matrescence – Hairee Lee Counseling

My Matrescence

Matrescence, if you don’t already know, is the stage of women’s lives when we undergo changes to our hormones, changes to our bodies, changes to our relationships, changes to our identities, all in the service of becoming a mother. This change is similar to the change we all go through during adolescence when we underwent […]

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Perimenopause: Is it??

My mood swings got so bad in the few days leading up to the first day of my period, that I finally saw a gynecologist about it. This was back in 2019. The mood swings had been going on for years. That’s actually not that bad; between noticing a mental health challenge and getting help,