Before the Change: Taking Charge of Your Perimenopause

Ann Louise Gittleman, PhD, CNS

Celebrated as one of the top nutritionists in the country, Dr. Gittleman’s New York Times Bestseller continues to help women recognize and take charge of their perimenopause. Filled with practical tips and backed by science, Before the Change clearly explains the symptoms of perimenopause, gets to the root causes of hormonal dysfunction, explores natural alternatives to hormone replacement therapy, and provides an invaluable guide to proper nutrition during perimenopause.

The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health During the Change

Christiane Northrup, MD

Considered the bible of middle-age womanhood, this groundbreaking bestseller encourages women to rethink menopause as a time of personal growth and empowerment rather than something to be feared. Informative and affirming, Dr. Northrup offers middle-aged women pearls of wisdom and the tools they need to create physical and emotional well-being during the change.

The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50

Jonathan Rauch

Full of hope, wisdom, and wit, The Happiness Curve offers a fascinating glimpse into midlife malaise and the promise that awaits us when we ride out the happiness curve. Written in response to his own midlife slump, Rauch conducts extensive research, talks to countless people, and ultimately finds that while our 40s tend to be among our most challenging years, the midlife slump ultimately primes us for the best years of our lives. 

Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis

Ada Calhoun

After finding herself in the throes of a midlife crisis, Ada Calhoun wonders how her life has fallen apart. A product of the “have it all” generation, she and other Gen X women were not supposed to lose sleep over mounting debt, caring for children and elderly parents, or gender and age discrimination in the workplace. Why We Can’t Sleep examines Gen X women’s new midlife crisis and the cultural contexts that led them down a road of broken promises. More importantly, Calhoun draws a roadmap to help this generation of women regain lost ground. 

Life Reimagined: The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife

Barbara Bradley Hagerty

In this thought-provoking and highly engaging book, Hagerty draws on an emerging body of research, the views of people from all walks of life, as well as her own life experiences to debunk the commonly-held notion of the midlife crisis. Life Reimagined challenges convention and offers a fresh, new outlook on the enormous opportunity midlife presents us.

The Slow Moon Climbs: The Science, History, and Meaning of Menopause

Susan P. Mattern

More than a weekend read, this comprehensive and critically acclaimed book chronicles the changing attitudes toward menopause and concludes that we’ve misjudged its purpose entirely. The Slow Moon Climbs takes a bold and provocative stand as Mattern argues that women, unlike most mammals, are designed to outlive their fertile years to flourish in their latter days.

Becoming

Michelle Obama

My forever First Lady and best friend in my head, Michelle Obama has inspired me from the time I first laid eyes on her. Her beautifully written memoir follows her from Chicago’s South Side to the halls of the White House, and with each phase of life she demonstrates remarkable insight, resilience, and grace. At the heart of this bestseller is the message that we are not fixed beings with finite dreams; rather, we are always evolving, full of infinite possibility, and continually becoming our best selves.