Understanding Menopause and Anxiety: Support and Solutions

Understanding Menopause and Anxiety: Support and Solutions

April 20, 2026 · 40 min · Episode 687

About this episode

This episode discusses the link between perimenopause and anxiety, exploring how hormonal changes affect mood and offering strategies for relief.

Experiencing new or worsening anxiety in your late 30s or 40s? It may be linked to perimenopause. In this episode of Dishing Up Nutrition, learn how shifting estrogen and progesterone levels affect mood, sleep, and stress, and why anxiety can feel sudden and physical during this transition. Discover practical nutrition and lifestyle strategies to balance blood sugar, support hormones, improve sleep, and reduce anxiety so you can start feeling like yourself again.

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