Episode #38
Ep 38 - Brain Fog, 3 AM Wake-Ups, and Perimenopause: What Your Body Is Actually Telling You | Celia Layman
Ready to spend a whole day on your own health? Holistically You 2026 is Saturday, September 19: https://www.higherhealthva.net/holistically-you Perimenopause brain fog, waking at 3 a.m. for no reason you can name, and an energy crash every afternoon are real perimenopause symptoms, and they aren't simply what getting older feels like. Maybe you've been told your labs are normal, or that this is just what your forties and fifties look like, or you stopped bringing it up because the appointment is fifteen minutes long. My guest is Celia Layman, a Certified Menopause Coach who came off the birth control pill, landed in perimenopause with GI issues severe enough that she went looking for real answers, and found a doctor who taught her about health sovereignty. We get into why there's so much perimenopause information now that it's become its own overwhelm, why her gut healing didn't finish until she dealt with the emotional wounds underneath, which hormone labs to ask for at each stage of life, and what health sovereignty looks like when you're soft-spoken and feel rushed. Plus Holistically You 2026, where groups of three or more are $95 each instead of $125 and my Living Yoga Blueprint comes free with registration. Key takeaways: Perimenopause brain fog, poor sleep, and the afternoon energy crash have root causes. They aren't simply what getting older feels like. Your gut healing may be waiting on your emotional healing. Celia's GI issues didn't resolve until her body felt safe enough to let go. Health sovereignty is learnable. You can ask why, ask for other options, ask about risk, request specific hormone labs, and get a second opinion. The right labs for your stage of life get to the root cause and validate what you've been experiencing. Small shifts in sleep, nutrition, and movement work in synergy. No overhaul needed. Resources mentioned: Register for Holistically You 2026, September 19. Keynote by Dr. Alexandra Cope, with breakouts on hormones, gut health, pelvic floor, and perimenopause. $125, or $95 each for groups of three: https://www.higherhealthva.net/holistically-you Celia's work, Embrace the Change perimenopause groups and 1:1 Power Talks: https://www.higherhealthva.net The Living Yoga Blueprint, free with your Holistically You registration: https://radiantlyrootedyoga.com/blueprint Weekly reflections and practices from me: https://radiantlyrootedyoga.com/newsletter Topics mentioned: perimenopause, menopause, brain fog, hormone labs, gut health, health sovereignty. Book referenced: The Body Keeps the Score. About Celia Layman: Inspired by her own transformative healing path, Celia is the life behind Higher Health, LLC, founder of "Embrace The Change" Perimenopause Support, and partner in the vision behind "Holistically You". About Rachel: I'm a life coach and yoga teacher, and I work with the woman who did everything right, checked every box, and built a life that looks good from the outside but can't quite find herself in it anymore. I spent years building exactly that life before I found my way back through yoga, the body, and a lot of deep inner work. Now I help you get off the hamster wheel and come home to yourself, so you can hear your own voice again, trust it, and feel whole, not someday, but now. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5zZ1uaa5CP8
