Biology Beyond the Obvious is a 9-part blog series reframing overlooked systems—fascia, mitochondria, gut, skin, water, senses—through the nervous system lens.
Menopause doesn’t make fascia louder. It removes the buffers that kept you from hearing what was always there. This is the sensory reckoning — when the body stops hiding its own truth.
You’ve done the work. You’ve optimized, tracked, supplemented, and tried harder. And you still feel broken. That’s not a personal failure — it’s the predictable result of a culture that systematically dismisses midlife women’s physiological reality.