BALANCE: A Perimenopause Journey (Docuseries)
Dallas, Texas | Series
Documentary, Science
Menopause affects every woman, perimenopause can begin as early as 35, yet most enter it without education or support. The docuseries is complete, but the movement begins now. Siddhali & Anubhuti expose the stigma and medical gaps affecting millions. Your support fuels the impact beyond the screen.
BALANCE: A Perimenopause Journey (Docuseries)
Dallas, Texas | Series
Documentary, Science
2 Campaigns | Texas, United States
28 supporters | followers
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Goal: $21,000 for impact campaign
Menopause affects every woman, perimenopause can begin as early as 35, yet most enter it without education or support. The docuseries is complete, but the movement begins now. Siddhali & Anubhuti expose the stigma and medical gaps affecting millions. Your support fuels the impact beyond the screen.
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
BALANCE: A Perimenopause Journey
Between the age of 35 to 45, perimenopause affects every woman, yet most enter it without education, support, or validation. In a world where misinformation spreads faster than facts, many women suffer silently, confused by symptoms, dismissed by doctors, priced out by insurance systems, and left to navigate a life-changing transition alone.
For Jain monks and filmmakers Sadhvi Siddhali Shree and Sadhvi Anubhuti, the sudden onset of their own perimenopause in their late thirties became the unexpected catalyst for this project. As they sought clarity, treatment, and understanding, they discovered a medical and cultural landscape filled with conflicting information, stigma, and systemic barriers. Their journey became the gateway to a much larger truth: women everywhere are struggling, and no one prepared them for what their bodies would experience.
You Can't Meditate Menopause Away
Siddhali and Anubhuti are Jain monks—Siddhali for 15 years, Anubhuti for 7—both having renounced their former lives to follow a path of non-violence, compassion, and service. Siddhali became a monk after serving in the Iraq War as an Army Combat Medic, and Anubhuti left behind a successful career as a sales executive to pursue a life of spiritual purpose. Yet even with years of discipline, meditation, and inner work, nothing prepared them for the sudden onset of perimenopause. Their vows didn’t shield them from the mental, emotional, and physical upheaval that millions of women face. And it was this unexpected struggle that opened their eyes to a much larger crisis—one they felt called to expose and help heal.
New Story They Never Expected to Tell
In their earlier work, Siddhali and Anubhuti used storytelling to confront the global injustice of human trafficking. Now, they turn the lens inward to expose one of the most overlooked and under-discussed issues in women’s health, perimenopause. BALANCE blends intimate personal experiences with expert insight from leading physicians, researchers, advocates, and everyday women whose stories have long gone unheard.
Dr. Mary Claire Haver, OBGYN - NYT Best Selling Author of "The New Menopause"
Through vulnerability, honesty, humor, and deep exploration, this film uncovers the physical, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual realities of perimenopause. It reveals the gaps in medical training, the decades of fear rooted in outdated research, and the structural failures that have contributed to the suffering of millions of women.
BALANCE is not just a docuseries—it is the beginning of a global conversation that should have started decades ago.
A Legacy of Impact Filmmaking
Our work as monk-filmmakers has always been guided by one intention: to reduce pain, suffering, and violence by bringing truth into the light.
Over the years, our films have explored some of the most urgent and difficult issues of our time—from Stopping Traffic and Surviving Sex Trafficking, to For the Animals, and now BALANCE. Each project is an extension of the same mission: creating awareness that leads to compassion, accountability, and meaningful change.
BALANCE is part of this ongoing journey. While the subject is different, the heart of the work remains the same—listening deeply, telling stories with integrity, and using film as a form of service.
This short video offers a glimpse into that journey and the path that led us here.
This short video offers a glimpse into the journey that shaped our work and led us to BALANCE.
Perimenopause: The Emotional, Mental & Physical Toll
Perimenopause can quietly unravel a woman’s entire life. Though 100% of women experience menopause, most enter this transition with no education or support, blindsided by anxiety, depression, rage, brain fog, and physical symptoms so severe many fear they’re “losing their mind.” It’s no coincidence that nearly half of divorces occur between ages 45–55, and this same age range holds the highest rate of female suicide. Partners often misinterpret symptoms as disconnection or rejection simply because they’ve never been taught what she’s going through. With understanding, outcomes change dramatically. But without it, women pay the price in silence, shame, and spiraling mental health. The stakes are this high—which is why BALANCE exists. No woman should walk through this alone.
