The full investigation begins. Complete case history, comprehensive baseline pathology ordered, and your first protocol targeting the nervous system and stress biology. This is the foundation everything else is built on — and it starts ruling out the conditions that mimic perimenopause before your results are even back.

What we're solving: Why the rage, brain fog, and wired-but-exhausted feeling aren't overreacting — they're oestrogen and progesterone destabilising as neurosteroids, and why your stress response has changed, while adrenals try (and fail) to fill the gap your ovaries are stepping back from.

What changes this week: Nervous system regulation through bespoke herbal and (where indicated) nutraceutical support, food timing and sensory cues, plus adrenal resourcing through sequencing — protein before caffeine, targeted nutrients between meals, and a wind-down signal your body actually registers

Why first: Nothing else works until this system is stable — you can't build blood sugar, hormone clearance, or muscle protocols on top of nervous and adrenal systems running on emergency power.

Your pathology, decoded functionally — not "all normal," but what your numbers actually mean for you. This is the diet-heavy consult: blood sugar, hormone clearance, and gut health, driven by food first. This is where we answer the real question — is it actually perimenopause, or something wearing its symptoms?

What we're solving: Why the 3pm crash, the carb cravings that feel chemical, the brain fog, the weight that refuses to move aren't failures of willpower, the fluid retention, sore breasts, and cyclic mood changes++ — they're insulin resistance and oestrogen clearance breaking down together, with your gut determining whether used hormones actually leave your body or recirculate back in

What changes this week: Blood sugar regulation through meal sequencing (protein and fat with every carbohydrate, vegetables first) plus liver and gut support for hormone clearance — cruciferous vegetables, ground flaxseed, fermented foods, and a consistent overnight fasting window

Why now: Your metabolism and gut are the two systems most directly answering "is this really perimenopause?" — ruling out insulin resistance, thyroid disruption, dysbiosis, hormone metabolism bottlenecks that mimic hormonal symptoms, while giving your body the raw material to actually clear the hormones driving the ones that remain.

Shorter by design — the heavy investigative work is done. Now we shift to the musculoskeletal system and cardiovascular protection: the systems that decide how you age, not just how you feel this month.

What we're solving: Why your clothes fit differently even though the scale hasn't moved, why cholesterol and blood pressure can shift without any change to your diet — muscle and bone are losing their anabolic signal at the same time your blood vessels are losing the hormone that kept them soft and flexible

What changes this week: Protein sequencing to overcome anabolic resistance (a real target at every meal, not just at dinner) plus resistance training for muscle and bone, alongside anti-inflammatory fats and nitrate-rich foods to support vessel flexibility and cholesterol clearance

Why now: This is the decade that determines the next forty years — not because you're at risk, but because you have the window to build a metabolic engine, bone density, and cardiovascular resilience that outlasts the protection oestrogen used to provide

Reassessment against your own baseline, retesting where indicated. You leave knowing what changed, what to hold, and what you still need. Proof, not vibes — and a defined endpoint. I'm building your exit, not your subscription.

What we're solving: Whether the protocol actually worked for your biology — not guessing, not "you should feel better by now," but retested pathology against your own Week 1 baseline

What changes this week: Nothing new is introduced — this is where we consolidate. You find out which systems have stabilised, which still need targeted support, and what's now simply part of how you eat and live

Why last: Because a program without an endpoint is a subscription. This is where you find out you don't need me anymore — or exactly what you still do, and for how long.

• 4 consultations (60 + 60 + 30 + 45 min), sequenced across the six systems

• 2 × 15-minute check-in calls, at the points women most commonly wobble

• Comprehensive baseline pathology, interpreted functionally, plus targeted markers where your case calls for them

• Personalised prescriptions each phase — food first, supplements where they earn their place

• 20% off practitioner-only products, 10% off retail

• A final reassessment against your own numbers

$1,100 $995 paid upfront (save $105), or 4 × $275 monthly.

Founding cohort pricing — held for the first five patients, who complete a short feedback form at week 12 to help shape the program as it grows. Increases once those places are filled.

• A full investigation into your health concerns, medical history, timeline, diet, genetics, lifestyle and how your body systems are actually functioning — working toward the root cause, not the loudest symptom

• Health coaching around your own goals, and an honest look at the barriers standing between you and your outcomes

• An individualised naturopathic treatment plan: supplements, bespoke herbal medicine, dietary and lifestyle interventions (for complex cases, multiple medications, or where testing is needed first, this is provided in consult two — safety before speed)

• Access to practitioner-only dispensaries (Vital.ly and similar) for ordering direct to you

• Access to the Practice Better app to track how well your plan is working

• Your fee covers the consult — plus up to three hours of my time behind the scenes: research, advanced pathology analysis, and writing your plan. The appointment is the visible part. The investigation is where the work actually happens.