because midlife stress, chronic disease management & boundaries don’t come with a manual — but this is pretty close

Let’s be real. When something weird pops up in your body — a new pain, hot flash, or random heart flutter — you’re gonna Google it. We all do. But here’s the frustrating truth: most of what shows up in those search results wasn’t written for midlife women. A 2024 Lancet  series called menopause research “decades behind other medical fields.” And the NIH’s latest women’s health plan literally lists midlife women as an “underserved population.” So when we search, we’re working

Let’s be honest — we’ve all  been there. You feel something weird in your body, open your laptop “just to check,” and ten minutes later...

October is Mental Health Month — and if you ask me, we need way more than 31 days. Here at Front Porch Nurse, I’m marking the month by...