Why You're So Tired in Perimenopause (And What to Do About It)

Why You're So Tired in Perimenopause (And What to Do About It)

April 26, 2026 · 58 min

About this episode

Dr. Shauna Watts discusses the physiological impacts of perimenopause on women's health with hormone specialist Dr. Mariza Snyder.

Learn more about the Rediscover You Program here: https://youbydrshaunawatts.com.au/16-week-rediscover-you-menopause-program/16-week-rediscover-you-program/ If you are eating well, exercising, cutting alcohol, doing everything right, and your body is still not cooperating, this episode is the one you have been waiting for. Dr. Shauna Watts sits down with Dr. Mariza Snyder, functional practitioner and hormone specialist, for one of the most clinically grounded conversations about what perimenopause is actually doing to your body. Your brain, your metabolism, your stress response, your gut, your immune system. All of it. This is the episode to send to every woman in your life who has been told her symptoms are just stress, just aging, or just life. What is covered in this episode: ➡️ Why perimenopause symptoms are so unpredictable, and why the chaos is completely physiological, not psychological ➡️ What declining estrogen and progesterone are doing to your insulin sensitivity, and why eating less and moving more has stopped working ➡️ The cortisol connection: why chronic stress and declining hormones are a compounding combination that makes every symptom louder ➡️ What "tired…

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