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The divorce no one predicts.
This week on Her Time, Her Health, I’m joined by Brooke Davis, creator of the Instagram page Marriage and Perimenopause and the Hormone-Informed Midlife Marriage course. With over 20 years in healthcare administration, Brooke translates relationship and hormone research into practical tools for couples navigating midlife.
We dig into the staggering divorce statistics tied to perimenopause, why so many long marriages hit a breaking point in midlife, and how couples can become “hormone-informed” without using biology as an excuse to dismiss what’s really going on. Brooke shares her own path — from unexplained anxiety and brain fog in her mid-40s to building a platform that’s helped thousands of couples find language for a transition no one prepared them for.
In this episode, we cover:
Why nearly 60% of divorces after 45 are initiated by women
The patient story that reveals what’s at stake when perimenopause goes undiagnosed
Why perimenopause doesn’t enter an “empty” marriage — it amplifies existing patterns
The real meaning behind midlife resentment (and why it’s not just “hormones”)
How to become a hormone-informed couple without explaining each other away
The difference between real support and dismissive “it’s your hormones” comments
Women’s shifting identity in midlife — and why it can feel threatening to a partner
Can perimenopause actually strengthen a marriage?
Renegotiating roles, intimacy, and expectations after decades together
