It’s 3 p.m. and your third (or is it fourth?!) coffee isn’t even touching the sides. You’re bone-tired, feeling like you’re living in a fog, no matter how much you sleep, it never feels like enough. (Though let’s be honest, in perimenopause, decent sleep feels like a fantasy anyway!)

If you feel like you’re dragging yourself through mud day after day, and your blood tests look normal, these 5 clues might finally explain why.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Why “normal” blood tests miss the real reasons for your crushing fatigue
• 5 hidden drivers of exhaustion in perimenopause
• What you can actually do to change things without giving up your whole life

This episode will help you connect the dots behind that relentless, no-matter-how-much-you-sleep exhaustion, and give you practical, doable ideas to get your spark back and feel more like your usual self again.

SNEAK PEEK:

“…too often, feeling tired is dismissed as 'standard' for women, especially those over 40 in perimenopause or menopause. Even when tests are run, standard blood test ranges catch full-blown diseases, not the subtle shifts affecting your energy, mood, and metabolism years before a clear diagnosis.”

If you’re done dragging yourself through each day on autopilot, this is your chance to figure out what’s actually going on.

🎧 Listen now to learn the 5 clues behind your perimenopause exhaustion, and what to do about them so you can finally feel like yourself again.

Links & resources mentioned in the episode:

• Book your free Clarity Call
• Iron Deficiency in Perimenopause
• Thyroid health in perimenopause
• Sleep and weight loss
• Sleep better in perimenopause

Send us a question for the FAQs segment or your feedback, we’d love to hear from you.

Find out more about Sarah, her services and the Freebies mentioned in this episode at https://www.ThePerimenopauseNaturopath.com.au

• The Perimenopause Decoder is the ultimate guide to understanding if perimenopause hormone fluctuations are behind your changing mood, metabolism and energy after 40, what phase of perimenopause you're in, and how much longer you may be on this roller coaster for.
• For more, follow on Instagram at @theperimenopausenaturopath.

WORK WITH SARAH THE PERIMENOPAUSE NATUROPATH:

• PerimenoGO (because who wants to pause anyway?!) A self-guided program to help you reverse weight gain, boost energy, and reclaim your mood — without extreme diets or cutting carbs. Perfect for women who want a realistic plan that fits around kids, work, and actual life.
• The Chaos to Calm Method: A 1:1 personalised program for women who want a more personalised plan and support — especially if you’ve got 10kg+ to lose, other health issues, or feel like your body’s just stuck. Includes comprehensive blood testing and analysis, Metabolic Balance ...

Why Are ALL My Hormones So Low at 41? And What About DHEA?

If your blood tests are “normal”… but you feel anything but — this episode is for you.

You’re tired. Moody. Gaining weight. Your thyroid results are borderline. Your estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone are low.

And your doctor says… “Everything looks fine.”

What now?

In this episode of Chaos to Calm, Sarah answers a listener’s question that gets to the heart of what so many women in their early 40s are experiencing — hormone shifts that don’t show up clearly on bloods, but are still impacting every part of how you feel.

Whether you’re wondering if you’re in perimenopause, confused by your DHEA result, or questioning if your thyroid could be behind it all — this conversation will help you understand how it all fits together (and what to do next).

What You’ll Learn:

• How early perimenopause can actually start — and why it’s often missed
• Why low hormone levels at 41 don’t mean there’s something wrong with you
• Why female hormone testing can be a waste of time (and what’s more helpful instead)
• The truth about DHEA: what it is, what it does, and when it matters
• How stress impacts your hormones and thyroid — and why nervous system support, not more supplements, needs a seat at the table

Sneak Peek:

“If you’ve been burning the candle at both ends, running on coffee and cortisol, or simply juggling busy mum life for the past 10 years… your DHEA may be low because your body has been in survival mode.

Tune in now to learn:

• What’s really driving your low hormone levels
• Why the thyroid often gets blamed (but isn’t usually the culprit)
• The first step to take if you’re wondering, “Is this perimenopause?”

