Discover my 6 ‘foodie’ tips that will help reduce your HOT FLUSHES, keep your BLOOD PRESSURE low & help you STAY CALM this Christmas!

Turkey or Ham? Potatoes or Sweet Potatoes? Broccoli or Cauliflower? Spinach or Kale? Beetroot or Parsnip? Steamed pudding or pavlova? Of all the hundreds of coaching posts that I’ve written for women who join me in the private MyMT communities for my three different 12 week programmes – [Circuit Breaker, Transform Me & my new […]

Learning that I was storing too much oestrogen in my fat cells during menopause changed my health & my hot flushes.

It was an interesting day yesterday – I was interviewed on New Zealand’s National Radio about my PhD – what a wonderful opportunity to raise the flag for women’s healthy ageing! If you would like to listen to what I said, then I’ve put the link at the bottom of this article which you can […]

Turn down your internal heat in menopause by focusing on your skin and feet!

Are you feeling frustrated by your hot flushes? Wondering why you feel so hot all the time? Well, don’t entirely blame menopause! It’s also because your body is holding onto inflammation. So, with the weather heating up down-under, then it’s time to turn down the internal heat and focus on two organs that help to […]

Making sense of your weight gain in menopause [and why you shouldn’t follow weight loss strategies from the ‘Biggest Loser’ reality TV shows!]

Have you put on belly fat with peri-menopause? Is belly-fat hard to shift no matter the exercise you might be doing? If any of these symptoms sound familiar, you need to understand why controlling surges of insulin through optimal blood sugar regulation as well as managing your sleep quality and quantity and understanding the hormonal influences on your weight gain are critical aspects to weight management during your menopause years.

Invercargill, Kapiti Coast & Northland – Meet the amazing women bringing my ‘Masterclass on Menopause’ seminar to your community soon.

I can’t wait to share my discoveries about menopause with those of you who live in Southland, the Kapiti Coast and Northland … I have three amazing women [Bronwyn, Belinda and Sue], who share my absolute passion for women’s health and well-being through the menopause transition. 1. Meet Invercargill’s Bronwyn Dawson: Bronwyn is a nurse […]

Have you ever wondered about the purpose of your hormonal changes in menopause?

When it comes to talking about menopause symptoms and the struggle many of us have to make sense of how we are feeling, it often feels like no-one is listening or understanding what is actually going on. That’s how I used to feel too. But it doesn’t have to be this way any longer, as […]

Menopause in the workplace – it’s time to get it on the wellness agenda.

Stress & Menopause

“When my mum was in her 50’s she gave up working. I can’t do that though. I need to keep working as long as I can. It is quite tiring and stressful though, then menopause on top of that, makes it tough. But nobody talks about it at work, though we are all probably thinking […]

Lost your Christmas Cheer this year? In peri-menopause? Then learn why.

I still remember three years ago at Christmas, when everyone around me was looking forward to it, all I could think of, was ‘oh no, I really can’t be bothered’. I had no energy for shopping, no motivation for social events and with my belly-fat weight going up and up and Christmas drinks setting off […]