What Women Need to Know About Perimenopause, Hormones & Birth Control | Lara Briden

<p>Struggling to know what to do when stress, boredom or big emotions hit?</p><p><br></p><p>Download my free guide &quot;100 Things to Do Instead of Drinking&quot;, a toolkit for sitting with those feelings instead of reaching for a glass of wine.</p><p>Get your free guide → <a href="https://sarahrusbatch.com/free-guide-100-things-to-do-instead-of-drinking"><u>https://bit.ly/4qOiGUw</u></a></p><p><br></p><p>Perimenopause is not a medical condition and you are not broken. Dr Lara Briden explains what is really happening to your hormones after 40, and why alcohol makes all of it harder.<br></p><p>In this episode I sit down with Dr Lara Briden, naturopathic doctor and author of Period Repair Manual, Hormone Repair Manual and Metabolism Repair for Women. Lara reframes perimenopause as a second puberty and pushes back on the fear-based messaging filling our feeds. We cover alcohol as the bigger hidden hormone disruptor, the iron deficiency being mislabelled as brain fog, what the pill really does to a teenage cycle, and why insulin resistance locks women out of their own energy stores. This is the kind of knowledge that lets you walk into your doctor&#39;s office and advocate for yourself.<br></p><p>Key Topics Covered</p><p>- Why periods go chaotic after 40, and what ovulation winding down really looks like.</p><p>- Perimenopause as second puberty, not a medical condition, with many symptoms temporary.</p><p>- The iron deficiency hiding behind brain fog, and why heavy bleeding needs full iron studies.</p><p>- Alcohol as the bigger hormone disruptor, raising estrogen and steepening the drops.</p><p>- What the pill does to a teenage cycle, and the twelve years it takes to mature ovulation.</p><p>- Hormonal IUDs and heavy periods, the real wins, the androgen side effects, and keeping your uterus.</p><p>- The rethink around endometriosis, and why experts want to stop cutting young women open.</p><p><br></p><p>Timestamps</p><p> Dr Lara Briden On Chaotic Perimenopause Periods (00:00)</p><p> Second Puberty, Low Iron And Brain Fog (04:37)</p><p> Estrogen Swings, Alcohol And Fear Marketing (12:00)</p><p> What The Pill Does To Teen Cycles (20:32)</p><p> Pill Bleeds, Hormonal IUDs And Real Periods (25:29)</p><p> Should You Get Endometriosis Surgery? (32:25)</p><p> PCOS Should Be Renamed PMOS (38:45)</p><p> How To Treat High Androgens Naturally (44:53)</p><p> How Insulin Resistance Starts In Midlife (50:36)</p><p> Why Midlife Weight Loss Advice Fails (57:40)</p><p> Rapid F