A FREE guide and talk from Daniela Hess, The Midlife Mentor

'I just don't feel like myself anymore.'

The Midlife Essentials and The Entire Midlife Journey

If you have said that, or heard a woman you love say it, this FREE guide and talk are the map, from the Cell, to the Soul, to the Spirit. What every woman in Midlife, and everyone in her life, needs to know.

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Free · 1 hour 43 minute talk + 75-page PDF guide

The 1 hour 43 minute talk, The Entire Midlife Journey with Daniela Hess, plus The Midlife Essentials, a 75-page PDF guide

The 1 hour 43 minute talk, plus The Midlife Essentials, a 75-page PDF guide.

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Daniela Hess, MSEd, CTACC, RYT500

Autoimmune Educator and Coach, Functional Wellness Consultant, founder of the Autoimmune Recovery Method and the Perimenopause Recovery Method

I hear the same sentences over and over. From women after class. From friends. From women who finally land in my inbox.

'I just don't feel like myself anymore.'

'I'm tired no matter how much I sleep.'

'It takes so much effort now to do the things that used to come easily.'

A quick word on who this is for. Midlife is not a single moment. For most women it runs from about 35 to 65, and it usually begins years before anyone names it.

And here is what almost no one says out loud. Perimenopause can begin in your 30's and unfold over as many as 17 years. Most women, and most of the people who care for them, have never once stopped to consider what Perimenopause is actually doing inside the body during all that time.

It is also the season when so much rises to the surface. Perimenopause is one of the most common windows for thyroid issues to finally show themselves, and for autoimmune conditions like Hashimoto's to flare or appear for the first time. The hormonal shift does not invent these out of nowhere. It pulls back the curtain on what was already building underneath.

If you have said a version of these, please hear this back from me. It is rarely a willpower problem, and it is rarely 'just stress.' So often it is physiology that no one measured.

Low ferritin can wear the face of depression.

Low progesterone can wear the face of anxiety.

A quietly struggling thyroid can wear the face of burnout.

A note from Daniela

And a woman can be told, again and again, that her labs are 'normal,' while she clearly is not.

I spent 7 years inside that exact gap, being told I was fine while my body was slowly breaking down. I do this work so the next woman does not lose the years I lost.

This FREE guide is the map I wish someone had handed me. Because the goal is not just fewer symptoms. It is the energy and clarity to feel Alive in your own life again.

What you'll receive

The Midlife Essentials and the talk, both yours by email.

The Entire Midlife Journey

The free talk

In 1 hour 43 minutes, I walk through Midlife the way I have come to understand it, as 5 layers that move together: the Physical, the Mental, the Emotional, the Relational, and the Spiritual. I explain why a lab can sit inside the 'normal' range and still be worth a second look, how one hormone running low can look like depression from the outside, why thyroid antibodies can run high for years before a standard TSH shows anything, and the labs to ask for. I share my own 7 years of being told I was fine, and how to ask your doctor for those labs with warmth instead of a fight.

Inside The Midlife Essentials, 75 pages:

✓Your symptoms, decoded, from burnout and the 3 AM wake-up to hot flashes, brain fog, and hair loss, and the labs that explain each one.
✓How it all connects, your hormones, your thyroid, and your gut, so the symptoms stop looking like separate problems.
✓Your Lab Wish List for Midlife, a printable page to bring to your next appointment.
✓How to get your labs, even when your doctor says 'no,' plus the questions that show whether your practitioner is skillful.

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For the helpers

If you teach, counsel, coach, or hold space for women, read this part closely.

Right now, the women in your care are moving through Perimenopause and Midlife, often for years, with no idea what is happening inside them. Perimenopause can begin in the 30's and unfold over as long as 17 years, and almost no one has stopped to consider it. It is also the window when autoimmune conditions like Hashimoto's and hypothyroidism so often rise to the surface, and they are routinely missed, even by caring practitioners working through normal lab ranges in a 15 minute visit.

They are telling you they are tired, anxious, not themselves. And the questions that would actually help them, about ferritin, thyroid, sex hormones, and cortisol, are the very questions most of us were never trained to ask.

This is not a failure of caring. It is a gap in what any of us were taught. Still, the women in front of you are paying for that gap, and you are the one they trust. Sometimes you will be the one who notices what is being missed, and helps her set her course in the right direction.

You are not here to diagnose anyone. You are here to recognize what you are seeing and know what to ask. Receive the guide, and you will see exactly what you may be missing, and the next question to ask.

Want to go deeper than the guide and the talk? My colleague Kim Beekman and I recorded a live, 3 hour workshop, The Midlife Journey Workshop: From Cell to Soul to Spirit, and it is ready for instant access. The guide is the map. The workshop is where we walk it together, on the physical, mental, emotional, energetic, and spiritual levels. Details come right after you receive the guide.

FAQ

Questions about the free guide and talk

What is in the free Midlife Essentials guide?

The Midlife Essentials is a 75-page PDF. It covers your symptoms decoded, from burnout and the 3 AM wake-up to hot flashes, brain fog, and hair loss, and the labs that explain each one. It shows how your hormones, thyroid, and gut connect, and it includes your Lab Wish List for Midlife, a printable page to bring to your next appointment.

How do I get the free talk and guide?

Add your first name and email on this page. The 1 hour 43 minute talk and The Midlife Essentials are both yours by email. There is no cost, and you will hear from me with the occasional note. You can unsubscribe anytime.

Why do I feel tired, foggy, and not like myself in midlife?

Low ferritin can look like depression, low progesterone can look like anxiety, and a struggling thyroid can look like burnout, and all 3 stay hidden unless someone measures them. Perimenopause can begin in your 30's, so these can build for years, and they are worth ruling out with your practitioner.

What does the 1 hour 43 minute talk cover?

In The Entire Midlife Journey, I walk through midlife as 5 layers that move together: the Physical, the Mental, the Emotional, the Relational, and the Spiritual. I explain why a lab can sit inside the 'normal' range and still be worth another look, how 1 hormone running low can look like depression, and why thyroid antibodies can run high for years before a standard TSH shifts.

I teach or coach women. Is this guide for me too?

Yes. If you are a yoga teacher, therapist, coach, or healer, many of the women in your care are moving through perimenopause and midlife. You are not here to diagnose. The guide shows you what to recognize and what to ask, so you can point her toward a practitioner who looks at the whole picture.

What is the difference between The Midlife Essentials and The Midlife Bible?

The Midlife Essentials is the free 75-page guide, and it comes with my 1 hour 43 minute talk. The Midlife Bible is $7, and it goes into each symptom, hormone, and lab in depth. The Midlife Journey Workshop, which I recorded live with Kim Beekman, runs 3 hours and costs $28, and it includes The Midlife Bible. You can start free and decide later.

'I just don't feel like myself anymore.'

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The Midlife Bible

The Midlife Journey Workshop

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