Hi Reader, If you are in perimenopause, chances are at least one of these has crossed your mind lately: Should I be fasting? Why am I gaining weight when I have not changed anything? What am I actually supposed to eat now? If I take HRT, does that fix the hormone problem? And the problem is not that there is a shortage of answers. There are answers everywhere. Your trainer has one opinion. Your favorite wellness account has another. Someone on TikTok is telling you to stop eating breakfast....
5 days ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader, Because you're an Ovary Club Insider, you don't just get the episode… you get the playbook behind it. This week I sat down with Lily Nichols, Registered Dietitian and author of Real Food for Fertility and Real Food for Pregnancy, to talk about what preconception nutrition really looks like and where the usual fertility advice falls short… Now I'm giving you the step-by-step plan I've used with women over 35 for nearly 30 years, and that I used myself to have my girls at 37 and 44:...
10 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, If pregnancy is somewhere on your radar for the next year, there are three things I want you to know now, not the month you start trying. Because your ovaries are already doing the work. 1. The egg you ovulate has been developing for about 7 to 8 months. We hear about the "90-day egg quality window" all the time. But when Lily Nichols and her co-author looked at the research for Real Food for Fertility, they found that follicle development stretches back roughly 220 days before...
12 days ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader, Because you're an Ovary Club Insider, you don't just get the episode… you get the playbook behind it. This week I broke down the five ways travel disrupts your hormones, and why you can come home from a wonderful trip feeling bloated, exhausted, and completely off. Now I'm giving you the exact game plan I use every single time I travel: My Healthy Travel Cheat Sheet Here's what's waiting for you: My full packing list: the travel products, supplements, and food that come with me on...
17 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, Can we talk about the post-vacation crash? You had a wonderful trip. And then you get home and suddenly you are bloated, exhausted, constipated, sleeping terribly, and eating like your hunger cues have completely disappeared. Girl. There is a reason. Travel puts several hormone-sensitive systems under stress at the exact same time. Here are three I want on your radar: 1. Jet lag is not only about sleep. Your circadian rhythm helps coordinate hormone production throughout the day....
19 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, Because you're an Ovary Club Insider, you don't just get the episode… you get the playbook behind it. This week I sat down with my friend Giada De Laurentiis, who shared how her labs kept climbing even though she thought she was doing everything right. Now I'm giving you the system behind the 3-month turnaround that brought her A1C, cholesterol, and ApoB all back down: The Meal Prep Blueprint for Midlife Women Here's what's waiting for you: The four-category batch-prep system that...
24 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, By midlife, most women already know that food matters for their hormones. The problem is figuring out what to actually eat. Fast, but not too long. Eat more protein. Watch your carbs. Be careful with fat. Keep your blood sugar stable. Meal prep. Eat enough fiber. Avoid too much sugar. Meanwhile, food still has to taste good, fit into a busy life, and feel like something you can enjoy without wondering whether every bite is somehow working against you. No wonder women are...
26 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, Because you're an Ovary Club Insider, you don't just get the episode… you get the playbook behind it. This week I sat down with Dr. Andrea Matsumura, a board-certified sleep medicine physician, to talk about why women's sleep disruption gets missed and what's actually happening hormonally when you can't stay asleep. Now I'm giving you a protocol for the mornings when your sleep falls apart: My Broken-Sleep Recovery Protocol Here's what's waiting for you: A blood sugar, movement,...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, At some point after 40, sleep can go from something you barely thought about to something you are suddenly managing every single night. Melatonin gummies. Magnesium. No screens. Cooler bedroom. Earlier bedtime. And somehow… you are still awake at 3 a.m. doomscrolling on TikTok, checking the clock, or trying to calculate how many hours you have left before morning. You might be thinking, Well… hormones. I am in perimenopause. Of course my sleep is a mess. But I have to stop you...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read