Montana Functional Health

When we talk about health during perimenopause, the conversation usually centers around hormones, nutrition, exercise, and sleep. But there is another piece of the healthy-aging puzzle that deserves just as much attention: connection. Strong relationships and meaningful social connection are associa...

If stress suddenly feels harder to handle in your 40s, you’re not imagining the experience. Many women describe feeling more easily overwhelmed, anxious, irritable, “wired but tired,” or simply less resilient during perimenopause. Fluctuating estrogen and progesterone can influence mood, sleep, and the systems invol...

Exercise has always been important, but during perimenopause, how you exercise starts to matter even more. As estrogen levels fluctuate and eventually decline, women can become more vulnerable to losses in muscle mass and bone density and may experience changes in body composition and metabolic heal...

If you suddenly find yourself wide awake at 2 or 3 a.m. wondering what happened to the sleep you used to take for granted, you’re not alone. Sleep disruption is incredibly common during perimenopause, and it can happen even in women who aren’t experienc...

Perimenopause is a time of significant hormonal change, and nutrition can be one of our most powerful everyday tools for supporting the body through it. As estrogen and progesterone begin to fluctuate, women may notice changes in energy, sleep, mood, appetite, body composition, cholesterol, and blood sugar regulatio...