"Who have I become?"
I asked myself that every morning in the mirror.

Exhausted in a way sleep couldn't fix. Snapping at people I love over nothing. Losing my words mid-sentence. Lying awake at 3am. My doctor called it perimenopause — and told me to learn to live with it. I didn't accept that.

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Before we go any further

Is this your life right now?

Read what follows — not as a list of medical symptoms, but as a description of your day.

You're in the middle of a sentence and the word you're looking for simply vanishes. You smile to cover it up. But you know.
You wake up after seven hours of sleep feeling like you ran a marathon. The exhaustion is there before the day even begins.
You snap over nothing — a small comment, a sound, something trivial. And then you feel guilty about it. Again.
You're sitting with the people you love and you're somewhere else entirely. Physically present. Absent from yourself.
You saw a doctor. They looked you in the eye and told you this was normal. That you'd have to learn to live with it.
You've tried things. Magnesium. Yoga. Herbal teas. They help a little, for a few days, and then you're right back where you started.
Deep down, you know this isn't just about getting older. You can feel that something is happening in your brain — and nobody has ever really explained it to you.

If you recognized yourself in more than two of those statements, the rest of this page was written for you.

Why this journal exists

Your doctor told you to learn to live with it. They didn't tell you the whole story.

I was 42 when my symptoms started. Brain fog. Waking up at 3 a.m. An irritability I didn't recognize as my own. My memory failing mid-conversation. My doctor had a word for it: normal. She told me it was perimenopause. That I'd get used to it. I walked out of her office, sat in my car, and for the first time in months, I cried. Not from sadness. From resistance. I hadn't spent forty-two years building a life just to learn how to survive my own days.

What my doctor had never told me is that perimenopause directly affects the brain — not just the hormones. What you're experiencing is neurological, measurable, and has specific causes that conventional medicine rarely addresses. Once I understood that, I stopped wondering if I was losing my mind. And I started looking for answers.

I spent two years reading, testing, and documenting. I changed things about my diet, my sleep, and the way I moved my body. And at the end of those two years, I found something I never saw coming. Something my doctor had never once mentioned. Something that completed my transformation in a way nothing else had.

I went back and forth for a long time before saying anything publicly. Because the first time a friend mentioned it to me, I said no — flat out. Now I understand why she kept pushing.

This journal exists so you don't have to spend two years searching on your own for what took me two years to find.

— Sarah Dunning

"I wish someone had handed me this journal the day my doctor told me to learn to live with it. So I wrote it for you."

What you'll be able to do

What this journal contains

I documented everything in the order I lived it. Two years of research. 90 days of protocol. And one discovery I truly did not see coming.

01
The science my doctor never explained
What's actually happening in your brain during perimenopause — the precise biological mechanisms behind the brain fog, insomnia, and irritability. For the first time, you'll understand that it's not all in your head.
02
What I changed about my diet and sleep
The concrete changes I made — not a diet plan, not generic advice. What I added, what I stopped, and why each choice targets the underlying mechanisms of perimenopause.
03
The central discovery — the one I never saw coming
After two years of research, I found something that nothing in conventional medicine had pointed me toward. It's the element that completed my transformation. This journal exists to explain it to you — with the science, the studies, my lived experience, and the exact protocol.
04
14 dated journal entries — week by week
What I felt, noticed, doubted, and ultimately observed — in my own words, with dates. So you know exactly what to expect and don't give up right when it starts working.
05
The complete 90-day protocol
The exact daily and weekly schedule. How to fit all of this into a real, busy life — without it becoming another project to manage.
06
An interactive 90-day tracking calendar
Built directly into the journal and saved in your browser. Available every time you come back — your progress is always there waiting for you.
07
New content added regularly — included for life
This journal keeps evolving. New chapters are on the way. Your access is permanent — all new content is automatically included at no extra cost.

What women are saying

What women like you have written to me

★★★★★

"I started reading the journal on a Sunday evening, just to see. It was past midnight and I was still going. The section on BDNF — I had to read it three times because it described exactly what I was experiencing but had never been able to put into words. For the first time in two years, I felt like someone actually understood what was happening in my head."

— Isabelle R., 47, Quebec

★★★★★

"I had been waking up at 3 a.m. every night for eighteen months. I'd tried melatonin, herbal teas, everything. I followed what Sarah describes in the journal. By the third week, I slept five full nights in a row. Five. I had forgotten what that felt like."

— Mélanie T., 45, Montreal

★★★★★

"What I love is how practical it is. Not just 'eat better and move more.' Clear explanations of why things work. A specific protocol to follow. For the first time since my symptoms started, I feel like I have a real plan — not just a list of things to try."

— Annie-Claude B., 50, Laval

★★★★★

"My doctor told me the same thing she told Sarah. I was 44 and coming home from work in tears two nights a week without knowing why. After reading the journal, I understood that I wasn't losing my mind. My brain was simply running low on resources. That shift in perspective changed something fundamental in the way I saw myself."

— Geneviève L., 44, Sherbrooke

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Read the journal. Follow the protocol for seven days. If you feel it's not right for you, reach out within seven days of your purchase and I'll give you a full refund — no questions asked, no hoops to jump through. I'm confident you'll see yourself in these pages — but I want you to be able to find out for yourself, risk-free.

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Frequently asked questions

Everything you want to know before buying

How do I access the journal after purchasing?+
As soon as your payment is confirmed, you're automatically redirected to the journal. No wait time, no email, no extra steps. You can also come back at any time by bookmarking the link — your access is permanent.
What's the difference between this journal and a book or PDF?+
A book or PDF is static — you get what's there at the time of purchase, and that's it. Sarah's Private Journal is a private web page that continues to evolve. New chapters are added regularly, and your access is for life — meaning you automatically receive all new content at no additional cost. It also works perfectly on your phone with no app needed.
Is it safe to pay online?+
Yes. Payment is processed through a secure platform with standard SSL encryption — the same protections used by Amazon or Netflix. Your payment information is never shared or stored on this site. You'll see the security lock icon in your address bar at the time of checkout.
Do I need an app to read the journal?+
No. The journal opens directly in your regular web browser — Chrome, Safari, Firefox. On your phone, tablet, or computer. Nothing to install, nothing to download. Bookmark the link once and you have lifetime access.
I've tried so many things and nothing has worked. Why would this be any different?+
Because most things we try during perimenopause target one symptom at a time. Magnesium for sleep. Exercise for energy. Herbal teas for stress. None of those isolated approaches address the underlying mechanisms of what perimenopause is actually doing to your brain. This protocol works differently — and there is one element at its core that Sarah never would have considered before she came across it herself.
Is it refundable?+
Yes — within 7 days. Read the journal, follow the protocol for a week. If you feel it's not right for you, reach out within seven days of your purchase and I'll refund you with no questions asked.

Your turn

The woman you were is still in there

Every day spent in the fog is one less day being fully present — for yourself and for the people you love. You deserve better than learning to simply survive your own days.

I asked myself every morning who I had become. I was losing my words. I couldn't sleep. I'd snap at people I love and then hate myself for it. I didn't know if it was permanent.

I found something. And I documented all of it so you don't have to spend two years searching alone for what took me two years to find.

I want to know what she found →