Muscles & Readers: The Front Porch
A free, therapist-led community for women in perimenopause and menopause to look around first
Community
Improve my health
<100 members

Outcomes
- Meet women in the same season of midlife
- Get honest answers in a monthly Q&A with Dawn
- Feel less alone in perimenopause and menopause
- Decide if the paid membership feels like home
What's included?
Monthly Free Q&A with Dawn
A live monthly Q&A with licensed professional counselor Dawn Starkey, open to all Front Porch members.
Community Conversations
Introduce yourself, meet other women in the same season, and join the conversation at your own pace.
Letters from the Middle
A weekly letter of encouragement and tips for women navigating perimenopause, menopause, and midlife.
Who is this for?
- Women in perimenopause or menopause who feel alone in what they are going through
- Midlife women who are curious and want to look around before committing
- Women who want honest, counselor-led conversation about this season
About the creator

Muscles & Readers
A therapist-led wellness community for women in perimenopause, menopause, and midlife
Muscles & Readers is a holistic wellness community for women in perimenopause, menopause, and midlife reinvention. It grew out of the counseling practice of Dawn Starkey, a licensed professional counselor and founder of The Mend, who kept hearing the...