Midlife movement doesn’t have to mean punishing workouts. Here’s how focusing on strength, energy, and activities you actually enjoy can help you feel better in your body again.

Perimenopause didn’t start for me with a dramatic hot flash. It showed up as a handful of changes I kept explaining away — heavier periods, exhaustion, irritability, brain fog, and eventually night sweats. Looking back, there were clues. I just didn’t know how to connect them yet.