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Nobody explains the cortisol loop.

They just tell you to stress less and try chamomile tea.

Here's what's actually happening: your body is stuck in a feedback loop where high stress keeps cortisol elevated, elevated cortisol disrupts sleep, disrupted sleep spikes cortisol the next day — and round and round we go.

The endocannabinoid system plays a role in how the body responds to stress. CBD supports that system and that's why it works better taken consistently, twice a day, rather than just when you really need it.

Save this one. It took me a long time to understand why I kept waking up at 3am.

Comment REST and I'll send you our sleep range directly to your DMs.

[cbd education] [cortisol and sleep] [perimenopause] [cbd for sleep] [women over 40] [thryv organics] [endocannabinoid system]

I need to know I'm not alone in this.

The gardening era. The baking era. The candle-making era. The art supplies that are still in the bag.

It's so easy to read this as a commitment problem. As being someone who just can't stick to anything. I spent years thinking that was the truth about me.

What nobody mentioned was that oestrogen plays a direct role in how dopamine works — and dopamine is what makes you want to start things, stay curious, follow through.

When it fluctuates, your brain goes looking for the hit elsewhere. New hobby. New plan. New version of yourself that's definitely going to get into gardening this time.

Some women are getting ADHD diagnoses in their 40s for the first time and finding it explains a lifetime of this pattern. For others it's purely hormonal. For some it's both.

Either way, you're not broken. You just deserved more information than you got.

Drop your hobby graveyard in the comments.

[perimenopause] [women over 40] [brain fog] [hormones and focus] [adhd women] [midlife] [thryv organics]

I have a long and complicated history with alcohol. 39 years, to be exact.

For most of my adult life my husband and I would hang out every evening cooking dinner, and most nights we'd have a couple of glasses of wine or a beer or two. Now that I'm in my mid-50s, things have changed. Even two drinks can leave me feeling foggy the next day. Three drinks and the whole day is lost.

I tried to reign it in for years. I'd set rules for myself… I'll only drink on weekends, I'll only have one, I'll stop for 30 days. The constant brain chatter around my drinking was exhausting—and it didn't work. What I really missed wasn't even the alcohol. It was the ritual.

Then something happened. We own a craft beer bar in Dallas, Lakewood Growler. I know; the irony is not lost on me.

Last December we started carrying a h**p-derived Delta-9 infused seltzer there, and it became wildly popular. I loved it too. I could drink it and feel a buzz without feeling drunk, and I didn't have a hangover the next day.

That's what led to the Chill Drops. A few drops in a Topo Chico with a squeeze of lime, and the ritual of winding down is still there. But the brain chatter is 100% gone. I have finally become a normal drinker.

It evolved naturally, almost without me noticing.

If you've been somewhere in the middle, not "addicted" but not exactly free either, this is what I'd try out to get better sleep.

Comment SLEEP and we'll send you the version that matches your specific kind of I can't sleep.

[mindful drinking] [sober curious] [lakewood growler] [the ritual] [thryv organics]

I thought this was just who I was.

It wasn't. It was a tired nervous system carrying too much for too long. Once I started sleeping again, four of these went away within a month.

Save this. Send it to the friend you keep meaning to text back.

[real talk] [perimenopause] [nervous system] [women over 40] [thryv organics]

If you're a woman in your 40s and someone has told you it's stress, ADHD, or you should "try an antidepressant", read this before you fill the prescription.

I'm not against medicine. I'm against being misread.

For five years I thought I was failing. I was waking up at 3am looping through every conversation I'd ever had. Feeling the rage. Crying in the car about nothing. Pouring wine at 5 because it was the only switch-off I had time for. I told everyone I was fine.

Nobody mentioned perimenopause to me once.

Here's the thing nobody told me at 42: your estrogen is dropping, which means cortisol stops falling at night the way it used to. Add a glass of wine and you've built a perfect 3am wake-up. It’s how your body works.

When I finally fixed my sleep, I got five hours of my day back. The patience came back. The wanting things came back. I started planning a summer instead of organising everyone else's.

So this is the letter I wish someone had handed me. If any of this sounds like you, start with sleep. Always start with sleep.

Comment SLEEP and I'll send you exactly what I used. 🌿

[perimenopause] [sleep] [nervous system] [the way back] [thryv organics] [women over 40]

This is one question we get asked all the time: how do you actually take delta-9 chill drops?

The good thing is they're flavorless, which means you can put a few drops into whatever you're already pouring in the evening.

Sparkling water with lime if you want the wind-down without the wine.

A mocktail glass with grapefruit and salt if you want the after-dinner drink that doesn't steal tomorrow’s energy from you.

A mug of sleepy tea with a spoon of honey if your brain won't put itself to bed.

One small bottle. Three completely different drinks for you to try.

If you're new here, Delta-9 is h**p-derived THC.

Legal in the US under the 2018 Farm Bill.

Ours is third-party tested, made in the US, and in a dropper so it’s easy to adjust your dosage, so you can start low and go slow.

No hangover. No 2am wake-up. Still feel like you tomorrow.

Comment CHILL and I'll send you the bottle. 🍃

[the 5pm ritual] [sober curious] [mindful drinking] [delta 9 drops] [thryv organics] [summer drinks]

This is the post I wish someone had handed me at 42.

For years I thought my sleep was wrecked because I was stressed. Because of the kids. Because that's just what happens when you get older.

It wasn't stress. It wasn't the kids. It wasn't some general inevitable thing.

It was hormones. Specifically, it was estrogen dropping in a way that stopped cortisol from falling at night. The wine was just doing what nothing else was, turning the volume down. Doing it badly, with a hangover and a 3am wake-up.

Now I understood the mechanism, I can stop blaming myself.

Why your sleep got broken in your 40s, what's actually happening in your body at 3am, and what to do about it tonight.

If your doctor never mentioned perimenopause to you, you're not alone.

Most of us figured it out from women on the internet, not from medicine.

Comment SLEEP and I'll send you the ritual. What to take, in what order, for the specific kind of I can't sleep you have.

[perimenopause] [women over 40] [hormones and sleep] [3am club] [the mechanism] [thryv organics]