Perimenopause at 38 While Running a Business. Nobody Warned Me.

I'm 38, running a business, and in perimenopause. Here are the 4 symptoms that hit me first, and what's actually helping. Day 8 of 100. This year I started changing in ways I wasn't ready for. When perimenopause starts in your late 30s, it's hard to name at first, so you blame yourself instead. You call yourself lazy, unfocused, or dramatic, when your body is actually changing. If you're a high performer who's just starting to notice something's different, this one's for you. I talk through: 1. Exhaustion. Waking up tired after 8 or 9 hours of sleep, why I'm working around my energy instead of fighting it, and finding energy beyond coffee. 2. Brain fog. Losing words mid-sentence as someone who's been a wordsmith her whole life, and how the systems I built for my ADHD now save me here too. 3. Irritability. The day a barking dog and a re-uploaded video sent me into a full toddler tantrum, and what it taught me. 4. Hot flashes and night sweats. The one everybody talks about, and the only fix I've found so far. Plus: why perimenopause isn't a punishment or a problem to fix. It's a season, and a privilege that not everyone gets to reach. This is my experience, not medical advice. Talk to your doctor about what you're going through. If you're in this season too, tell me in the comments: what did you notice first? CHAPTERS 0:00 Perimenopause at 38 0:36 Why I stopped ignoring my body 1:44 Why it's hard to recognize at first 2:18 Symptom 1: Exhaustion 5:06 Scheduling my day around my energy 6:46 Letting go of the guilt 9:18 Finding energy beyond coffee 13:40 Symptom 2: Brain fog 15:02 Losing words as a wordsmith 18:42 How ADHD systems help with brain fog 23:31 Symptom 3: Irritability 26:11 The day I threw a tantrum over a YouTube video 29:43 Symptom 4: Hot flashes and night sweats 34:36 Perimenopause is not a sentence 36:31 Why this season is a privilege 38:08 Don't fight the season you're in New video every day for 100 days. Subscribe so you don't miss one. My name is Carrolee Moore, founder of The Podcast Pitching Society, where my team and I place credentialed experts on the podcasts their buyers already trust. My position is that known experts don't compete on price, and that obscurity is a discount most experts give away without knowing it. My team and I have booked 500+ placements for clients across various industries, and my work focuses on experts who are overqualified and unknown. I also host The Currency of Visibility podcast, and will be publishing a forthcoming book of the same name. Likkle more. #Perimenopause #WomenInBusiness #100DayChallenge