Perimenopause has a way of creeping up and catching you by surprise. One minute you’re getting on with life. The next you’re lying awake at 3am, snapping at people you love, forgetting words mid sentence…
Category: Hormone Replacement Therapy
Stop Leaks & Discomfort: The Best Pelvic Floor Strategies for Menopause
Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in Menopause: What You Need to Know When we think about menopause, we often focus on symptoms like hot flushes, night sweats and mood swings. But what about pelvic health? Pelvic floor…
The Menopause Reset: Real Solutions When Nothing Seems to Work
How are you feeling as we move into February? If you started January full of motivation, determined to finally tackle your menopause symptoms with a Menopause Reset but now feel like nothing has changed, you’re…
Cervical Screening in Menopause: Why It Matters & How to Make It Easier
Cervical screening is one of the most effective tools for preventing cervical cancer and it’s something I encourage all my clients to stay on top of. Yet, many women, especially during menopause, avoid it due…
Why Menopause Causes Anxiety And How To Fix It
Menopause is a time of major change and for many women, it brings unexpected challenges like anxiety, stress and changes in mood. It’s common for women to experience these intense feelings for the first time…
Halle Berry: Doctor mistook perimenopause symptom as herpes
You may have seen Halle Berry discussing her experience of perimenopause lately. But more specifically, vaginal dryness and how this perimenopause symptom was misdiagnosed by her doctor as “the worst case of herpes he’d ever…
What is Gepretix? Menopause Hormone Replacement Therapy
This month when I collected my Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) prescription I found my usual Utrogestan had been replaced with Gepretix. Luckily, being a Menopause Coach I was already aware of the introduction of this…
NICE Recommends CBT in 2023 Draft Guidelines
The recent draft menopause guidelines announced by NICE on 17 November 2023, recommended cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) alongside or as an alternative to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for menopause symptoms. It has sparked a range…
Understanding Cardiovascular Health During Menopause
Why Cardiovascular Health Matters More During Menopause We all know menopause brings a plethora of changes. One less discussed, but vitally important aspect, is the rise in cardiovascular disease risk. As women transition through menopause,…
Summer Health and Wellness for Menopause: Embrace the Seasonal Shift!
As we welcome the sunny months of summer in the UK, we have the opportunity to embrace the seasonal shift and optimise our health and well-being to meet our perimenopause or menopause body’s needs. As…