Documentary · Perimenopause · Women's Health
BALANCE: A Perimenopause Journey
Rosie is an Executive Producer of BALANCE, a documentary series about perimenopause and the misinformation that has surrounded women's hormonal health for two decades. She also appears on screen, sharing her own experience — alongside Alyssa Milano, Jeannie Mai and others.
Quick answerBALANCE: A Perimenopause Journey is a documentary series following two monks who discover their symptoms are caused by perimenopause, and who then confront the misinformation, gaps in medical education, and inequality that surround women's hormonal health. Rosie Acosta is an Executive Producer and appears in the cast, sharing her own perimenopause story. The series is available to watch now.
The Series
What BALANCE Is About
Two monks discover that their sleeplessness, fatigue, anxiety and mood swings are caused by perimenopause. Looking for answers, they run into the same walls most women do: misinformation, thin medical education, and a system that has not taken the question seriously.
Much of the series turns on the 2002 Women's Health Initiative study — the research that shaped a generation of fear around hormone therapy, and whose findings have been widely re-examined since. The filmmakers bring in experts across disciplines to separate what the evidence actually shows from what has simply been repeated.
It is produced by Siddhayatan Tirth Productions, a 501(c)(3) non-profit.
Most women are not short on willpower. They are short on information nobody gave them.
Rosie's Part
Executive Producer — and On Camera
Rosie is an Executive Producer of BALANCE, and she also appears in it as herself — talking about her own perimenopause, the symptoms that arrived earlier than expected, the rage nobody warned her about, and the long stretch of not knowing what was happening to her body.
Her partner appears as well, offering the view from the other side of it. That perspective is rare on film and it matters: perimenopause happens inside relationships, not in isolation.
She took it on for a straightforward reason. Most of what she now teaches came out of a period when she could not find a clear answer anywhere, and a documentary reaches people who would never book a coaching call.
Coverage
BALANCE in the News
The series has drawn national coverage, with attention from outlets including:
- People
- NBC
- CBS
- Variety
Other cast members include Alyssa Milano, Jeannie Mai, Marcella Hill and Camille Robinson.
Where to Watch
Watch the Series
BALANCE is available now. Full viewing options, international access, and details on hosting a screening are on the official site.
If the series raised questions for you
That is usually the point at which people start looking for help. Rosie works with women navigating perimenopause — anxiety, sleep, rage, brain fog, and the parts nobody prepared them for.