Thoughtful Rhythm | Women's Health and Life's Cycles

Unmade bed with rumpled white blankets in a dim bedroom at night, a glowing digital clock reading 2:13 a.m. on the bedside table beside a warm lamp.

Let's Talk About Menopause

After writing about life without estrogen, hundreds of women shared their experiences with menopause, sleepless nights, hot flashes, and the strange recalibration of the body. Their comments revealed why the...

Let's Talk About Menopause

After writing about life without estrogen, hundreds of women shared their experiences with menopause, sleepless nights, hot flashes, and the strange recalibration of the body. Their comments revealed why the...

Sweaty woman surrounded by tissues and toilet paper, dramatically posing in front of a fan during a humorous menopause moment.

If I'm 60% Water, How Have I Used 140% Today?

From hot flashes and allergy snot to emotional breakdowns and midnight bathroom trips, the female body runs a fluid management system that defies explanation. I went looking for answers and...

If I'm 60% Water, How Have I Used 140% Today?

From hot flashes and allergy snot to emotional breakdowns and midnight bathroom trips, the female body runs a fluid management system that defies explanation. I went looking for answers and...

Humorous forest-themed cover for Chronically Crappy Chronicles: A Ring of Fire, featuring salamander eggs, a creek, Desitin, a bidet remote, funny trail signs, and a checklist of mishaps from a chaotic but wonderful birthday hike.

A Ring of Fire

I swear to God, and I will call myself crazy, but my sister is usually the pain in my ass and I literally got one with her today. What started...

A Ring of Fire

I swear to God, and I will call myself crazy, but my sister is usually the pain in my ass and I literally got one with her today. What started...

A woman with glasses sits on the floor beside a bed, holding her head and crying in emotional distress after a sleepless night. The dim lighting and unmade bed in the background create an exhausted, overwhelmed mood.

The Morning Emotional Apocalypse of Menopause

Every morning lately, I wake up convinced something is wrong. My husband is mad at me. I said something terrible yesterday. My relationships are collapsing. Then by late morning, the...

The Morning Emotional Apocalypse of Menopause

Every morning lately, I wake up convinced something is wrong. My husband is mad at me. I said something terrible yesterday. My relationships are collapsing. Then by late morning, the...

A dog stands on a small muddy shoreline, looking out over a sunlit lake with rippling water and birds scattered across the surface.

Intrusive Thoughts and the Power of the Pen

Intrusive thoughts are like the pop-up ads of your brain—uninvited, badly timed, and impossible to ignore. During PMDD, they don’t just appear, they take over, blurring the line between fear...

Intrusive Thoughts and the Power of the Pen

Intrusive thoughts are like the pop-up ads of your brain—uninvited, badly timed, and impossible to ignore. During PMDD, they don’t just appear, they take over, blurring the line between fear...

Starving, Sweating, and Still in Charge

Starving, Sweating, and Still in Charge

Nothing catastrophic happened. No emergency. Just a day where everything stacked at once and my nervous system hit its limit anyway.

Starving, Sweating, and Still in Charge

Nothing catastrophic happened. No emergency. Just a day where everything stacked at once and my nervous system hit its limit anyway.