna be from now on?” I get to tell them, with all clarity and conviction in my voice: No. It doesn’t have to be this way.
I’ve been there and can tell you, you will find your footing again. On the other side, you will meet yourself again. You’ve always been there, but you’ll stand taller. Your mind will be clearer. Your confidence, restored. Priorities, sharp. You are strong. You are wise. You know what matters. And, you’ll live the life you love because you built it with intention, with knowledge, and with power.
MIDIMANUAL is the result of years of research, personal trial, and “Aha!” I wish I had a tool like this at age 35 so I could have “hit the midlife ground, running.”
FAQ
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Women in midlife. Women who want to get ahead of the menopause transition. Women who are in the menopause transition. Women who are beyond the menopause transition and haven’t yet addressed their health concerns. Spouses who want to see their partners thrive.
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MIDIMANUAL is Ideal for busy women who want to learn specific skills or gain knowledge in a particular area without committing to a long-term program.
The manual allows midilearners to fill in knowledge gaps or acquire new skills quickly. Knowledge gained here is designed to be easily incorporated into daily routines and builds momentum towards larger goals.
It emphasizes practical, self-care tips and tricks that can be applied immediately.
The manual contributes to micro-habits: small, manageable actions that require minimal effort and can be completed in a short amount of time.
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In an era dominated by digital technology, it can feel like handwriting is a lost art. However, a growing body of research suggests that the act of writing by hand has significant cognitive benefits.
Handwriting can have a range of advantages for the brain, including a calming effect, coordination of the left and right brain, boosting cognitive skills, inspiring creativity, sharpening aging minds, and improving memory. It also involves more of the brain than typing does.
While digital devices offer numerous benefits, over-reliance can lead to cognitive offloading. This is when we rely on external tools, such as smartphones or computers, to remember information for us, potentially impacting our memory and motor skills. Therefore it’s important to strike a balance between the convenience of digital tools and the cognitive benefits of handwriting. The key is to incorporate handwriting into our daily routines, whether it’s jotting down notes, simply doodling on a notepad, or keeping a MIDIMANUAL.
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Please do! Hopefully they have additional training in women’s health past their reproductive years, but if they’re like the majority of health care professionals, they do not. I created MIDIMANUAL to teach women about options they have for supporting their health in their 40s and beyond, from nutrition to natural medicine to medical options. Further, MIDIMANUAL will empower women in how to advocate for themselves with their doctors and seek the tests and support they need to feel their best.
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MIDIMANUAL is not a medical service and we do not offer medical advice nor do we have prescriptive capabilities. Our objective is to prepare you to advocate for yourself within the medical community and beyond while providing you with resources you need to build your healthcare team, one that includes the right physicians in telemedicine, or not, who can provide you with prescriptions when needed.
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Functional lab tests offer amazing clues for creating a personalized approach to wellnss and MIDIMANUAL will recommend a number of test options that can add to your care plan. But, these tests still have limitations. For this reason, a holistic and comprehensive approach is needed for the best results.
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Probably not. Midlife symptoms can last for years before and after your last period. Other health risks even increase after menopause due to the loss of hormones. Supporting your hormone health, especially now, can benefit you for the rest of your life.
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Our manual encourages the use of devices worn on the body that collect and transmit health data, such as fitness trackers, smartwatches, and biosensors, enabling remote monitoring and improved patient care.
MIDIMANUAL factors in this data when creating content that can be used to tailor treatment plans and interventions. As the manual is not a digital tool but a medical notebook/journal for writing down insights related to health and wellness, it is the users responsibility to transfer this information to the page.