The Impact Campaign
The mission of BALANCE is to radically shift awareness, education, and cultural understanding around perimenopause. This film exists to help communities, workplaces, families, and institutions finally recognize the truth of women’s lived experiences. Through storytelling, screenings, community programs, and resources, we aim to influence healthcare systems, support younger generations, and build a safer, more informed environment for every woman entering this transition.
Our goal is to empower women to advocate for themselves, guide clinicians toward better care, spark policy conversations, and ensure that no woman feels alone or dismissed on her journey to balance. Through the dedicated work of doctors, advocates, organizations, and community leaders, we believe women can finally receive the respect, care, and choices they deserve.
The Statistics
What We Need
Film is a powerful catalyst for cultural change—and BALANCE is ready to meet the world. The docuseries is fully completed and will begin premiering globally in January 2026. Now, our mission is to ensure that BALANCE doesn’t simply release… but creates lasting impact.
This campaign supports the work beyond the film’s debut: launching our national and global impact movement, expanding community screenings, empowering schools, workplaces, and churches, providing resources and toolkits to underserved communities, and making sure every woman has access to the truth, support, and care she deserves.
Your contribution fuels the educational outreach, advocacy, partnerships, and grassroots programs that will allow BALANCE to reach millions and transform conversations around women’s health for years to come. Together, we can ensure this series becomes more than a film—it becomes a movement.
Peri Party Community Screening - Dallas, Texas
Turning Awareness Into Action
BALANCE is complete and begins premiering worldwide in January 2026. This campaign fuels the impact work that happens after release—bringing screenings, education, and resources to communities everywhere. Supporters will receive viewing access and perks according to their reward tier, along with updates as the impact campaign unfolds throughout 2026. If we exceed our goal, additional funding will expand screenings, translate materials, and increase accessibility so the movement reaches even more women.
You can help in three simple ways:
Pledge at any level, follow the campaign for updates, and share it so more people learn the truth about perimenopause.
Copy/Paste to Share
Instagram/Facebook:
I’m supporting BALANCE, a groundbreaking docuseries exposing the truth about perimenopause and the medical gaps affecting millions of women. Join me in supporting this movement: https://seedandspark.com/fund/balancedocuseries
X/Twitter:
I’m supporting BALANCE—the docuseries bringing truth to perimenopause & women’s health. Join me: https://seedandspark.com/fund/balancedocuseries
Text to a friend:
Hey! I found an important project about perimenopause called BALANCE. It exposes what millions of women go through. Thought you'd want to see it: https://seedandspark.com/fund/balancedocuseries
What You Get
Every contribution matters, and we want to thank you deeply for standing with us in this movement. By supporting this campaign, you’ll have access to exclusive perks such as early release updates, digital thank-you messages, behind-the-scenes content, screening invitations, special recognition, and even opportunities to appear in the credits as an Executive Producer.
Your support is more than a donation—it is a statement that women deserve better.
NOTE: Siddhayatan Tirth Productions is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)3 non-profit organizations. You will receive a receipt for your contribution to submit with your taxes.
Other Ways You Can Help
To reach our goal, we need the support of as many people as possible. If you’re unable to contribute financially, sharing this campaign with your network can make a powerful difference. Spread the word on social media, email the campaign link, and encourage others to learn about this essential film and movement.
Every share brings BALANCE one step closer to reaching the women who need it most.
THANK YOU
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for supporting BALANCE and standing with us on this mission to bring truth, dignity, and compassion to women’s health. Together, we can shift awareness, ignite change, and build a world where women finally receive the understanding and support they deserve.
The Heart Behind BALANCE
A dedicated team of monk-filmmakers and impact-driven creators committed to truth, compassion, and transforming women’s health through storytelling.
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Peri Parties & Grassroots Launch
Costs $2,000
Support for local hosts, facilitator guides, and digital resources.
College & University Screenings
Costs $5,500
Educational screenings + curriculum-aligned discussion guides.
BALANCE Podcast Production (Season 1 Launch)
Costs $1,500
Editing, mixing, graphics, hosting, distribution, and recording support for Season 1 (8-10 episodes expanding on the series)
Educational Resources & Toolkits
Costs $2,000
Creation and printing of downloadable guides for: Individuals, Workplaces, Churches, Schools, Screening hosts, Clinicians
Subtitles + Accessible Versions
Costs $6,000
Funds subtitles, translations, and accessibility versions (Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, captions, audio descriptions).
National Awareness Campaign
Costs $4,000
Support a nationwide awareness push through targeted marketing and ads that bring BALANCE to millions of women who urgently need accurate in
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
We are a team of filmmakers and storytellers united by a shared purpose—to create films that raise awareness about important and often overlooked issues. Having worked together on previous documentaries that exposed social injustices and inspired change, we’ve reunited once again to create BALANCE.
