Perimenopause, Unfiltered a Series: No One Prepares You for This with Cindy Schwartz
Available on — Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts & Patreon
Interview with Cindy Schwartz
No one hands you a handbook for this season of life — so we’re making one, together.
In the first episode of our four-part Perimenopause, Unfiltered series, I sit down with Cindy — a multi-passionate woman and Female Empowerment Coach — to hear the raw, un-Instagrammed story of her awakening to perimenopause. Spoiler: the symptoms didn’t look “classic,” the emotional chaos felt like early-onset insanity, and the medical system didn’t have much to offer beyond dismissal.
We connect the intergenerational dots, unpack the weird (and often invisible) signs, and talk about what it’s like to feel lost in your own body with zero language for what’s happening. Cindy also pulls back the curtain on the deep-dive research rabbit hole she fell into — the podcasts, books, and papers that helped her piece her world back together — and why this conversation is the one she wishes someone had handed her at the start.
If you’re in the early “WTF is going on?” stage, this episode is your orientation, your comfort, and your permission slip to trust your experience.
Core message: You’re not imagining it. You’re not broken. You’re in the middle of something big that no one warned you about. This podcast is your compass.
What you’ll hear in this episode:
* Cindy’s first, confusing brush with perimenopause
* The symptoms that don’t make the pamphlets
* Why the medical system leaves so many women adrift
* The emotional + identity upheaval no one talks about
* How she started finding her way forward
* What to expect in the coming episodes in the series
