As I step into Chapter 47 of my life, I can feel something shifting within me, a deeper sense of peace, purpose, and self-awareness that only comes with experience, resilience, and growth. This year has been a true awakening. It’s as if life is reminding me that I’m not just living, I’m becoming . The past few months, especially, have been amazing. I’ve achieved goals that once felt out of reach and filled my calendar with memories that that made this year feel truly special.

For the last year , my body has been going through one of the most transformative stages of womanhood, perimenopause . It crept in quietly at first, a few headaches here , some fatigue there . But before long , the signs became impossible to ignore - severe migraines , body aches, nausea, cramps, heavier periods, brain fog, anxiety, and emotional swings that seemed to come out of nowhere .  I used to feel like my body wasn't even mine anymore , like I was living in a shell th