BALANCE continues this work by shedding light on perimenopause — a powerful yet often misunderstood phase in a woman’s life. Through our collective experience, we remain committed to purposeful filmmaking, using storytelling as a tool for education, empowerment, and transformation.
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
BALANCE: A Perimenopause Journey
Between the age of 35 to 45, perimenopause affects every woman, yet most enter it without education, support, or validation. In a world where misinformation spreads faster than facts, many women suffer silently, confused by symptoms, dismissed by doctors, priced out by insurance systems, and left to navigate a life-changing transition alone.
For Jain monks and filmmakers Sadhvi Siddhali Shree and Sadhvi Anubhuti, the sudden onset of their own perimenopause in their late thirties became the unexpected catalyst for this project. As they sought clarity, treatment, and understanding, they discovered a medical and cultural landscape filled with conflicting information, stigma, and systemic barriers. Their journey became the gateway to a much larger truth: women everywhere are struggling, and no one prepared them for what their bodies would experience.
You Can't Meditate Menopause Away
Siddhali and Anubhuti are Jain monks—Siddhali for 15 years, Anubhuti for 7—both having renounced their former lives to follow a path of non-violence, compassion, and service. Siddhali became a monk after serving in the Iraq War as an Army Combat Medic, and Anubhuti left behind a successful career as a sales executive to pursue a life of spiritual purpose. Yet even with years of discipline, meditation, and inner work, nothing prepared them for the sudden onset of perimenopause. Their vows didn’t shield them from the mental, emotional, and physical upheaval that millions of women face. And it was this unexpected struggle that opened their eyes to a much larger crisis—one they felt called to expose and help heal.
New Story They Never Expected to Tell
In their earlier work, Siddhali and Anubhuti used storytelling to confront the global injustice of human trafficking. Now, they turn the lens inward to expose one of the most overlooked and under-discussed issues in women’s health, perimenopause. BALANCE blends intimate personal experiences with expert insight from leading physicians, researchers, advocates, and everyday women whose stories have long gone unheard.
Dr. Mary Claire Haver, OBGYN - NYT Best Selling Author of "The New Menopause"
Through vulnerability, honesty, humor, and deep exploration, this film uncovers the physical, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual realities of perimenopause. It reveals the gaps in medical training, the decades of fear rooted in outdated research, and the structural failures that have contributed to the suffering of millions of women.
BALANCE is not just a docuseries—it is the beginning of a global conversation that should have started decades ago.
A Legacy of Impact Filmmaking
Our work as monk-filmmakers has always been guided by one intention: to reduce pain, suffering, and violence by bringing truth into the light.
Over the years, our films have explored some of the most urgent and difficult issues of our time—from Stopping Traffic and Surviving Sex Trafficking, to For the Animals, and now BALANCE. Each project is an extension of the same mission: creating awareness that leads to compassion, accountability, and meaningful change.
BALANCE is part of this ongoing journey. While the subject is different, the heart of the work remains the same—listening deeply, telling stories with integrity, and using film as a form of service.
This short video offers a glimpse into that journey and the path that led us here.
This short video offers a glimpse into the journey that shaped our work and led us to BALANCE.
Perimenopause: The Emotional, Mental & Physical Toll
Perimenopause can quietly unravel a woman’s entire life. Though 100% of women experience menopause, most enter this transition with no education or support, blindsided by anxiety, depression, rage, brain fog, and physical symptoms so severe many fear they’re “losing their mind.” It’s no coincidence that nearly half of divorces occur between ages 45–55, and this same age range holds the highest rate of female suicide. Partners often misinterpret symptoms as disconnection or rejection simply because they’ve never been taught what she’s going through. With understanding, outcomes change dramatically. But without it, women pay the price in silence, shame, and spiraling mental health. The stakes are this high—which is why BALANCE exists. No woman should walk through this alone.
The Impact Campaign
The mission of BALANCE is to radically shift awareness, education, and cultural understanding around perimenopause. This film exists to help communities, workplaces, families, and institutions finally recognize the truth of women’s lived experiences. Through storytelling, screenings, community programs, and resources, we aim to influence healthcare systems, support younger generations, and build a safer, more informed environment for every woman entering this transition.
Our goal is to empower women to advocate for themselves, guide clinicians toward better care, spark policy conversations, and ensure that no woman feels alone or dismissed on her journey to balance. Through the dedicated work of doctors, advocates, organizations, and community leaders, we believe women can finally receive the respect, care, and choices they deserve.
