The Wellness Journal

You wake up already tired. You lose your train of thought mid-sentence. Your clothes fit differently around your middle for no clear reason. If you feel like you're running on fumes before dinner even starts, you might be in perimenopause, and all of it might be connected.

Perimenopause often brings fluctuating oestrogen and progesterone, and that instability can ripple through your body, raising cortisol and making it harder to manage stress, sleep, and weight. Here's how to understand it, and what actually helps.

The workouts that used to keep you lean don't quite land the same. A late night costs you two days instead of one. Nothing is wrong with you, your body is just asking for a different approach. Here's what to start, stop, and do better in your 40s.

You walk into a room and fcan't remember why, you can' quite remember words you have used a thousand times. If your memory feels less reliable than it usually is, you are not imagining it, and you are not alone.

Perimenopause doesn't just lower estrogen, it raises cortisol. Learn why it disrupts your sleep, mood, gives you belly fat, and what can actually help stabilise it.