10/11/2026
What if part of the reason perimenopause feels so overwhelming isn’t that your body is suddenly handling more stress, but that it’s handling stress with a different set of physiological resources?
Hormones influence how our nervous systems respond to stress and process pain. And as those hormones fluctuate during perimenopause, the things we’ve spent years managing can sometimes become considerably harder to manage.
There’s research connecting trauma histories with greater severity of menopausal symptoms, and I think the possible mechanisms behind that connection deserve a lot more attention.
That’s what we’re exploring in our next free Rianda Wellness workshop at Bailey’s Book Nook: When Hormones Meet History.