Before I became a Naturopathic Doctor and Perimenopause Architect, I was a young woman exhausted, frustrated, and confused by her own body.

My hormones were unpredictable from the very beginning. In my teens and twenties, my periods were irregular and unexplained. Doctors said everything looked “normal” but I didn’t feel normal. I also struggled with insomnia starting in puberty, which followed me through college, medical school, and most of my adult life.

By my 30s, I had found relief: functional hormone testing revealed I didn’t make much estrogen naturally. I adjusted my plant-based diet to include more healthy fats, added naturopathic herbs, and fully supported my stress responses. My cycles became regular. My energy stabilized. I thought I had it all figured out.

Then my 40s hit…and everything changed again.

Perimenopause arrived with bloating, cravings, mood swings, and afternoon energy crashes. My once-steady cycle started showing up a week early. This time, I took a new approach. Instead of tweaking my remedies and doses, I took a step back and thought about the past 20 years of working with mid-life women in my medical practice and asked myself,

“If I was a new patient, how would I approach this from the ground up?”

Then, I created a complete, science-backed, customizable system to not only support hormones in perimenopause but optimize the biological transition of this phase using integrative medicine, The Hormone Resilience Method™.

Today, I sleep deeply and wake refreshed, enjoy sustained energy throughout my days and experience high-level mental clarity and creativity (even in late perimenopause). And I’ve helped thousands of women do the same.