Kelly’s Clinic

12/28/2025

Power keeps us capable.
Balance keeps us adaptable.
Training, both protect brain health, mental health, and independence as we age.
This is longevity training

12/28/2025

"I don’t want to be a cranky old lady — and this is why I support my hormones.”

Depression in women after menopause doesn’t always look like sadness.
It can look like:
👉 Cranky
👉 Negative
👉 Irritable
👉 Rigid
👉 Controlling
👉 Fearful
👉 Isolated

We’ve normalized this in older women — and it’s not normal.
It’s often hormonal.

Estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone support your brain’s emotional resilience, stress response, and cognitive flexibility.
When those hormones drop, you feel it.
So do the people around you.

This isn’t your personality changing.
It’s your neurochemistry shifting — and it’s treatable.

Let’s stop dismissing midlife women as “difficult.”
Let’s start supporting their hormones.

12/25/2025

Boomer women were never too late.
They were underserved.
Care does not expire.
Language evolves.
Responsibility remains.

12/23/2025

minimum effective movement #1
Backward walking.
Not a workout.
Neurological fall prevention.
Number two – number five minutes to train, appropriate exception, balance, and reflexes – the systems that fail first as we age.
Low effort high return.

health

12/23/2025

12/22/2025

let's talk about something that's rarely discussed.
How your hormones affect your mouth.
Most people think of hormone changes as hot flashes, mood shifts, or weight gain.
But the oral cavity is also a hormone sensitive tissue.
Estrogen, in particular plays a key role and maintaining oral health.
It supports collagen production in your gums,
Helps regulate the bone structure in your jaw,
And keeps your mouth moist by maintaining salivary flow.
When oestrogen declines in perimenopause or menopause, we start to see real oral consequences.
List receding gums.
Dry mouth burning sensation.
Increased plaque and inflammation.
Bone loss in the jaw.
Higher risk of periodontal disease
And even more mobility or tooth loss. The jaw bone is highly sensitive to hormone fluctuations.

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12/21/2025

"my doctor doesn't believe in HRT "
I hear this every single week.
And at this point?
That's no longer a valid position.
This isn't a belief system.
It's not a debate.
It's evidence based guideline, supported, and frankly long overdue.
I now receive referrals from family doctors specialist, and colleagues who trust me to support women through hormone transitions.
That's collaborative care.
That's professionalism.
That's progress.
But the fact that some women are still hearing dismissal instead of support?
That's a gap we need to close and fast.
Because we none of us were taught this in school. But we've all witnessed it in our practice.
Let's stop pretending we haven't.


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12/08/2025

My ADHD didn't suddenly get worse in midlife. My hormones changed.
Hormones have everything to do with how well my ADHD is managed postmenopausal.
Guidelines don't include this yet but our nervous systems do.
Shame, fear stigma is what prevents data from being captured in this population.

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12/08/2025

My recommended liposomal iron picks (the ones you keep asking for)

Educational only — not medical advice. Iron isn’t for everyone. Consider checking CBC + ferritin (± iron studies) and reviewing medication interactions with your healthcare provider before starting.

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12/06/2025

midlife panic attacks can be scary and debilitating. They affect our quality of life and they ripple into our families. And we have 2 paths: keep avoiding the situation and let your world get smaller, or you can get treatment . the treatment you deserve and the support that keeps you and your family safe.


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12/05/2025

ageing skin does not equal damage skin. Ageing is normal. Damage is often treatable/and prevention is powerful.
Midlife skin care isn't chasing youth. It's about repairing and protecting ageing skin can be beautiful damaged skin can be improved 'sClinic

12/03/2025

clinical confession: stress sweat smells different.
That's apocrine sweat/bacteria break it down and midlife, microbiodome shift and amplify it.
My fixes benzyl peroxide wash anti-perspirant at night, hormone nizoral body wash or selsun blue