Links & resources mentioned in the episode:

• Download The Perimenopause Decoder
• Blog: Phases of Perimenopause
• Blog: Early Menopause

Send us a question for the FAQs segment or your feedback, we’d love to hear from you.

Find out more about Sarah, her services and the Freebies mentioned in this episode at https://www.ThePerimenopauseNaturopath.com.au

• The Perimenopause Decoder is the ultimate guide to understanding if perimenopause hormone fluctuations are behind your changing mood, metabolism and energy after 40, what phase of perimenopause you're in, and how much longer you may be on this roller coaster for.
• For more, follow on Instagram at @theperimenopausenaturopath.

WORK WITH SARAH THE PERIMENOPAUSE NATUROPATH:

• PerimenoGO (because who wants to pause anyway?!) A self-guided program to help you reverse weight gain, boost energy, and reclaim your mood — without extreme diets or cutting carbs. Perfect for women who want a realistic plan that fits around kids, work, and actual life.
• The Chaos to Calm Method: A 1:1 personalised program for women who want a more personalised plan and support — especially if you’ve got 10kg+ to lose, other health issues, or feel like your body’s just stuck. Includes comprehensive blood testing and analysis, Metabolic Balance ...

Eat Less, Move More? Why That Stops Working After 40

It’s not that your body is broken. It’s that your body changed the rules and didn’t tell you.

If your old weight loss strategies are making things worse... this episode is for you.

You’ve cut back on calories. You’ve done more cardio. You’ve skipped breakfast, pushed through the hunger, and skipped family pizza night and wine time with the girls more times than you care to remember. But the weight won’t shift, and your energy, mood and sleep keep getting worse.

Sound familiar?

This episode explains why the “eat less, move more” advice fails in your 40s and what to do instead - so you can finally start seeing results again, without restriction or burnout.

What we cover in this episode:

• The 4 hormone shifts that change how your body uses fuel
• Why insulin resistance is the hidden reason for cravings, belly fat, and post-meal crashes
• How cortisol, muscle loss, and poor sleep slow your metabolism
• The 4-step strategy that works with your body—not against it
• Real-life insights from Sarah’s own 20kg weight gain (and how she reversed it)

Sneak Peek:

“By the time I hit my early 40s, I’d gained 20 kilos, without really changing anything. I was bloated, exhausted, snoring, sweating through the night, hot all the time, moody, anxious, and completely overwhelmed... what scared me most was thinking, ‘If I feel this bad now, how am I going to feel in ten years?’ The missing piece wasn’t more willpower - it was understanding the metabolic changes that come with hormone shifts.”

🎧 Tune in now to learn:

• Why your symptoms are signals, not failures
• The real root cause of stubborn weight gain (and how to fix it)
• How to eat in a way that restores metabolic flexibility and balances hormones naturally

🔗 Links & resources mentioned in the episode:

• 4 Hormones Free training
• PerimenoGO program
• T

Send us a question for the FAQs segment or your feedback, we’d love to hear from you.

Find out more about Sarah, her services and the Freebies mentioned in this episode at https://www.ThePerimenopauseNaturopath.com.au

• The Perimenopause Decoder is the ultimate guide to understanding if perimenopause hormone fluctuations are behind your changing mood, metabolism and energy after 40, what phase of perimenopause you're in, and how much longer you may be on this roller coaster for.
• For more, follow on Instagram at @theperimenopausenaturopath.

WORK WITH SARAH THE PERIMENOPAUSE NATUROPATH:

• PerimenoGO (because who wants to pause anyway?!) A self-guided program to help you reverse weight gain, boost energy, and reclaim your mood — without extreme diets or cutting carbs. Perfect for women who want a realistic plan that fits around kids, work, and actual life.
• The Chaos to Calm Method: A 1:1 personalised program for women who want a more personalised plan and support — especially if you’ve got 10kg+ to lose, other health issues, or feel like your body’s just stuck. Includes comprehensive blood testing and analysis, Metabolic Balance ...