In this episode of Wild, Wise & Curious, we sit down with Jody for a powerful conversation about perimenopause, brain fog, identity and rebuilding your life when everything feels like it’s falling apart.

Jody shares how her perimenopause symptoms collided with a difficult chapter - the end of her marriage, caring for three children with additional needs, losing her father and leaving her teaching career of 23 years. Brain fog became her biggest challenge, impacting her confidence, clarity and ability to function in the classroom.

Together, we explore:

• the confusion of perimenopause symptoms being mistaken for anxiety
• the grief of losing old routines, roles and versions of ourselves
• parenting children with additional needs while trying to care for yourself
• rebuilding self‑trust through journaling, meditation, breath work, Pilates and yoga
• the guilt women carry
• modern parenting pressures and the exhaustion of trying to ‘do it all’
• Jody’s evolution from teaching and selling make-up and skin products - to coaching, boundaries work and supporting other mums
• creating new systems, new expectations and new ways of living that actually work

It’s an episode about self‑compassion, survival and slowly finding your way back to yourself.

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