Meet
Madison
The woman behind Madison Lee Collective
With a background in Psychology, Women’s Studies, and Traditional Oriental Medicine, Madison brings a holistic understanding of what it means to thrive — body, mind, and spirit. Her work centers on the real conversations women need most: hormone health, perimenopause, mental wellness, nutrition, wealth-building, and the power of reinvention.
Through candid storytelling and practical, actionable tools, Madison leads a growing community of women ready to redefine what thriving looks like after 40, giving ourselves permission to realize to realize our potential. Whether you’re navigating hot flashes or building your first investment portfolio, her message is simple:
midlife isn’t a decline — it’s your renaissance.
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BEHIND IT ALL
Madison's Story
I was thriving...until I wasn't
Perimenopause hit me like a Mack truck—humbling, jarring, and knocking me flat on my ceramic floor.
Oprah once said that life is always whispering to us. First softly… then louder… until the whispers turn into pebbles, then bricks, and eventually an entire wall collapsing when we refuse to listen. The whisper was that I was overextending myself, taking care of everyone and everything around me without filling my cup. As mothers, we’re convinced we’ve been gifted superhuman “mom energy,” that love alone will carry us through.
But brick was perimenopause, and it unveiled to me all the physical, emotional, and mental load I was carrying for two decades—and the house came crashing down....
The physical, emotional, and mental load I had quietly carried showed itself all at once. I slipped into depression. Panic attacks became a regular part of my life. Insomnia stole my nights, and emotional exhaustion consumed my days, all while navigating two teenagers on their own hormonal roller coasters.
It wasn’t until the hot flashes arrived, accompanied by unsettling heart palpitations, that I finally reached out for help. A hormone specialist ran tests, and the results were stark: my testosterone was practically nonexistent. Four months into bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, I watched the fog begin to lift. The anxiety eased. The depression softened. Energy slowly returned, enough for me to start working out at the gym again, something I had loved in my twenties, long before kids.
I went in to treat the hot flashes… but the biggest healing was mental and emotional.
Looking back, I realize perimenopause had begun almost a decade earlier, when the emotional unraveling first started. Having to feel responsible for everyone’s happiness except mine left me emotionally bankrupt. BHRT didn’t just balance my hormones—it taught me emotional boundaries. It taught me not to burn myself alive to keep others warm. It taught me that self-care is so much more than a spa day… it is the radical act of honoring and respecting myself–giving myself permission that I am allowed to be the most important thing in my own life. I still struggle at times and find myself falling back into old habits, but when I look at my children, I’m reminded that the greatest gift I can give them is a healthy, whole mother.
My physical healing began only after I cared for my emotional and mental health. This season of life has felt like a re-introduction to the wiser, deeper version of myself—a woman uncovering old wounds from this life and generations before me and gently finding her way back to the curious, bold woman she once was. I enlisted the support of a life coach who pushed me to ask the big questions: What is my purpose now, after 50 years? What do I want the rest of my life to look like?
And that’s when I understood something profound:
Midlife does have to be a decline or the end of our womanhood. It can be a rebirth. A new beginning in a phase of life the world has overlooked for far too long. So I created Menopause Renaissance as both a home and a calling—to rediscover, reacquaint, and redefine ourselves in this second half of life. I invite all women to come on this journey with me. This is our time...