My Mommy is going through a very rough time with menopause. She is 55 and started going through it at 50. She has terrible hot flashes, mood swings, she's tired and just seems unhappy most of the time. She works too much and seems unhappy at her job. She telecommutes, so it's all from her house, but it's tons of conference calls and meetings and it's pretty tedious work that she does. I've subtly been dropping hints the past couple years to her to retire because they could afford it but she just says she wants to stay until 62 to be fully vested. She always been a workhorse and had a strong work ethic.

Well now she's getting worse and has a new issue going on, seem like vulvodynia. She's miserable. I've gotten her some Hyland's menopause tablets and she still won't take them. She refuses to do anything about her menopause, like she has to martyr herself for it or something. I understand her not wanting to do HRT, but some small herbs? My infant son uses Hyland's products like teething tablets and they have NO side effects. I don't understand why she chooses to suffer.

I know there's got to be something going on with menopause and her spirituality that she's not getting. She's a very strong christian and very much unawakened. I've read some things about Kundalini energy and hot flashes. Any suggestions and what I can do to suggest some releif to her without overstepping her free will?

Thanks so much!!