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Menopause & hormones · Guide for women

How Hormones Affect Your Sex Drive

Meet the chemical party guests running your desire, and learn who to invite.

19 pages · 5 chapters · PDF · instant download

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What's inside

  1. The Hormone PartyTolu explains, with name tags.
  2. Oestrogen and FriendsHow the menstrual cycle can shift desire.
  3. Testosterone Is Everyone's GuestMen, women and the truth about "T."
  4. Life Stages and HormonesPregnancy, breastfeeding, perimenopause and ageing.
  5. What You Can Actually DoSupporting healthy hormones without gimmicks.

You also get

  • Clear illustrated diagrams
  • "Myth vs fact" and "Try this" boxes with practical steps
  • A "when to see a doctor" checklist
  • A printable worksheet
  • Research sources, so you know it is real

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From chapter 1, "The Hormone Party". Every guide is written like a story, with real research behind it.

Saturday, 7:00pm. Jide's flat. A "hormone party." Tolu made name tags. Everyone must wear one.

Tolu had come up with the idea after a long shift. "People understand hormones better if you make them characters," she said, handing out sticky name tags. Amara was OESTROGEN. Emeka was TESTOSTERONE. Kemi was PROLACTIN. Jide, to his horror, was CORTISOL.

"Why am I cortisol?" he protested.

"Because you are the stress hormone, and you have been stressed since 2019."

AmaraI love this party.
JideI hate my name tag.
AmaraCortisol would say that.

"Here is the important thing," Tolu said. "Desire is not controlled by one hormone. It is a party. Some guests turn the music up. Some turn it down. And the room, meaning your mood, relationship and health, matters as much as the guest list."

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