25/05/2026
Puberty had a name. It had preparation. It had books and classes and conversations — however awkward.
Nobody prepared you for this.
Some researchers describe perimenopause as a second puberty — a major hormonal reorganisation that reshapes your physiology, your mood, your cognition, your identity, and your relationship with your own body.
The parallel is striking. In puberty — oestrogen rises and the body transforms in ways that feel unfamiliar and confusing. In perimenopause — oestrogen declines and the body transforms in ways that feel unfamiliar and confusing.
In puberty you had the cultural scaffolding to make sense of it. Imperfect scaffolding — but some.
In perimenopause you have almost nothing.
No preparation. No cultural narrative that honours this transition. No widespread education about what is happening or why.
Just a body changing and a system that does not know how to support it.
This is what I am trying to change. One masterclass, one session, one woman at a time.
Drop a 🙋♀️ if you feel the parallel. 👇
