Perimenopause Unpacked

You’re doing all the “right” things and still feel off: the stubborn weight, the low energy, the mood swings, the sleep that won’t improve, and that unsettling brain fog where words vanish mid-sentence. We get why it’s scary, and we also know it’s not a personal failure. Perimenopause is real, it can last 5 to 10 years, and the first step is understanding what your body is trying to communicate.

We open with a real-life nervous system test: a flat tire on the highway. That story becomes a practical lesson in “seeing the wave” rather than being swept away by it, how you can feel nervous and still stay steady, and why resourcing and recovery matter after stress. From there, we break down what perimenopause actually means (and what menopause technically is), why so many women feel blindsided, and how modern overload can collide with hormonal shifts to shrink your mental bandwidth.

Then we tackle the big myths and missing context: perimenopause is often about hormone fluctuation, not just decline, and no two women have the exact same pattern. We also explain why chasing hormones alone can miss the real drivers, using our favorite “front bowling pin” framework: stress, sleep, blood sugar, inflammation, gut health, nutrient status, and nervous system capacity all shape how symptoms show up. The better question becomes: what’s driving my symptoms?

If you’re tired of being dismissed and ready for clarity, press play, share this with a friend who needs it, and subscribe so you don’t miss part two. After listening, will you tell us the one symptom you wish someone had warned you about?

Connect with Amy Wilford on social media at @amywilfordhealth, or on her website at wholebodyharmonycoach.com

Connect with Heather Fontenot on social media at @embodiedrejuvenation, or on her website at embodiedrejuvenation.com

Transcript

From Confusion To Body Clarity

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Welcome to the Body Drama Shift, where we move from confusion to clarity without guessing. Because your body isn't broken, it's communicating. If you're a woman in midlife dealing with stubborn weight, low energy, mood swings, or poor sleep, you're not imagining it, and you're not alone. I'm Amy, creator of Whole Body Harmony. And I'm Heather, creator of Embodied Rejuvenation. Together we help you decode your symptoms by addressing both biology and the nervous system. Because real change happens when both are in alignment. Let's shift.

Flat Tire Story And Staying Steady

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Hi, welcome to episode number five of the body drama shift. So I want to start with a story of something that just happened to me that ties back into the last episode where Heather talked about seeing the wave versus being in the wave. So we were traveling to the beach a little over a week ago and we got a flat tire and we were on the highway. So it was a little nerve-wracking and everything turned out fine. But I had asked Heather, I'm like, okay, so I got through that and I felt like I maintained a pretty good level of calm. And so I was thinking about her analogy about the wave. And I'm like, okay, so because I handled that calmly, does that mean that I was seeing the wave rather than just being swept up in the wave? And so I kind of wanted to bring that up and have Heather kind of give her insight about that. Okay, so yes, because you I'm gonna ask you a question too. So yes, you handled it calmly. But did you feel how did you feel when you were going through that? So I felt relatively calm, like I wasn't freaking out, but there definitely was a piece of me that was nervous and anxious. I mean, it makes sense. We were stranded on the highway, there's cars buzzing by us. And so there was obviously some like a piece of that safety was like, okay, are we safe right now? And it was me, my husband, my two boys who are 17 and 19, and my mom, who's about to turn 80. So there was definitely that safety component, like, are we safe on the side of the road? But I also like jumped right into action of, okay, so first of all, let me just share that we did not have a spare tire, and this was not our fault. We looked in the owner's manual to figure out where the spare tire was, and it said, spare tire, if equipped, in parentheses. Well, apparently our van was not equipped with a spare tire, and that's a little PSA to everybody, too. Check your owner's manual, make sure you have a spare tire. I assumed all cars had spare tires, but apparently they don't. Um, so I feel like I jumped into action pretty quickly, like, okay, we don't have a spare tire. We need a tow truck, and I'm calling people from the side of the road. But I felt like I was relatively calm about it. Like I knew what I needed to do, and I took action. So what I'm hearing is that you felt, you still felt in your body the sensations that were happening. Um, yes, there was some nervousness, maybe a little fear because you're knocked off your safety center. But you stayed, you stayed with that. Like you noticed it, you were aware of it, you didn't disconnect from it. So that is what being in the wave or seeing the wave instead of being in it. Does that um yeah? So I didn't let it sweep me away or paralyze me. I knew it was there and I moved through it to solve the problem. So like jumped into action and problem solving mode. Yes, and you didn't bypass the feelings. So you didn't just ignore that, yes, I am nervous. Because we can hold both, right? We can hold calmness and nervousness, maybe. Or let's say instead of calmness, steadiness and nervousness. So you acknowledge both of them, you were aware of both of them, you saw both of them. You didn't let you didn't just bypass the nervousness. Right, you know, and then say I'm gonna I'm not gonna feel that, like I'm just gonna bypass it. Right. Never feel it, just push it down or run away from it. Yeah. So that's the difference in being in the wave and seeing the wave. I also say it like this is your experiencing having you, or are you having the experience? So if the experience was having you, there may have been an example of that would be I'm freaking out. I I can't even help because I'm just a nervous wreck. Um I'm freaking out, I'm having this panic. So I can't even say logically, okay, what should we do next? We could do it this way, we can do it that way, we can look at this in this way, we can call somebody to help. You you wouldn't be able to do that because you're panicking. So that would be like the experiencing having you, instead of you having that experience. Yeah. I think it also helped me that the people around me weren't panicking. Like my husband wasn't having a conniption fit. He wasn't going berserk. My kids were like, they'd never experienced anything like that. They were okay. My mom, I kind of had to, she was fine, but she was doing things that were not safe, like opening the sliding door of the van on the side of the highway where she was sitting. Like, no, no, no, no, no. You close that, we'll open this other one so you can get air. So it was also like this. Not only was I having to maintain my own regulation, but I was managed, not managing, but I was being aware of everyone else's too and making sure other people were safe.

