The answer is simple: The Nervous System Eats First™.
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Art is not decoration. For women in perimenopause and menopause living with brain fog, anxiety, and the "I don't feel like myself" experience, art is nervous system medicine. Here's what the research actually shows.
She's on HRT and her hot flashes are better, but she still can't sleep. A menopause physician explains how childhood trauma wires the nervous system to stay alert, and how bedroom color is one of the invisible saboteurs keeping perimenopausal women awake.
Written in 2022, before Dr. Stacey used art in her own healing — this is the post that started it all. A physician who already understood the neurology of art and brain injury, before she knew she was about to live it.
The 5-star hotel lobby that makes your shoulders drop the moment you walk in is not magic. It is your nervous system doing what it was designed to do. Here is what Polyvagal Theory tells us about designing your home as healing medicine — and why it matters more in perimenopause than at any other time in your life.
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