🌕 Where nervous system wisdom rewrites the menopause playbook—part of The Reckoning Years series. Post-bleed life feels both overstimulated and underpowered. Sleep fragments.Hot surges spike.Anxiety flares alongside sudden intuition downloads—like a body running two...
Brain fog in menopause is a cognitive change—where speed, recall, and multitasking give way to depth, pattern recognition, and long-range coherence.
When your thyroid slows down at midlife, it’s rarely the villain—it’s the body’s brake pedal after years of override. Menopause just turns up the honesty.
Menopause blood sugar swings aren’t just about carbs. Hormonal shifts, nervous system tone, and metabolic rigidity reshape how glucose is handled—often despite “perfect” eating.
If energy feels lower and recovery slower after menopause, it’s not failure. Menopause mitochondrial dysfunction forces a new energy economy.
That moment when coffee stops working and willpower runs dry isn’t weakness. Menopause exhaustion is your nervous system enforcing the stop you wouldn’t choose.