Hot flashes. A sadness I couldn't explain.
My sleep broke. My energy disappeared. The things that had always worked stopped working. I tried everything. Nothing held. It took me months to understand what was happening to me. Perimenopause.
No one had told me to expect any of it. Not my doctor. Not my mother. Not one of the dozen apps on my phone. I was data rich, and insight poor.
What I needed, in that phase, was someone who had been through it to put her hand on my shoulder and tell me what was happening. Someone who could walk the path with me.
The irony is, I had been that person for other women for years. I was always the friend who pushed you to get tested, who shared what she found, who would not let it go until you had answers. I had become the warm, knowledgeable elder sister to the women around me without even realising it. But when my own body changed, I had no one doing that for me.
When I finally realised I was not alone, that millions of women go through exactly this, the relief of knowing was the most important thing I felt in years.
That is what I am building. Because no woman should have to navigate her own body in the dark.
Founder, Stree Sense.
She gets you.
