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You're not imagining it 💜 Real talk + honest support for perimenopause & menopause. A companion for the stuff no one warned you about 👇

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A menopause claim can feel urgent without being well supported.

Dr Jen Gunter uses several viral brain-fog trends to explain how the attention economy rewards fear, certainty, and easy answers. Popularity is not the same as evidence, and a post that matches what we already believe can still deserve a closer look.

Before sharing or acting on a claim, pause over a few questions: Is the language trying to create fear or urgency? Does it offer one simple fix for a complex experience? Is the evidence linked clearly, and does it actually support the headline? Reading the full source—not only the Reel—can reveal important limits.

Maya can help you keep track of what you saw and the questions it raised, then prepare a more grounded conversation with a qualified clinician. It does not decide whether a trend explains your symptoms or tell you to start, stop, or change treatment.

What is one question you wish every viral health post had to answer?

Video creator: @drjengunter

#MenopauseEducation #BrainFog #HealthLiteracy #MisinformationAwareness #MidlifeHealth #MayaMenopause by @maya.menopause

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25 days ago

Being informed is not the same as imagining symptoms.

This clip reacts to a public claim that menopause education can make women notice problems they do not really have. The useful middle ground is neither dismissal nor self-diagnosis: learning language for an experience can help you describe it, while a qualified clinician helps work through what else might explain it.

You deserve to be heard without being told it is “all in your head.” You also deserve careful evaluation that does not assume every change is menopause. Bring the timeline, the impact on daily life, and the questions you want answered.

Maya can help hold that context as a supportive companion—not decide the diagnosis or treatment.

Has better information ever helped you ask a clearer health question?

Video creator: @drmaryclaire

#MenopauseEducation #PerimenopauseSupport #PatientAdvocacy #WomensHealth #MidlifeSupport #MayaMenopause by @maya.menopause

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a month ago

Leakage, urgency, pressure, or trouble emptying your bladder can be hard to describe—and easy to minimize.

This clip introduces urogynecology and names several reasons someone might ask about that specialty, including pelvic organ prolapse, urinary or fecal incontinence, overactive bladder, voiding difficulty, and persistent postpartum pelvic-health concerns. A list like this can offer vocabulary, but it cannot determine what is causing a symptom or which specialist you need.

Try bringing a short timeline: when the change started, what makes it better or worse, whether pain or leakage is involved, and what it keeps you from doing. Maya can support that preparation without labeling the experience. A primary-care clinician, gynecologist, pelvic-health clinician, or urogynecologist can help decide the appropriate evaluation.

What detail would you most want your care team to understand on the first try?

Video creator: Trinity Health Michigan (@trinityhealthmi), featuring Jannah Thompson, MD

#Urogynecology #PelvicHealth #BladderHealth #MenopauseSupport #AppointmentPrep #MayaMenopause by @maya.menopause

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a month ago

Sleep hygiene and cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia are not two names for the same thing.

Sleep hygiene means habits and conditions that support sleep. CBT-I is a structured treatment that works on sleep timing, the link between bed and wakefulness, and the patterns that keep insomnia going.

Menopause-specific CBT can also help some people manage sleep problems and hot-flash burden. That does not mean the symptoms are imagined.

Save this for the next time someone hands you another generic sleep checklist.

Sources: NICE NG23, the National Institute on Aging and the British Menopause Society.

#MenopauseSleep #CBTI #Perimenopause #MayaMenopause #HealthLiteracy #Menopause by @maya.menopause

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a month ago

Your partner can annoy you without the relationship being doomed. Revolutionary, apparently.

This couples therapist makes a useful distinction: ordinary irritation can flare, move through, and pass without becoming a verdict on the whole relationship. Midlife changes, poor sleep, stress and competing responsibilities can make everyone’s bandwidth feel thinner—but they do not make every feeling meaningless either.

Try asking: Is this a fleeting reaction, a request I need to make, or a pattern that keeps hurting? Letting a small annoyance pass is different from ignoring repeated disrespect, fear, control or harm. Context matters, and serious concerns deserve appropriate support.

Maya can help you hold the moment, its context, and the conversation you want to have. It is a companion, not a judge of your relationship.

What tiny annoyance became funny once the moment passed?

Video creator: @drmarinarosenthal

#MidlifeRelationships #CouplesCommunication #MenopauseSupport #HealthyBoundaries #RelationshipHumor #MayaMenopause by @maya.menopause

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a month ago

Maya does not decide an HRT dose or create a treatment schedule for you.

You enter the medication, dose as written, repeat pattern and reminder time. Maya saves those details and uses them for the reminder. It does not change or recommend a dose.

When notification permission is enabled, iOS can show the reminder. You can then use Taken, Snooze or Skip to record what happened.

Reminder delivery depends on your notification settings and the operating system.

Maya — your private menopause companion. Download Maya — link in bio.

