“Maybe it didn’t work because it wasn’t organic?”
She said it just as she stood up to leave.
We had just talked through her symptoms.
Waking drenched in sweat.
Tightness in her chest that came and went.
Feeling short-tempered with the people she loved most.
And a sense of sadness she could not explain.
For months she had been trying to help herself.
She had been drinking celery juice each morning,
because she had read online that it might ease her symptoms.
It didn’t.
So she began to worry that she had done it wrong.
Maybe it was not organic.
That small comment stayed with me.
Because it holds so much.
The confusion.
The pressure to fix things naturally.
The guilt when it doesn’t work.
There is nothing wrong with celery juice.
In fact, I encourage women to eat plenty of vegetables, organic if possible.
But celery juice alone cannot balance shifting hormones or ease the emotional weight of menopause.
She had not failed.
She had just not been given the right support.
When we talked about her options,
When I explained what was happening in her body,
She cried.
Not from fear.
But from relief.
We agreed on a treatment plan and she left feeling steadier.
But the celery juice moment was a quiet reminder,
that so many women are being misled by over-promised wellness advice.
If you would like to know what really helps during perimenopause,
from the food that nourishes to the treatment that works.
