Free 5-Part Video Series

Your Brain. Your Hormones.
Hard Truths.

Join Tana Amen — RN, NYT bestselling author, and host of Change Your Brain Every Day — for a free 5-part video series on the cortisol, hormone, and trauma shifts every woman over 40 needs to understand.

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You're Not Imagining It

Does any of this sound familiar?

You're forgetting words, names, and why you walked into the room — and you've started to wonder if something is genuinely wrong.

You feel anxious, wired, and exhausted at the same time — and the wellness advice you've tried isn't touching it.

You know your trauma shaped you but no one has connected it to what's happening in your body right now — in your 40s and 50s.

You've been put on antidepressants, sleep aids, or hormone therapy without anyone explaining the brain-hormone-cortisol picture underneath.

You want to feel sharp, calm, and powerful again — and you're done being told this is just what midlife feels like.

The Free 5-Part Series

What's Inside the Series

Five focused videos — delivered one per day to your inbox — walking you through the cortisol, hormone, and trauma framework Tana teaches.

Video 1

Cortisol & Memory in Perimenopause

Why your memory shifts in your 40s and 50s, the cortisol-hormone feedback loop driving it, and what's actually happening inside the perimenopausal brain. This is the foundation that explains everything else.

Video 2

How Trauma Rewires the Female Brain Differently

Why women carry trauma in the body in ways men don't, how it shows up decades later as hormonal and cognitive symptoms, and what to do about it. This is the video women tell Tana changed everything.

Video 3

The Three Foods I Cut First When Hormones Start Shifting

The specific inflammatory triggers driving brain fog, anxiety, and weight gain in midlife — and the order Tana takes women through removing them. Not a supplement bundle. Not an influencer protocol. The real list.

Video 4

The Morning Routine That Resets Cortisol

The exact sequence Tana uses and teaches — sleep, light, movement, and protein — to take cortisol out of survival mode and back into rhythm. Simple. Specific. Science-backed.

Video 5

Healthy Boundaries, Peace Over Perfection

Why brain and hormone healing don't work without nervous system healing — and how to set the boundaries that actually protect your biology. The piece most wellness programs leave out entirely.

This Series Is For You If

You recognise yourself in any of these

Tana built this series for a specific woman. See if you're her.

You're a woman over 40 who feels like your body, brain, and energy stopped working the way they used to — and no doctor has explained why.

You're in perimenopause — losing your words, your sleep, and your patience — and you've been told it's "just stress."

You're carrying childhood trauma and starting to realise it's connected to your hormones, your inflammation, and your memory.

You're tired of generic wellness advice that ignores midlife, cortisol, and the way the female brain actually works.

You want the real, science-backed reset — not another supplement bundle, not another influencer protocol.

Your Takeaways

What you'll walk away knowing

Four concrete frameworks you can apply the day you watch each video.

The Cortisol-Hormone-Memory Loop

The feedback loop that drives brain fog and anxiety in perimenopause — and the specific points where you can interrupt it.

How Trauma Resurfaces in Midlife

Why trauma stored in the female body resurfaces as hormonal and cognitive symptoms in your 40s — and the specific way to start unwinding it.

The Foods, Mornings, and Boundaries That Reset Everything

The exact foods to cut, the morning sequence that resets cortisol, and the boundary practices that protect your biology — not your productivity.

A Framework for Feeling Sharp Again After 40

A grounded, science-backed way to feel sharp, calm, and powerful again — without another supplement bundle or generic protocol.

Included Free With the Series

Two bonuses sent with Video 1

Bonus 1

The Brain-Hormone Reset Cheat Sheet

A printable one-page reference with the cortisol-supporting morning routine, the three foods to cut first, and the simplest daily checklist for women over 40. Sent with Video 1 so you can start immediately.

Bonus 2

Invitation to Tana's Private Community

An invitation to Tana's private community for women 40+ working through the brain-hormone reset together — a grounded, intelligent space for the conversations you're not finding anywhere else.

Tana Amen, RN BSN — NYT bestselling author and host of Change Your Brain Every Day

About the Creator

Tana Amen,
BSN, RN

Hi, I'm Tana. I'm a registered nurse, a New York Times bestselling author, a black belt, and a woman who survived thyroid cancer at 23 and years inside a neurosurgical ICU before I ever spoke publicly about brain health.

I've spent the last two decades teaching women — especially women over 40 — how cortisol, hormones, and unhealed trauma shape the brain, the body, and the life you're trying to build.

I share what I know with over 200,000 women on Instagram and on the Change Your Brain Every Day podcast with my husband Dr. Daniel Amen. This free video series is the foundation of everything I teach.

If you're a woman over 40 who knows something deeper is going on and you're ready for the real answer — this is for you.

What Women Are Saying

Real results. Real women. Real life.

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I'm 52 and I had given up on feeling clear-headed again. Tana's series finally gave me a framework that connected my hormones, my cortisol, and the trauma I've been carrying since childhood. The brain fog has lifted.

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I've spent ten years in and out of doctors' offices being told I was anxious, hormonal, or depressed. This series was the first thing that made all of it make sense. I cried watching Video 2.

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My sleep, my memory, and my marriage have all changed since I started applying what Tana teaches. I finally feel like myself in my own body and brain again.

Your Questions, Answered

Everything you need to know

Is this really free?

Yes, 100% free. No credit card, no hidden upsell. Just enter your first name and email and Video 1 lands in your inbox immediately.

How is the series delivered?

Five videos, one per day, sent straight to your inbox. You can watch them at your own pace and they're yours to keep.

I'm in my 30s, not over 40 — is this still for me?

The series is built specifically for women in perimenopause and beyond, but the brain-hormone-trauma framework applies to any woman who wants to understand her biology earlier rather than later. You're welcome here.

I'm already on hormone therapy — is this still relevant?

Yes. Many women in this community are on HRT and using the series to understand the broader cortisol, nutrition, and nervous system picture around it. Nothing in the series replaces your doctor's care.

Will you try to sell me something at the end?

Tana has a private community for women who want to go deeper after the series, but the 5 videos and the cheat sheet are completely free. No pitch, no pressure.

Who is this NOT for?

This is not medical advice and is not a replacement for your doctor or psychiatrist. If you're in active mental health crisis or have a complex medical condition, please work with your clinician — this series is educational, not clinical.