With the increase in life expectancy and decline in mortality there is an increase in the elderly population. Now women live almost one third of their lives in the perimenopause and postmenopausal period. Hence they should not look at menopause as the end of their life but as the end of their fertile life. Life is a series of gradual changes-we don't suddenly reach a turning point and start growing old. Aging is a continuous process that begins the moment we are born and continues till we die. In fact you can have time now to learn some new course, start a new career and remain healthy and fitter than ever before. By adopting a positive attitude to life in general, and to your changing lifestyle and body in particular, you can improve the quality of your life and be living proof that -this is only the end of the beginning, not the beginning of the end.