You Don't Need 10 More Things to Do

You know what you don't need right now?

Another supplement protocol. Another morning routine. Another app tracking your sleep, your steps, your water intake, your meditation streak.

Another well-meaning expert telling you to add one more thing to the mountain of things you're already trying to remember.

I get it. You're dealing with brain fog that makes you forget why you walked into a room. You're managing hot flashes that wake you at 3 AM. You're trying to show up for your career, your family, your life—while your brain feels like it's running on dial-up internet.

And everywhere you turn, someone's got a new hack, a new supplement, a new thing you should be doing.

Here's what I've learned after nearly 30 years in this industry and my own train wreck of a menopause transition: More information doesn't solve the problem. More tactics don't solve the problem.

What solves the problem is knowing which levers actually move the needle for YOU.

The BrainGrace™ Difference

My program isn't a list of 27 hacks you should start doing tomorrow.

It's a framework that helps you understand what's actually driving the symptoms you're experiencing—the brain fog, the word-finding issues, the feeling that your brain just isn't working the way it used to.

Because here's the thing: When you're dealing with five different issues, they're not five separate problems requiring five separate solutions. Usually, they're symptoms of two or three root causes. And when you address those root causes, multiple symptoms improve at once.

That's the power of discernment. That's what I help my clients develop—the ability to look at their unique situation and identify the key drivers that matter most for their brain and body right now.

Not what worked for your neighbor. Not what some influencer swears by. What your brain actually needs based on your hormones, your history, your life.

Growth Happens in the Uncomfortable

I spent 20 years practicing yoga and teaching before I shifted my focus entirely to brain health coaching. And there's one principle I carried with me from the mat into everything I do now:

Growth doesn't happen in the comfortable.

When you're holding a pose that makes your legs shake and your breath get choppy, your first instinct is to back off, to find the easier version, to wait for it to be over. But that shaking, that intensity? That's where you build strength. That's where change happens.

The same is true for changing your brain health.

It can feel unnerving to admit that what got you here won't get you where you want to go.

But if you want to feel sharp and clear and capable again—if you want to thrive through this transition instead of just survive it—you have to be willing to get uncomfortable.

The Path Forward Requires Curiosity About Yourself

Here's what I see happen with almost every client: They come to me convinced they already know what their problem is.

"I just need to sleep better." "I just need to manage my stress." "I just need the right supplements."

And sometimes they're partly right. But more often, there's something deeper they haven't considered. A pattern they haven't noticed. A connection they haven't made.

The women who transform their cognitive health aren't the ones who think they have it all figured out. They're the ones willing to get curious about what they don't yet understand about themselves.

This requires imagination—not the fairy-tale kind, but the willingness to consider possibilities you haven't explored.

What if the brain fog isn't just about sleep? What if the anxiety and the memory issues are connected? What if there's a metabolic piece you've been missing entirely?

When you're open to discovering something new about how your body and brain work, you often find a path forward you never knew existed. But you have to be willing to look.

And here's the hard truth: If you keep doing exactly what you've been doing, you'll keep getting exactly what you've been getting.

You already know this. We all do.

Yet somehow we convince ourselves that if we just try harder with the same approach, push a little more, be more disciplined with the tactics that aren't working—somehow it'll be different this time.

It won't.

Different results require different actions. Sometimes radically different. And that's uncomfortable because it means letting go of approaches you've invested in, admitting that what worked in your 30s doesn't work in your 50s, and being willing to try something that feels foreign or even a little scary.

But that discomfort? That's not something to avoid. That's the signal you're on the right track.

When you feel the resistance, the awkwardness, the "I'm not sure about this"—that's your nervous system realizing something is changing. And change, even positive change, feels uncomfortable at first.

The question is: Are you willing to sit with that discomfort long enough to see what's on the other side of it?

You Can't Compartmentalize Your Way to a Better Brain

Here's something I see all the time: Women come to me wanting to fix their brain health, but they think it's a separate project. Something they'll tackle "over here" while the rest of their life continues as usual.

But your brain doesn't work in isolation. Neither do you.

Who you are in the small moments—how you respond to stress in a meeting, whether you prioritize sleep when you're busy, how you talk to yourself when you forget something—that's who you are, period. You can't show up powerfully for your brain health while showing up half-present everywhere else.

The good news? This means every moment becomes practice.

The choice you make about lunch today. The boundary you set (or don't set) in that text exchange. The way you move your body while doing laundry. Each one is an opportunity to show up for your brain, to build the capacity to make the choices that matter.

When you commit to your cognitive health, you're not just signing up for a program. You're choosing to show up differently in your whole life. And that bigger version of you? She lifts everything else up with her.

What This Actually Looks Like

In BrainGrace™, we don't start with a giant to-do list.

We start with understanding. We look at your unique brain chemistry, your hormonal transition, your lifestyle, your history. We identify the two or three key drivers that are creating the symptoms you want to resolve.

Then we build a sustainable approach—not 47 new habits, but a few strategic shifts that address root causes and fit into your actual life.

And yes, it requires you to get uncomfortable.

To look at patterns you've been running for decades. To try approaches that feel unfamiliar at first. To show up differently not just in your "health routine" but in how you move through your days.

To get curious about what you don't yet know about yourself. To imagine possibilities you haven't considered. To do something different instead of hoping the same old thing will magically work this time.

But that discomfort? That's not a sign you're doing it wrong. That's a sign you're growing.

Ready to Get Clear on What Actually Matters?

If you're tired of collecting more supplements and more advice and more things you "should" be doing...

If you're ready to understand what's really going on with your brain and get a clear, strategic approach that actually fits your life...

If you're willing to get uncomfortable, get curious, and do something genuinely different in service of feeling clear, sharp, and capable again...

Let's talk.

I offer complimentary strategy calls where we'll dig into what's happening for you, identify the key areas that will move the needle on your cognitive health, and explore whether working together makes sense for where you are now.

Because you don't need 10 more things to do.

You need to know which things actually matter.

And you need to be willing to discover something new about yourself in the process.

Schedule your complimentary strategy call here

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