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I find not working outside the home helps. I actually realised I have enough to do running a home and giving 2 teenagers a balanced loving upbringing is the best thing to do. Trying to juggle, give yourself in a job, give yourself at home, rushing, is not the way to live when you are peri/menopausal. When my teenagers need me, I'm there for them now. Instead of feeling 'bored', I use time off to meditate, do yoga, build myself up emotionally and build a resevoir of calm. You need this solid base when the anxiety, hot flashes, foggy thinking comes. It is really too much for me to manage a job as well as deal with this health issue and my homelife. So the job went, and we are all happier, I am healthier since. You think your job is your independence, soooo important, and when you stop the crazyness, you see it's ruining your life running everywhere, getting nowhere. I would recommend women to at least cut down their hours at this challenging time. Lots of women I know in their 50s, post menopause, have resumed working and their children are grown ups, have flown the nest, so don't need them as teenagers need emotional stability around them.