Women's Empowerment Coach · Sarah Dunning

What the most trusted women in the world figured out about this phase of life

And the one discovery none of them are talking about

Oprah Winfrey Brené Brown Mel Robbins Dr. Lisa Mosconi Naomi Watts Michelle Obama
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Why this guide exists

You were told to learn to live with it. That was the wrong answer.

I spent 15 years as a school counselor helping women through their hardest moments. Then perimenopause hit — and I realized I didn't understand this at all.

The exhaustion that sleep couldn't fix. Losing your words mid-sentence. Waking up at 3am and lying there for hours. Snapping at people you love over nothing and hating yourself for it afterward. Feeling like a stranger in your own mind.

My doctor called it perimenopause. He told me to learn to live with it.

I didn't accept that. So I did what I always do when I don't understand something: I researched. For two years. I read everything I could find — peer-reviewed studies, expert interviews, books, clinical trial data. I followed every thread until it ran out.

What I found is that the most respected women in the world were asking the same questions I was. Some had found partial answers. None of them had found all of it. This guide is my attempt to put it together in one place — including the piece that surprised me most.

The voices that shaped this guide

I didn't find this alone

Their research, lived experience, and public advocacy are woven into every chapter. Their wisdom got me 80% of the way there. The last chapter covers the other 20% — the part none of them are talking about publicly.

Oprah Winfrey
Advocate for naming what women go through
Naomi Watts
Founder of Stripes · Perimenopause advocate
Dr. Lisa Mosconi
Neuroscientist · Author of The Menopause Brain
Brené Brown
Research professor · Midlife and identity
Mel Robbins
Habits, identity and why mindset alone fails
Michelle Obama
Public advocate for women's health conversations
What's inside

Eight chapters. Two years of research. One discovery that changed everything.

01
Oprah · Naomi Watts
You are not imagining it
Why the most informed women in the world still felt completely lost — and what that tells you about how poorly this transition is understood.
02
Sarah's story
The two years that led to this guide
How a school counselor who spent 15 years helping women through hard things ended up completely unable to help herself.
03
Dr. Lisa Mosconi
What you eat is how you think
The neuroscientist who finally explained the brain fog. What her research reveals about food and the perimenopausal brain — and the exact dietary changes I made.
04
Brené Brown
Move with your body, not against it
Why everything I tried before made things worse — and the three types of movement that work with a recalibrating nervous system.
05
Mel Robbins
Sleep is the foundation
Why Mel Robbins is right — but only if this comes first. The exact sleep protocol that fixed two years of 3am wake-ups, in six steps.
06
The piece they aren't talking about
The discovery
After six weeks of doing everything right, something was still missing. This chapter is about what I found when I kept looking — the discovery I almost dismissed before I read the science.
07
The full system
The 90-day protocol
My complete daily and weekly schedule — simple enough to follow on the days you have zero energy. Includes a 90-day tracking calendar.
08
Six months later
What I really got back
The concrete results. Not a highlight reel — the actual week-by-week changes, documented as they happened.
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About the author

Who wrote this — and why

Sarah Dunning
Sarah Dunning
Women's Empowerment Coach · Former School Counselor

I spent 15 years as a middle school counselor in Columbus, Ohio — helping kids and families through anxiety, burnout, and the quiet struggles nobody talks about out loud. Then perimenopause hit and I became one of the women I used to help. I wrote this guide because I spent two years finding what no one handed me — and I didn't want another woman to spend two years doing the same thing alone.

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Before you decide

Who is this guide for? +
Women experiencing the cognitive and emotional symptoms of perimenopause — brain fog, fatigue that sleep doesn't fix, irritability, disrupted sleep, loss of mental clarity — who have been told to learn to live with it and haven't accepted that answer.
What exactly do I get for $6.99? +
Instant access to the full eight-chapter guide — including the complete 90-day protocol, an interactive tracking calendar, the chapter on the discovery that completed my transformation, and the letter I wish I had received at the beginning of all of this. One-time payment, lifetime access, readable on any device.
Is this a supplement pitch? +
No. Seven of the eight chapters are about food, movement, sleep, mindset, and the research behind each. Chapter 6 covers the discovery that surprised me most — which I document fully, with the science. I share what I personally used and where to find it, but nothing is required to benefit from this guide.
How is this different from just Googling perimenopause? +
Two years of research, synthesized into a system that works together rather than isolated tips that contradict each other. The diet, movement, sleep, and the discovery in Chapter 6 are designed to work as a complete protocol — each piece amplifying the others. That's what Google won't give you.
What if I'm not satisfied? +
Seven-day guarantee. If you read it and don't find it valuable, reach out and I'll make it right. At $6.99 the only real risk is not reading it.
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