Tera Johnson-Swartz 10/11/21 Tera Johnson-Swartz 10/11/21

My Anxiety During Midlife and Menopause

Do you know what sucks worse than Insomnia during menopause? Anxiety during menopause.

Tera Johnson-Swartz 10/4/21 Tera Johnson-Swartz 10/4/21

Death and Midlife

My friend died the other day and it got me thinking. What would you do? What would you want? And how would you want to be remembered and honored?

Tera Johnson-Swartz 9/13/21 Tera Johnson-Swartz 9/13/21

My Anxiety Before Midlife and Menopause

My therapist mentioned the phrase “high functioning anxiety disorder,” but I dismissed it. Then I hit midlife and menopause…

Tera Johnson-Swartz 9/6/21 Tera Johnson-Swartz 9/6/21

Perimenopause and The Beginning of My Awakening (Part 2)

I’ll never forget the morning I learned I was pregnant with our unplanned #3 (or the pregnancy of my menopause manifesto). It was early – 6 a.m.-ish. My 6 and 3 year old were making noise somewhere in the house while my husband and I, zombies that we were, begrudgingly made breakfast. I was grumpy, which wasn’t unusual. Everything felt like a symptom of menopause and besides, I’d become used to being woken by the kids, night sweats, or a trip to the toilet.