The Top 5 Natural Menopause Remedies That Work!

If you have decided to take the natural path through menopause and are trying to choose from the vast array of herbal and natural remedies for menopause symptoms that are available, it can be very difficult to know which one is right for you and which one will be the most effective.
During your selection process, you need to weigh up the pros and cons of all options based on your own medical history and your own particular menopause symptoms.
To help you in this process, here are the Top 5 herbs and natural ingredients, proven to relieve menopausal symptoms. These remedies have not only undergone extensive clinical studies to measure their effectiveness as natural treatments for menopause and peri-menopause symptoms but have received positive reviews from significant numbers of real women who have benefitted from their use:

Menopause - Symptoms of High Estrogen During Menopause

In the simplest form, menopause is described as the cessation of menstruation in a woman's life. It's when a woman is no longer fertile and is unable to bear children. It's a milestone, rather than a condition. However, when a woman is premenopausal she may encounter a surge in estrogen. This is a condition referred to as estrogen dominance that can be treated with a boron or magnesium supplement.
Although a woman is considered menopausal only after one full year without a period, perimenopause can occur 3-5 years before the complete cessation of the menses. It is usually marked by several symptoms and one symptom is usually triggered by the other. For example, a woman may struggle with moodiness, but that will stem from disturbed sleep as a result of night flashes during the night.
Estrogen dominance can occur at any point in a woman's life, but no matter when it occurs it is considered a condition when estrogen levels increase to the point that it's higher than progesterone levels. During perimenopause progesterone levels tend to fall and so should estrogen, but when they don't women may experience several symptoms:

• Sluggish Metabolism
• Weight gain
• Decreased libido
• PMS
• High emotional sensitivity
• Headaches
• Mood swings
• Heavy Periods
• Breast Tenderness

How Important Is It That Fathers Take An Active Role In Their Daughters Lives?

With the rise in single parenting, have we fully understood the impact of a missing parent, namely the father. The father's role in the past has been the 'bringer of the bacon' whilst his wife took care of the children. Fathers were usually the one that were considered the disciplinarian, 'wait tip your father gets home' mantra. Yet, we cannot forget about the ideology that fathers teach their daughters about the type of relationship they may expect to have by shaping their perceptions about self and relationships. If these are some of the roles that fathers play, what happens to the female who is raised without her father?
Have we become too complacent about accepting that many fathers are not involved in their daughters lives? Have we allowed many women to decide what role if any, a father will play in their daughters lives? However, the more important question is what, if any is the impact on a fatherless female?
When a relationship ceases for whatever reason and there are children, the separating couple must rise above their own emotional war with each other to protect the emotions of their children. However, there are exceptions whereby a father is not involved in his daughter's life such as where sexual abuse has occurred. Some may argue that with the right support and treatment, any threat by a father may cease to continue for his child. This argument leans more towards the 'rights' of the father and reduces the impact of sexual abuse to the victim. Sexual abuse is not the only abuse that a father is deemed as dangerous to his daughter; he may not even directly abuse his child but the environment that is underpinned with violence within the home afflicts just as deeply.

4 Tips For Making Your Christmas Great

Some seasons of the year come with joy and others are just there for ceremonial purposes. Take for example Easter, when we celebrate the death and resurrection of the Savior and what He symbolized. People may not be as excited as they may be when celebrating Christmas. This season is full of joy both for the Christians and for the non-Christians.
For many people, Christmas is the ultimate season where they get to meet with all their loved ones and spend time together sharing good memories and catching up on past experiences as well personal progress in life. A Christmas party is ideal to help people capture the moment in an ambience of affection and joy. Here are some ways you may consider to use to make your Christmas party the best experience in years:

Get a venue
There are a number of venues that you can use for this event. Again, depending on personal preferences, it could be an indoor or outdoor party. Once you are decided on the kind of party you want, fish out venues from the internet while considering their ambience, price and accessibility. Do not pick a venue that is way off your budget or too cheap. Moderately pick a good choice that meets most of your preferences at fair costs.

Your Guide To Raising Your Self-Esteem

Self-esteem is how we feel about ourselves. The words we use to describe ourselves reflect whether our esteem is high or not. It has very little to do about how we or others see as the physical presentation but how we feel toward ourselves.
A person could have high esteem regarding their weight but to another, with the same height and weight, feelings may induce low self-esteem. With this in mind, it would be unfair to state that everyone should possess the same physical qualities as another. Magazine articles and pictures of super slim models induce a standard that states beauty is having this particular size. Beauty manufacturers make millions each year selling products that are supposed to make you feel a particular way. Lifestyle critics will have you believe that by not having what their values on how to live is below standard.
These organisations make their money on preying upon our self-esteem. If a standard was not epitomised, then people would not readily spend their cash buying these products to 'enhance' their features, to reach the epitome. However, you may feel a slight or monumental increase in your esteem if you were of perfect weight, of perfect complexion and lived in a fantastic house but even all this would not guarantee long lasting self-esteem; because self-esteem relies solely on your feelings. There are many people who appear to have all the attributes to being happy but are not. Why is this? It is because how they feel about themselves is what influences their self-esteem, not what they may or may not have. 

I Want to Build a Better Life

Building a better life can be difficult, there's no doubt about that.
Many people are more driven to stay comfortable and keep the "status quo" rather than make a dramatic change to their lives - even if that change is a positive one and it's ultimately for the better.
It takes a rare kind of attitude to consistently seek a better life no matter where you find yourself or where you are in your life. I personally hope to find myself looking for ways to improve up until the day I die.
To grow is to live. When that growth stagnates, we experience a kind of psychological death - we lose an important sense of meaning, purpose, and motivation in our lives.
What are you truly striving for? Do you know? Are you 100% happy the way your life is or are there things you can actually be doing to improve it?
These are questions we all need to ask ourselves on a daily basis. We're all striving for something - but what is it - what are the core values that we really want to live by?
The more you know the answer to those questions, the more capable you are of building a better life. But you can't get to a "better life" if you don't first know what "better life" actually means to you.
Of course, the definition of a "better life" is going to vary depending on the person. You need to find your definition.

4 Ways to Continue Looking Great and Keep Your Neck Warm

et us assume that you have taken full advantage of the scarf benefits and already have a few scarfs at home. Now the question turns to how exactly you are wearing that scarf. Hopefully not just half-hazardly draped around your neck. If you are no worries, I myself had the same attitude not long ago, this guide will help you find the right style for you.
There are four major ways to tie your scarf; the slip knot, the wraparound, the necktie, and the four in hand. They almost all look completely different, and some vary in difficulty. For instance, if you are in a hurry I would not suggested tying a four in hand knot.

The Slip Knot:
The Slip Knot is one of the simplest ways to tie and wear your scarf. Simply drape the scarf hanging around your neck with one end lower than the other. With the longer side of the scarf in hand pull it around the back of your neck and then back down through the loop you have created. Done! That's all it takes to tie a slip knot scarf.