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Are you in Menopause right now? |
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What phase: peri-menopause, pre-menopause, menopause, post menopause? |
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Have you taken hormones during any part of this cycle? How frequently? What specific medications? |
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Have you taken any herbal or nutritional remedies during this cycle? How frequently? What types of remedies? |
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Have you seen or do you see medical or other professionals for menopausal related symptoms? Please give the type of doctor or professional you see. |
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Do you participate in any of the following activities for menopausal symptoms?
Movement, Visualization, Exercise, Meditation, Nutrition, Dietary Controls, Religious or Spiritual Practices |
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Is your profession related to women's interests and concerns? |
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Are you willing to be interviewed for purposes of a book or documentary about menopause? |
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Of the things you've experienced in relation to and during menopause, what was the:
a. funniest? b. strangest? c. scariest? d. most embarrassing?
Please choose one or more and describe to any degree what it was. |
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How did you handle these states of being in those moments?
a. avoid b. embrace c. deny d. succumb e. with amusement f. hope no one noticed. Please give details.
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Do you consider yourself a spontaneous person? Or, are you someone who plans and executes most things according to plan? |
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Have you or do you experience fearful emotions and thoughts during menopause? |
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Have you experienced other intense emotions and negative thoughts with any regularity? Do the same things seem to recur? Or, do you cycle through various different emotions and thoughts? |
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How do you manage or handle these emotional states of being? |
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Do you awaken during the night? How often? Do you lie in bed awake for any length of time? |
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Have you ever felt as though you are being re-wired in these times? |
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Do you ever feel power surges or overwhelming amounts of energy running through your body? |
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Have you noticed that your intuition, telepathy, clairsentience, clairvoyance or other psychic abilities have become enhanced during menopause? What types of things have you experienced? |
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Are enlightenment, consciousness or expanded awareness important to you? |
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What is the most important aspect of your life? What about your life has changed most dramatically during this time? |
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Most of my experiences with menopause are:
a. physical b. emotional c. mental d. spiritual |
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Are you clear about your purpose or mission (not job) in life? |
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Do you feel as though you are more or less on your path now than ever before? |
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Is service a part of your daily life? In what way? |
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Do you see yourself as an enabler or a nurturer? What is the difference? |
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How would you rate your self-esteem?
a. high b. moderate c. low d. very low e. non-existent
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How do you feel about the following statement?
"Women in their 50's, or who are post menopausal, have more chance of becoming truly enlightened than anyone else on this planet."
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Have any of the following been more apparent during menopause? Please circle.
a. feel more empowered
b. heart is more open or closed
c. more or less desire for sex
d. more willing to speak out
e. less apt to be politically correct
f. more compassionate, less compassionate
g. less likely to put up with passive aggressive or covert behaviors in other people
h. more or less focused on mundane details
i. feel more connected ( or less) to the "whole" (Universal or God connection).
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