Why We Built This

Every woman's menopause journey is different. Yet too often, the "solutions" offered are one-size-fits-all: hormone therapy or nothing, pharmaceutical pills or silence, outdated advice or dismissal.

We created this assessment because we believe you deserve better — a personalized, science-backed roadmap that respects your unique metabolic profile, emotional landscape, and life circumstances. Not cookie-cutter protocols, not guesswork, instead real insight, tailored for you.

The Team Behind Your Assessment

Kornelia Christine Rebel

Award-Winning Health Journalist · Nutrition Expert · Hormone Health Specialist

Kornelia doesn't just write about menopause — she's lived it, researched it, and guided hundreds of women through it. As an award-winning journalist with decades of experience translating complex health science into clear, actionable wisdom, she has authored multiple bestselling books on nutrition and metabolic wellness, including works honored with the Gourmand World Cookbook Award.

Kornelia combines journalistic rigor with deep personal expertise in hormonal health. She's trained in rejuvenation coaching, anti-inflammatory nutrition, and metabolic optimization — and she co-created Powerwechseljahre (Power Menopause), a platform where science meets compassion for women navigating midlife hormonal transitions.

Journalistic rigor meets empathy — credibility and warmth in equal measure
Award-winning authorship — Gourmand World Cookbook Award, including "Best in the World"
Evidence-based, not trend-based — every recommendation grounded in current research
Global perspective — multilingual, well-traveled, culturally attuned

From Journalist to Award-Winning Author

Kornelia's story begins with formal journalism training and years in traditional media — newspapers, broadcast, online publications — where she learned to distill complex information into stories people actually want to read. A personal reckoning with eating disordersin her youth ignited her lifelong passion for understanding how nutrition, body awareness, and mindset intersect. She didn't just recover. She transformed.

Today she is the founder of RebelText, a content agency renowned for evidence-based health and lifestyle content. Under her own name and the pen name Kornelia Santoro, she has written multiple books on Mediterranean-inspired nutrition and holistic health — every one honored with a Gourmand World Cookbook Award. Her book Cooking for Happiness earned the title "Best in the World" in the Innovative category.

A Global Perspective, Grounded in Science

Kornelia's worldview was shaped by lived experience across continents — from riding solo across India on a motorcycle to building a life in Greece. Fluent in German, English, French, Italian, and Greek, she brings a rare global perspective to her work, understanding that health is daily lived experience shaped by language, culture, and personal history. Her content doesn't rely on trends or anecdotes — it's anchored in evidence, filtered through the question: What actually works for real people?

The Birth of Powerwechseljahre

Kornelia co-created Powerwechseljahre because she saw a silence around women's midlife health that frustrated her both personally and professionally. Menopause wasn't being discussed as the complex metabolic and hormonal transition it actually is. Women were being handed hormone therapy or told to "just deal with it." So she built the middle ground — a platform where women can find clarity about what's happening in their bodies and what they can actually do about it.

Why Kornelia Built This Assessment

Every question in this assessment was crafted through three lenses:

Journalistic precision — What information do we actually need to understand your situation?
Scientific grounding — What does the research tell us about menopause, metabolism, and emotional health?
Empathetic insight — What does it feel like to be in the middle of this transition, confused and looking for answers?

"Your body isn't broken, it's changing. And with the right information, you can transform with it — not as a victim, but as an empowered participant. — Kornelia Christine Rebel"

Mark Julian Zyga

Systems Engineer · Hypnotherapist · Author · Teacher · Transformation Guide

Mark is the kind of solution architect who doesn't just design & build software — he builds experiences that serve transformation. With a career spanning enterprise-level systems for FedEx, American Express, and Citibank in addition to 20+ other organizations, he has spent decades engineering platforms that handle complexity invisibly.

But what drew him to this project wasn't the technical challenge — it was the human challenge. For over 14 years, Mark has worked as a certified hypnotherapist, guiding individuals through loss, identity, and personal transformation. He has taught for nearly 30 years across universities, yoga studios, meditation halls, and experiential learning environments. He is a Reiki Master trained in NLP, wellness coaching, and nutritional counseling — and the author of The Truth Within, a guide to self-awareness and conscious living.

Intuitive design — built for people who are stressed, confused, or overwhelmed
Intelligent connections — reveals patterns across metabolic, emotional, and lifestyle domains
Privacy you can trust — enterprise-grade security meets therapeutic confidentiality
Recommendations that feel human — guidance that honors where you are

The Truth Within

Mark is the author of The Truth Within, a reflective guide that helps readers explore self-awareness, cognitive clarity, and conscious manifestation. The book isn't about "finding yourself" in some abstract sense — it's about asking the questions that reveal who you actually are, beneath the stories, roles, and conditioning. That same philosophy runs through this assessment. Every question is designed not just to gather information, but to invite reflection.

A Bridge Between Technology & Human Transformation

Mark integrates Eastern and Western philosophies in everything he does. He's trained in neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), guided imagery, wellness coaching, and nutritional counseling. He doesn't see mind and body as separate — he sees them as inseparable systems that must be addressed together. This is the foundation of his approach to health technology: technology should serve transformation, not just collect data.

He specializes in grief and loss work — helping clients navigate the terrain of letting go, rebuilding, and finding meaning in transition. Menopause is, in many ways, a kind of loss and rebirth — the end of one chapter, the threshold of another. That deep understanding of transition is baked into the architecture of this assessment.

The Synthesis

Most programmers think in ones and zeros. Mark thinks in systems and souls. Most wellness practitioners focus on symptoms. Mark focuses on root causes and transformation. Most assessment tools treat you like a data point. This one treats you like a whole person in transition — because that's exactly what menopause is.

"Transformation begins when we're willing to see ourselves as we truly are — not as we wish we were, or fear we are, but as we actually are in this moment."— Mark Julian Zyga, The Truth Within

Why This Assessment Is Different

Most health questionnaires treat symptoms in isolation — hot flashes here, weight gain there, mood swings somewhere else. We see the connections.

This assessment is built on a simple but powerful principle: menopause is not just a hormonal shift — it's a metabolic recalibration that touches every system in your body. Your sleep affects your cortisol. Your cortisol affects your belly fat. Your belly fat affects your insulin. Your insulin affects your mood. And so on.

What We Identify

Root causes, not just surface symptoms
Connections across metabolic, emotional, and lifestyle domains
Action steps prioritized by impact for your profile
Targeted support matched to your specific needs

What the Assessment Covers

Physical symptoms (hot flashes, fatigue, joint discomfort)
Emotional wellbeing and mood patterns
Sleep quality and disruption factors
Cognitive clarity and memory
Lifestyle and metabolic patterns

Our Commitment

Evidence-based, not trendy — grounded in clinical research
Transparent, not salesy — recommendations that genuinely fit your profile
Empowering, not prescriptive — you're in the driver's seat
Holistic, not reductionist — mind, body, and lifestyle as one system

This assessment is designed to support education and self-awareness — it is not intended to replace advice, diagnosis, or treatment from a qualified healthcare professional.

The Bigger Vision

Menopause shouldn't be something you "survive." It should be a phase where you gain clarity, reclaim energy, and step into the next chapter of your life with confidence.

This assessment is the first step. What comes next — better sleep, sustainable weight management, metabolic balance, emotional resilience — that's up to you. But you won't be doing it alone. You'll have science-backed guidance, personalized support, and a team that genuinely cares about your wellbeing.

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