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Ordinary people do the most extraordinary things. It's often more inspiring to hear a 'normal' person's story. This one is no exception. https://bit.ly/mmm_ep74

WHILE WOMEN ARE THE ONES EXPERIENCING MENOPAUSE, ITS EFFECTS ALSO IMPACTS THOSE AROUND US, PARTICULARLY OUR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS.

Meet Robert Grimes. Robert was fortunate/unfortunate enough to start chatting to me one day about the coping mechanisms he’d developed to help him and his partner through the often bumpy ride that is menopause.

Before poor Robert fully realised what was happening I suspect, he’d agreed to come on the podcast and talk about his experiences.

This is something I’d been curious about for a while: what is it (their partners going through menopause) like for the men in our lives? What are their thoughts? How do they deal with it? Early on in the podcast, I had an email from one gorgeous husband asking if I knew of any support groups for partners of menopausal women, so I know it’s a thing (he found a support group outside of Facebook but I’m not sure where).

So here it is: one man’s view on how he deals with his partner’s menopause, and he does it with complete love and respect, by the way. Come and listen to Robert and find out more about the work he does for people and their relationships. Connect with us here: http://bit.ly/mmm_ep68

This is not an easy conversation, but it's something that we need to hear about, because while we can blame the people selling the children, it's the western men PAYING FOR the children who are the cause of the problem.

Find out:

💫💫 The size of the problem: more than 10 MILLION people are involved in human trafficking worldwide

💫💫 How the children end up in the br0thels

💫💫 How easy it is for the traffickers to operate

💫💫 What Destiny Rescue do to help the children once they've rescued them

💫💫 The cost of rescuing the children Watch the video and find out more about this incredible organisation and the amazing men who go undercover to rescue children from s#x slavery.

Then head here to become a rescue partner and help to save children from this appalling life: https://www.middleagedwomensstuff.com/mar-moth/destiny-rescue-2/

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-x4sb7-d51a80

I'm going to go out on a limb here and go against current beliefs on child rearing because I believe that boys need rules. And consequences. I don't think they need conversations, though they do need to understand and be understood. To me, the "modern" way of child rearing seems to be geared more towards girls than boys and it's putting boys at a big disadvantage. Read more and get links to the books I mentioned here: http://middleagedwomensstuff.com/menopause-marriage-motherhood/ep-12-boys-need-rules/

Someone New Theatre Company's brand new podcast - introduction

Body shame is real for many women no matter what our age. Find out what one woman is doing to help change that. Find out more here: https://bit.ly/mmm_ep95

**WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT** As a midlife mother of four, as far as I'm concerned, my relationship with my vagina is a kind of mild awareness that it's had a few intense moments and it's done its job quite nicely, thank you. That's about it. So, why has Danielle Dal Cortivo created a project called Free The V... with the "V" being Vagina? Find out more here:

Join me in this chat with Deb McGinnis, the creator of Open Relationship Counselling, a practice dedicated to serving those people involved in – or thinking about being in – an open relationship.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/mmmopenrel

Sick of lockdown and not being able to see your friends and family? Think that maybe it's time to get back to normal? So did we. Then Alan contracted Covid. Find out what's happened.

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Me neither! But we do! Certified life coach Heather Goodman, tells us how we can use each of those brains and also how we can connect them. Find out more here: https://bit.ly/3brainspodcast