For most of my life, I thought my biggest struggles were with weight. The yo-yo-ing, the sizes going up and down, the guilty twinge of vanity when I didn’t like how my body looked. And yes, that’s real — and I know many of you feel it too. But even then, I was aware that…
You know how in perimenopause your body suddenly develops the emotional range of a Shakespearean actor? One minute you’re fine, the next you’re almost crying at the end of Murderbot or snapping because your dog barked and it felt like a full-body electrical shock. This is not weakness. It’s biology. Estrogen and progesterone used to…
What if the secret to calming inflammation in perimenopause isn’t restriction—but nourishment? Perimenopause has a way of putting inflammation in the spotlight. Suddenly, the things you used to brush off—achy joints, brain fog, random skin flare-ups, autoimmune symptoms—are all taking center stage under a very unflattering fluorescent light. For many women, the first response is:…