Tanya Francois

10/06/2026

"𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒐𝒘?"

You are not imagining it. And there is a real reason for this.

This is one of the most common things I hear from women in perimenopause.

One day you're coping as you always have. The next, you're dealing with racing thoughts, a racing heart, or a constant low-level feeling that something is wrong — and you can't explain why.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝.

Here's what's happening beneath the surface:

During perimenopause, fluctuating levels of oestrogen and progesterone affect the neurotransmitters in your brain — including serotonin, which plays a key role in regulating mood, stress response, and emotional wellbeing.

When serotonin becomes disrupted, anxiety can appear — seemingly out of nowhere.

This is not a mental health crisis. It is not weakness. It is your body moving through a significant transition in both body and mind.

Understanding this changes everything. Because when you know what's happening, you can respond with support — instead of fear.

Save this and share it with a woman who needs to hear it today. 💛

👇 Did anxiety catch you off guard during perimenopause? Tell me in the comments.

Want to understand what's happening and learn tools that actually help? 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩. 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐢𝐨.

09/06/2026

If 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒑𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 has left you anxious, overwhelmed, or feeling completely unlike yourself — this is for you.

I'm hosting a 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 — and I'd love for you to join me.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐟:
✨ You're experiencing anxiety, overwhelm or low mood and you don't know why
✨ You feel like you've lost yourself — and you want to feel like you again
✨ You're tired of being told it's "just hormones" without any real support
✨ You want practical tools you can actually use — starting today

𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫:

→ Why anxiety and overwhelm are so common during perimenopause
→ How hormonal changes directly affect your nervous system
→ Simple daily practices to reduce stress and improve your emotional wellbeing
→ What you can start doing right now to feel calmer and more in control

Perimenopause is a transition — but it doesn't have to be one you navigate alone.

𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧.

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08/06/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐭.

Nobody warned me. Nobody explained it. And I spent far too long thinking something was wrong with me.

If this reaches even one woman who needs to hear it — that's everything.

Save this. Share it. And let me know in the comments: 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖?

💛

07/06/2026

The most important thing I learned about perimenopause mental health?

𝐏𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲.

For most of my life, I pushed through.

𝐓𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝? Push through.
𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐝? Push through.
𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠? Push through harder.

But during perimenopause, 𝑝𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔.
And it actually started making things worse.

Here's what actually helps:

→ 𝑺𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑 (your nervous system repairs itself while you rest)
→ 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 — not just managing it, but actually reducing the load
→ 𝑵𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 (daily, not just in crisis)
→ 𝑴𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 that supports your body, not punishes it
→ 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 — social support is genuinely protective for mental health
→ 𝑵𝒖𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 that stabilises blood sugar and reduces inflammation
→ And sometimes — 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕

Supporting your mental health during perimenopause requires a whole-person approach. And it starts with giving yourself permission to stop pushing through and start responding with compassion instead.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫.

Save this and share it with someone who needs to hear it. 💛

Ready to stop pushing through alone? 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 — 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐢𝐨. Learn the tools that actually work.

06/06/2026

𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 — then share it with a woman who needs it today.

So many women in perimenopause are told they're "𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅" or "𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍." But what's happening in your nervous system is real, measurable, and explainable.

You deserve to understand your own body.

👇 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮? Tell me in the comments — I read every one.

05/06/2026

𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬.
My patience disappeared overnight.
I felt emotionally fragile — all the time.

𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒.

What surprised me most about perimenopause wasn't the hot flushes.

It was how quickly my nervous system moved into a constant state of alert.

𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠. My patience disappeared. I cried at things that never used to bother me. I felt like a completely different version of myself — and 𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑦.

Here's what I know now:

When 𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞, they directly affect how your nervous system responds to stress. 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆. 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆. 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅.

This isn't a personality change. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲.

And the good news? Your nervous system can learn to regulate again. With the right support, education and tools — you can move from survival mode back to feeling like yourself.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

Drop a 💛 if this feels familiar.

Want to understand your nervous system during perimenopause and learn practical tools to regulate it? 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭. 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐢𝐨.

04/06/2026

If perimenopause has left you feeling like you're constantly on edge — this carousel is for you. Swipe through for the honest conversation I wish someone had with me. 💛

𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭. 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬.

👇 Which tip resonates most? Tell me in the comments.

03/06/2026

"𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑥𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒. 𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑜𝑤?"

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 — 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠...

One of the most common things I hear from women in perimenopause is this:

"𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑥𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝐼'𝑚 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑦."

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰: You're not imagining it. The way you are feeling is valid.
You're moving through a transition in body and mind.

During perimenopause, fluctuating hormones affect the brain chemicals that regulate your mood, resilience, and stress response — including serotonin and dopamine.

At the same time, many of us are carrying careers, relationships, ageing parents, and growing children.

It's a perfect storm. And your 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 is doing exactly what it's designed to do — 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖.

The anxiety you're feeling is a signal, not a sentence.

There are real, practical strategies that can help you move from overwhelm to calm. And it starts with understanding what's actually happening in your body.

𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 and share it with a woman who needs to hear it today.

👇 What was the anxiety symptom that surprised you most? Drop it in the comments.

31/05/2026

30/05/2026

Many women in 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 think they’re “𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠.”

But what if your body isn’t betraying you…
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕?

Hormonal shifts impact:
• mood
• focus
• memory
• stress tolerance
• emotional regulation
• confidence

So if things feel harder lately, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧.

𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆.

This season is not about becoming less of yourself.
It’s about learning how to support the version of you that’s emerging now.