# @taibeau on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DUodKaiky8T
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63377640-taibeau-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-11T21:07:28.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Tai Beauchamp (@taibeau) — https://gondola.cc/taibeau

## Caption

“I wish I knew this sooner.” 

So many of you said that in my recent perimenopause post and I hear you.

But I want to name something first. You see the glam in this clip, the confidence. And yes that was real that day.
But so are the days I have nothing. The mornings my body feels like a stranger and my spirit feels heavy for reasons I can’t explain. That’s perimenopause too. And she doesn’t care about your aesthetic.

So don’t compare your raw truth to anyone’s best angle. And don’t compare your timeline of knowing to another woman’s. God doesn’t do late. He does it on time.

This season broke me open spiritually in ways I wasn’t ready for. It taught me that rest is holy. That boundaries are obedience. That the slowing down I was fighting was actually God saying “I don’t need your performance. I need your presence.”
Your love after that video moved me.

So let me give back with a few things helping me navigate this season:

 🛌Protect your sleep like it’s sacred: magnesium, no screens, cooling sheets, whatever works. When sleep is off, everything is off.
🗣️Talk about it out loud with your partner, your friends, your team. The silence is why we were all blindsided. Your honesty gives another woman permission.
💂🏽‍♀️Guard your spirit: therapy, prayer, journaling, stillness. This season will surface things that have nothing to do with hormones and everything to do with what you’ve been carrying.

This is the conversation I wish someone had started with me. So I’m starting it with you. 

Thank you for holding space for this conversation. Welcome to the Middle Ages! 

Hair: @kiyahwright1 for @muzehairbeauty
Makeup: @facebymanu
Robe: @fenoel 

#middleages #perimenopause #menopause

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middleages, perimenopause, menopause

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