The hot mess Handbook: navigating perimenopause with science

Navigating Perimenopause with Science and a Sense of Humor

You’re not lazy. You’re not crazy. You’re probably in perimenopause. Hot flashes, brain fog, mood swings, night sweats, heart palpitations, and periods that make less sense than a Netflix plot twist—welcome to the hormonal rollercoaster no one warned you about.

The Hot Mess Handbook is your smart, unfiltered, science-backed guide to what’s happening in your body (and why you just opened the fridge and forgot why). Written by a menopause specialist, it’s filled with real stories, big laughs, and honest truths—because if you can’t laugh at your own hormone-fueled drama, what can you do?

Inside, you’ll find:

• What perimenopause really is (and why your health care provider might miss it)
• Weird symptoms nobody mentions (like losing your train of thought mid-sentence and never finding it again)
• The real deal on hormone therapy—what’s safe, what’s hype, and what might actually help
• Options that don’t involve “just try yoga”
• How to get the care you deserve (even when your labs are “normal”)

Whether you’re 35 and anxious or 50 and exhausted, this is the guide you didn’t know you needed—but you’ll be glad you found. Because menopause is natural. Suffering isn’t.