Episode #115
The Midlife Reset, Part 1: Is This Perimenopause? The Symptoms No One Told You About
What if the changes you've been blaming on stress, aging, or a lack of discipline are actually signs that your body is entering an entirely new season? Welcome to Part 1 of The Midlife Reset , a four-part Empower HER Radio series designed to help women understand what is happening in their bodies during perimenopause and midlife—and what they can actually do about it. In this foundational episode, Dr. Corey Winn, Doctor of Physical Therapy, strength specialist, and founder of HER Fitness LLC, gets personal about her own experience with perimenopause: migraines returning after nearly a decade, waking at 2 a.m. and being unable to fall back asleep, hair loss, brain fog, temperature changes, and the frustrating realization that even as a healthcare professional, no one had taught her what to expect. Because perimenopause isn't just about hot flashes or your period changing. Hormonal changes in midlife can show up through your brain, sleep, mood, cardiovascular health, metabolism, muscle and bone health, gut health, skin, hair, energy, and more . And when you don't understand what's happening, it's easy to assume you need to eat less, exercise harder, become more disciplined—or simply accept that you're "getting older." This episode challenges that narrative. You'll learn how declining and fluctuating estrogen can influence multiple systems throughout the body, why maintaining muscle becomes increasingly important for metabolism, insulin sensitivity, strength, longevity, and healthy aging , and why symptoms like brain fog, irritability, poor sleep, heart palpitations, joint stiffness, bloating, constipation, changing exercise tolerance, and hair loss deserve a bigger conversation. Most importantly, Dr. Corey shares why women's health advocacy matters . If something feels different in your body, you deserve a healthcare practitioner who listens, asks better questions, considers the whole picture, and helps you understand your options. Midlife isn't the beginning of decline. It can be the moment you finally understand your body well enough to build the strength, health, energy, and longevity you want for the decades ahead. In this episode, you'll discover: Why perimenopause symptoms can begin earlier than many women expect The connection between estrogen and brain, heart, muscle, bone, metabolic, and gut health Symptoms of perimenopause that women may not recognize as hormone-related Why muscle becomes increasingly important during midlife How hormonal changes may affect recovery, strength, body composition, and energy Why "eat less and exercise more" isn't an adequate strategy for every woman in midlife How to begin advocating for yourself when you're not getting meaningful answers Why this phase of life requires a different strategy—not simply more effort This is Part 1 of a four-part series on Empower HER Radio. Over the next four weeks, we're going deeper into the conversations women deserve to be having about their health, bodies, strength, and choices in midlife. If this episode made you think, Wait...this could explain so much, send it to another woman who needs this conversation. Subscribe to Empower HER Radio so you don't miss Part 2, share this episode with the women in your life, and connect with Dr. Corey to continue the conversation. Your body is changing. That doesn't mean your best years are behind you. It means it's time to understand what your body needs now—and move forward from there. Empower HER Radio with Dr. Corey Winn Conversations about women's health, perimenopause, strength training, longevity, leadership, personal growth, advocacy, and creating a powerful next chapter. Join us here: www.theweeklyexamroom.com Connect with Dr. Corey Winn Book a Free Call: www.coreywinn.com/freecall Instagram: @coreywinndpt LinkedIn: @coreywinn Substack : @corewinndpt Website: www.coreywinn.com ♿️ Nonprofit: www.thecarledwardfoundation.org
