Everything you need to know about perimenopause and burnout

An often-ignored blind spot in burnout management

Perimenopause is not simply a reproductive transition. It is a neuroendocrine phase marked by fluctuating oestrogen and declining progesterone that directly affects the brain, nervous system, stress response, sleep, mood, cognition, and recovery capacity.

At the same time, many women in perimenopause present symptoms that closely resemble burnout.

As a result, perimenopause is frequently missed, minimised, or misattributed, while burnout is treated in isolation — often with poorer outcomes.

This creates a blind spot in burnout care, particularly for women aged 35–55.

PROGRAMME

This module provides a clear framework to help you:

Understand what perimenopause actually is beyond common stereotypes.

Recognise how its physiology overlaps with — and intensifies — burnout.

Distinguish burnout, perimenopause, and mood disorders more accurately.

Identify when hormonal transition is altering stress tolerance and recovery.

Improve assessment, explanation, and clinical confidence.

WHO IS THIS TRAINING FOR?

Healthcare professionals : doctors, GP, psychiatrists, nurses...

Therapists and complementary therapists, psychotherapists, counsellors, naturopaths, sophrologists, osteopaths, traditional medicine practitioners...

Social works, coaches, consultants.

HR specialists, safety and security managers, wellbeing managers, all corporate managers wanting to look after their teams better.

Women wanting to better navigate work and responsibilities at this stage of their lives.