Ep. 78 | Perimenopause Sleep: 3 Ways to Break the Stress-Sleep Cycle This Week
You already know you're not sleeping well. You don't need another episode explaining why menopause wrecks your sleep.
What you need is something you can actually do about it. This week. Tonight.
Here's the problem most sleep advice misses: bad sleep isn't just a symptom — it's a cycle. Poor sleep raises cortisol. Elevated cortisol wrecks tomorrow night's sleep. And every night the loop gets tighter, your body gets more wired, and you get more exhausted.
Melatonin won't break that cycle. Neither will blue-light glasses or a lavender pillow spray.
In This Episode, You'll Learn:
What the "tired but wired" pattern actually is — and why it's a stress-sleep loop, not just a sleep problem
How cortisol disrupts your natural sleep rhythm in perimenopause and menopause — and why the 2am wake-ups aren't random
Why most sleep hacks and supplements don't work when your body is stuck in survival mode — they're treating the symptom, not the cycle
Three simple, practical ways to start calming your system and breaking the loop this week — no overhaul required
Why what you do during the day matters more for your sleep than what you do at bedtime
When your Response Capacity is drained, your body can't downshift at night. It doesn't know how. So the fix doesn't start at 10pm — it starts at 7am. With how you eat, how you move, and how much stress your body is absorbing all day long.
Break the daytime pattern and the nighttime follows.
This episode is for you if: You're a woman over 40 in perimenopause who's tried every sleep tip out there and still staring at the ceiling at 2am. You don't need more sleep hygiene. You need to break the cycle that's keeping your body wired.
Links & Resources:
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