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Menopause is not just one experience.Women going through the transition can experience dozens of symptoms that affect th...
03/20/2026

Menopause is not just one experience.

Women going through the transition can experience dozens of symptoms that affect the brain and body every single day.

Yet in the workplace, we rarely talk about most of them.

Some symptoms feel acceptable to mention. Others feel too intimate for professional conversation. So many women learn to manage them quietly while appearing completely normal.

But that silence has a cost.

When parts of womenโ€™s health remain unspoken, many women face them alone.

The conversation about menopause has to include all of it. Not because every symptom belongs in a performance review, but because silence is where women are most unsupported.

๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ? S๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

03/20/2026

๐——๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต. ๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.

High-achieving women are often excellent at solving problems for everyone else.
But when it comes to perimenopause, many avoid the topic entirely because menopause still carries a loaded, negative stereotype.

The issue is not the label.
The issue is what happens when you refuse to look.

When symptoms are ignored, women suffer longer than they need to.
Brain fog, irritability, anxiety, sleep disruption, and declining energy get normalized, not evaluated.

A better standard is informed choice.
Learn what is happening, understand your options, then decide what you want to do from a position of clarity, not stigma.

You are allowed to ask for help without turning it into a personal identity crisis.
Seeking support is a performance strategy.

That is why I wrote my book.
To give you a starting point, credible information, and resources so you are no longer guessing.

If you have been avoiding the topic and you want a simple place to start,

Comment ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง and I will send you my free Perimenopause Broken Rung Assessment.

This is a story I wish every woman could tell.Megan has been with her company for more than 20 years. She loves her work...
03/19/2026

This is a story I wish every woman could tell.

Megan has been with her company for more than 20 years. She loves her work and earned every promotion from entry level to where she is today.

When her menopause symptoms began, she was afraid to tell anyone. Eventually she gathered the courage to speak to her CHRO, a woman she trusted.

The CHRO listened and took action. The company brought in an expert for menopause education, and leadership recognized that one session was not enough. The conversation continued, education expanded, and leadership became involved. The goal was not performative change, but real support.

Is everything fixed? No. But the company is becoming a place where women like Megan do not have to be afraid to ask for support.

And Megan? She is still there, doing work she loves.

๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ.

When I was preparing my TEDxSanDiego talk, a mentor I respect gave me advice that surprised me.โ€œSpeak about the cognitiv...
03/18/2026

When I was preparing my TEDxSanDiego talk, a mentor I respect gave me advice that surprised me.

โ€œSpeak about the cognitive impacts of midlife,โ€ she said.
โ€œNot menopause. The word carries too much baggage.โ€

She may have been right.

But avoiding the word does not solve the problem.

For years, many women have been conditioned to carefully manage how they are perceived. The silence around menopause no longer comes only from outside.

Sometimes it comes from us.

From successful women who fought hard to be taken seriously.
From mentors trying to protect the women coming up behind them.

That is how powerful the conditioning can be.

But conversations are starting to change that.

It is time to bring this discussion into the open.

Have you ever felt pressure to stay silent about menopause at work?

I am excited to be giving two talks at the ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐š ๐๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐œ ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž in Long Be...
03/17/2026

I am excited to be giving two talks at the ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐š ๐๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐œ ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž in Long Beach next month

Both focus on a question thatโ€™s becoming increasingly urgent in medicine: how we can better protect womenโ€™s brain health before cognitive decline begins.

๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’
๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฌ. ๐‹๐š๐ญ๐ž-๐Ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐€๐ฅ๐ณ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง: ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ค & ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Looking at why women face a higher risk of Alzheimerโ€™s and how clinicians can better distinguish early- vs. late-onset disease using modern diagnostics.

๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง-๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง: ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฌ & ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฏ๐ข๐š ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ฎ๐ญโ€“๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐งโ€“๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐€๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ
A practical look at how medications, supplements, metabolism, and the microbiome can shape cognition through the gutโ€“brain connection.

Really looking forward to the conversations around this work.

If youโ€™ll be at CNDA 2026, letโ€™s talk. ๐Ÿ‘‹

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ.But the conversation is moving forward.This spring and summer, ...
03/17/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ.

