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Octavia Spencer is tackling menopause, one nickname at a time. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Spencer, 55, is demystifying the hormonal shift women undergo in middle age by giving it the nickname \u201cMenny.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI met Peri five years ago, she wasn\u2019t really kind,\u201d Spencer wrote in an Instagram caption on Wednesday<\/a>, cheekily referring to perimenopause. \u201cMeno? Well let\u2019s just say she\u2019s not much better, but we\u2019ve been introduced and \u2018trying\u2019 to become friends.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n As the Academy Award winner noted, menopause hasn\u2019t been a walk in the park. Still, she\u2019s turning lemons into lemonade and taking back her power, sending encouragement to those who are navigating the same path. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cTo all my ladies trying to make a new friend in Meno \u2026 let\u2019s call her Menny, on this day may your knees and hips HAVE NO PAIN,\u201d she wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The motivation didn\u2019t stop there. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cMay you embrace the fact that even in your changing skin, you are beautiful, capable, and worthy!\u201d Spencer concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Menopause, Yale gynecologist Dr. Mary Jane Minkin previously told celebrity.land<\/a>, is defined as \u201d<\/span>one full year without a period in the absence of something else to explain it, like pregnancy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n 20 Years Of<\/span>Free<\/span>Journalism<\/span><\/p>\n Your Support<\/span>Fuels<\/span>Our Mission<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Your Support<\/span>Fuels<\/span>Our Mission<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n