Musings on Midlife & the Menoverse
Mothering Ourselves: A Midlife Homecoming
Too many women enter midlife completely unprepared—misdiagnosed, misunderstood, and often gaslit. It’s not their fault.Most doctors receive little to no training in menopause, and as...
Meet Anandamide: Your Body’s Bliss Molecule and the Science of Balance in Midlife
Beyond helping us feel more emotionally steady in the moment, anandamide also supports long-term brain health. It plays a direct role in neurogenesis—the creation of...
The Crucial Role of Sleep for Women in Midlife
For women in midlife, sleep isn’t just a luxury; it’s a cornerstone of health, hormonal balance, and overall wellbeing. Yet, during this phase, many women...
The Second Spring
In Chinese medicine, menopause is known as the “Second Spring” (第二春, pronounced dì èr chūn). This poetic phrase symbolizes the transition into a new, vibrant...
Anea Bogue, M.A., B.Ed, CLC
Anea Bogue is an author, educator, certified individual, relationship, and menopause coach, and founder who has spent more than two decades working with girls and women on self-trust, identity, and inner authority.
Her work focuses on helping women understand themselves more deeply - not as problems to be fixed, but as intelligent, evolving beings shaped by biological, emotional, and cultural forces. She has supported women through pivotal life transitions, with a particular focus on how early conditioning and external expectations shape women’s relationships with their bodies and themselves.
Through her own experience of the menopause transition, Anea came to see midlife not as a decline, but as a powerful rite of passage. Her approach is grounded, compassionate, and integrative, honoring both medical and non-medical pathways while emphasizing informed choice and self-trust.
She is deeply committed to challenging outdated narratives about women’s worth and creating spaces where women feel supported as they come home to themselves in midlife.