Age Like a Girl

How Menopause Rewires Your Brain for Mental Clarity, Increased Confidence, and Renewed Energy

By: Dr. Mindy Pelz

Narrated by: Dr. Mindy Pelz

Dr. Mindy Pelz, noted women's health advocate and the bestselling author of Fast Like a Girl and Eat Like a Girl, redefines menopause as a powerful biological upgrade—offering science-backed strategies to help women thrive, reclaim their health, and step into their most vibrant, authentic selves.

Age Like a Girl challenges the outdated narrative of menopause and redefines it as a time of transformation, power, and renewal. Dr. Mindy explores the biological purpose of menopause, revealing how shifting hormones can unlock newfound wisdom, strength, and clarity. Through the lens of the Grandmother Hypothesis, she connects neuroscience, nutrition, fasting, exercise, and emotional well-being to help women optimize their health and embrace this stage of life.

Audiobook exclusives include spontaneous “Dr. Mindy Moments” and deeply personal reflections woven throughout the listening experience.

Part One: The Purpose of Menopause

• Explores why menopause exists, drawing from evolutionary science, neuroscience, and the Grandmother Hypothesis.
• Reveals how brain and hormonal shifts during menopause can be an advantage—enhancing wisdom, intuition, and resilience.
• Highlights lessons from traditional cultures, such as the Okinawan and hunter-gatherer societies, that have embraced menopause as a time of strength and leadership.

Part Two: The Age Like a Girl Toolbox

• Provides science-backed health strategies to optimize energy, metabolism, and mental clarity during menopause. Covers key topics like:
• Why postmenopausal women thrive on ketones over glucose and how fasting can be a powerful tool.
• The best nutrients to support hormonal balance and how to incorporate them into daily life.
• How exercise should evolve to align with changing hormones.
• The importance of connection, mood, and memory, including strategies to support mental well-being.
• Explains how shifts in estrogen and neurochemicals impact the body—and how to work with these changes, rather than against them.

Part Three: Returning Home to Yourself

• A personal and transformative section where Dr. Mindy shares her own experiences, offering insights into self-discovery and personal growth post-menopause.
• How menopause frees women from cultural conditioning and encourages them to stop people-pleasing.
• A powerful call for women to embrace transformation, akin to emerging from a chrysalis into their next phase of life.
• Encouragement for women to embrace this stage of life as a time to come home to themselves.

This audio product contains a PDF with supporting material, and the PDF is available to download.

©2025 Dr. Mindy Pelz (P)2025 Hay House LLC

Critic reviews

Dr. Mindy Pelz has written the book I wish I had at 40. Age Like a Girl blends science, story, and truth to show that menopause is not a decline but an incredible transformation. These pages will change the way you see yourself, your health, and your future. It’s the book that will help you go forward with confidence during this next season. - Tamsen Fadal, journalist, New York Times bestselling author of How to Menopause, and host of The Tamsen Show podcast

My dear friend has written a one-of-a-kind guide into the monumental, life altering journey of menopause. This book—and Dr. Mindy—open our hearts and minds to the wisdom the second half of life holds for every woman, helping us feel a little less crazy and way more empowered! - LeAnn Rimes, award-winning, multi-platinum selling singer, songwriter, and actress

This book is a call to action—and a love letter to every woman who has ever felt lost in her own body. Dr. Mindy brings the clarity and compassion we need. - Sara Szal MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Autoimmune Cure

Science Backed Research

Excellent information. Very healing. I enjoy all of Dr. Mindy’s books (and listen on audible). This is my new favorite. I will gift it & recommend to many!

Transformative

I love all the science backed information but most of all, the heart felt words about transformation, sisterhood, hope and becoming. Thank you so much for all your hard work and openness, Dr. Mindy

Amazing Book

This book is going to help so many women going forward to be kinder to themselves when the changes start happening. I love it and have only started listening a few days ago. Thank you Dr Mindy for sharing this with the world. x

Good listen

High level information. Helpful suggestions. Plan to implement some of the ideas. Good audiobook performance.