Dana LaVoie, LAc

Somewhere in your 40s, the rules quietly changed. You used to know your body—skip a meal, jeans fit. Push through a hard week, bounce back by Sunday. Cut back on caffeine, sleep returns. Then, suddenly, none of it worked the way it used to.

Now the sleep doesn’t come back on its own. The bounce-back takes a week, or two. Things that never touched you before suddenly do.

This isn’t you losing your edge. Your body isn’t broken. It’s just asking for something different than it asked for ten years ago.

Here’s the real problem: most of the advice—the diets, workouts, supplements—was made for the body you had at 32. Nobody updated the rulebook for now.

But that’s actually fixable. You just have to start with what’s true for you today, not what worked before.

That's why I built a free 7-day course: seven small shifts, one a day. No massive overhaul — just a new starting point, made for where you actually are.

First lesson lands in your inbox in about 15 minutes.
👇 Find the link in bio.

But first — tell me: what was the first thing that made you realize the rules had changed? The thing that made you think, wait, that never used to happen. I want to know.

“Thank goodness the herbs are working. I thought the hot flashes were just something I was going to have to live with. I could just cry with relief.”
— Real client

It’s wild how many of us think we just have to “deal with it” in midlife. What’s one thing you wish you’d known sooner about menopause? Share it below. Just one word or one sentence. I read every single one. ⬇️

Ready to try a new approach?
Get started with my free 7 Day Menopause Kickstart—link in bio.

The reason the same midlife hormone fixes works brilliantly for your friend and barely touches you has nothing to do with your body being more complicated.

It comes down to pattern, and knowing which one is yours.

Chinese medicine has identified four distinct patterns in how women's bodies navigate this transition. They look different, feel different, and respond to completely different things.

I'm Dana LaVoie, acupuncturist, herbalist, Chinese medicine practitioner. In over 20 years of clinical work I saw this play out thousands of times. The women who finally felt back to their normal selves, or even better than that, weren't the ones who did the most. They were the ones who stopped working against their pattern and started working with it.

The Pattern Match Framework is four short videos that walk you through the approach I use in my work, so you can start to see which pattern is yours and what that means for everything from here. You can get instant access for just $17.

Ready to see which one fits you?

Type FOUR and I’ll DM you the $17 Pattern Match Framework.

A lot of women quietly assume things like breast tenderness, hip pain, body aches, stiffness, or feeling uncomfortable in their own body are just part of aging.

Especially after menopause.

But then the right support starts landing…
and those symptoms begin to ease.

Not because the body is “broken.”
Usually because it finally got what it needed.

That’s the part so many women never get told.

Menopause can absolutely bring physical discomfort, but suffering through it as your new normal is not the only option.

If you want to better understand what may actually be driving these symptoms — and what kinds of support can help — I share a lot of free education on my YouTube channel.

🌿 Get on my waitlist + grab my free 7-day menopause course at the link in bio.

Nobody told you there were four different versions of what you're going through as a midlife woman.

That's not your fault. Western medicine doesn't use this framework. Most natural wellness approaches don't either. But Chinese medicine has mapped it for thousands of years, and it changes everything about what actually helps.

I'm Dana LaVoie, acupuncturist and herbalist, 20+ years in practice. The framework I use, and the one I teach to every single woman I work with, starts with one question: which of the four patterns is your body in right now?

Because most things being recommended to women in midlife are built for patterns that aren't yours. When you know which one is, the noise clears. What to do, what to skip, what's actually going to move the needle for your specific body. It all becomes a lot more obvious.

The Pattern Match Framework is just $17, sign up now to get instant access to the four videos.

Ready to see which one fits you?

Type FOUR and I’ll DM you the $17 Pattern Match Framework.

Crispy lemon pepper Brussels sprouts + mushrooms.

Easy. Addictive. Even yummier as leftovers.

Cooked Cruciferous Veggies: Great for estrogen balance in midlife (especially the “nothing got delivered” pattern)
Mushrooms? Prebiotic powerhouses for your gut.

Knowing that making veggies crave-worthy helps you actually eat enough…

Should this dish go in my Menopause Pattern Match Cookbook?
Drop a “YES” or “NO” below!

(And please give it a like if it’s something you’d try, so I know you want more recipes like this!)

This is what progress can look like after just 3 weeks.

Small shifts. Real changes. And we’re just getting started.

If you’ve been trying to figure menopause out on your own and nothing seems to fully click yet… there’s usually a reason.

Get on my waitlist + grab my free 7-day menopause course at the link in bio.

I stopped eating "clean" and started eating matched. These are the 2 diet shifts that actually changed things for me in menopause — not trendy, not restrictive, just finally working with how my body actually runs now. 🌿

The part most diet advice misses? Food alone can't override hormonal shifts. There's always a bigger picture. Drop a 🙋 in the comments if you want to know which piece is missing for YOU.

👇 Find out what's actually going on in your body — link in bio or
danalavoiecoach.com/mini-course

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If you're on HRT and still not okay — that's not a failure. That's an incomplete prescription. Here's what's missing.

I want to be clear about something first. I think HRT is great. I recommend it. I'm not here to talk you out of it.

But here's what I know — because so many of the women who come to me have been on HRT for years. They did everything right. Got the prescription, optimized the dose, gave it time. And they're still not okay. Still not sleeping. Still not feeling like themselves. Starting to wonder if this is just how it is now.

It isn't.

HRT gives your body the raw materials. Chinese herbs tell your body what to build with them. Those are two completely different jobs.

If your body can't absorb what it's being given — if your liver is too backed up to process hormones properly — if your receptors aren't responding the way they should — HRT can't fix that. That's terrain work. That's pattern work. That's exactly what classical Chinese herbal medicine was designed for.

This isn't a competition between two approaches. For women who know their pattern they work together in a way that neither achieves alone.

If you're on HRT and still not yourself — the pattern is the missing piece.

🔗 danalavoiecoach.com/mini-course

Link is in my bio or comment 4 and I’ll send it directly to you.

Ever feel like you’re “doing everything right” in menopause—yet still completely stuck?

I remember lying awake at 2am thinking, “Is this really my life now?”

Chinese herbs, custom-matched to me, changed everything—sleep, mood, peace.

Now, I’m finally sharing my full system so you don’t have to figure this out alone.

Want first access + the support I wish I had? Waitlist link in bio.