07 Feb

Sex Education 80s Style

I started to write a piece about my experience of my mum’s menopause and how as a teenager in the 80s I had zero knowledge...

13 Dec

Perimenopause Phase Two

In phase two our hormone levels start to change dramatically and over time we stop having a regular menstrual cycle. Our egg supply has shrunk,...

13 Dec

Perimenopause Phase One

In your mid-30s, you are still producing enough hormones to give you good energy, skin, muscle tone and a sex drive, but there are subtle...

29 Nov

Stop Apologising

Do you talk openly to your friends and family about your periods and your perimenopause? Or do you find yourself constantly apologising and making yourself...

24 Nov

The Pill

Were you put on the pill as a teenager or young woman because your periods were heavy? You had cramps? Bad skin? Mood swings? Before...

12 Nov

Menopause Support NOT Menopause Denial

Every woman will have a menopause, you can not cure it and you can not make it go way. The worst thing you can do...

27 Oct

Educate before you Medicate

Brain fog, anxiety, low mood and depression are the three most common symptoms of the perimenopause, followed by aching joints and disturbed sleep. It is...

27 Oct

Emotional Amnesty

I am deep into my perimenopause and my cycle is becoming more and more erratic as is my mood. I’m not ovulating regularly, so I’m...

27 Jul

Energy vs The Voice of Doom

During our menopause transition, one of the most common and debilitating, universal symptoms is a drop in our energy levels. And when we are feeling...

17 Jul

Fat Around the Middle

Every year during perimenopause 75% of women will gain 1.5 kg.Oestrogen gives us our feminine shape and as our oestrogen declines, we start to lay...