In Menopause and Waking Up at 4am, 3am or 2am? Learn Why
What do you think about when you are lying awake at 2am, or 3am or 4am? Do you plan your day ahead or are you just despairing because night after night you aren’t sleeping and you can feel your energy being sucked out of you? You know that the day ahead is another busy one […]
Relief for your tender breasts during and after menopause.
“I have to wear three bras to go for a run – my breasts have got so big and sore!” she cried as she left a message on my phone. “They’ve never been this big in my life and I hate how it’s uncomfortable to run.” My personal trainer friend was frustrated. How this bought […]
Lost your Libido? – Let’s go looking for it then.
It might be the week of romance with Valentine’s day this week, but I’m not thinking about all of the young lovers out there…. I’m thinking of all of you going into and through menopause. Because this is the time of life when women the world over find that their reducing oestrogen levels can cause […]
Your sore joints during and after menopause.
Oestrogen has a role to play in cell turn-over and healing of our joints. So, what happens as we move through menopause, when we don’t produce as much oestrogen? It’s not often that a week goes by when I don’t receive messages and emails from women who are curious to know if their sore joints, […]
Does your ageing, tired thyroid need the magic of these nutrients?
The new study came out of beautiful Nepal – not a country that I would associate with changing thyroid function in some of the population, but apparently so. The study’s purpose was to evaluate whether blood levels of calcium, magnesium and phosphorus were out of balance in hypothyroid cases. (Dhungana et al, 2022). With a […]
Feeling Fatigued? Iron out your menopause fatigue with this important B-vitamin.
“The social, cultural, anthropological and personal effects of chronic fatigue are enormous on human economy and this condition is poorly understood.” [Bjorklund, Dara et al, 2019]. Over the past few decades, scientists have been doing a great job unlocking the secrets of ageing. Not only are they discovering how our body breaks down but also […]
A’CHOO! The curious link between allergies and hormones during menopause.
It’s a topic that comes up numerous times in my coaching group. I also see women commenting about it on the comments section of my advertisements. Hundreds of emails over the years have also alerted me to the itching, sneezing, wheezing and food and alcohol intolerances, of menopausal and post-menopausal women. If it’s the same […]
New Research: If women are overweight, do they experience worsening menopause symptoms?
For over 7 years now, I’ve been observing a quiet phenomenon with women on my lifestyle programmes. It happened to me as well and I wonder if it’s happened to you too? The realization that weight gain, high blood pressure, changing cholesterol and higher-than-normal blood sugar was linked to my hot flush and night sweat […]
A spotlight on your changing gut health from peri- to post-menopause.
Every week in my newsletters I try to come up with a topic that I hope will interest you. Sometimes it’s because of a conversation in my coaching group from other women who are just like you, or sometimes I’m reminded of something that I had no idea was anything to do with our menopause […]
