In this episode, we dive deep into the powerful connection between circadian rhythms and perimenopause health. You’ll discover how the body’s natural 24-hour cycles impact everything from energy levels to mood and sleep quality, and why supporting your circadian rhythm is one of the most effective ways to feel your best during perimenopause.

Learn how the release of cortisol and melatonin regulates your sleep-wake cycle, and why disruptions to this rhythm can have a profound effect on your overall wellbeing. I’ll explain how factors like light exposure, meal timing, and stress impact your body’s internal clock, and how you can recalibrate it to optimise your health.

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Struggling with anxiety, insomnia, or irregular cycles in early perimenopause? Vitex may help by supporting ovulation and boosting progesterone—key for balanced hormones.

In the earlier stages of perimenopause (late 30s to mid-40s), ovulation can become less frequent, leading to lower progesterone levels. This decline can trigger symptoms like mood swings, irritability, breast pain, bloating, heavy periods, and poor sleep. While progesterone naturally declines in perimenopause, that doesn’t mean there’s nothing we can do to support its production!

Vitex (Vitex agnus-castus), a powerful herbal medicine from the Mediterranean, works with the brain and ovaries to encourage ovulation—helping to maintain progesterone levels for longer and ease common symptoms.

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In this episode, I go beyond hormones to explore deeper, hidden imbalances that could be driving symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, poor sleep, headaches, weight gain, joint pain, anxiety, and heavy periods. If you’ve made all the right nutrition and lifestyle changes yet still struggle with persistent symptoms, it’s time to look deeper.

Join me as I break down the most common underlying health imbalances that could be at play, and how addressing these root causes can lead to real, lasting relief.

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Experiencing brain fog during perimenopause can feel isolating and even a little scary. When our focus and mental clarity shift, it’s easy to think it’s just us. But I promise you, it’s not!

Brain fog is a broad term that covers a range of frustrating symptoms; difficulty focusing, forgetfulness, that ‘cotton wool’ feeling in your head, and constantly flitting between tasks without being able to settle on just one. You might find yourself walking into a room and forgetting why, opening a new tab on your computer with no idea what for, or unlocking your phone only to stare at the screen blankly. Sound familiar? You’re not alone!

 In this episode, I’ll break down why this happens and, most importantly, what you can do to support your brain through it.

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You might be thinking, “But I don’t have any digestive issues, so gut health doesn’t affect me, right?” Actually, that’s not the case! You don’t need to have classic digestive symptoms for your gut to be out of sync.

While issues like bloating, gas, constipation, or indigestion are common signs of poor gut health, it’s possible to have an imbalance without these obvious symptoms. In fact, gut dysfunction can show up in other ways—like low energy, fatigue, mood swings, anxiety, brain fog, or headaches—symptoms that are also common during perimenopause. 

So even if your digestion seems fine, your gut health could still be influencing how you feel in this phase of life.

In this episode, I explain:

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Your body is constantly detoxifying oestrogen and this essential process (also called oestrogen metabolism or clearance) takes place primarily in the liver and happens around the clock throughout all stages of womanhood—even postmenopause.

When this process doesn’t function properly, it can lead to leftover, "used" oestrogen lingering in the body. This can worsen symptoms like heavy, painful periods, clotting, headaches, mood swings, weight gain, fibroid growth, and even increase the risk of oestrogen-related cancers.

In this episode, I dive into:

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The truth is, there isn't one specific diet AND there's no one size fits all. BUT, there are some specific recommendations found to be helpful for women as they move past age 35 and especially 40+. I also get asked about red meat and whether or not it's a healthy choice as there is so much conflicting and confusing messaging online these days! So this is what I cover in this week's episode for you.

In the episode, discuss:

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Stress has a huge impact on our ability to ovulate as we move through perimenopause, and ovulation is HOW we make progesterone. Progesterone is the first hormone to start to change when the body moves into perimenopause, and that's because as early as mid to late 30s, we start to have more "non-ovulatory" cycles than we did pre-perimenopause.

BUT it IS possible to minimise progesterone's decline because we CAN support the body to ovulate more months in perimenopause than it would have otherwise. You CAN intervene and make your perimenopause experience a whole lot better :)

In this week's episode, I recap the importance of wonderful progesterone and then I discuss that most of the time, when we don’t ovulate normally, it’s because we’re stressed by something. I discuss the BIGGEST and commonly overlooked stressors for many women in their 40s and how we might start to consider changing it.

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Understanding the phases of the menstrual cycle, and knowing where you are in your cycle on any given day, is a powerful tool for symptoms management in perimenopause. Whilst the nature of the menstrual cycle changes as we move into and through perimenopause, we can still leverage the phases of the cycle to our advantage.

In this episode, I explain how our cycle is changing in perimenopause and I break down the phases of a “regular” menstrual cycle and how we can apply these to our lives in perimenopause. 

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In this episode I discuss the musculoskeletal system (MSK), which is the body's system of bones, muscles, joints, and connective tissues that support the body, enable movement, and protect your organs. And I explain what this “musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause”, which can start in your 40s, and how it can show up in terms of symptoms. I also of course discuss ways you can support it/change it through your nutrition and lifestyle habits.

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