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784: How to Feel Like Yourself Again When Life Won’t Let Up, Or Slow Down with Mona Sharma
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Episode Summary
What happens when the version of you who could always push harder suddenly isn’t available anymore?
For Mona Sharma, perimenopause arrived in a way she never expected. After navigating mold exposure, long COVID, gut issues, disrupted sleep, hair loss, and an experience with testosterone pellet therapy, an unexpected frozen shoulder became one of the clues that made her finally consider declining estrogen and perimenopause.
But this conversation goes much deeper than hormones.
Mona and Dr. Mariza explore the emotional reckoning that can happen when your old capacity changes, the routines that once worked stop working, and the high-functioning woman you’ve known for decades starts asking for a completely different way of living.
They talk about HRT, stress, gut health, morning rituals, embodiment, intuition, sisterhood, aging, self-criticism, and the grief that can come with letting go of an earlier version of yourself.
Most importantly, Mona reframes perimenopause as a metamorphosis: a season that asks for more grace, deeper self-trust, and the courage to come home to the body you’re in now.
MONA SHARMA
Mona Sharma is a nutritionist, wellness practitioner, entrepreneur, and host of the Rooted in Wellness podcast.
Her approach blends nutrition and lifestyle practices with mindfulness, embodiment, Eastern traditions, and a deeply personalized approach to healing.
In this conversation, Mona shares her own experience navigating perimenopause while raising children, growing businesses, supporting aging parents, healing her gut, managing significant stress, and learning how to listen to a body that no longer responds the way it once did.
IN THIS EPISODE
- The unexpected symptoms that first made Mona realize she might be in perimenopause
- What her experience with testosterone pellet therapy taught her about individualized hormone care
- Why HRT is not a cookie-cutter solution and may require patience, experimentation, and self-awareness
- How chronic stress and gut health can complicate the way you feel during perimenopause
- Why protecting one grounding ritual can matter more than creating a perfect wellness routine
- How to approach prevention from possibility and purpose instead of fear
- Why embodiment and intuition can become powerful tools when your mind feels scattered or overwhelmed
- The grief of letting go of the high-capacity woman you used to be
- How perimenopause can become a rite of passage into deeper wisdom, self-trust, and a new identity
QUOTES
“Finding the practice or the ritual every day that brings you home to your body is key.”
“This transition is metamorphosis.”
“It’s okay to drift, it’s part of life, but you always have to remember how to anchor yourself home in your body.”
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