Perimenopause doesn’t just change hormones. Suddenly it can change how you experience stress, relationships, work, and even your sense of identity. Many women describe feeling less patient, more emotionally reactive, or simply exhaust…
Perimenopause often arrives quietly … and then all at once. Many women notice mood shifts, sleep struggles, or emotional changes before they ever consider hormones as the cause. Because this stage isn’t talked about openly, it can feel…
Midlife can be a season of contradictions. You may feel more confident in who you are than ever before—and yet, at times, more uncertain about where you’re headed. Maybe your kids are growing up and need you less, or you’re questioning…
The birth of a child is a wondrous and glorious thing. Until you bring that baby home and are responsible for keeping it alive on zero sleep for weeks and weeks. Add to this already trying scenario the hormonal cocktail the new mother …
It may be your first time being pregnant or it may be your third. Each pregnancy and birth is different and it is important to be aware of how you may respond in postpartum. So let’s break it down. In pregnancy, reproductive horm…
News of pregnancy always comes with mixed emotions. For most couples, there is immediate joy, but that joy is also usually mixed with a bit of worry. And this worry isn’t for nothing as, sadly, one in four pregnancies will end in misca…
I am in a mom’s group of around 80 women and we meet twice a month. This past week we had a great exercise where we were challenged to write down on paper “The thing I wish my friends knew about me….” Then we were to write something we…
“God, you can be so stupid sometimes.” “Why would he be attracted to YOU?” “You’re just going to screw this up.” These are things you would probably never say to another human being unless you’re a real jerk. But how many of us have th…