Dhru Purohit

of shared understanding, growth, and that kinship that comes from being in that sort of tight-knit community with each other.

And it's an unfortunate thing.

And I do think it's been one of probably the biggest things that's on people's mind, just not sure how to create it since COVID.

We had this extreme isolation that was there.

But I think it does start, at least in this conversation for the woman who's thinking about this stage of menopause and navigating it, it does start first off with, okay, what are the key components of making sure that your oxygen mask is on for yourself?

What should you be paying attention to?

Because if you are not taking care of yourself, if you are still in this pattern and hamster wheel of prioritizing everybody else,

falling for gimmicks that might be out there, sales pitches, whatever it might be, you're not gonna feel well enough to be able to show up for anybody else if you don't feel awesome.

So for that individual who's listening, let's continue down the journey that's there.

What are some key things that you want to have them be aware of?

I'll bring up one.

I'll bring up one to just kind of kickstart the conversation.

Just like you were saying, like, hey, this rage component,

There can be a reason why a lot of women feel it.

And even if it's not full-blown rage, why do you feel all of a sudden now that people are getting on your nerves more so than previously?

There's a biological understanding of that.

Another one that you talk about inside of the book is this idea of a lot of women notice that clutter can take a heavy toll on them in a way that it previously didn't.

What do you mean by that?

What are you describing?

like that example of getting more sunlight, being more part of nature because the distance from nature is now going to have a bigger toll on the body is what I'm hearing from you.