The Statistics
What We Need
Film is a powerful catalyst for cultural change—and BALANCE is ready to meet the world. The docuseries is fully completed and will begin premiering globally in January 2026. Now, our mission is to ensure that BALANCE doesn’t simply release… but creates lasting impact.
This campaign supports the work beyond the film’s debut: launching our national and global impact movement, expanding community screenings, empowering schools, workplaces, and churches, providing resources and toolkits to underserved communities, and making sure every woman has access to the truth, support, and care she deserves.
Your contribution fuels the educational outreach, advocacy, partnerships, and grassroots programs that will allow BALANCE to reach millions and transform conversations around women’s health for years to come. Together, we can ensure this series becomes more than a film—it becomes a movement.
Peri Party Community Screening - Dallas, Texas
Turning Awareness Into Action
BALANCE is complete and begins premiering worldwide in January 2026. This campaign fuels the impact work that happens after release—bringing screenings, education, and resources to communities everywhere. Supporters will receive viewing access and perks according to their reward tier, along with updates as the impact campaign unfolds throughout 2026. If we exceed our goal, additional funding will expand screenings, translate materials, and increase accessibility so the movement reaches even more women.
You can help in three simple ways:
Pledge at any level, follow the campaign for updates, and share it so more people learn the truth about perimenopause.
Copy/Paste to Share
Instagram/Facebook:
I’m supporting BALANCE, a groundbreaking docuseries exposing the truth about perimenopause and the medical gaps affecting millions of women. Join me in supporting this movement: https://seedandspark.com/fund/balancedocuseries
X/Twitter:
I’m supporting BALANCE—the docuseries bringing truth to perimenopause & women’s health. Join me: https://seedandspark.com/fund/balancedocuseries
Text to a friend:
Hey! I found an important project about perimenopause called BALANCE. It exposes what millions of women go through. Thought you'd want to see it: https://seedandspark.com/fund/balancedocuseries
What You Get
Every contribution matters, and we want to thank you deeply for standing with us in this movement. By supporting this campaign, you’ll have access to exclusive perks such as early release updates, digital thank-you messages, behind-the-scenes content, screening invitations, special recognition, and even opportunities to appear in the credits as an Executive Producer.
Your support is more than a donation—it is a statement that women deserve better.
NOTE: Siddhayatan Tirth Productions is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)3 non-profit organizations. You will receive a receipt for your contribution to submit with your taxes.
Other Ways You Can Help
To reach our goal, we need the support of as many people as possible. If you’re unable to contribute financially, sharing this campaign with your network can make a powerful difference. Spread the word on social media, email the campaign link, and encourage others to learn about this essential film and movement.
Every share brings BALANCE one step closer to reaching the women who need it most.
THANK YOU
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for supporting BALANCE and standing with us on this mission to bring truth, dignity, and compassion to women’s health. Together, we can shift awareness, ignite change, and build a world where women finally receive the understanding and support they deserve.
The Heart Behind BALANCE
A dedicated team of monk-filmmakers and impact-driven creators committed to truth, compassion, and transforming women’s health through storytelling.
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Peri Parties & Grassroots Launch
Costs $2,000
Support for local hosts, facilitator guides, and digital resources.
College & University Screenings
Costs $5,500
Educational screenings + curriculum-aligned discussion guides.
BALANCE Podcast Production (Season 1 Launch)
Costs $1,500
Editing, mixing, graphics, hosting, distribution, and recording support for Season 1 (8-10 episodes expanding on the series)
Educational Resources & Toolkits
Costs $2,000
Creation and printing of downloadable guides for: Individuals, Workplaces, Churches, Schools, Screening hosts, Clinicians
Subtitles + Accessible Versions
Costs $6,000
Funds subtitles, translations, and accessibility versions (Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, captions, audio descriptions).
National Awareness Campaign
Costs $4,000
Support a nationwide awareness push through targeted marketing and ads that bring BALANCE to millions of women who urgently need accurate in
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
We are a team of filmmakers and storytellers united by a shared purpose—to create films that raise awareness about important and often overlooked issues. Having worked together on previous documentaries that exposed social injustices and inspired change, we’ve reunited once again to create BALANCE.
BALANCE continues this work by shedding light on perimenopause — a powerful yet often misunderstood phase in a woman’s life. Through our collective experience, we remain committed to purposeful filmmaking, using storytelling as a tool for education, empowerment, and transformation.