What if your perimenopause symptoms weren't something to push through but something to listen to?

That is the question sitting at the heart of today's episode and it's one I'm exploring very much from the inside out. Because right now, I am in it. And what this threshold is revealing to me is more than I ever expected.

Over the past few months, my body has been speaking louder than ever before. Extreme hunger that felt almost unbearable. Exhaustion so deep that whole days disappeared. Skin so dry that nothing touched it. And as I've sat with each of these symptoms, really sat with them, rather than overriding them, I've started to see a pattern. Not just hormonal shifts, but a deeper story being told.

Every symptom, I believe, is a mirror. A reflection of where we have pushed too hard for too long. Where we have nourished everyone else and forgotten ourselves. Where we have lived on autopilot, following the rules we were handed and quietly abandoning our own needs along the way. Perimenopause, in all of its intensity and unpredictability, has a way of making that impossible to ignore anymore.

In this episode, I'm sharing what my own symptoms have reflected back to me, including years on the mini pill, decades of powering through, prioritising convenience over nourishment and putting myself firmly at the bottom of the list. I'm talking about what it means to finally stop and listen to your body rather than override it. I'm exploring the sacred nature of this threshold, the crone archetype and why this energy and this kind of deep inner listening is something every woman can access, regardless of where she is in her cycle or her life.

I'm also sharing the three foundations I'm putting in place for myself right now, simple, unglamorous and completely necessary and why I believe that the more inner work we do before perimenopause, the more we are able to meet this threshold with openness rather than resistance.

This episode is not a guide. It's not advice from the other side. It's a real, honest, in-the-moment conversation from a woman who is walking this path consciously and wants you to know: you don't have to walk it alone and you don't have to be ashamed of any of it.

Because we need to start talking about this. Openly, honestly, and without apology. 🌿

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