Not sure when perimenopause even starts, or if you’re in it?
You’ve talked to friends, read a few articles, maybe even asked your doctor what to expect, and still left with more questions than answers. Your partner’s been told to hibernate in the basement until it’s over, and you’re still wondering what’s really coming besides… maybe….hot flashes? Clarity starts when you understand what’s actually happening and what to do next.
Why This Work Matters
Every woman will experience perimenopause and menopause, yet most are left to figure it out alone. It’s more than hot flashes. It’s sleep loss, brain fog, mood swings, and the quiet fear that something’s off. And when women are struggling, families, teams, and entire workplaces feel it too.
This work matters because understanding changes everything. When women have real information and practical tools, they show up clear, confident, and steady, at home, at work, and everywhere decisions get made.
Meet Laurel
For more than three decades, I’ve been translating complex science into clear, compassionate guidance for women and the professionals who serve them.
My path began in maternal wellness, teaching about lactation, attachment, and early parenting. I helped grow a single-day class into an international certification program, trained thousands of health professionals, and helped shape global standards for women’s health education. I spoke on the TEDx stage, wrote bestselling books, and led workshops on hormones, the microbiome, and epigenetics around the world. And I still have one foot firmly planted in that world, I continue to offer lactation-focused talks, consult on infant feeding education, and stay deeply involved in the lactation community.
Through it all, I noticed the same gap.
When women reached midlife, the conversation went silent. That silence is what Thrive During the Transition was built to change.
Perimenopause and menopause are not medical mysteries, they’re powerful biological transitions that deserve clarity, not confusion. I bring science and empathy into the same room so women can finally understand what’s happening in their bodies, and learn how to work with those changes instead of against them.
Whether I’m teaching in a boardroom, speaking at a lactation conference, leading a retreat, or guiding a group through my 12-week program, my goal is the same: to make this stage make sense.
Because menopause isn’t the end of vitality, it’s the beginning of a deeper kind of wisdom, power, and connection to yourself.
