The Executive's Perimenopause Playbook

Alisa M Schafer

• 12 mei 2026
• 9798196362767

Samenvatting:

You have built a career most people only dream about. Don't let your hormones dismantle it in your forties.

You're mid-sentence in a board meeting when a name - a name you know as well as your own - simply vanishes. You wake at 3 a.m., heart racing, mind running threat assessments on tomorrow's calendar. A wave of heat climbs from your chest to your face during a presentation and you smile, reach for your water, and keep talking. Because stopping is not an option.

You have been managing this quietly. Attributing the brain fog to a bad night's sleep. The anxiety to a stressful quarter. The weight gain to getting older. The rage - that sudden, disproportionate fury at something small - to being tired.

You are not tired. You are in perimenopause. And no one prepared you for this.

The Executive's Perimenopause Playbook is the book that should have existed twenty years ago - a rigorous, no-nonsense protocol written specifically for high-achieving women who cannot afford to lose their edge, their composure, or their reputation to a hormonal transition that the medical system barely acknowledges and popular culture either ignores or catastrophizes.

Inside you will discover:

- The exact biology of perimenopause - why your symptoms are not in your head, not inevitable, and not permanent- The cortisol-estrogen-progesterone feedback loop that is silently amplifying every symptom, and the precise interventions that break it- A cognitive protection protocol to keep you sharp, decisive, and articulate when your brain is operating in hormonal turbulence- A complete sleep reclamation system built for night sweats, early-morning waking, and the cortisol-driven insomnia no one warned you about- Tactical, in-the-moment strategies for commanding a room when your body has other plans - hot flashes, palpitations, visible anxiety, and all- The truth about hormone replacement therapy: what the current science actually says, what your doctor may not know, and the exact questions to bring to every appointment- A metabolism and body composition framework that works with your changing hormones - not the approach that worked at thirty-five and quietly stopped working at forty-five- Evidence-based nutrition and movement protocols designed for executive schedules, airports, client dinners, and the reality of a life with no spare time- A 90-day Executive Reset Protocol - week by week, from foundation to full optimization- Bonus: Lab work checklist, quick-reference cheat sheet, and a curated resource library

>That is you. This is your playbook.