in my family or among my friends. When I was in my 40s, busy raising kids, running my business, enjoying a nice family life and a happy marriage, my sex drive suddenly vanished. It was like somebody turned off a light switch.
Growing up, I thought I had been educated about my body. But, looking back, my education only taught me how to avoid getting pregnant. Because female sexuality was taboo, I didn’t know who I could ask. Worse, I didn’t even knowto ask. I wasn’t familiar with the parts that played a role in my own sexuality as my body was moving into menopause.
As a trained nutritionist and yoga teacher, I’ve long been interested in the mind-body connection. So I sought out mindfulness coaches, therapists and teachers in the field of intimacy and sexuality, who encouraged me to get to know myself. Since I was beginning to show symptoms of GSM, it was becoming less of a mystery why I was turning awaywith my husband. After I learned about GSM, I joined a private Facebook group for women who have it. I was blown away by the number of women in the group. Hundreds of women had been suffering in silence before finding each other. Women in the group experienced the whole spectrum of GSM symptoms, from mild to severe.