I was sitting in my studio in Dallas with four women who had just spent five months inside my Magic Menopause Certification, and every one of them got emotional before we even started recording.

That tells you something about what this season of life actually does to a woman who thought she had it handled.

As a triple board-certified OB/GYN and the creator of the Keto-Green method and the Magic Menopause Coach Certification, I sat down with graduating coaches Chelsea, Song, Tara, and Jamie for a live, unscripted panel on everything nobody warns you about before perimenopause hits.

In this episode, you'll hear:

- Why declining progesterone and DHEA between ages 35 and 55 quietly drive insulin resistance and weight gain that shows up out of nowhere

- Why fibroids don't have to mean an automatic hysterectomy, and what a natural starting point can look like instead

- Why perimenopause symptoms get dismissed as "normal" in a standard OB/GYN visit, and why that isn't good enough

- Why this conversation belongs in mother-daughter relationships, starting as early as a daughter's first period

- How to reclaim vaginal and sexual health without shame

- What it actually means to become the CEO of your own health

This is the conversation I wish someone had handed me twenty years ago. Peace is possible on the other side of this transition. So is feeling like yourself again.

Learn more about the Magic Menopause program at magicmenopause.com, subscribe if you're watching on YouTube, and comment your one word for this season of your life. I read every one.

Key Timestamps

00:00 — Why I brought four coaches into one room

04:00 — Fibroids, hysterectomy, and the missing third option 05:25 — The 30-day cycle nobody could explain

18:30 — Why the weight shows up even when nothing else changed

22:00 — The conversation that needs to start with our daughters

47:35 — Peeling back the shame around vaginal and sexual health

52:30 — Becoming the CEO of your own health

Memorable Quotes

"I didn't realize that until I crossed the line into menopause. And I was devastated."

"You go to that doctor's appointment and you're the doctor. If your doctor won't partner with you, that's not your doctor."

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