Has your body awakened you at 1:47am with a mind that won't quiet? Have you ever experienced rage randomly or perhaps at specific times of the day? Has your digestion seemed to turn on you, causing discomfort with almost everything you eat these days? These aren't random malfunctions. They're your organs speaking in their specific time windows, and in perimenopause, they're speaking louder than ever before.

This episode maps the 24-hour Chinese body clock through the particular lens of perimenopause - showing how hormonal transformation amplifies each organ system's voice during its two-hour window of peak activity. What might feel like your body failing is actually your body using time itself to announce and navigate one of life's most profound transitions.

In this episode (part one):

• The quiet symptoms that appear first - the ones women mention apologetically, almost as afterthoughts, before recognizing they're following precise patterns tied to organ meridian times
• Why 1-3am waking may not be insomnia but your Liver processing both hormones and identity, metabolizing decades of what's been while sorting what's becoming
• The 3-5am Lung window and that specific quality of sourceless grief - how perimenopause asks the body to practice release and exhalation in the predawn hours
• Large Intestine (5-7am) and the sudden digestive complications that mirror a deeper question: what patterns do we keep carrying, what do we finally eliminate?
• Stomach (7-9am) and its confused receptivity - when what once nourished now agitates, and the body asks to be fed differently
• The Spleen's mid-morning struggle (9-11am) to transform food into energy, and experience into understanding; when brain fog and worry loops signal transformation fatigue rather than cognitive decline
• The Heart (11am-1pm) and emotional flooding - palpitations, sudden tears, the feeling of too much or too empty as every heartbeat circulates blood with a different hormonal story

What if the timing everyone complains about is actually the healing window you've been missing?

Mercury retrograde isn't cosmic chaos—it's your body's invitation to turn inward, review what's dormant, and clear what you've been carrying. In this episode, I bridge the gap between planetary intelligence and clinical practice, exploring why certain protocols fail during certain times, how viral reactivation patterns align with retrograde cycles, and what it means to work WITH your body's natural rhythms instead of against them.

If you've ever felt worse during a detox, wondered why old symptoms resurface seasonally, or sensed that your body has its own calendar beyond what the labs reveal, this conversation is for you.

We're preparing the ground for something deeper: the Retrograde Viral Detox protocol launching this February. Because healing isn't just about what you do—it's about when you do it.

Moving beyond stress management into true regulation. Understanding your nervous system's innate capacity to return to rest—and the herbs and practices that restore what constant activation has depleted.

In this episode:

• Why your body stays stuck in survival mode
• The physiology of regulation vs. dysregulation
• Breath, grounding, and movement practices that signal safety
• Nervous system allies: Milky oats, Tulsi, Passionflower, Reishi

This is the foundation all other healing is built upon.

Ready to go deeper? Join the Nervous System Reset Workshop for hands-on practice and personalized guidance.