This episode is part of my special mini-series with Dr. Lucy Caratti: How the Medical System is Failing Women in Perimenopause.
In Episode 3, How the Medical System is Failing Women in Perimenopause, we explore what really happens when women reach out for medical support during this transition. Many are met with quick fixes - a prescription for antidepressants, sleeping tablets, or a one-size-fits-all approach to HRT. While these options can bring short-term relief, they rarely get to the root of why women feel so frayed, exhausted, and disconnected from themselves.
What’s often missed is the bigger picture: the way hormones interact with gut and liver health, how the nervous system becomes overtaxed, and how decades of survival patterns shape the experience of menopause itself. When these pieces aren’t joined up, women are left feeling unseen and unsupported.
This conversation reframes menopause as a profound transition - not a disease - and highlights why a whole-person approach is the key to moving through it with strength, clarity, and power.
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