Actress Maria Bello is opening up about her journey to the “second half of life” in her first Instagram submit in additional than two years.
The “Coyote Ugly” star hopes to encourage different ladies to “embrace” menopause via sharing her story of accepting her “newly rising self.”
Maria Bello Is Again On Instagram After A Two 12 months Hiatus
Calling her break from Instagram a “meno(PAUSE)”, Bello shared her journey and the way she crossed over into the “second half of life” within the hopes of inspiring and empowering different ladies going via the identical factor.
“So I’ve determined to come back again to Instagram after a two-year (meno)PAUSE. I went via the primary half of menopause throughout Covid and tried every part to maintain it at bay. I took bio-identical hormones (and nonetheless do), dieted more durable and quicker however nonetheless managed to achieve 15 kilos, tried Ozempic for every week however gave up after fixed nausea and vomiting, removed the waddle on my neck, tried Botox, fillers and lasers, face lotions, cellulite machines, face threads, tooth straightening and extra,” she wrote within the caption of the Instagram picture that marks her return to the app.
“I did copious quantities of remedy, together with micro-dosing psilocybin, left Hollywood and all social media, and on the finish of all of it lastly moved to Paris. That was October of 2021.”
She then defined that she determined to “actually delve into the PAUSE in menopause” and get critical concerning the seven duties of mid-life that Carl Jung spoke of.
“Jung stated the mid-life level is marked by disillusionment and despair. He stated to cross over efficiently to the second half of life, one wanted to finish these duties,” she continued. “Now after lastly popping out of my cocoon of self-reflection, I wish to share my journey over the past two years to just accept my newly rising self.”
The “Grown Ups” actress concluded her caption by saying that she hopes her posts “will assist anybody crossing over to the ‘second half of life’ and encourage them to not keep away from menopause however to embrace it.”
Many Followers Left Feedback About Menopause And Maria Bello Sharing Her Journey
Whereas menopause hasn’t all the time been one thing many discuss overtly about, Bello’s social media followers left feedback thanking her for being so clear and sharing her expertise to assist others.
“Thanks wanting ahead to serving to with the second half of life,” one particular person wrote. One other added, “Thanks a lot we want your assist. Please tell us all about it!!!”
One other follower shared her story and stated she appreciated listening to all about Bello’s journey:
“I’m in menopause proper now it’s nothing like I anticipated so was actually not ready and actually I believe the care for ladies going via this or any kind of hormonal points is inferior to it needs to be so I’ve taken management and I’m working my method via so I’ll respect your submit and listening and studying the way you navigated your method via.”
One other particular person shared the same story:
“I’m attempting to embrace peri/menopause however generally I really feel prefer it’s taking up my physique and my thoughts and it’s simply taking me down. It was fantastic to learn this submit to know that it’s not simply me and that I’m not fully shedding my thoughts.”
