<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Kara in Control]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kara in Control]]></description><link>https://www.karaincontrol.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:02:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.karaincontrol.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Gray Area Drinking: What It Is and Why Most Women Don't Realize They're In It]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's a version of drinking that doesn't look like a problem from the outside. You're not missing work. You're not drinking in the morning. You're not hiding bottles or blacking out or doing anything that would raise a red flag to the people around you. You're just drinking most nights. A glass or two of wine while you make dinner. Another while you watch TV. Maybe a third on the weekends because it's the weekend and you've earned it. And somewhere in the back of your mind, there's a quiet...]]></description><link>https://www.karaincontrol.com/post/gray-area-drinking-what-it-is-and-why-most-women-don-t-realize-they-re-in-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a320038fd22fc8736af79f7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:06:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/575d8f_6795dc8422ea4e98b530c9bc4195e5aa~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kara Hagerman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does Alcohol Make Perimenopause Worse? What Every Woman Should Know]]></title><description><![CDATA[For years I blamed perimenopause for everything. The brain fog. The poor sleep. The anxiety that hummed quietly in the background of every day. The hot flashes that woke me up at 3am. I assumed it was just hormones doing what hormones do in midlife, and I dealt with it the best I could. What I didn't realize was that the glass of wine I was pouring every evening was making every single one of those symptoms worse. Nobody told me that. And I suspect nobody told you either. What Alcohol...]]></description><link>https://www.karaincontrol.com/post/does-alcohol-make-perimenopause-worse-what-every-woman-should-know</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2052541eb41e7885ffe782</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:16:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/575d8f_7bef5969248843fdb224f297ee08aa71~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_709,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kara Hagerman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I Quit Drinking at 45 — And What Changed When I Did]]></title><description><![CDATA[It didn't happen overnight. I didn't wake up one morning after a night of heavy drinking, hungover and consumed by shame and regret, and decide I had to stop drinking or I was going to die. Instead, it was a slow burn, a growing realization that alcohol was taking more from my life than it was giving, and I was ready for something better. So I quit. This space is for women who've been feeling the same way. Hi, I'm Kara. I'm the daughter of an alcoholic father who died when I was 20, the...]]></description><link>https://www.karaincontrol.com/post/why-i-quit-drinking-at-45-and-what-changed-when-i-did</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a189ec13455402997500406</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 20:04:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/575d8f_1a62dd017ea6422abcf4f0b05d036045~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kara Hagerman</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>