Research Advocate · StillHer

Three years of research.
One site built from it.

Samantha Jones holds no medical license. She spent three years reading the clinical literature her doctors didn't have time to translate — and built StillHer so the next woman doesn't have to start from scratch.

Samantha Jones, Research Advocate at StillHer

Samantha Jones

The story

I built StillHer because
nobody built it for me.

My name is Samantha Jones. I was the woman Googling her symptoms at 2am because the seven-minute appointment hadn't answered anything.

My belly changed shape. Sleep stopped working. Intimacy got complicated in ways I didn't have language for. And the answer I kept getting from the medical system — from people I trusted — was some version of this is just what getting older feels like.

That answer is wrong. And it cost me years.

"I wasn't falling apart. I was experiencing a hormonal cascade that medicine has understood for decades — that nobody had translated into language I could actually use."

So I found the answers myself. It took three years, a lot of wrong turns, and a willingness to sit with PubMed abstracts until they made sense. I learned to read the studies. I learned to distinguish peer-reviewed research from wellness theater — which turns out to be a skill the internet badly needs.

StillHer.health is those three years organized into something you can use starting tonight.

Every article on this site is the resource I wished had existed when I was the one who couldn't sleep.

What this means for you

How I work — and why it matters

Samantha Jones is a research advocate focused on perimenopause and menopause. That title is specific, and the specifics matter for how you should use this site.

  • Every claim is sourced to published research. When you read a statistic or a mechanism on StillHer, there is a peer-reviewed citation behind it. I don't publish wellness opinion dressed as science. If the evidence is mixed, I say so.

  • Symptoms are named plainly. Brain fog. Vaginal dryness. Rage. Sleep failure. Libido loss. I don't reach for euphemisms because euphemisms were part of what kept women in the dark for decades.

  • I have no diagnosis authority. I cannot tell you what is happening in your body. What I can do is help you understand the research so your next conversation with a clinician is a real one — not another seven-minute appointment where you walk out with nothing.

  • Affiliate relationships are disclosed — always. StillHer earns through digital products and a small number of affiliate partnerships. Every affiliate link on this site is disclosed above the content where it appears. I've turned down partnerships that didn't pass my evidence threshold. The recommendation comes from the research first.

Medical disclaimer: The content on StillHer.health is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider regarding your individual health circumstances. This site is operated by Rizo IQ.
How this site was built

The three-year timeline

Year 1 — The breaking point

Dismissed, again

Four different appointments. Labs came back "normal." The symptoms — the sleep failure, the belly shift, the afternoon crash — didn't care what the labs said. I started researching on my own because the system had nothing left to offer me.

Year 2 — The deep work

Learning to read the literature

I spent the better part of a year reading clinical journals, sorting credible evidence from supplement marketing, and tracking what actually moved the needle. I started keeping notes for myself. Then I started keeping them for other women.

Year 3 — StillHer

Building the resource that didn't exist

StillHer.health launched with one goal: give women in perimenopause and menopause the research their doctors don't have time to explain. Every article is built the same way. Evidence first. Plain language. No wellness theater.

What you get here

Six things I commit to on every page

These are the operating standards for StillHer. They're here so you know exactly what you're reading — and what you're not.

01

Citations, not claims. Every mechanism I describe traces back to published research. I link the sources. You can check them.

02

Plain language for complex biology. Estrogen, progesterone, cortisol, the HPA axis — these aren't intimidating once someone explains them without jargon walls.

03

Symptoms named directly. Brain fog, vaginal dryness, rage, libido loss — I use clinical terms and plain ones, whichever is clearer. Nothing is too embarrassing to say.

04

No diagnosis, no prescribing. I'm a research translator. I give you the information. Your clinician helps you apply it to your specific body.

05

Affiliate transparency. When a product link earns a commission, it says so above the content — not buried in a footer. The evidence threshold comes before the partnership.

06

Straight talk. The menopause conversation has been softened, avoided, and minimized for long enough. This site doesn't do that.

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Where most women begin

The free Clarity Kit walks you through your current symptoms, gives you a framework for your next clinical conversation, and points you toward the StillHer content that's most relevant to what you're experiencing right now.

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Questions about this site

What women ask most

No. Samantha holds no medical license and does not diagnose, treat, or prescribe. She is a research advocate: she reads the clinical literature and translates it into plain language. Every article on StillHer includes a medical disclaimer and recommends consulting a qualified clinician for personal health decisions. The distinction matters — and it's why the site exists. The medical system is excellent at diagnosing and prescribing. It's less good at giving you 45 minutes to understand what's actually happening hormonally. That's the gap StillHer fills.
Every claim on StillHer.health is sourced to peer-reviewed research or clinical guidelines — not personal opinion or wellness trend. The sources are cited. You can verify them. Samantha's job is to find the evidence and make it readable — not to replace your doctor. If you find a claim on this site that isn't backed by a citation, email us. That's a problem we want to fix.
Two ways. Digital products — the Clarity Kit and the Era Method program — and a small number of affiliate partnerships with companies whose products meet an evidence threshold. Affiliate links are disclosed above the content where they appear, not buried. Samantha has declined partnerships that didn't pass the evidence review. The business model is built around trust, because the moment we recommend something that doesn't work for you, we've lost the thing that makes this site worth visiting.
Every affiliate relationship is disclosed above the relevant content. The recommendation comes from the research first — not from the commission. That said: you know your body, your medical history, and your budget better than any website does. Use StillHer as a starting point for your own research, not as a final answer.
The free Clarity Kit is designed as a first step. It gives you a symptom baseline, a framework for talking to your doctor, and a clear path into the content that's most relevant to what you're experiencing. Most women who go through it say it's the first time their symptoms made sense as a connected system rather than a random collection of things going wrong.
"You're not broken. Your hormones shifted
and nobody explained it. I did."
— Samantha Jones, StillHer