The Curious Connection Between Menopause And Leg Pain

“I have an idea for your newsletter” mentioned Lesley. “I keep waking up to muscle cramps and I have no idea why. My daughter gets them too.” This is Lesley in the photo above. She’s a runner and recently completed the MyMT™ Transform Me programme. It’s been such a privilege to get her back into […]
“I was so sleep deprived and feeling down all the time. Now, my symptoms are gone!” – Rachel, Auckland, NZ

When you have a busy family life and you’ve been active for years, but menopause arrives and you begin to feel exhausted, it can be really confusing. Rachel felt like this too, and as someone who has worked as part of a collaborative team for years leading community learning, Rachel is a woman who is […]
VIDEO: Meet Wendy!

“Who are you?” she screamed into the email that arrived in my in-box this week. “Why are you sending me a newsletter? I don’t even know you.” I replied saying that she must have taken my menopause symptoms quiz and therefore, she gets my free weekly newsletter. “Ah, I didn’t realise” she said. “I never watched […]
The Science of your Night Sweats in Menopause … and the nutrients you need to turn down the heat.

“I’m lying awake every night and dripping with sweat!” This was the cry I received last week from a lady living in the United Kingdom. Despite being on HRT she was confused. At only 46 years old, she also didn’t understand why her night sweats were even happening. At first she blamed the heat-wave, but […]
“Don’t look back, you’re not going that way now that you’re in menopause.” [Dr Wendy Sweet, MyMT™]

Don’t Look Back – You’re Not Going That Way Now … As I sit here writing this today, Auckland in New Zealand, is back ‘on alert’ with a return to our Alert Level 3 pandemic plan. Melbourne is the same as are many other cities or countries around the world. Hi to you all! Some […]
VIDEO: “It’s been such a while since I checked in with you …”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55W_VfD0qX8&t=26s It’s been such a long time since I checked in with you all, so here I am! I hope you are getting on OK during these challenging times. I know that many of you have been on school holidays too so, after long weeks of juggling work, home and schooling, I hope you have […]
“I’m sleeping, my joints don’t ache and I’ve got more energy to put into my new design business.” [Jane]

“I used to struggle because often I would sit down and my eyes would close. But doing your programme has enabled me to be here to showcase my design and making of beautiful furniture. I have always loved making things and your programme has given me back my sleep, energy and joint health.” When you […]
Learn about ‘Inflammaging’ & why long summer evenings may make your menopause symptoms worse.

The evenings are rather long in Scotland at the moment. It is light until 10pm and for women in menopause who aren’t sleeping that’s not a good thing at all. I told the women this at my Edinburgh seminar. When I asked who wasn’t sleeping all night, over 150 women put up their hands …
New Research: Why your diet in menopause affects your sleep.

The first studies to examine the sleep-inducing effects of a specific food date back to the 1970s. I think many of us remember the malted milk drink, Horlicks. Using time-lapse cinematography, a group of researchers recorded sleep movements after the consumption of 350 mL of warm water by a group of subjects, compared to another […]