Resourcing And Co-Regulation In Real Life

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And it's funny because Amy and I had a conversation before we recorded this episode that we wish we would have recorded because um we talked about that, like resourcing, right? So you have all these practices in place. I use the word practice because, again, I like that word because it's not, it's not perfectionism. So you have these things that resource your nervous system, right? Whether it be silent walks or um, you know, your nutrition or whatever the things that you do to help, you have a you have a practice that I've written for you to help with your nervous system. So you have these things that are resourced, but when we're around people that are not resourced, we are the nervous system that they are dependent on. It's co-regulation. So it sounds like your mom needed that steady nervous system for her nervous system to feel safe. Yeah. And I think that I also saw the wave in knowing that I also needed to be strong and calm and all of that for them so that they could pull, like you and I talked about earlier, they could pull from my nervous system to be in control themselves. And we want to be careful with it's okay for people to see us not right. Yeah. But how do we handle that? Right. But in that situation, my husband and I were the adults who needed to be in control. Yes. And so I needed to be able to pull that resource in. And if I wanted to talk to them later about how I was feeling, that's okay. And that's would be a good thing. But in the moment, I needed to take on that role. Yes. And you were resourced enough to do it. If you weren't resourced enough to do it, you would not be able to do it. Oh, yeah. Five years ago, it would I would have been freaking out. Like, I don't know what to do here. What do we do? How do we, you know, and I would have been probably pulling my husband's energy, which he also in the past probably temper would have flared up all those things. But he remained calm too. And I think my family needed the two of us to put up that. I don't want to say front because that sounds fake, but to put out that regulated nervous system or resourced. Well, and you were you were naturally, you were resourced. You made a work at doing that. No. So it wasn't it wasn't that you were lying. It wasn't that you were Yeah. I don't have to create it in the moment it was already there. Yes. And available. But something like it's there but not available, but yeah. And we have these resolves that we can pull from. Because again, you're doing those daily practices that support you, that resource you. So then you you build this resolve that you can pull from in moments that might be more heightened that pull on your nervous system. But then you know, okay, I might need a resource more now. I had to use that resource, so now I need to replenish it. And I think that's something that we forget about. Like, okay, I had this experience, now I need to recover and I need to allow myself to recover from it. And for me, we were going to the beach, so it was easy to recover because now I'm at the beach with the ocean and it's calming me, and you know, that kind of thing. But sometimes we have to create that recovery and bring up to allow that for ourselves. Say we were going to work after that happened. Right. Like you were on your way to work and you had the flat tire, and then you went to work and you you worked all day. So then you have to build in some time to resource yourself. Great. Thank you for that. Yeah, that's fun. Yeah.

