You drink. It feels normal. It feels social. It feels like nothing that should be making things worse.

But alcohol is one of the most overlooked reasons perimenopause symptoms are harder than they need to be. Not because you're drinking too much. Because of what alcohol is actually doing inside a perimenopausal body that nobody has explained to you.

In this episode I go through exactly what's happening to your sleep, your anxiety, your hot flushes, your weight, your gut and your ability to build and maintain muscle every time you drink. And I share what happened when I removed it for thirty days, starting the 29th of November, going straight into December of all months.

This isn't about telling you to quit. It's about making sure you have the full picture.

I'm a women's health coach, but more importantly, perimenopause hit me like a freight train. I used my own body as the test dummy to work out what actually helps, and while I'm still very much in perimenopause, I'm now pretty much symptom free. I've lived it, tested it, and know what works. Now I help other women understand what's happening in their bodies so they can get the relief, reassurance, and support that's so needed.

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00:00 The Introduction

00:41 The Challenge
01:38 The Background

03:23 The Experiment

05:16 The Results

07:53 The Science

08:33 The Sleep

010:05 The Anxiety

11:35 The Hot Flushes

12:00 The Weight Gain

12:47 The Gut

13:38 The Impact On Training

14:12 The Uncomfortable Part

15:43 The Outro

You've been googling your symptoms. And Google has been absolutely terrifying you.

The itchy skin, the electric shocks, the ringing in your ears, the rage at someone chewing near you, the anxiety that came from nowhere, the exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix, the body that aches for no reason, and that quiet, persistent feeling that you don't recognise yourself anymore.

You've been adding things to a list for months. And nothing is connecting the dots.

In this episode I connect them all. Because every single thing on that list has the same explanation. And it's not what Google has been telling you.

This is perimenopause. And it doesn't look anything like what you thought it would.

I'm a health coach who hit perimenopause at 38 and I'm now symptom free, not because I balanced my hormones, but because I understood what was actually changing underneath. That's what this podcast is about.

👉 Perimenopause R.E.S.E.T. program: https://tanya-jayne-health-coach.mvt.so

👉 Strategy sessions: https://tanya-jayne-health-coach.mvt.so

👉 Free checklist: https://tanya-jayne-health-coach.mvt.so/freebie

(00:00) Introduction
(00:40) What's wrong with me?
(02:11) The itch
(04:30) The ears
(06:33) The anxiety

(08:05) The exhaustion
(09:39) The aches
(11:05) The 'I don't recognise myself'

(13:25) This is perimenopause
(14:23) Outro

I am still in perimenopause. My hormones have not magically recovered. And I am completely symptom free.

That didn’t happen by balancing my hormones. It happened because I finally understood what perimenopause was actually doing to my body and I stopped fighting it.

In this episode I share my full transformation story. From perimenopause completely taking over my life, to understanding what was actually driving my symptoms, to thriving while still fully in perimenopause. I use my own experience as an ultra marathon runner to show you exactly what happens when you push harder in perimenopause and why it makes everything worse. And what I did instead that led to the best athletic results of my life.

I’m a health coach who hit perimenopause at 38 and I’m now symptom free, not because I balanced my hormones, but because I understood what was actually changing underneath. That’s what this podcast is about.

👉 Perimenopause Reset program:

https://tanya-jayne-health-coach.mvt.so

👉 Strategy sessions:

https://tanya-jayne-health-coach.mvt.so

👉 Free checklist:

https://tanya-jayne-health-coach.mvt.so/freebie​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

00:00 Introduction

00:42 My Story

04:15 The Science

05:21 What I Changed

07:05 The Transformation

07:32 Outro

If you’ve ever walked out of a doctor’s appointment about perimenopause feeling like nothing can be done, this episode is for you. Because that conversation should not have ended there. And in this episode I’m finishing it.

Most women go home after being dismissed and they stop trying. Not because they’re lazy. Because a qualified person just told them there’s nothing to be done. So they wait. And while they’re waiting their symptoms get worse. Their relationships are affected. They feel more isolated. More unlike themselves. And they carry all of that quietly because nobody around them is talking about it honestly either.

In this episode I cover what actually happens after that appointment, when you should go back and advocate harder, why there are other ways to improve how you’re feeling right now, and three things that should have been part of that conversation in the first place.

I don’t work on balancing hormones. I work on fixing the state of your metabolic and nervous system health underneath. Because that’s what’s actually driving your symptoms. That’s what makes the difference. And that’s what nobody else is talking about.

Ways to work with me:
https://tanya-jayne-health-coach.mvt.so

Free checklist — find out which system is driving your symptoms:
https://tanya-jayne-health-coach.mvt.so/freebie

(00:00) What that doctors appointment feels like
(01:44) Medical disclaimer
(02:28) What actually happens after that appointment
(05:28) When to go back and advocate harder
(07.:27) There's other ways to improve how you're feeling
(08:41) Here's what should have come next
(10:20) The gap your doctor left