The STC Blog
The physical, emotional, and identity shifts of midlife – including menopause, perimenopause, hormonal changes, the midlife reckoning, and rediscovering purpose in your 40s and 50s.
She'd rather sit through a hot flash mid-presentation than say the word menopause out loud in that meeting. She wasn't alone. Most women navigating this at work have run the same silent calculation.
The relationship didn't change. The hormones underneath both of you did. What happens next depends entirely on whether that gets named, or…
You fall asleep fine. It's 3 a.m., wide awake for no reason, that's become the new normal. There's a hormonal reason, and…
Hot flashes made the pamphlets. Sudden, disproportionate fury at your own family did not. It's real, it's hormonal, and it has a…
New anxiety in your 40s or 50s isn't random. It's often estrogen fluctuation disrupting serotonin and GABA, and here's how to spot…
The 2002 HRT scare changed how millions of women experience menopause. The evidence has moved on - but the fear has not.…
Forgetfulness and fuzzy thinking in your 40s or 50s is usually hormonal, not the dementia you fear. Here is what menopause brain…
Anxiety in your 40s isn't just stress - it's often hormonal. Discover the oestrogen-serotonin link that drives menopausal anxiety and five evidence-based…
Perimenopause — the transition to menopause that typically begins in the mid-to-late forties and can last several years — is one of…