Perimenopause Defined And Why It’s Missed

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So today, um, in this episode, we're kicking off a two-part conversation about perimenopause. So, Amy, I think one of the biggest things I hear from women is why did nobody tell me this was coming? Yeah. And I hear that all the time. And I'm guessing that some of our listeners are like, oh my gosh, that's me. I had no idea this was happening because we don't. People don't warn us about it. It doesn't like, it's not in the textbooks, all of those things. So we often feel blindsided. And many women know that menopause exists, but people don't talk about perimenopause. And that's the five to ten years leading up to actual menopause. And that's where all the chaos starts. So, what is perimenopause? Let's start there. What exactly is perimenopause? Okay. So most women think that menopause is the transition, but it's actually one day, one single day after you've gone 12 months without a menstrual cycle. That's menopause, is that one day after that is postmenopause. And no one calls it that. People just say, oh, yep, I'm already in menopause. That's, you know, what I'm in for the rest of my life. But param, but menopause is actually that one day. But I also want you to know that that is an arbitrary number. It's one that medicine kind of created, and it's not necessarily rooted in science, but they consider that menopause because your chances of pregnancy are unlikely after 12 months without a cycle. So, one of the things I want you to keep in mind when I'm talking about perimenopause and menopause and postmenopause is that it is different for everyone. And perimenopause is just that transition leading up to that one day of menopause. Most women don't know that it can last five to 10 years. Sit with that for a minute. Five to 10 years. Not five to ten months, five to ten years. That's a long time. And so I like to describe it as the cruise ship leaving the dock. So you know if you've ever taken a cruise that it takes forever for that boat to leave the dock. Like, come on, let's just get moving, right? It's not a speed boat, it's not an overnight change, it's a really, really slow departure. And at first you barely notice it. And then over time you realize that you're actually further away from the shore than you thought. So that's what Perry Manois feels like. The changes are gradual until suddenly they feel impossible. And most women can't pinpoint when it starts because it usually starts when life is super hectic. So you're in the midst of raising kids, your careers are busy. Maybe you're looking to, maybe you're an entrepreneur and you're starting a business at 40-ish. Or, you know, you have a parent who are aging that you're taking care of. Like there's a lot that's happening at the same time. And for me, I think it might

Brain Fog And Shrinking Mental Bandwidth

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started during COVID. And so there was all that chaos of COVID, and my body was transitioning, and I didn't realize it because so many things were going on. Amy, I wanted to share too. Um, I texted you this week because my friends and I, my two girlfriends and I went to um eat, and I mentioned that I noticed that my brain is like we use the word buffering. Like it like it's like the words don't come as easy and we're forgetting things easier, and it's very noticeable. Um, because in my past I've like, oh, what did I go into this room for? Oh, I'll have to come back because I don't remember. But this is this is different. Like I'm mid-sentence and like the word just doesn't come. And so we were talking about it. I said, I told my friends, I'm a little worried. Like, what what is going on? Like, and they said they were experiencing the same thing and we're all the same age. So one friend was like, I think it's perimenopause. So I texted Amy and I said, Is this that could this be a symptom? Yeah, yeah, it totally can. I, you know, I'll say things to my husband and he's like, What are you talking about? And in my brain, it makes sense, but then I'm like, that didn't come out the way I was thinking. Or he's talking about one thing, and my brain is on something different that I think he's talking about. And then, like, we're looking at each other like, who's talking about what here? Yeah, it totally that's totally a perimenopause thing. And also just like the things that we used to be able to handle, we can't handle anymore. We can't hold things in our brains the way we used to be able to. Yes, totally normal during perimenopause. I think too, it's worth noting that like maybe in the past we didn't have all of the things that we have now, like the the information overload, like you know, the phones, the computers, like all of these things. So it's almost like we're the generation that's going through having all of this that input in your brain that is just overloaded and then perimenopause with that. Yeah. And I think that's a big reason that I felt like I needed to retire as well for my school psych job, is because I could not hold both school psych and my integrative health practice. So I had to choose one. Like, I just my brain isn't capable of holding that much anymore. And honestly, it shouldn't have to. Like, I don't think there's anything wrong with not being able to hold as much as we used to. Yeah. I think that this is the time in our lives when we need to look at what truly matters. And I often work with my clients on okay, you want to add all these things that you want to do, you want to lose weight, you want to have more energy, you want to sleep better, you want to know, okay, but what can we take away? Because you can't keep adding to that cup without taking things out of it. And so trying to hold all this stuff in our heads all the time, it doesn't serve us anymore. And that's okay. And in our bodies, like that's you know, too, when we talk about nervous system capacity, we don't have the the capacity to there's nothing wrong with that, it's not a failure on our part. And I think that many women look at it that way, like there's something wrong with me. No, there's really there's not. We just need to approach life differently. Yeah, it changes over time. Correct. Yep. Okay,

