Perimenopause can feel like a second puberty—but with far more on your plate. Worry, anxiety, and intrusive thoughts often surface during this transition, leaving many women wondering if they're losing control or facing something more serious. This warm, evidence-informed companion separates fact from fear, explaining the real hormonal drivers behind your changing moods and clarifying what's normal versus what deserves a closer look. Drawing on trusted guidance from the Menopause Society, the Endocrine Society, and leading lifestyle medicine sources, each chapter offers practical, gentle strategies for nutrition, movement, sleep, and mindset that support your nervous system and smooth hormonal shifts. You'll learn to track your patterns without overthinking, communicate your needs with loved ones, and evaluate medical options—including hormone therapy—with confidence and clarity. Above all, this book reminds you that you are still you, learning to navigate a new rhythm. Part of The Cycle-Aware Woman Library.
About the author
Sienna Brooke is a women's wellness writer and educator who has spent years helping women understand and care for their hormonal health. She specializes in cycle awareness, cycle-linked fatigue and mood, and the everyday habits—nutrition, movement, sleep, and stress care—that help women feel steadier across the month. Sienna created her calm, compassionate approach after noticing how often even well-informed women were left confused by conflicting advice about their own bodies. Rather than intimidating hormone science, she offers a gentle, repeatable framework that treats each phase of the cycle as a season with its own needs. She writes to replace shame and guesswork with self-knowledge and self-trust. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family and far too many houseplants.
