Perimenopause Isn’t New ~ But the Hype Around It Is. And It’s Making Women Feel Broken When They’re Not.

Somewhere in the last five to ten years, the word perimenopause exploded. Suddenly every woman over 40 with a bit of fatigue, irregular periods or low mood is being nudged toward hormone therapy and told, “Well, this is what happens now.”

As if the body just gives up in our mid-thirties.

As if this is an inevitable decline.

As if we are all doomed to “symptom-manage” our way into old age before we've even had a chance to live fully.

It’s become clear to me that…

Perimenopause is real. But what we are seeing in women today is not an inevitable hormonal fate ~ it is depletion being rebranded as a medical condition.

A Generation Running on Empty

Women born between the mid-70s and mid-80s are the first to be raised almost entirely on:

• Industrialised food, factory-farmed meat, refined oils and nutrient-poor convenience meals.

• Chronic rushing, working, caretaking, emotional overload.

• Cold, raw, fast food eaten standing up, in the car, between tasks.

• A cultural belief that productivity matters more than nourishment.

This is the perfect recipe for what Chinese medicine has always recognised as Qi deficiency and Jing depletion. In plain language: you are eating, but you are not nourished.

And when the body is under-resourced, it does something very intelligent:

⭐️ It conserves. It withdraws the potential to reproduce to protect you.

This protective withdrawal is now marketed to you as "perimenopause” or unexplained infertility.

Menopause Is Not a Disease. But It Has Become a Big Business.

The modern menopause industry is booming because it has managed to convince women that:

• Hormonal fluctuation equals dysfunction.

• Tiredness equals decline.

• Irregular cycles equal premature shutdown.

• And that the only solution is endless hormone tinkering.

But here’s the problem ~ you cannot medicate your way back into vitality if the foundation is empty.

Trying to force hormones without rebuilding the root is like trying to bloom flowers in dry soil.

Hormones are not the beginning ~ they are the end result of nourishment, good blood, strong digestion, rest and deep reserves.

Chinese Medicine Has Been Reversing “Perimenopause” Symptoms for Thousands of Years

Chinese medicine doesn’t chase hormones. It doesn’t override the body.

It nourishes the root so the body wants to cycle, wants to ovulate & can remain fertile, & vibrant.

I have seen women:

• Regain lost menstrual cycles after being told they were “entering menopause.”

• Restore ovulation.

• Build blood so their hair, skin and energy return.

• Resolve hot flushes, night sweats and dryness in under 12 weeks with herbs and properly cooked nutrient-dense meals.

• Feel younger, clearer, more alive.

Not because we “fixed” menopause ~ but because we removed depletion, and the body chose vitality again.

You Don’t Need to Go Quietly Into Perimenopause Just Because You Were Given the Label

If you’ve been told you are perimenopausal and something inside you still feels like there is more life, more cycle, more strength left in you ~ trust that voice.

You are not broken.

You are most likely under-nourished, under-rested, under-supported and over-medicalised.

As a Medical Herbalist

I work with women who have been told, “This is just your age, this is just your hormones.”

With Chinese herbal medicine and proper nourishment, you can:

• Rebuild your reserves

• Restore ovulation and healthy cycles

• Ease symptoms like heat, dryness, anxiety and fatigue

• Delay a premature menopause brought on by depletion

• Improve hair thickness & quality

• Improve your chances of success with IVF

• Enter your true menopause years later — with grace, strength and stability

If You’re Not Ready to Fade ~ You Don’t Have To

If you feel you’ve been handed a diagnosis that doesn’t feel like your truth, reach out.

I help women ditch the perimenopause narrative and rebuild their vitality so the body chooses health, not shutdown.

It is not about fighting menopause.

It is about ensuring you arrive at it strong, not emptied.