Why Medicine Leaves Women Unprepared

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so if this affects every woman, why do so many of us know so little about it? Why don't doctors talk more about it or they blow it off? That is the million-dollar question. And I can't tell you how um so many examples of things that women tell me when they go to the doctor, like it makes my blood boil. But part of it comes down to research. And if you think about it, historically, women simply didn't live long enough for perimenopause and postmenopause to perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause to become a major focus. So for most of human history, the average life expectancy hovered around in the 50s, early 50s. So women's bodies never went through it because they didn't live that long. And if I look at like, I asked my mom, I'm like, okay, what was your experience like? And she says she doesn't think it was bad because she doesn't really remember. But her mom died in her 50s. So she had no comparison with what her, she couldn't ask her mom what she had gone through. So it's really only been the last hundred years or so that a large number of women have lived decades beyond perimenopause and menopause. So in doctors' defense, there is that they haven't been trained, there's not a lot of research, and women's health research has lagged behind for a really long time. Not to mention the fact that every woman experiences it differently. So if you go to the doctor and you tell them your symptoms, they're gonna give you the same suggestion that they give to every single woman that comes into their office. They're not taking into account all of the other things that impact your perimenopause experience. So we are finally seeing more conversations and research, but most women are entering perimenopause without understanding what was happening. And one of my biggest frustrations was that I even saw female doctors and they would say things to me and I would look at them and think, but you're a woman, aren't you going through this? Like they just don't know what they don't know. And they want to help, they have good hearts, they're there for the right reasons, but they don't know how to help because they haven't been trained. And like I said, every woman's different. So that's where like Heather talked, I know the last episode about how she follows an individualized approach and how it's just really important in both of our work, taking into account individuality. And I want to say too, I want to add to that, Amy, like when you said that individuality, like when I have people come to, so I host a group class once a week. I have been for years, they've been my clients for years. So I know these women. Um, and I've I'm with them through different phases of their lives or things that are going on in their lives. And a couple of them have come to me when they're going through menopause, or even like maybe after menopause, and they're experiencing some mental health stuff, and they're like, I don't know what's going on. Like, why am I crying all the time? Or why am I so anxious? Why am why is all this happening? And in multiple cases, I'm like, okay, so we have done this, this, and this. I know that I look at I'm like, this is hormonal. So really helping them to find a a specialist that can support them, um, like Amy. Because even like I've had to say, okay, the practices that we're doing are not not helpful for you right now. We need to pause. And they are helpful, but they just need more. Well, I mean, not more of that practice, but more in terms of more support in a different way. Yes, at the time they need more support in a different way. And sometimes what we're doing cannot be safe for them. Right. Right. Because it can be pushing them further into the anxiety or the and that's where my assessments come in. Like I look at, okay, what what is really going on? But if they've had this change suddenly, their hormones shift, then they need that foundation work before we can really start working on those other layers. Great. Yeah. Yeah. And one thing of a fact that just came up to me that I had forgotten about is that Only 3% of doctors are trained in women's health. Trained to support. Like that number to me is shocking. 3%. So the chances of finding somebody that is trained to support you in the way that you need supported is pretty low. And I went to four different doctors, one of which claims to be a hormone doctor. Four different doctors. I finally have one who is supporting me and knows enough about women's health. And a lot of the things that I share are things that I learned from her. But it took a long time to find somebody. And so that just to me is it's sad. Like I wish that there were more resources out there. And like I said, it is getting better, but it's going to take time. And that's why I love that I have Amy as a resource. Because when my when my clients do go through stuff like that, I can refer them to you. Um because yeah, I've seen multiple people and they've gone to many doctors and have been told some wild things. Yeah. Yeah. Things like, oh, you're just depressed. Oh, you have anxiety. Oh, you just lose weight. Okay, but I'm trying to lose weight. I've done all the things everybody says to lose weight, and it's still not budging. So, like, there's no guidance behind it. You need to go to therapy. Oh, you're just crazy right now. Like, I can't even tell you all of the things that people have told me. And I mean, my own doctor, I went to see him and he was like, oh, like for my year daily checkup. He's like, Oh, your weight stayed the same as the last time you were here. So that's good. Um, no, it's not because the last time I was here, I came because I was concerned about my weight. So the fact that it's the same as when I was concerned, that's not a good thing. So stuff like that. And like I said, you know, I doctors don't do what we need them to do in this phase of life. But it's not because they don't care. They just don't know.

