12/11/2025
Hormones as Messengers of Change
my hormones no longer follow the predictable rhythm they once did.
And the result?
Sometimes I feel lit up, full of drive and other times like I’m on an emotional rollercoaster.
I’ve learned that estrogen and progesterone are deeply tied to the brain’s chemistry: serotonin, dopamine, GABA, endorphins, the same messengers that shape mood, motivation, and meaning.
When estrogen drops, I can feel my serotonin and dopamine dip too, and it feels like the colour drains.
When progesterone ebbs, sleeps effected, my tolerance for stress thins, and I say f**k a lot more.
lately it’s like I feel every vibration of life WAY more intensely.
🧬 The Recalibration Within
I can feel old versions of myself dissolving, the one who lived by certain roles and expectations,
In my earlier years, I built much of my identity around being what others needed of me.
Now, as estrogen, the great nurturer, wanes, I no longer have the urge to overextend, to prove or to please others.
This phase has me questioning everything; relationships, work, how I care for & nourish my body.
I feel a hunger for deeper knowing, There’s a kind of moral inventory taking shape within me, asking, “What’s true for me NOW ?”
Carl Jung called this the second half of life, when the goal shifts from outer success to inner wholeness.
🌑 perimenopause feels like The Liminal Space
I am in between: no longer who I was, not yet who I’m becoming.
This liminal space feels confusing and destabilizing, but it is fertile ground for transformation.
Through the turbulence, something else is emerging:
💫 An even clearer “no.”
💡 A even more authentic “yes.”
Perimenopause feels like a recalibration of sorts. I’m not finding it easy. The men who live with me aren’t finding me easy either.
I’m certainly not pretending to have the answers.
In comments is a list of what best supports me. (note most of it’s free - don’t fall for the money making nonsense that’s around menopause these days)
The 1/2 term holidays and a cold knocked me off my balance recently 💚
