by Elizabeth Sherman | Sep 29, 2026 | Podcast
If you’ve noticed you’re hungry an hour after a full meal, wide awake at 2am after doing everything right, or flat after a workout that used to leave you energized, you’re not imagining it, and you’re far from the only one. This episode...
by Elizabeth Sherman | Sep 28, 2026 | Blog Post, general wellness
melatonin can help you fall asleep faster, but it was never built to keep you asleep, and perimenopause disrupts staying asleep through hormonal, metabolic, and nervous-system changes a timing hormone doesn’t reach. TL;DR Melatonin is a timing signal, not a...
by Elizabeth Sherman | Sep 28, 2026 | Blog Post
Estrogen decline in perimenopause speeds up bone breakdown faster than the body can rebuild it, which is why heavy, progressive resistance training, enough protein, calcium and vitamin D, and hormone therapy when it fits your situation carry the strongest evidence,...
by Elizabeth Sherman | Sep 24, 2026 | Blog Post, general wellness
To stop eating sugar in a way that lasts, first find out what job the craving is doing: sugar usually solves a problem that has nothing to do with food, and quitting without seeing that job is how the start-over cycle begins. TL;DR Know: A sugar craving is often doing...
by Elizabeth Sherman | Sep 23, 2026 | Blog Post, general wellness
Waist weight gain in perimenopause happens because falling estrogen redirects fat storage from your hips and thighs to your abdomen, a shift genetics partly determine and stress, food quality, and alcohol partly influence, but that no amount of targeted exercise can...
