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The Perimenopause Starter Guide

One free, 12-page guide that makes it make sense — the full symptom checklist, a self-assessment, the 3am reset, a word-for-word appointment script, and the HRT myth corrected. Fully cited, with a complete reference list.

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Getting the guide also adds you to the ALJA waitlist: emails from Perimenopause Bestie with early-access updates and first access to the Founding Member offer when it opens. Unsubscribe any time. We never sell your data.

No fear marketing. Educational information only — not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Inside the guide

Six answers. One print-ready PDF.

Everything that used to be separate downloads, combined into one fully cited guide with a complete reference list so you can check every claim yourself.

  • 01
    The full symptom checklist80+ symptoms commonly attributed to perimenopause, grouped by sleep, mood, cycle, body and mind — so “I feel off” becomes something you can point to.
  • 02
    Could this be perimenopause?A self-assessment that gives you an honest, educational read on how your experience relates to common patterns. Not a diagnosis.
  • 03
    The five most-missed symptomsThe ones most often waved off, explained down to the mechanism in plain language.
  • 04
    The 3am wake-up resetWhy waking wired and racing between 2 and 4am is so common, and a calm, evidence-aware night-time plan.
  • 05
    The appointment scriptWord for word, so a seven-minute appointment starts with what has actually been happening.
  • 06
    The HRT myth, correctedWhat the 2002 scare got wrong, and the questions to bring to a menopause-informed provider.
The Peri Brief

One calm, evidence-aware email a week.

What the research actually says about perimenopause, in plain language, with sources. New studies, decoded. What genuinely helps. ALJA news reaches this list first.

Symptoms, explained

Every symptom has a mechanism.

Brain fog, 3am waking, sudden rage, palpitations, joint aches — the biology behind the most common changes, one at a time, with sources.

A guide can explain it. It can’t remember it for you.

The Starter Guide tells you what may be happening. ALJA is where you keep the record — your symptoms over time, your patterns, and Bestie, who remembers all of it. The waitlist is open now.

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Be among the first to experience ALJA. Join the waitlist for launch updates and first access to our Founding Member offer.

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You’ll get emails from Perimenopause Bestie about ALJA: the free Starter Guide, early-access updates, and first access to the Founding Member offer when it opens. Unsubscribe any time. We never sell your data.