Perimenopause Brain Fog, Anxiety & Rage: My Real Mental Health Update at 45

She used to be the sharp one. Quick with words, organized, the friend who always had her shit together. Then perimenopause showed up and took the instruction manual for her own brain and lit it on fire. In this episode Brooke gets brutally honest about what's actually happening to her body, her mind, and her mental health at 45, and why the tools that used to work for her stopped working overnight.

This isn't a clinical breakdown of hormones. This is Brooke, live and unedited, walking you through a week that included a flat tire, a broken AC, four eye styes, a wildfire scare, and a brain that keeps losing words mid sentence. If you've ever felt like your body suddenly stopped cooperating with the plan, this one is for you.

In this episode:

• Why "what goes down must come up" became Brooke's mantra during a genuinely rough week
• The brain fog and word loss that's making her question her own sharpness
• Why leaning into the mess beats fighting to be the old version of yourself
• The sound sensitivity spiral nobody warns you about (hello, cheer practice waiting rooms)
• How perimenopause is amplifying anxiety and depression she already had, not creating something new
• Why she's ditching shame and choosing to normalize normal instead
• The conversation she had to have with her husband about no longer being a morning person
• Why community and naming it out loud is the first real step toward feeling less alone

Resources mentioned:

• Upcoming podcast guests: functional doctors and nutritionists specializing in perimenopause (stay tuned)

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