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When you hear the words “No. 1 Herbal Medicine Expert,” you might expect a quiet chat about plants and potions. What you get instead from Dr Simon Mills is a fascinating and deeply human look at how nature and our own bodies already know how to heal. His recent episode on The Diary of a CEO reminded me exactly why I fell in love with acupuncture in the first place: real, intelligent self-care that works with the body, not against it.

If your 40s or early 50s have brought mysterious hot flushes, mood swings, and periods that seem to have a mind of their own, welcome to perimenopause—the stage before menopause where hormones start throwing surprise parties, and nobody knows who invited them. According to Newson Health, perimenopause can last from a few months to around a decade, often starting in your early 40s. Symptoms? Oh, just a little something called memory fog, low energy, bloating, dry skin, joint a