Dr. Mary Claire Haver

So she could be a size six or four, whatever the number was at the time.

Way too much alcohol use.

She pretty much fell into alcoholism once she lost my three brothers and my dad.

And I can't blame her for that.

She didn't believe in therapy.

It's more than just taking a scoop of fiber every day.

It's more than getting access to hormone therapy if you need it.

It is really trying to build a system that is going to support you for the next 30 years.

perimenopause isn't just about your periods ending.

This isn't just aging.

This is hormone loss, hormone fluctuation, hormone loss.

I really, I wrote the new menopause because I really feel that every woman deserves to know as much as they can about this life stage.

And

The old narrative that just doesn't serve us anymore.

Perimenopause, we can move beyond these outdated definitions of the straw staging of fluctuating periods and, you know, slowly declining and a few hot flashes.

No, no.

It starts with, I don't feel like myself.

anxiety, depression, and brain fog and sleep disruption.

It starts in the brain.

Okay.