Fluctuating Hormones And The Roller Coaster

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So one thing I hear all the time, Amy, is my hormones are declining. Is that really what's happening? So not exactly. But that is a common misconception, and it makes sense to think that way. So in perimetopause, your hormones are actually fluctuating more than they're declining. So you probably notice that your cycles are different. They're, you know, cycles. You may have your 28-day cycle still, but then you might have some that are 24 days. You might have some that are 30, 45 even. So they fluctuate each month. So progesterone can be high one month and low the next. Progesterone often becomes begins declining first because your ovulation becomes less predictable. And that's why women often feel like they're on an emotional roller coaster. And that was another thing that my gynecologist recommended to me was oh, we're gonna, let's just put you on the pill so that we can calm down your hormones. I'm sorry, but no, not putting synthetic hormones into my body to try to regulate my natural hormones. So um he wanted to calm down the roller coaster, is what he thought going on birth control would do. So that's why I'm saying that hormones fluctuate every month. So that's all that's that was his goal, but that's not the right solution. So one week you might be fine, the next week you're crying at commercials, the next week you're snapping at everyone in the house. Things you used to do with ease suddenly became become hard, which is what Heather and I talked about a little bit ago. And you start to wonder if you're losing your mind. Like, why can't I do this anymore? But there is a biological explanation. And um, I love when you compare perimenopause to the teenage years.

Puberty In Reverse And Self-Compassion

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Can we help that? Yeah, absolutely. So if you think about a teenager when they are having their hormonal shifts, and you, I came to this realization the other day, most likely you're going through perimenopause at the same time that your teenagers are going through their hormonal shifts. So talk about craziness in the household. Now, I have two boys, so I don't know what it's like to have girls in the home. But if you think about it, the timing kind of lines up. But think about how much grace we give to a teenager. When a teenager is going through this process, they are emotional, they're moody, they're sensitive, they're overwhelmed, and they're irrational. And we automatically think, oh, that's just hormones. We understand you're going through a transition. They have skin issues. Many women get those skin issues too when they're going through perimenopause. But for some reason, when women are in their 40s and 50s and have those same exact things, emotional, moody, sensitive, overwhelmed, irrational, we say things like, oh, get it together. You can just push through. What's wrong with you? Like, we don't give ourselves any grace when we're going through that. And sometimes the people around us aren't giving us grace either. And um, one of the analogies I like so much is calling it puberty in reverse. So when you go through puberty, you're gaining those hormones, your bodies are preparing for pregnancy, you're ovulating all of those things. And when you go through perimenopause, it's actually reversing that process, except this version lasts longer. So puberty only lasts, what, one, maybe two years at the most. And perimenopause lasts five to ten. It's kind of unfair. But that's what happens. And so we deserve the same understanding and compassion that we give to teenagers going through hormonal shifts. And another thought that I had recently was that I think part of the reason that we're not given as much grace is because puberty is happening to both men and women, but puberty in reverse and perimenopause is not. So men do go through andropause and they can have some of the same symptoms, but women experience it more intensely than men do. And so I think more grace is given at puberty, like I said, because it's happening to both males and females. Perimenopause, not so much. It's mostly happening to women.

The Front Bowling Pin Framework

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And one thing I hear you say all the time is that hormones are never the front bowling pin. What does that mean? Yeah, I love this analogy. And this came from the hormone doctor that I see now is that if you imagine a bowling pin setup and you have your front pin, right? That's the one you always want to knock down first, and then you have all the pins behind you. So everyone thinks that hormones are the front bowling pin, and that if you knock down the hormones, everything else will fall in place. But that's actually not what happens. Your home hormones are never the front bowling pin, they're responding to everything else. So I often say too that we want to blame everything on hormones. We want to throw our hormones under the bus. And while hormones aren't innocent, I'm not letting them off the hook, they do play a role in our symptoms that we're experiencing. But oftentimes it's because there's something else going on in the body that is making our hormones unhappy. So you think about stress, blood sugar levels, lack of sleep, inflammation, gut health, nutrient deficiencies, that nervous system regulation that Heather is an expert on. Change that word from regulation to resource. Um your hormones are often the downstream from those things. So if any of those systems are out of place, they impact your hormones and your hormones respond. So trying to just knock down that thinking that front bowling pin is your hormones and trying to just knock out the hormones often isn't the answer. You have to look at all of the other things too, because everything is connected with everything else. So that's why simply replacing hormones through HRT or whatever method you're looking at, it doesn't always solve every symptom. It might solve one or two of the symptoms, but it doesn't necessarily ease the process because we have to understand the whole picture. And I think going back to doctors and how doctors handle it, doctors aren't looking at the whole picture. They're doing some blood work, they're looking at a few markers and they're giving solutions, quote, solutions based on those few markers that they're assessing. And I think it's important to note too, Amy, because we did talk about this a little bit, an example that I had with my client, right?

