slowing down …

You may have noticed that I stopped posting on social media. I’m back and I want to share what has been going on behind the scenes both personally and professionally.

Over the past few months, it was brought to my attention that guidelines were issued by the Department of Health on who can own and operate within a medical spa. My specialty was not listed in these guidelines so in typical Tara fashion, my brain spiraled down the rabbit hole of all the worst case scenarios. I was Chicken Little on steroids…..”I’m going out of business”, “I’m getting shut down”, “Maybe I’m not meant to do this”. Yeah….the girl who can remain cool, calm and collected during emergencies within her anesthesia career threw all rational thought processes out the window.

I needed to slow down so I did the bare minimum. I worked at the hospital and the spa and took care of my loved ones. I hit the pause button on everything else that I deemed non-essential and got quiet because something else was going on.

I haven’t been feeling myself lately. Mentally, I’ve been feeling flat, uninspired and worn down. But I’ve also been experiencing flashes of anxiety that I’m unaccustomed to, restless sleep and lots of digestive issues like bloating.

And it hit me….

this is what women experience when they enter

PERIMENOPAUSE 😱

Stay tuned because my plan is to share this experience and everything I learn in the hopes that it helps those of you going through the same thing.

❤️Tara