If I Could Shift Society…
What would you change about modern society?
Rethinking How We Care for Minds and Bodies—Especially Women’s
If I could change one thing about modern society, it would be the way we address health—not just in clinics, but in everyday culture. I want us to truly care: about mental well-being, about women’s voices, about how medical systems still leave too many of us unheard. Especially when it comes to the quiet storm of perimenopause and how it affects our bodies, moods, and sense of identity.
Mental Health Shouldn’t Be a Luxury
Still stigmatized. Still overlooked. Still under-resourced.
Modern society often treats mental health like a personal inconvenience rather than a collective responsibility. I would shift this by:
We need to stop asking people to “push through” and start asking how we can help them feel whole.
Women’s Health Needs a Rewrite
Women’s experiences—from menstruation to perimenopause—are too often dismissed as exaggerated or “just part of getting older.” Here’s how I’d flip the narrative:
More funding and research into perimenopause, so it’s no longer a mystery even to healthcare providers.Routine screening for hormonal shifts and mental health changes during midlife.Medical education that respects women’s intuition about their own bodies.Accessible support for sleep disruption, anxiety, mood swings, and physical changes—without gaslighting or shame.Perimenopause deserves the same visibility as puberty. It’s a major life transition, and we need language, care, and community around it.
Expanding the Framework
Let’s stop asking women to adapt to rigid systems. Let’s redesign those systems to meet women as they are—in all their complexity.
When we invest in true care, everyone benefits. And when we treat women’s health and mental health not as side concerns, but as foundational pillars of a thriving society, everything shifts.
