Inside the First Pemi Supper Club

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On October 15, we hosted our very first Pemi Supper Club at Palma in New York City. It was a small table, good food, candlelight, and a group of women in their late 30s and 40s who were ready to talk about something most of us were never taught: perimenopause.

Why we pulled up a chair

We started the Supper Club because these conversations deserve more room in our everyday lives. So many of us are going through changes we don’t fully understand, and we’re often doing it quietly, on our own. Sometimes the most helpful thing is simply sitting in a room where you can say it out loud and hear someone across the table say, “Wait, me too.”

The night itself

We wanted it to feel like a great girls’ dinner first and a brand event second. Same girl, different hormones. No slides, no lecture, just a long table of creators and wellness-minded women, many of whom were meeting for the first time.

By the main course, people were comparing notes like old friends: the sleep that suddenly isn’t what it used to be, the brain fog, the mood swings no one warned us about.

Postcards were scattered down the table, each with a different line on the front: “Hot. Bothered. Possibly perimenopausal.” “Is it hot in here?” One was a checklist of 3 AM thoughts: Why am I awake? Again. Why is it so hot in here? Wait. Is this perimenopause? Every woman also went home with a pre-stamped one in her gift bag, and we encouraged everyone to send it to a friend who needs to hear it, because chances are she’s wondering the same things.

Between the cards and the disposable cameras waiting at every seat, the whole night had a nostalgic, girls’-night feel. But the conversation was completely real. No one held back, and by the end of the night, every woman at that table seemed to feel a little more seen and a lot more connected.

What we talked about

Over dinner, we covered the basics so many of us were never given:

• What perimenopause actually is. It’s the stretch of years leading up to menopause, and it often starts earlier than we expect, in our late 30s and 40s.
• The early signs. Many women don’t connect changes in sleep, mood or focus to their hormones until someone names it.
• How it differs from menopause. Perimenopause is the transition; menopause is the point you reach after it.
• Why talking about it matters. Every woman’s experience is different, and too many of us go through it without clear information or friends in the same chapter.

If you’re newer to all this, our Perimenopause Basics guide is a great place to start, and the Pemi Hub has more plain-language education.

This is just the first table

New York was the start of a Pemi Supper Club series across the U.S. We’re still finalizing the next cities and dates, but the goal stays the same: more tables, more honest conversations, and a real community of women going through this chapter together.

We hope to see you at the next table.
The Pemi Team 

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