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A book by Janelle Alexis
A Girlfriend's Guide to Losing Your Mind, Your Patience, and Possibly Your Uterus, and Laughing Through All of It
Real stories. Hot topics. Zero filter. The laugh-out-loud girlfriend’s guide to menopause that hit #1 on Amazon.
Somewhere in her forties, hairstylist and salon owner Janelle Alexis noticed a pattern. Every woman sitting in her chair was quietly falling apart in the exact same way, at the exact same time, and every one of them was convinced she was the only one. The chin hairs. The rage. The hormone pellet nobody warned her about. The husband’s midlife crisis running on the same schedule as her hot flashes.
Turns out none of them were alone. They just hadn’t found the group chat yet.
MENO POSSE is the girlfriend’s guide nobody hands you at the gynecologist’s office: equal parts unfiltered memoir, salon-chair confessional and long-overdue permission slip to laugh at the whole unhinged transition. From the 2 a.m. chin-hair discovery to the mammogram that presses you like a panini, this is midlife told exactly the way it happens: messy, hilarious, occasionally disgusting and never, ever alone.
“We saved you a seat, and honestly, we’ve been waiting for you.”MENO POSSE
Perimenopausal and confused. Menopausal and furious. Post-menopausal and finally free. And every best friend, sister, daughter and partner who wants to understand what she’s going through. MENO POSSE is the gift you give the whole posse.
MENO POSSE is Janelle Alexis’s funny, unfiltered girlfriend’s guide to perimenopause, menopause and midlife. Drawing on years of conversations in her Houston salon chair, she covers hot flashes, rage, chin hairs, hormone pellets, marriage, mammograms and friendship, and why no woman has to go through “the change” alone.
Women in their late 30s, 40s and 50s navigating perimenopause or menopause, and everyone who loves them. It is written for readers who want honesty and laughter rather than a clinical textbook.
No. It is humor and memoir, not medical advice. It does include a practical starter kit for finding a menopause-literate doctor, and Janelle encourages every reader to bring her symptoms and questions to a qualified healthcare provider.
Yes. MENO POSSE hit #1 on Amazon shortly after its October 1, 2026 release from Beyond Publishing.
Paperback, hardcover and Kindle on Amazon, plus Barnes & Noble and Apple Books. The print edition runs 141 pages (ISBN 979-8903481712).
Absolutely. It is made for gifting to a best friend, sister, mom or the whole group chat, and it is a natural pick for girls’ nights and book clubs.
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