Strongher Years Wellness

10/10/2026

I was honored to be named a 2026 IMPACT Women in Leadership honoree, and IMPACT published my article on a conversation I care about deeply.

Perimenopause and menopause often arrive in the most demanding years of a career: more leadership, more visibility, less margin. Yet many women are still expected to carry on as though nothing is happening at all.

The numbers say otherwise. In a 2023 study of 4,440 employed women, 13.4% reported at least one adverse work outcome due to menopause symptoms, and one in ten women who worked during menopause had left a job because of their symptoms.

Women should not have to choose between protecting their careers and acknowledging what they are going through.

The full article is free to read and share, especially with someone at work who shapes how we support each other:
https://strongheryears.com/articles/career-conversation?from=facebook

Perimenopause often arrives in the most demanding years of a career. Why it is a leadership, retention and workplace equity issue.

08/27/2026

You know that week when everything just feels *off*? Maybe it's not just a bad week, but part of a bigger shift.

Perimenopause can indeed involve more than the commonly discussed hot flashes. For many women, it touches sleep, mood, energy, relationships, confidence, and daily routines. These wide-ranging shifts can sometimes disrupt daily activities and even professional life.

Recognizing that these experiences may be connected helps make sense of what is changing, preparing you to notice patterns over time. This can lead to more informed next steps in understanding your unique story. Experiences vary widely, which is why a clearer record of what is changing over time can be useful.

Download StrongHER Years on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6790227587

07/04/2026

You know that feeling when something is off, but no single thing seems dramatic enough to explain it?

Sleep has changed. Your usual energy is less dependable. A meeting you normally handle without thinking takes more out of you. Social plans suddenly require a small internal cost-benefit analysis.

The menopause transition is often reduced to hot flashes. For many women, that shorthand misses the actual experience.

Mood, energy, relationships, routines, and confidence can all shift too.

The point is not to turn every difficult Tuesday into a diagnosis.

It is to stop treating every change as a separate, random annoyance when some of them may belong to the same larger story.

Because apparently the body prefers a multi-department memo over one clear headline.

Seeing the wider pattern can help make sense of what is changing, instead of leaving you with a pile of isolated symptoms and no context.

06/23/2026

Many women in midlife find themselves discussing supplements, and it's a conversation worth approaching thoughtfully. It’s key to remember that various supplements can interact with medications. Also, the label 'natural' doesn't always guarantee a supplement is safe or effective in every situation.

Making more informed next steps on any supplement means looking closely at your personal context. What has been your experience thinking about or choosing supplements?

05/27/2026

05/18/2026

One of the hardest parts of perimenopause and midlife is figuring out what’s actually going on when symptoms overlap with stress, sleep, work, parenting, caregiving, and life.

I built StrongHER Years to help women track symptoms, notice patterns, and feel more confident walking into conversations with their clinician.

Sharing in case it helps someone feel a little less alone and a little more prepared: StrongHERyears.com

05/06/2026

05/03/2026

I had a last-minute opening with a menopause specialist I’d been trying to see, and it really caught me off guard.

I ended up texting my partner and asking, “What symptoms have you noticed?”

His answer was hard to read, not because he was unkind, but because it made me realize how much I had been carrying without fully naming it. It also made me see that what I was feeling was affecting the people closest to me too.

That whole experience reminded me how hard it is to pull everything together when you finally get in to see someone.

A big part of why I built the StrongHER Years app came from that feeling. I wanted one place to track symptoms and notice patterns so it’s a little easier to make sense of what’s been happening.

Sharing here in case it helps someone else:
app.strongheryears.com