My Perimenopause Journey in 2025: Wins, Struggles, and Lessons Learned

I'm not one for making New Year's resolutions, but I do consider goals and key areas of focus as I look ahead to a new year. My perimenopause journey in 2025 taught me more than I expected about my body, my mindset, and my priorities. At the top of 2025, I outlined a few focus areas and worked hard to achieve them. Perimenopause has been challenging some days, and it was my intention to see how I could ease some of the changes and overwhelm I was experiencing.

My goal was to work at my strength training routine which has suffered tremendously since the start of my perimenopause journey. I also wanted to nurture my mental health which I noticed was becoming an issue for me, and achieving overall balance with my lifestyle. So, what were the hits and misses for the year?

Well, I went into the new year open to trying new things, including  adding new foods to my diet. For example, jujube fruit was foreign to me, but now I'm making a tea that's rich in antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties. I also removed pork and red meat from my diet for several months, and was good with maintaining a nice balance in my overall approach to my nutrition.

When spring arrived, I noticed I was feeling a lot of overwhelm trying to prepare for my last child to graduate. I didn't feel like I could get it all done between the graduation, the content creation, and life in general. So, I took a break. I prioritized what was important to me, and wound up on about a two to three month hiatus from content creation, and it felt good. Honoring my body and my mind in those instances were big wins for me, and I'm proud of myself for doing that.

At this point, you can probably figure out what my loss was for the year. My strength training. It has been rough. Some weeks I manage to get in about two to three days, and other weeks nothing at all. That said,  I’m still moving my body. Walking is still a big part of my daily lifestyle, and it has been good to me. I try not to get so down on myself about the strength training, and instead focus on doing  what I can, in hopes of getting better with time on this perimenopause journey.

Even though there were some hits and misses this year, I think there was also some major lessons learned. I learned how to identify what wasn't working for me and pivot as necessary. I learned not to get so down on myself, and I learned when to acknowledge I need help.  I consider all of these lessons a win. It's still a journey, and I'm wrapping up 2025 knowing things weren't so bad after all, and believing better things are on the way in 2026. Did you achieve your goals 2025?