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Brain Fog Is Real and Long COVID Might Be the Reason You’re Feeling Off
Feeling mentally foggy, easily drained, or like your brain just isn’t firing the way it used to? You’re not imagining it and you’re not alone. New research reveals that long COVID may be quietly affecting your brain’s ability to bounce back. Even if your tests are normal, there could be something deeper…
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Natural Relief for Perimenopause: The Supplements That Help Sleep, Bloat & Hot Flashes
What if navigating perimenopause didn’t have to mean jumping straight to hormone therapy? In this episode of The Pause, I talk with Dr. Danni Hamilton, a naturopathic doctor who’s helping women manage midlife symptoms naturally with powerful results. From sleep struggles to mood swings and mysterious weight gain, we unpack how personalized…
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Menopause Skin: How to Reclaim Your Glow When Hormones Shift
You’re not imagining it. Your skin really has changed.One day your moisturizer works like magic, and the next, it’s as if your face forgot how to drink water. Welcome to perimenopause and menopause where estrogen takes a dip, collagen slows down, and your once-reliable skin starts rewriting its own rules. Why Midlife…
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The Menopause Symptom No One Talks About: Your Oral Health
When you think about perimenopause, what comes to mind? Probably hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, right? But let me throw you a curveball ~ your MOUTH. Yep, your oral health is directly tied to those shifting hormones, and most of us never see it coming. Here’s the scoop: estrogen isn’t just…
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FDA May Remove Black Box Warning on Vaginal Estroge: Here’s Why Women Should Be Celebrating
Ladies, this could be a game-changer. The FDA is finally considering removing the scary black box warning from low-dose vaginal estrogen products. For years, menopause advocates have been pushing for this, and now an expert advisory panel has unanimously agreed. The risks we’ve been told to fear were blown way out of…
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Bioidentical Hormones: The Truth Beyond the Marketing
If you’ve spent more than five minutes Googling menopause treatments, you’ve probably stumbled across the term bioidentical hormones. It’s everywhere from celebrity books to social media influencers promising the “natural” way through menopause. But what does it actually mean? And more importantly should you care? In the latest episode of The Pause,…
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You’re Not Losing It ~ Grab Your Girlfriend ‘Cuz You’re in Perimenopause!
Perimenopause can sneak up on you like a ninja in stretchy pants. One day you’re crushing work presentations and remembering every little detail. The next, you’re googling “Can brain fog make you forget your own zip code?” or wondering why your knees feel like they’ve aged 20 years overnight. Sound familiar? You’re…
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Why Birth Control Isn’t the Same as HRT: What Every Woman in Perimenopause Needs to Know
If you’re in your late 30s or 40s and starting to experience changes like irregular periods, night sweats, or mood swings, you’re likely entering perimenopause the natural transition to menopause. One of the most common questions I hear from women during this stage is whether birth control pills and hormone replacement therapy…
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Help! I Keep Forgetting My Grocery List (and Everyone’s Name)
IIf you’ve ever found yourself standing in the middle of a room with absolutely no idea why you walked in—or struggled to recall the name of someone you’ve known forever—you’re not losing your mind. You’re likely experiencing something incredibly common (yet rarely talked about): perimenopause brain fog. Yep. It’s real. And you…
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How One Bad Headline Changed Menopause Care for a Generation—And What You Deserve to Know Now
Let’s rewind to 2002. Headlines screaming “Hormone Replacement Therapy Causes Breast Cancer!” flooded the news. Women across the country threw away their HRT prescriptions overnight, terrified by the idea that the very treatment meant to ease menopause symptoms might kill them. And honestly? I don’t blame them. Those headlines were terrifying. But…
