Nervous System & Perimenopause: Why Everything Feels More Intense

If you’ve been feeling more anxious, reactive, overwhelmed, or unlike yourself lately—this episode will help you understand why.In this episode of The Embodied Empath Podcast, Valerie Lundgren explains how hormonal shifts during perimenopause directly impact the nervous system. As estrogen and progesterone fluctuate and decline, the brain loses some of its natural support for emotional regulation—making stress feel bigger, emotions feel stronger, and your overall capacity feel lower.This isn’t a mindset issue. It’s biological.Valerie breaks down the connection between hormones, mood, and nervous system sensitivity, and why empaths and highly sensitive women often feel these changes more intensely. What can feel like irritability or overwhelm is often your body becoming more honest about what it can and can’t hold anymore.This episode includes a simple somatic practice to help you regulate in moments of overwhelm and begin working with your body instead of against it.You’re not falling apart—you’re recalibrating.