#HRTReminder #MenopauseApp #MedicationRoutine #MayaMenopause #Menopause #HRT by @maya.menopause

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a month ago

Clear words can make an awkward health conversation feel a little less impossible.

This silent clip makes a simple point: we have endless euphemisms for genitals, but avoiding anatomical language can make ordinary body parts feel shameful or hard to discuss. Slang is not inherently wrong. The useful part is also having specific words available when comfort, function, or symptoms change.

In midlife, ‘something feels different down there’ may be the beginning of a conversation, not the whole description. You do not need to know the cause before asking for help. Noting where you feel a change, when it started, and how it affects daily life can give a clinician clearer context while leaving diagnosis to them.

Maya can help you organize that timeline and the questions you want to ask, without assuming every pelvic or genital symptom comes from menopause. Which word or detail would help you feel better understood?

Video creator: @pelvichealthsf

#PelvicHealth #AnatomyEducation #BodyLiteracy #MidlifeHealth #ClinicianConversation #MayaMenopause by @maya.menopause

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a month ago

Perimenopause does not always look like the symptom people expect.

A 2026 survey of 17,494 self-selected Flo users compared the symptoms people reported with the symptoms they recognised as perimenopause. Fatigue, physical and mental exhaustion, and irritability appeared in that recognition gap.

The study cannot tell us how common these symptoms are in every country, and one symptom cannot prove a cause. Its useful lesson is simpler: notice changes in sleep, heat, energy and mood together.

Which change took you longest to connect with perimenopause?

Source: Global perspectives on perimenopause, published July 2026.

#Perimenopause #MenopauseSymptoms #MenopauseFatigue #MayaMenopause #HealthLiteracy #Menopause by @maya.menopause

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a month ago

Pelvic-floor symptoms are not a verdict that you are weak.

This clip starts with a useful distinction: leaking can have more than one cause, and endlessly squeezing is not automatically the answer. Kathleen White introduces a breathing-based way to notice tension in the jaw, abdomen, glutes, and pelvic floor and explore what letting go feels like.

Treat it as body-awareness education, not a diagnosis or a universal fix. Pain, leaking, pressure, or a change in bladder or bowel function deserves individual context—especially if it is new or affecting daily life. A clinician or pelvic-health physiotherapist can help work out what support fits your body.

Maya can help you note when a symptom appears, what you were doing, and what you want to ask at an appointment. The goal is not to score exercises or assume one cause. What detail would make your next conversation easier?

Video creator: @kathleenwhitephysio

#PelvicFloorHealth #BladderHealth #MidlifeWellbeing #PelvicHealthEducation #WomensHealth #MayaMenopause by @maya.menopause

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a month ago

A menopause policy can sound reassuring. The real test is what happens when someone needs support during the working day.

Look for five things: managers who listen, a private way to ask, practical changes that fit the role, respectful language, and a policy people can actually use.

These five signs are an evidence-informed summary of consensus recommendations and UK workplace guidance. They are not a scored checklist or a universal legal standard. Research on specific workplace interventions is still limited, and employment rights differ by country and circumstance.

Which sign is missing where you work?

Sources: The Menopause Society's 2024 workplace consensus recommendations and Acas guidance on talking with staff about menopause.

#MenopauseAtWork #PerimenopauseAtWork #WorkplaceWellbeing #MenopauseSupport #MayaMenopause #WomenOver40 by @maya.menopause

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a month ago

Your cycle does not need to become another optimization project.

In this clip, Dr. Kacey Hamilton explains that viral claims about matching every meal and workout to menstrual phases have little supporting evidence. Learning how your cycle feels can still be useful; the difference is noticing your experience without treating an online template as a rule.

That distinction can matter even more in midlife, when timing and symptoms may become less predictable. A flexible routine—and support adapted to your health, energy, access, and preferences—can be kinder than trying to perfect every phase. If a cycle change is new, disruptive, or concerning, a qualified healthcare professional can help put it in context.

Maya can help you keep a clear timeline of what changed and prepare the questions you want to bring to an appointment, without diagnosing the cause or grading your routine. What pattern would be useful to describe, not optimize?

Video creator: @cedarssinai

#PerimenopauseSupport #MenstrualHealth #CycleEducation #MidlifeHealth #HealthLiteracy #MayaMenopause by @maya.menopause

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a month ago

Perimenopause does not always arrive with a clear label.

In a self-selected survey of 7,640 US app users, 34% were unsure of their reproductive stage. Among respondents aged 40 to 44, 42% were unsure.

Those numbers describe the survey sample. They are not estimates for all women in the US.

If the label feels fuzzy, start with the details. What changed in your periods, symptoms or treatment history, and when? That record can be useful before the stage has a name.

Source: 2026 peer-reviewed mixed-methods study, PubMed 42445976. Stage context checked against the 2026 International Menopause Society recommendations and NICE NG23.

#Perimenopause #Menopause #MenopauseStage #WomensHealth #MayaMenopause #HealthLiteracy by @maya.menopause

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a month ago