Ladyface AM: Perimenopause, Menopause Doulas, and Taking Up Space

Celeste sits down with Miriam Solan, who's navigating the early signs of perimenopause while managing a full life: a career in instructional design, a mental health counseling practice with her husband, and caring for her aging mother. What started as skin changes and gray hair escalated into cognitive fog, memory loss, and a sudden inability to filter frustration, the kind of behavioral shift that made Miriam question who she was becoming.

The conversation moves beyond symptom-checking into something deeper: the cultural gap around hormonal transitions. Unlike birth doulas or death doulas, there's no guide for the decades-long shift into menopause. Celeste and Miriam explore how multi-generational households once passed down this knowledge naturally, and how the loss ...