Each week, you will get an inside look at personal stories and science-backed insights on navigating burnout, perimenopause, metabolism changes, mood shifts, and the mental load that comes with all of it.
This newsletter will help you understand what’s happening in your body and nervous system without the overwhelm.
Prepping Your Peri Body (And Mind) For What's Coming
Last week we talked about grieving the version of you that used to exist. This week I want to shift gears a little and get practical. Because whether we're ready or not, the holidays are almost here.
My Peri Journey
And listen. I say this as someone who's about to walk into her first holiday seas...
Oct 29, 2026
You're Allowed To Miss Her
Last week I talked about how hard seasons hit harder in peri. This week I want to talk about a different kind of hard.
My Peri Journey
The kind that isn't about a specific event.
The kind that shows up when you're brushing your teeth and catch your reflection and don't quite recognize the woman l...
Oct 22, 2026
Why Hard Seasons Hit Harder Now
I've been thinking a lot about what makes hard seasons feel harder in peri.
Because you and I both know: everyone has hard seasons. A divorce. A job loss. A parent getting sick. A kid struggling. A move. A diagnosis. A death. Life throws hard things at everyone. That's not new.
What IS new is you...
Oct 15, 2026
The Rule That Retired When You Turned 40
A couple of weeks ago I promised we'd get into why "just eat less, move more" stopped working. Then my birthday landed in the middle. Thank you for the kind messages on that one, truly. Now let's actually get into it.
My Peri Journey
I don't like arm day. I've said it before, I'll say it again. ...
Oct 08, 2026
One Trip Around The Sun
Today's my birthday.
I've been trying to figure out how to write this one, because it feels different than any birthday I've ever had.
This is my first one without my dad.
That's a sentence I never thought I'd type. And yet, here we are.
If you had told me a year ago, on my last birthday, that th...
Oct 01, 2026
What's Actually Normal (And What's Not)
You guys. I HATE getting my period. When I started my infertility journey in 2019, that stupid period was a traumatic reminder that I was, in fact, not pregnant… again and again. We are SO happy with our decision of having one child (who is now 11!) but I still hated getting my period. So, I took...
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Sep 24, 2026
When Everything Piles On At Once... Do This Anyways
Thank you for the replies on last week's newsletter. Truly. I read every one of them.I'm still moving through grief. Some days feel more possible than others. And in the middle of it, life keeps going. Which brings me to what I want to talk about today.No matter when grief strikes, life keeps lif...
Sep 17, 2026
Why All-Or-Nothing Doesn't Work Anymore
I know the last 6 weeks I've been quiet over email, and slowly, I'll make my way back. But I do want to thank you all for being here. And for choosing to receive this weekly newsletter.Â
About a month ago our lives changed forever. Our dad went from living his retired physician life to intubated ...
Sep 10, 2026
Where did your brain go?
You walk into a room and forget why. You lose the word mid-sentence. You reread the same email three times and have to remind yourself to really focus on the forth.
If you are quietly terrified this is early dementia, take a breath.
For most women in their late 30s and 40s, this is perimenopause....
Jul 30, 2026
At 39, I thought I was going crazy
Heart racing for no reason. Waking at 3 AM with your mind sprinting. Forgetting the word you have said ten thousand times. Crying at a commercial, then numb an hour later.
At 39, I genuinely thought I was losing my mind. I am a physician. My labs were normal. And I still felt like a stranger in m...
Jul 23, 2026
Estrogen left the chat. The overstimulation stayed.
The kids are talking. The TV is on. Your phone buzzes. And suddenly you want to crawl out of your skin.
If everything feels like too much lately, you are not weak and you are not overreacting.
Here is the biology:
Estrogen helps regulate the brain chemicals that keep you calm and filter the noise...
Jul 16, 2026
You are not broken. You are missing the framework.
2024. Age 39. Board-certified physician. Over a decade of practice. And perimenopause took me down.
→ Exhausted in a way sleep did not fix
→ Raging at the people I loved
→ Brain going blank mid-sentence
→ Weight going up, no matter what I did
→ And then a deep depression that hit me like a wall
M...
Jul 09, 2026
