As a board-certified OB/GYN and fellowship-trained urogynecologist, I’ve spent years on the front lines of women’s health — and I’ve seen firsthand how conventional medicine often oversimplifies, overlooks, or outright dismisses what women truly need, especially during midlife. Too often, we offer one-size-fits-all treatments that fall short. These are short-term crutches — not solutions — and in many cases, they make things worse.

I'll never forget the day I realized conventional medicine wasn't providing all the answers. I was sitting across from my tenth patient that day, another case of fatigue, brain fog, unpredictable bleeding, frequently running to the bathroom, endless pads and unexplained symptoms. She had tears in her eyes as she told me she’d seen seven doctors before me. She felt invisible. Trapped in the devastating gap between being told, “It’s just perimenopause — this is normal,” and the crushing reality of pelvic dysfunction systematically dismantling her quality of life — the urgency, the bleeding, the intimacy struggles, and the loss of confidence.

That moment hit me hard. I realized that the tools I was trained to use weren’t enough. The endless prescriptions, the ten-minute consultations, the revolving door of symptoms labeled “normal” — it all felt like we were putting band-aids on deeper, unaddressed problems.

I’d lie awake at night, my mind racing, knowing my patients deserved more than symptom management. They deserved answers. They deserved healing.