As someone on the cusp of menopause, I was interested to read "How to Menopause" by Tamsen Fadel. I was not aware of who Ms. Fadel is, so I looked on her website and found that she is "an Emmy Award-winning journalist, content creator, author, speaker and menopause advocate." Usually I look to medical doctors for health information, but I thought I would read this book with an open mind.

Fadel compiles current popular advice about menopause all in one book. She looks to menopause experts such as Dr. Mary Claire Haver and Dr. Lisa Mosconi for advice on how to navigate menopause. She also includes advice from fashion expert, Stacey London, and makeup expert, Bobbi Brown. She intersperses her own best practices and routines as well.

If you are looking for a book that includes current popular information in menopause books, this is the book for you. I found it lacking any new medical information, as I am aware of the current researched standard for addressing menopausal symptoms. It is nice though, to feel like you are not alone in your journey through menopause, and for that reason, I would recommend considering this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and Balance for this advanced reader copy.

This was an interesting book that had a lot of information on menopause. Things one of the first books I have read about menopause and I found it to be really informative. I would definitely recommend it to someone who doesn’t have much knowledge going in. It was well laid out and easy to read. Thank you to the publisher for sending me an ARC of this book.

I received an ARC from Netgalley. I was very pleased to see there was so much overlap between this book and other reputable books I have read, with some additional information included. Most of the nutritional information I had heard before. But the information about exercise was better than I had read in others, with some specific things to do for specific conditions. The clothing/hair care/makeup information was all new to me, and handled well, without apology for recommending higher priced brand in addition to ways to find good products in the basic drug store aisle.
I thought the information was organized well, and not overwritten.

This book automatically gets a nod from me because it answered some of my most pressing questions that I’ve had a difficult time finding in some other books 🙂

This goes into a lot of treatments - much on hormone replacement (and if you’ve read my past reviews on menopause books, you know that HRT is not something I’m personally interested in. For example, chapter 4 “Help is on the way, hormonal and nonhormonal approaches” - the majority is dedicated to hormonal treatment and the very, very end of the chapter is non-hormonal - but the suggestions are much less lauded than HRT and not a word about mindfulness but you do get suggestions for antidepressants - I didn’t love this aspect of the book.

I would have liked to see some more holistic and non-medicine suggestions.

Recommended for potentially answering some questions but with the caveat that if you’re looking for a more natural approach, this isn’t going to be it. I’d suggest borrowing this from the library to see if it suits your wants/needs before purchasing.



Thank you to Balance and NetGalley for the DRC