NovaPause Blog
Navigating Heart Palpitations & Anxiety During Menopause
Sudden heart flutters or racing pulses in perimenopause can feel terrifying, especially when anxiety rushes in behind them. This guide explains what menopause heart palpitations can feel like, when to seek medical care, and how to gently support your heart and nervous system once serious issues are ruled out.
Midlife Metabolism: Reframing Weight in Menopause
Your body can change shape in perimenopause even when your habits haven’t. This guide to midlife metabolism in menopause explains how estrogen shifts, and muscle loss affect weight gain and how to move from fighting the “meno belly” to building strength, energy, and long-term health.
The Thermal Reset: Rethinking Hot Flashes & Night Sweats with Science + Soul
Hot flashes and night sweats aren’t just random waves of heat, they’re your brain and nervous system trying to adapt to a new hormonal landscape. This Thermal Reset guide explains what’s really happening with your internal thermostat in perimenopause and menopause, and offers practical, science-informed cooling strategies for sleep, environment, and nervous-system support so you can feel more comfortable and in control.
Rethinking Fitness in Midlife: Why Strength Training Is Your New Superpower
The old “eat less, do more cardio” formula often stops working in perimenopause. Here we explain why midlife changes in muscle, metabolism, and bone density make strength training your new superpower and how it can help you feel stronger and more capable in your Second Spring.
Balancing Hormones on Your Plate: The Menopause Nutrition Blueprint
The rules of eating you relied on in your 20s and 30s can stop working in perimenopause. This menopause nutrition blueprint explains how food can support hormone metabolism, gut health, meno-belly, mood, and midlife energy without rigid diets or perfection.
Perimenopause vs. Menopause: How to Navigate the Three Stages of the Transition
Menopause isn’t a single date circled on a calendar. It’s a three-stage transition: perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause. This article explains what’s happening in your hormones and nervous system at each stage, which symptoms are common, and where to focus your self-care now.