08/18/2026
I officially crossed the 365 day threshold last month, and I’m celebrating. That means no cycle for a full year, which makes it official: I’m menopausal.
For the last two years I’ve lived in that unpredictable in-between, wondering if my cycle was coming or gone for good. I’d go months without it, only for it to show up again in full force. As someone who has spent years studying women’s health, perimenopause and menopause, I’ve genuinely been looking forward to this milestone.
That doesn’t mean my body has stopped changing. There are still ups and downs, and I expect there always will be. But I choose to see this as a phase of life worth celebrating, not something to dread.
At my yearly check in, my gynecologist and I talked it through and had a good laugh when she congratulated me on officially being menopausal. It felt like a moment worth marking.
This is a new era, one where women can feel strong, informed, and confident moving through this phase of life instead of quietly enduring it. What worked in one season may not work in the next, and that’s completely normal.
I’m an open book on this, so if you have questions, come talk to me. Women need a village, and for far too long this stage of life has been something we whisper about instead of talk through together. The more we share, the more we all benefit.
