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Essays for the woman re-writing her midlife.
Honest, science-backed writing on hormones, nervous system balance, and everything they didn't tell you about perimenopause. Read every essay below — new pieces land weekly.
Your Heart Isn’t Losing Its Mind… But It Might Be Missing Estrogen
Heart palpitations in perimenopause are common. What you need to know.
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You Don’t Have a Willpower Problem. You Have an Information Problem
The specific hormonal reason the belly fat won’t budge, and the levers that actually work.
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I am Not Ready
The excuse that’s actually costing you the life you say you want.
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Belly Fat That Won’t Budge
The midlife visceral fat fix.
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The Ache of Menopause
Why your joints, muscles, and recovery suddenly feel different.
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Menopause Is Not the Beginning of the End.
It's your evolution.
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The Hidden Fire
What inflammation and inflammaging really are.
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I Thought Menopause was About Hormones
Then I traveled with a 23 year old.
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What My 23-Year-Old Niece Taught Me About Menopause
The surprising similarity between puberty and menopause.
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The Four Signals Your Body Is Sending You
They look like separate problems. They are not. Here is the single story running underneath all of them.
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It’s Not a Slow Metabolism — It’s a Metabolic Flip
The surprising science of why your body stopped playing by the old rules — and what it’s actually doing instead.
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The Moment That Changed Everything
My husband saw it before I did. And what happened next sent me down the most fascinating rabbit hole of my life.
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