68 | Your 3pm Crash Isn’t Normal—It’s Hormonal: What’s REALLY Zapping Your Energy In Perimenopause and Menopause?

2025-04-08

✨ Take the First Step To Balance Your Hormones With My FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz Dragging by 3pm—even after a “clean” lunch and your second coffee? It’s not your schedule. Or your age. Or even those 10 pounds that won’t budge. It’s your hormones. Even if your doctor says everything looks “normal,” that mid-day crash could be a hormone red flag—one even your labs might be missing. In today's episode, I’m peelin...

✨ Take the First Step To Balance Your Hormones With My FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz

Dragging by 3pm—even after a “clean” lunch and your second coffee?

It’s not your schedule.

Or your age.

Or even those 10 pounds that won’t budge.

It’s your hormones.

Even if your doctor says everything looks “normal,” that mid-day crash could be a hormone red flag—one even your labs might be missing.

In today's episode, I’m peeling back the curtain on what’s really going on with your energy in perimenopause and menopause—and what you can actually do to start getting your energy (and your afternoons) back.

In this episode you will learn:

✔ The real reason why you can power through your morning—but then crash like clockwork by afternoon

✔ Why the same snacks that used to give you a boost are now leaving you drained

✔ The hidden connection between midlife inflammation and can’t-keep-your-eyes-open fatigue

✔ Why your blood sugar behaves differently in midlife—and the impact on your energy, mood, and focus

✔ Why more rest isn’t a solution if your hormones are out of sync

If you have a drawer full of energy snacks and a Starbucks order every barista in a 10-mile radius knows by heart, this episode is for you. 🎧

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Next Steps:

Take the First Step To Balance Your Hormones With My FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment!: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz

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*Disclaimer: Information provided in this podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. The information is not intended or implied to supplement or replace professional medical treatment, advice, and/or diagnosis. I share the strategies that have worked for me and you are advised to do your own research and speak to your medical provider for care.

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