Valerie Albarda is a writer, author and creator of the website Midlife-A-Go-Go and she hosts “Midlife-A-Go-Go the podcast!” Valerie has also worked as a Women’s Empowerment & Transformation Coach, and still feels the pull to empower midlife women to help them transition through life’s ‘second spring’ with confidence.

Valerie educates herself on menopause and wants to educate other women who may feel confused and unsure about this time in life. Her motto is: “Enjoy the midlife . . . skip the crisis.” Valerie’s writings have appeared across the web, including on the Huffington Post, SheSpark, Pepper & Wits and Midlife Boulevard, and she has been a contributing author in two anthologies.

Visit Valerie’s website here

Valerie has also provided the following resources that she uses when she researches:

• The North American Menopause Society (www.menopause.org)
• MenopauseNow (www.menopausenow.com/symptoms)
• Dr. Christiane Northrup (www.drnorthrup.com) “Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom”; “The Wisdom of Menopause”
• National Institute of Health’s National Library of Medicine – area called PubMed Central (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/)
• Verywell Health www.verywellhealth.com/about-us (they partner with the Cleveland Clinic)
• National Institute of Health – National Institute on Aging: www.nia.nih.gov/health/what-menopause