But the conversation is moving forward.

This spring and summer, Iโ€™ll be speaking about midlife, the brain, and the future of work with organizations including:

โžข ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป'๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น โ€” Perimenopause, Cognition, and Performance

โžข ๐—จ๐—– ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ โ€” The Biology of Female Leadership

โžข ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป'๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ โ€” The Future of Work

โžข ๐—–๐—ก๐——๐—” ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€ โ€” Womenโ€™s Brain Health and Cognition

โžข ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ โ€” Perimenopause, the Brain & Female Longevity

โžข ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—›๐—ฅ ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ€” Menopause as a Workplace and Leadership Issue

โžข ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ โ€” The Future of Work Has a Midlife Problem

The momentum is building.

The conversation is moving into the rooms where decisions are made.

Now letโ€™s turn conversation into action.

Is your organization ready for this conversation?
Tag a leader or organization that should be part of the change.

03/14/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜†?

Many women in midlife suddenly feel an intense urge to walk away from work.
Not because they stopped caring.
Not because they became less capable.

Often, it is because hormonal shifts during perimenopause can affect stress tolerance, emotional regulation, and resilience.

Things that used to feel manageable can suddenly feel overwhelming. And without understanding why, many women assume the problem is their job or their performance.

But sometimes the real issue is that your brain and nervous system are navigating a major biological transition.

Understanding that can change the decisions you make about your career.

Follow for more guidance on perimenopause, brain health, and protecting your career in midlife.

03/13/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ

When women struggle in midlife, the impact rarely stays confined to health. It shows up at work, in leadership visibility, and in long-term financial security.

This stage of life often carries the highest load. Women are expected to think strategically, manage complexity, and care for others at the same time their biology is quietly demanding more energy to do the same work.

Without clear explanation or support, many women respond by narrowing their world. They simplify roles, avoid stretch opportunities, and protect energy so they can keep functioning.

This is not a lack of ambition. It is a rational response to strain that has gone unnamed.

Follow for conversations that connect womenโ€™s health, performance, and leadership reality.

03/11/2026

โ€œ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. ๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†.

When I say this book is for professional women, I am not talking about one industry or one title.
I mean women in every profession who are building careers and carrying real responsibility.

The reason I name it directly is simple.
I lived that life for years, and I understand the unspoken rules: performance reviews, politics, promotions, and the pressure to never look compromised.

And that is exactly why perimenopause matters in this arena.
In your 40s, the cognitive load increases at the same time your biology shifts, and many women try to power through in silence.

The C-suite is the highest level of company leadership, the โ€œChiefโ€ roles that shape decisions, budgets, and culture. Women are still underrepresented there, and my goal is to help close that gap by protecting what leadership requires most: brain health, energy, clarity, and confidence.

Because when women stay strong and supported, they keep ascending.
And the numbers change.

If you are building a serious career and want to protect your brain and capacity through perimenopause,

Comment ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—–๐—˜๐—ก๐—— and I will send you my free Perimenopause Broken Rung Assessment.

03/09/2026

๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€?

Many high performing women notice something frustrating in midlife.
The same work suddenly takes more effort, more preparation, more energy.

It can feel like you're losing your edge.
But often, that is not the real story.

During perimenopause, hormonal shifts can affect memory, focus, and mental stamina. Your brain is still capable. It is simply operating with different biological conditions than before.

Understanding this changes everything.
Because when you know what is happening, you can actually support your brain instead of fighting against it.

Follow for practical insights on menopause, brain health, and womenโ€™s leadership.

03/07/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„

Women are often told that caution in midlife care means waiting longer and tolerating more. In practice, that standard delays evaluation until symptoms become disruptive enough to be undeniable.

Good medicine is not about rushing or avoiding nuance. It is about aligning urgency with biology so prevention is seen as foresight rather than excess.

When women must demonstrate decline before care is considered, the system has already failed them. Early assessment and informed guidance protect function before losses compound.

The question is no longer whether hormone change matters. The question is who is willing to take responsibility for acting on what we already know.

Follow for conversations that raise the standard for menopause care.

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