Leading Through Perimenopause: Managing Performance and Decision Fatigue During a Period of Physiological Change - Softcover

Rogan, Emily M.

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798245370392

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

You're still showing up. But it's costing more than anyone can see.

The meetings still happen. The decisions still get made. The results still come.

But something has shifted. Your focus comes and goes in ways it never used to. A decision that once took seconds now requires real effort. You leave conversations replaying details you would have remembered easily a year ago. By Thursday, you're running on something that no longer feels like energy.

You're not burning out. Your biology is changing — and nobody gave you a framework for leading through it.

Leading Through Perimenopause is a practical guide for high-performing women in leadership who need to maintain clear judgment, consistent performance, and sustainable output during one of the most significant neurological transitions of their lives.

This is not a wellness book. It doesn't ask you to slow down, step back, or redefine success. It gives you tools to keep leading — with full awareness of what is happening inside your body and brain.

Inside, you'll learn:

• Why perimenopause directly affects the cognitive systems you depend on most: working memory, processing speed, and emotional regulation
• How to identify your high-performance windows and structure your most demanding work around them
• Concrete strategies for managing decision fatigue before it compounds across the week
• How to communicate capacity changes to your team without losing authority or credibility
• Why recovery no longer works the way it used to — and what actually restores your cognitive reserves
• The physiological reason your stress response has become less predictable — and how to work with it
• How to build leadership systems that perform consistently even when your internal state fluctuates

You don't need to push harder. You need a smarter operating system.

Perimenopause is not a leadership liability. Unmanaged, it can become one. Understood and addressed directly, it becomes information — and information gives you an edge.

This book was written for the woman who is still performing at a high level and wants to keep it that way — on her own terms, with clarity about what is actually happening and exactly what to do about it.

Currently available at introductory pricing.

If you're still leading through it — this book was written for you. Scroll up and get your copy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798245370392
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 179