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If you’re a woman over 40 juggling work, aging parents’ doctor’s appointments, and the constant pressure to be more, do more, give more - while battling symptoms like 2am wakeups, heart palpitations, or constant low energy - you may be caught in the Pronatalism Pressure Trap.

Pronatalism is the belief that a woman’s worth is tied to motherhood, and it collides with patriarchy’s obsession with productivity to leave you over-functioning, undervalued, and completely drained.

If you’re stuck here, you’ve probably been:

• Feeling invisible or less relevant now that you are losing your fertility.
• Trying to slow down but feeling guilty
• Hiding your peri-menopause symptoms, especially at work.

To fix it, you may have tried to just push through with more discipline, supplements like melatonin for sleep, or essential oils for hot flashes, or scheduling a massage, only to cancel because you have too many obligations

If that's not working, listen to this episode to discover:

• What pronatalism is, and how it is quietly driving midlife physical and emotional symptoms
• How these systems show up in your body as stress, anxiety, and burnout.
• Ways to start opting out, so you can reclaim your energy, rest, and joy.

You might think that in today’s world, we can talk about menopause. We say, think again. 

Of course, it’s become more normal to share the hot flash humour with your friends or how hard it has suddenly become to get a night’s sleep without a 2-hour wake-up in the middle of it. 

At the same time, 90% of women in their 40’s and 50’s do not know the symptoms of menopause, research shows that the majority of women hide their symptoms at work for fear of judgement, and many women still carry around a lot of shame around hitting this developmental milestone. 

In this episode, we unpack where this silence and shame came from, how it plays out in life and work, and what to do about it. 

We believe that the more women who release the shame and share their experiences of aging and menopause, the more women will actually age gracefully, with fewer symptoms and more inspiration.

You’ll come away knowing how to find 

• connection in the sometimes lonely world of midlife 
• courage to speak louder about it so more women feel supported and safe
• and compassion for yourself for what you’re going through 

Join the wait list for the Midlife Red Tent, where we reclaim our time, energy and bodies.  Where we burn the rules of aging. 

What if the night sweats, sleepless nights, and hot flashes you’re feeling aren’t “just menopause”? And, what if the usual fixes are actually what's keeping you stuck?

Welcome to the 1st episode of the Midlife Rising Podcast!  Today we’re going to show you that there’s an underlying root cause to midlife and menopause symptoms that no one seems to be talking about.

Too many women in their 40s and 50s make the same mistake: pushing through their symptoms or wishing them away. Maybe you’ve told yourself, “it’s just part of getting older”, and hoped things will settle down on their own.

The reality is, your symptoms won’t magically disappear over time. It’s because there is an unseen culprit behind perimenopause symptoms like insomnia, brain fog, mood swings, and chronic fatigue. We’ll show you this silent driver in this episode.

By the end, you’ll have a whole new perspective on midlife, what is keeping you from feeling energetic and inspired in your 40's and 50's, and you'll know what needs to be done to nix your symptoms. 

If you’re thinking “this is just how perimenopause is” or that you should “just push through it,” this conversation will show you another way. One where you start listening to your body, reclaiming your energy, and rewriting the rules for how you rise in midlife.