Written By Kate Nguy

Episode 129: Your Migraine Isn’t One Thing with Dr. Amelia Scott Barrett

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Maybe migraines were never your thing. Then midlife arrived. Now you’re hiding in a dark room, nauseous, waiting for the pounding to stop. As estrogen dips and swings through perimenopause, many women meet migraines for the first time. Others watch old ones get louder.

This week I sit down with Dr. Amelia Scott Barrett. She spent 25 years as a neurologist treating headache disorders before stepping off the beaten path. Today she blends neurology, functional medicine and genomics to find what’s really filling each woman’s migraine bucket. We talk estrogen, stress chemistry, hidden toxins, and why one treatment can work beautifully for one woman and do nothing for the next.

In this episode we explore:

  • Why estrogen drops at ovulation, before your period and through perimenopause can set off a migraine

  • The “tipping bucket”: how hormones, stress, sleep, toxins and blood sugar add up until the pain spills over

  • How genes like COMT shape your stress response and which migraine meds are likely to work for you

  • Migraines and HRT: why a past “no” to the pill doesn’t automatically mean no to HRT now

  • Dr. Barrett’s food triangle (protein, fiber, phytonutrients) and why “eat sugar every few hours” backfires

Dr. Barrett is a Board-Certified Neurologist and the Founder of Migraine Relief Code, which provides online precision medicine solutions for people living with migraine. She is also a TEDx Speaker and author of the upcoming book “Decode Your Migraine.” Her mission is to help people with migraine to use the latest science to find and fix the root causes of migraine and get back to the lives they love. Dr. Barrett is a Board-Certified Neurologist who trained at Stanford, she launched a private practice in Denver in 2003, where she treated patients with a variety of headache disorders. She then trained in Functional Medicine with IFM She is an RYRT-200 yoga teacher as well.

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About Kate

Kate Nguy is the founder of Shee Revival and a Certified Hormone Health Practitioner and Cycle-Syncing Strategist who helps busy women in their 30s and 40s balance their hormones and reclaim their energy. Specializing in the hormonal ups and downs of midlife—from PMS and perimenopause to burnout and cortisol overload—Kate guides women to feel at home in their bodies and live in sync with their natural cycles. Through cycle syncing, hormone hacks, and nervous system regulation, Kate empowers women to rebalance their hormones, reconnect to their bodies, and revive the vibrant, grounded version of themselves underneath the overwhelm.

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Kate Nguy

Kate Nguy is a Certified Hormone Health Practitioner and Cycle-Syncing Strategist who helps women in their 30s and 40s struggling with PMS, perimenopause, and burnout balance their hormones and reclaim their energy. As the creator of the Hormone R.E.S.T. Method, she guides busy women to understand why they feel the way they do—especially in the second half of their cycle—and gives them practical tools to live in sync with their natural rhythms.

Kate is the host of the Aligned Womb, Aligned You podcast and serves as Executive Director of The Menopause Mission. Her mission is simple: to help women stop white-knuckling through their cycles and start working with their hormones instead of against them.

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