I love

this question so much.

And this is really kind of the 101 of the 101 of perimenopause.

I want to just start, as I was listening to your intro, as you were giving context, that I was one of those women.

I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis in my late 30s, spent a lot of time trying to get that into remission, got pregnant, had my son at 41.

And then at 43, I am coming out of that postpartum haze.

And any mom that kind of knows what that is.

What are the most common symptoms that women experience during perimenopause, including the ones that are really surprising that they don't realize that they're hormone related?

And so why don't you tell our listeners kind of your background and how you got into this, and then we'll dive deep into perimenopause.

Yeah, I want to start with, you know, when I entered practice, my mom was entering perimenopause and this woman was high functioning.

Like when I remember growing up, when I was a little girl, my mom was a single mom and she had these power suits and she had this walk and you could, I knew it was my mother by the way, the way she, like she walked on those heels.

Like she was going to solve the world's problems.

which let's be honest, any mom, any working single mom, that's exactly what is going on in their ecosphere.

And I could hear like her jingling keys.

And so this was always my mother.

And I know that can be varied to what are maybe some of the top common symptoms that can help someone hone in to say, okay, I think this may be perimenopause.

And so why don't you tell our listeners kind of your background and how you got into this, and then we'll dive deep into perimenopause.

Yeah, I want to start with, you know, when I entered practice, my mom was entering perimenopause and this woman was high functioning.

Like when I remember growing up, when I was a little girl, my mom was a single mom and she had these power suits and she had this walk and you could, I knew it was my mother by the way, the way she, like she walked on those heels.

Like she was going to solve the world's problems.

which let's be honest, any mom, any working single mom, that's exactly what is going on in their ecosphere.

And I could hear like her jingling keys.

And so this was always my mother.

And I know that can be varied to what are maybe some of the top common symptoms that can help someone hone in to say, okay, I think this may be perimenopause.

Like what's going on there when they, when they seem to be doing everything right.

It's hormones.

You know, I want, you know, any partner or husband or any woman listening to this as well to just hear that women are not broken.

Their hormones are erratically declining in perimenopause and menopause without permission, mind you, like nobody ever, asked for this in their 40s when they are handling like parents and kids and all the things.

And as a result, you know, we know that our hormones and our mental health, our cognitive health, our metabolic health, it's all bi-directional.

These are all highly sensitive organ systems that rely on these chemical messengers and cell regulators.

So particularly when it comes to weight resistance, as you've seen in your own, like you watch these women, they over-train.

So like, what are some things that you either personally do or you advise the people you're working with to make sure that they're like doing whatever they can to like manage their stress and their, and their home set up in a way that's not going to, you know, negatively impact their hormones.