New Research: Why are we not normalising the Menopause transition?
The article arrived in my inbox this week … a call to action for menopause to become normalised. Afterall, the authors argued, “menopuse is a natural event for half of humankind.” [Hickey et al, 2022]. The medicalisation of menopause fuels negative perceptions about this life-stage, shared the authors. My own experiences came flooding back to […]
MyMT™ KITCHEN: Enjoy this enticing and exotic Thai Mango Salad
If there is one person on my programme who knows the benefits of this exotic fruit, it’s Debb, who lives and works in the Cook Islands. Busy with her university job as well as continuing to teach some resistance-training classes now that her energy levels have returned, she now better understands the value of Vitamin […]
“I couldn’t afford your programme, but you helped me realise I was in control. I’ve now lost 25kg.” [Jill, Australia]
Are your symptoms due to menopause or obesity? That was the question I asked in my mid-week article last week. I never know how many of you are reading my articles or watching my Masterclass on Menopause (to the end!), but thankfully, Jill has been doing both. It was last week’s article that prompted her […]
“After a hysterectomy, my symptoms got worse, but this programme was a life-saver.”
It’s tough to have a hysterectomy and be told that because you are in post-menopause, your symptoms will go away. But they don’t. For numerous women like Sherri, the hot flushes and night sweats can become worse, even in post-menopause, as does sleep, even if the hysterectomy was long ago. Most women, like Sherri, think […]
The link between your lifestyle and the severity of symptoms in menopause.
I didn’t know where Yazd was until I read the research article. But smack in the middle of Iran lies Yzad province. Somewhere in this province is the Shahid Sadoughi University and over the past year or so, within the Faculty of Medicine and School of Public Health, there has been some wonderful research being […]
VIDEO: “Like most working mothers, I put my head down, hoping my symptoms would miraculously go away.” [Danni, New Zealand]
“I had been struggling by myself to try and manage my health after developing Graves disease, a congenital hyper-active thyroid condition that started to occur in my menopause years. This was triggering a heart condition that threw me into intermittent atrial fibrillation putting me at high risk of potentially suffering a stroke. But like most […]
VIDEO: What happens to our energy levels as we move through menopause?
Our ENERGY levels often crash as we move into and through menopause but there are lots of evidenced lifestyle changes, including certain foods, that you can add to your daily dietary intake to turn this around. I’m Dr Wendy Sweet (PhD) from My Menopause Transformation and in this short video below I tell you about […]
Hair me out … can I fix my menopausal hair loss?
The controversy at the Grammy award ceremony with actor Will Smith last month intrigued me. No, not because of him and his antics, but because of the topic that the entire stoush was about. Alopecia. Hair loss. The newspaper headlines were full of descriptions of alopecia. But there was one thing missing in every single […]
“You encouraged me to deal with the changes in menopause, rather than be a victim.” (Jane, Wales, UK)
After hearing your advice to sleep through the night, you gave me the confidence to think good sleep was normal during menopause. I also relaxed about sleep and if I had a bad night I usually caught up the next night. Your programme definitely helped with the acceptance of the fact of menopause. ‘What you […]
