Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

They Call it ‘The Change.’ I Call It Annoying.

Perimenopause Power by Maisie Hill

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Best for: Young Gen X-ers and Elder Millenials. In a nutshell: People with a uterus will at some point stop getting periods, their hormones will shift, and some things will be a bit different. This book seeks to provide some suggestions, advice, and an overview of the research to help make this time (which can last many years) and beyond a bit more comfortable. Worth quoting: “Observe the sentences you say in your head and out loud, and be on the lookout for works such […]

“The key to this phase is to trust your inner bitch and the messages she’s whispering to you.”

Period Power by Maisie Hill

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This is a very difficult book to review. This is, at its core, a pop science book. So for me, a review of it necessarily has to explore how much of the book is pop and how much of it is actual science. Pop science books have a long history of being significantly more of the former and very little of the latter. The problem is that the topic is women’s health, which results in very little useful discussion online to guide the reader in […]

How Am I Just Learning This Now?!

Period Power by Maisie Hill

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Best for: Anyone who menstruates and wants to know how they can use their cycle to their advantage. In a nutshell: Author Hill looks at different aspects of one’s menstrual cycle, as well as different challenges and complications people face and how to possibly address them. Worth quoting: “The mental switch you need to make is to realise that your feelings here are very real and have nothing to do with your hormones, but your hormones are helping you to give voice to them, and […]



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