• The Weight Gain No One Warns You About

    The Weight Gain No One Warns You About

    I was eating the same way I’d eaten for years. Moving the same amount. And then one morning my jeans wouldn’t zip. Not “a little tight.” Wouldn’t zip. I checked the tag to make sure I hadn’t grabbed the wrong pair. Why Does This Feel So Unfair Here’s the part nobody tells you before it…

  • The Hair Thinning I Ignored Too Long

    The Hair Thinning I Ignored Too Long

    The first time I noticed it, I told myself it was the water pressure. A clump of hair sat in the shower drain, more than I remembered leaving there last week, and I just turned the faucet down and moved on. That happened for close to four months before I let myself actually look. The…

  • Why I Can’t Sleep Past 3am

    Why I Can’t Sleep Past 3am

    No alarm. No noise. Just my eyes, open, at 3am, staring at a ceiling that has nothing new to say to me. This is more common than anyone tells you Sleep disruption is one of the most reported and least discussed parts of perimenopause. It’s not always about falling asleep. For a lot of us,…