What happens when the brain you’ve relied on for years suddenly feels less reliable? A funny, very human look at perimenopause brain fog, motherhood, and the stories we tell ourselves when things that used to be easy suddenly aren’t.

You can do all the "right" things for your mental health and still feel increasingly irritable, overwhelmed, or exhausted. Sometimes the problem isn't that you're missing another coping skill. It's that the ones you already have have quietly become another obligation.