Midlife Advice | Perimenopause, Hormones and Midlife Women’s Health
You're a woman over 40, you're in the thick of perimenopause or menopause, and lately you keep coming back to the same thought: I just don't feel like myself anymore.
You're doing everything right. Showing up for your family, your work, everyone who needs you. But you feel exhausted in a way that sleep doesn't fix. Work feels harder and less fulfilling than it used to. Your relationship feels distant. Your body is changing. You’re overwhelmed with the neverending decisions. And no matter what you do, you just feel off. Disconnected from yourself.
Midlife Advice is the podcast for intelligent midlife women who are ready to stop white-knuckling through life and feel next-level good.
Each week, host Jessica Long brings you honest conversations about navigating perimenopause and menopause, hormones, overwhelm, relationships, confidence, and the identity shift nobody warned you was coming. Not as a patient. Not as a problem to be solved. As a woman who deserves to actually feel GREAT again.
Jessica is a holistic health coach, certified menopause coaching specialist, breathwork facilitator and fellow midlife woman navigating all of this right alongside you.
If you've ever searched:
- Why am I so exhausted all the time?
- Why does work feel so hard lately?
- Why do I feel so disconnected from my partner?
- Why do I have low libido and will it ever come back?
- Why don't I feel like myself anymore?
- Is this perimenopause or something else?
This podcast was made for you.
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Midlife Advice | Perimenopause, Hormones and Midlife Women’s Health
Bonus: Hormone Support for Perimenopause and Painful Periods Using Real Food
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A food-first approach to hormone support for perimenopause and painful periods.
If you’re navigating perimenopause symptoms yourself or supporting a daughter dealing with heavy periods, cramps, or hormonal acne, this quick bonus episode is for you.
This conversation explores how hormone imbalances can show up similarly across life stages and why food-based support can play a meaningful role.
I’m joined by Gita Vellanki, founder of Neeshi, a hormone-supportive nutrition brand inspired by Ayurvedic principles and modern nutrition science. Gita shares how trying to help her teenage daughter through painful, heavy periods led her to create real-food products that later helped her own perimenopause symptoms, without relying on birth control or quick fixes.
We talk about:
•How food can support hormone balance, detoxification, and symptom relief
•The role of ingredients like cacao, flax, pumpkin seeds, and almonds in supporting estrogen and progesterone balance
•Why heavy periods, cramps, mood swings, acne, and night sweats aren’t things women need to “push through”
•What Gita learned from consumer trials about how quickly women noticed changes
•A gentle, nourishing approach to hormone support for both teens and midlife women
This episode is especially helpful if you’re looking for:
•Natural support for perimenopause symptoms like heavy periods, mood swings, night sweats, or fatigue
•Natural support for painful periods, PMS, or hormonal acne
•Food-based options for symptom alleviation
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If you decide to give Neeshi a try, I’d love to hear your thoughts! Send me a DM on Instagram @midlifeadvicepodcast.
Episode Highlights:
00:00 Introduction to Neeshi and Its Purpose
02:31 Intentional Ingredients & Their Benefits
05:39 Period & Perimenopause Symptom Alleviation
07:47 Real-Life Impact and Consumer Feedback
09:49 Get 20% Off Neeshi Products
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✨For more midlife advice on perimenopause, hormone health, nervous system regulation, and living with purpose in your 40s and 50s follow me: @midlifeadvicepodcast | @heyjessicalong