So what, for you, does the next step look like? It can be as simple as taking particularly good care of yourself, through the many free or inexpensive means available to you, so that you have energy to make wise choices. You can visit, phone, or write to the people closest to you, those who know how to listen and support you no matter what. Let them know that you need nothing from them except the comfort that their concern for your well-being provides. You can walk outdoors, in any beautiful natural setting near you, contemplating the cycles of nature – abundance followed by barrenness in which, slowly, new seeds take root – and the non-judgmental presence of trees, animals, stones, waters, sky. You can consider the place you’ve felt safest in your life and then set aside time each day to journey there in active imagination, providing yourself with an inner refuge and even, perhaps, with new glimpses of how to proceed. You can go to the public library and take out books like Pema Chodron’s When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times and Dorothy Day’s By Little and By Little, which put matters of suffering and anxiety in the larger context of the life we all share. Look also for Susun Weed's book, mentioned above, which offers an excellent range of suggestions for building physical and emotional health during menopause.