Peri & Pause

05/31/2026

🎙️ ASK US ANYTHING 🎙️

We’re launching a new podcast series in “Peri & Pause - The Podcast”, and this one is all about YOU.

What questions do you have about perimenopause, menopause, hormone therapy, sleep, anxiety, brain fog, weight changes, relationships, careers, parenting, aging parents, or simply navigating midlife?

Drop your questions in the comments below, and we’ll answer them in upcoming podcast episodes. We just finished our “Meet the Nurse Practitioner” series and our “Founders” series, so if you want to meet the clinicians at Peri & Pause go check us out anywhere you listen your favorite podcasts! 🎧

If you’d like, include your first name and where you’re from, and we will give you a shout-out when we answer your question.

No question is too small. If you’re wondering about it, chances are thousands of other women are too. ❤️

⬇️ Ask away!

05/30/2026

Perimenopause and menopause is far more than hot flashes.

Changes during midlife can influence sleep, mood, anxiety, cognition, sexual health, weight, cardiovascular health, bone health, and overall quality of life. Yet many women are left trying to connect the dots on their own.

At Peri & Pause, we focus exclusively on caring for women during this stage of life.

We take the time to see the whole woman - not just a symptom, lab value, or diagnosis. We consider her health history, goals, concerns, and the many ways hormonal changes may be affecting her daily life.

As nurse practitioners with strong primary care backgrounds, we are able to address common medical conditions alongside perimenopause and menopause when appropriate, helping women receive more comprehensive, coordinated care.

Hormones may be part of the conversation, but they are only one tool among many. Education, prevention, lifestyle, sleep, nutrition, movement, and evidence-based treatment all play important roles.

Because caring for women during midlife isn't just about managing symptoms.

It's about seeing and caring for the whole woman.

05/29/2026

Today, we simply wanted to say thank you.

Thank you to every woman who has trusted us with her care. Thank you to those who have shared their experiences with friends, family members, coworkers, and other women looking for answers. We are continually humbled by the support of this community and by the trust you place in us during such an important stage of life.

At Peri & Pause, we focus exclusively on the care of women navigating perimenopause and menopause. This is not one service among many that we offer - it is our sole mission. Every aspect of our practice is designed around understanding, supporting, educating, and advocating for women during this transition.

We believe women deserve time to tell their stories. We believe education is a critical part of healthcare. We believe in building relationships, not providing rushed, episodic care. We believe women deserve access to the most current evidence and thoughtful discussions about their options. We believe symptoms that affect sleep, mood, energy, cognition, sexual health, and overall quality of life deserve to be taken seriously.

Our team spends a great deal of time anticipating our patients' needs, answering questions, coordinating care, and helping women understand what is happening in their bodies. In many ways, we care for women the same way women often care for everyone around them - with thoughtfulness, attention, and a focus on the whole person.

We are deeply grateful for every patient who trusts us with their care and every woman who shares our practice with others. Women have always looked out for one another, and seeing that support within our community continues to be one of the most meaningful parts of what we do.

Thank you for allowing us to be part of your journey.

- The Peri & Pause Team 💞

05/25/2026

This Memorial Day, we honor the courage, sacrifice, and service of those who gave their lives for our country.

We are deeply grateful for the freedoms they protected and the families who carry their legacy forward every day.

May today be a time of remembrance, gratitude, and reflection. 🇺🇸
- Peri & Pause

05/20/2026

🎙️ NEW PODCAST EPISODE: The Founders Series

In this first episode of the Founders Series, Kristen sits down with Jamie Gallagher, founder of Peri & Pause, for a deeply personal conversation about how the practice came to life.

This episode shares the story behind the mission - born from both clinical experience and Jamie’s own experiences navigating midlife as a woman herself. Together, they discuss the gaps so many women face in healthcare, the inspiration behind building Peri & Pause, and the vision and values that continue to guide the practice today.

It is an honest, genuine, and vulnerable conversation about why this work matters so deeply to Jamie.

If you’ve ever wondered what truly inspired Peri & Pause and the heart behind the care provided there, this episode is a must-listen. 🤍

🎧 Listen, subscribe, and share with a woman who deserves to feel seen, heard, and supported through midlife.

Kristen wraps the nurse practitioner series and launches the founder series with Peri & Pause founder Jamie Gallagher, who shares what drew her into nursing,...

05/18/2026

🔥 MENOPAUSE IS HAVING A MOMENT 🔥

It’s about time.

If you care for midlife women in any specialty, this conversation matters. Women deserve clinicians who understand the menopause transition, understand hormone therapy safety, and understand the lasting impact the misinterpretation of the Women’s Health Initiative had on an entire generation of care.

