“I felt like my health and fitness were slipping away from me and I didn’t know why.” [Wendy E., Australia]

When you’ve been motivating others to improved fitness and vitality for the past three decades, it’s tough when you nearly lose your ability to do this. Having also worked for global fitness giant, Les Mills, for the early part of my career, I totally understood where Wendy was coming from when she emailed me to […]
5 Reasons for your Weight Gain in Menopause and Post Menopause.

“If your waist is ‘thickening’, your body-shape is changing and you are going into or through menopause, let me explain why!” I invite you to watch my Science of Weight Gain in Menopause video if you would like a summary or if you prefer reading in a little more depth, then please scroll down to […]
“It took me a long time to learn that peri-menopause required me to slow down!” [Mish, NZ]

For nearly 30 years, many New Zealanders have had the privilege of being trained by Internationally acclaimed, award-winning Personal Trainer, business owner and busy ‘mum’, Mish McCormack. For decades she has worked tirelessly to improve the lifestyles of as many New Zealanders as she can. Mish goes where the people are: to the gym, residential […]
From Hot Flushes to Hypertension: How you can get to the heart of the matter without taking menopause supplements

Over two years ago when the world went into pandemic-chaos, a scientific paper was published by world-renowned women’s cardiac specialist, Professor Angela Maas and her team. The paper was discussing the female-specific risk factors and inflammatory risk factors that influence a woman’s cardiovascular risk throughout her lifetime. (Maas, Rosano et al, 2021). In a press […]
A new way of thinking about your menopause symptoms: Strengthening immunity through healthy lifestyle practices.

Did you realise that there are various lifestyle solutions that are evidenced to improve your sleep, reduce your hot flushes, improve your sore joints and muscles and of course, help your changing moods? I’m always explaining to women on my coaching programmes, that when we position our menopause transition in women’s healthy ageing research, it […]
“Peri-menopause was a challenge, but I’ve lost 7kg, overcome allergies, gut health problems and hot flushes.” [Wendy H., Australia]

“I am what you might call one of your quiet achievers, having devoured all the information you’ve shared over that time and slowly put it into practice. I’ve entered menopause early, officially clocking more than a year without a period just as I turned 48 this year. For me (and my husband), peri-menopause has been […]
The MyMT™ Kitchen: Try my Olive, Rocket and Spinach Pizza fit for watching the King’s Coronation!

When I saw that the Buckingham Palace kitchen had released the Coronation Quiche to celebrate the King’s Coronation this weekend, I couldn’t help but glance over the ingredients and realise that we could do better and come up with a healthier alternative for women in their menopause transition in the MyMT™ Kitchen this week. The […]
Let’s go nuts about walnuts: A shout-out to the King and his Duchy walnuts for women’s healthy ageing.

As you drive from Portsmouth to Reading in the United Kingdom, you pass one of King Charles’ organic farms and his farm shop. With his Coronation this weekend, I was remembering calling into the shop and buying some walnuts there. Whenever, I travel overseas now, I try and source walnuts and other nuts, to have […]
“Age should not be an excuse to not follow your dreams and goals, but finding the MyMT™ programme was key!” [Cheryl, NZ]

When I received Cheryl’s photo of her reaching Everest Base Camp recently, I told her that one of the main reasons that I set up the My Menopause Transformation programmes, was to help women live their best life in post-menopause. I think Cheryl is doing that, don’t you? “Hi Wendy, This is my daughter Briar […]