Individualised Care And Symptom Root Causes

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So when I am doing nervous system work with clients, assessment is so important. And not just at the beginning of when we start to work together, but throughout, just like I said, because things change, right? So the the things that I give to a client, even when we're in our menstrual, when we are menstruating, the tools and practices that I would give to a client, maybe in luteal phase, might be different than an actual menstruation. Because again, it speaks to those fluctuations that are happening. And that's why Heather and I are so aligned with what we do, is because we both look at the individual person, first of all, and we both use multiple methods to try to figure out what's going on. And we both understand that everything's connected and everything affects everything else. So that's another reason why she and I are so aligned with each other and feel so connected to each other. Because while our work is different, it's also really connected and really similar. And I think it uh it's important to note too, because we've talked about this, like coaching, right? That's why not just mindset, doing mindset work is important, both because it it is all connected. So again, like your mindset might be different in luteal phase than it is in when you're menstruating, or especially when you're going through perimenopause and all of those things are fluctuating. Right. And it's all unpredictable. Like that's the thing, too, with perimenopause is that it's unpredictable. Like I said, you your cycle can be 24 days, it can be 36 days, it can be 50 days. And you know, you just everything is is unpredictable and ever changing. So the nervous system piece is super important because, like we talked about earlier, seeing the wave versus being in the wave, if we got to learn how to roll with the punches and take things as they come and recognize like awareness is super powerful too. And I think that's another topic that Heather and I can really dive into on this podcast is being aware of what's going on in your body and being aware of your feelings, like we talked about with the tire, those things are all super important as well. And I I want to know too, like I work with a lot of business owners. So whenever they go through these phases in life, it's like, oh, what I was doing in business at this time is not working anymore. The same as parenting. I mean, you know, your what what's going on internally is affecting external and vice versa. So um being able to, you know, be aware of that, uh it really helps you navigate it more easily, I guess. So when women ask, what's the best thing to do for perimenopause? There's actually a better question, isn't there? Yes, there is. So the better question would be what's driving my system, my symptoms, because no two women have exactly the same story. So that goes back into what we were just talking about, like being aware and noticing your symptoms and trying looking at what is driving them, not just what to do, because what to do is going to be different for every woman. So, what would you want women listening today to

Key Takeaways Plus Next Episode And Invites

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remember? Just that you're not broken, you're not weak, you're not failing. Your body's just going through a major transition. And like the theme of this podcast, the symptoms you're experiencing are communication. They are not character flaws. It doesn't mean that you're weaker than you once were, that you're not capable because you are capable. We just need to look at it from a different perspective than we've looked at it in the past. So, the next episode, in the next episode, we are going to talk about one of the biggest missing pieces in the perimenopause conversation. And that is stress and your adrenal health. And like we've talked about in this one already, we're going to talk some more about why women suddenly feel like they can't handle life the way that they used to. I'm Heather, nervous system coach and yoga therapist and founder of Embodied Rejuvenation. My work is rooted in the belief that lasting transformation isn't just about knowing what to do, it's about your nervous system feeling safe enough to actually do it. I know what it feels like to be capable, smart, and driven, and still feel like something is holding you back that you just can't name. Through nervous system assessment and high-touch coaching, that's exactly what I help women uncover. I also deeply believe in the power of women, healing and growing in community, which is why community is woven into my programs and why I host retreats for women who are ready to go deeper together. If any of that sounds like what you've been looking for, I'd love to connect. You can book a call with me at embodiedrejuvenation.com. The link is in the show notes. At Whole Body Harmony, I help women in midlife stop guessing and finally understand what their bodies are trying to say. Through comprehensive lab testing, personalized protocols, nutrition, and high touch coaching, we look at the whole picture because hormones, gut, metabolism, stress, and lifestyle are all connected. If you are tired of feeling dismissed or stuck, or even been told that you're crazy, you don't have to figure it out alone. You can learn more or book a clarity call at Whole Body Harmony Coach.com. Hope to connect with you soon.