Most importantly… women deserve care without shame.

This short clip is from tomorrow’s podcast episode, and we’re really proud of this conversation. 💛

🎙️ Full episode drops tomorrow - Tuesday - at 6 PM.

Menopause is having a moment — and most clinicians still know nothing about it. The Women's Health Initiative was misinterpreted and derailed decades of care...

05/13/2026

(Add on here ➡️ The effort to address this and change the name has occurred over 14 years and appears that it will be implemented in guidelines by 2028.)

📢 BIG news in women’s health this week: PCOS is now being renamed PMOS - Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome.

This shift matters so, so much!

For years, many of us in women’s health have recognized that this condition was never simply a “gynecologic issue” or just about ovarian cysts. The previous name often minimized the true complexity of what women experience ... metabolic dysfunction, insulin resistance, endocrine disruption, inflammation, mental health impacts, cardiovascular risk, fertility concerns, and more.

The new name better reflects what this condition actually is: a complex, multisystem metabolic and endocrine disorder affecting millions of women worldwide.

Words matter in medicine. Names shape research priorities, public understanding, insurance recognition, funding, and how seriously conditions are taken.

Our hope is that this change helps move women’s health forward:
🩷 More awareness
🩷 Earlier diagnosis
🩷 Better education
🩷 More research funding
🩷 Improved access to evidence-based treatment and coverage

Women with PMOS deserve thoughtful, comprehensive care - not dismissal or oversimplification.

This is a wonderfully important step forward!

05/13/2026

A recent AbbVie commercial about plaque psoriasis came to our attention involving a midlife woman and her partner preparing to become intimate - and the implication seemed to be that the light was turned off to avoid seeing her psoriasis. It’s called “PSO Done: The Light”.

That made us think….

As clinicians who care for women in midlife every day, we see firsthand how deeply women already internalize messaging around being “less desirable,” “less attractive,” aging, changing skin, changing bodies, and not feeling fully comfortable in their own skin anymore.

So portraying a woman’s medical condition in a way that even subtly suggests shame, hiding, embarrassment, or needing darkness to feel acceptable felt incredibly insensitive to us.

Women do not lose their worth, beauty, desirability, or femininity because of psoriasis. Or menopause. Or aging. Or stretch marks. Or scars. Or changing bodies.

The conversation around women’s health should empower women - not reinforce the quiet shame so many already carry.

Messaging matters. And women deserve better. 🩷 MUCH better.

05/10/2026

To all the moms today - the women who gave birth, adopted, stepped in, showed up, raised others as their own, loved fiercely, carried families emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually… we see you. 🩷

Women shape the heartbeat of families, communities, and society itself. We are planners, protectors, encouragers, caregivers, leaders, listeners, advocates, chauffeurs, chefs, comforters, and the steady force holding so much together behind the scenes every single day.

…. And many of us were probably awake before everyone else this morning already sending the “Happy Mother’s Day” texts to each other, coordinating plans, checking on everyone, making breakfast happen, and making sure everyone feels loved - because that’s what women do. We think ahead. We carry the emotional load. We create connection. And somehow, even while exhausted some days, we continue to show up with strength, warmth, and resilience. ☺️

At Peri & Pause, we care deeply about women because we know how powerful women are. The influence women have on the world is immeasurable, and midlife does not diminish that power - it deepens it.

Today we celebrate you. Your influence. Your sacrifice. Your wisdom. Your strength. Your softness. Your grit. Your love.

Women are extraordinary. Happy Mother’s Day from all of us at Peri & Pause. 🌸

05/07/2026

Today, on National Nurses Day, we want to recognize the incredible nurse practitioners of Peri & Pause who show up every single day with compassion, intelligence, advocacy, and heart for midlife women in our community. 🩷

The care our team provides goes far beyond prescriptions and protocols. They listen deeply. They connect the dots. They care for women holistically - honoring the complexity of midlife, hormones, mental health, sleep, sexuality, strength, identity, and overall well-being. They help women feel seen, heard, and empowered again.

Tonight’s open house and one-year anniversary celebration in our Fuquay clinic was such a powerful testimony to the relationships they have built and the trust this community has placed in us. Seeing so many women, community members, local businesses, supporters, and friends come through our doors meant more than we can say. Thank you for celebrating with us. 🌸

To our nurse practitioners - thank you for the work you do, the standards you uphold, the lives you impact, and the heart you bring into every patient interaction. We are proud to be nurse practitioner-led, proud to advocate for women, and proud to serve this amazing community every day.

Happy Nurses Day to the nurses changing women’s healthcare for the better. 💪🏼✨


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