If you're a millennial women who is approaching midlife, you've probably asked yourself "is it perimenopause or am I just tired?" too many times to count.

It's a perfect storm: You're being bombarded with perimenopause content. Your friends are suddenly talking about their symptoms candidly. You're feeling something shift in your own body...but you're too busy taking care of kids, aging parents, and so many other things to really pay attention to what you're feeling.

Enter: women's health advocate Dr. Jessica Shepherd, board-certified OB/GYN, author, menopause expert, and Chief Medical Officer of Hers here to help millennial and midlife women make sense of perimenopause and menopause.

Dr. Shepherd doesn't just do this by demystifying the physical realities of these life stages; she also sheds light on how the lived experience many women are having in midlife affects how they experience perimenopause and menopause.

For more of Jessica's insights, find her book here.

This episode covers:

• The fuzziness of perimenopause and why so many women have no idea if they're in this phase
• The load so many women are carrying in midlife and how that affects their health
• The importance of taking some time for yourself, even if it's just 15 minutes a day
• How perimenopause typically shows up

Topics covered: Perimenopause, menopause, longevity, aging, hormones, women's health, lifestyle, puberty, caregiving, parenting, motherhood

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