Imagine clear skies as far as the eye can see — and then BAM —storm clouds roll in, and hail begins to pelt down on you.

No warning. No explanation. That’s the only way I can describe the moment I knew something had shifted in my health—but I didn’t know why. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, I met a woman who told me about a podcast she’d been listening to on menopause. I hit play on just one episode, and suddenly, it all made sense.

That was my epiphany moment.