11/11/2025
Are you 30-something with period problems? 🩸
News cycle symptoms presenting midway through this decade?
A decade of expectation and immense pressure (especially for women, and often self-impossed). Career, marriage, responsibilities adding up, babies, the fertility “hourglass is running out of sand”… it’s a lot.
You start to notice your cycles getting shorter (periods happening more frequently) or bleeding changes (heavier or lighter), PMS that seems next level or new symptoms like the debilitating insomnia that author Michelle Cyca describes in her article:
https://chatelaine.com/health/period-in-30s-perimenopause/
These shifts aren’t random. They’re part of your body’s menstrual life cycle.
Just as puberty changes everything in our teens, the 30s bring their own hormonal transition. This decade is often when hormonal resilience begins to wane a little, and modern life’s relentless pace pushes the stress response into overdrive.
For some, add on the physical demands of pregnancy & postpartum in the midst of all this, and it’s no wonder many women feel like they are suffering! 😣
Our biology was never designed for the level of stress, stimulation, and pressure we live under daily. That’s what I call the evolutionary mismatch: our bodies are still wired for a slower world.
💕 The good news? You’re *not* at the mercy of your hormones.
When you nourish yourself, manage stress intentionally, build muscle, sleep deeply, and create space for recovery, your body responds.
Hormones thrive on consistency and care, not punishment and perfection.
Your 30s can be a turning point… a reckoning, even.
A decade to reconnect with your cycle (honestly, it won’t let you ignore it any longer!), rebuild hormonal strength, and lay the foundation for smoother years ahead and the perimenopausal transition.
Your period is a messenger, not an enemy.
And learning its language is one of the most empowering things you can do for your long-term health.
The “how” of all this can be tricky, don’t I know it. The Fix Your Period Collective can help, and I’d love to support you (link in bio to check it out for free).
✨ Have you noticed your cycle changing in your 30s? What’s been the biggest shift for you?
