“Oops, I shouldn’t have said that!”
If you’re feeling stressed, anxious, generally not feeling great mentally or emotionally – what do you do?
Approach with caution?
If you’re feeling stressed, anxious, generally not feeling great mentally or emotionally – what do you do?
Ten best things about menopause
If you’re feeling stressed, anxious, generally not feeling great mentally or emotionally – what do you do?
Do this instead of meditation
If you’re feeling stressed, anxious, generally not feeling great mentally or emotionally – what do you do?
You don’t know, what you don’t know
There was a specific moment as a child, when I realised that not everyone lived like my family. I know you're just dying for me to say we lived in a tin hut up a mountain. That would have been very cool, but untrue. I was ten maybe eleven when my whole class travelled...
“I just want to feel like the old me”
(August 2021) It's one of the most common phrases I hear;"I just want to feel like the old me again" Some women tell me they feel lost, drifting Many more women tell me they feel tired. Physically and mentally 'tired in my bones' and also 'tired of' doing...
The Big Three: The smart approach to alleviating menopause symptoms
The thing with alleviating menopause symptoms, is that treating each problem as a separate issue, isn't going to work very well.It could be hot sweats, weight gain, disturbed sleep, low energy, or many others I could mention.Trying to alleviate each symptom as they...
Helpful Herbs for Menopause
Angie Garton (April 2021) We've got very used to 'doing' health in the same way, along the lines of... you detect something isn't quite right, you look for how to alleviate the problem.It's the accepted way, to use a specific treatment for an ailment or problem.For...
Clearing the fog
You know that feeling in the morning, when you'd rather have complete silence until the morning coffee has had a chance to kick in? Or have you ever found the car keys in the fridge? Felt paranoid at work, or doubting yourself?You're not alone. Many women...
It’s more than ‘just’ menopause
Some days it feels to me like the whole world is shifting on its axis. And at times I'm both scrabbling to keep up, and very much content with doing things my way. I mean, apart from the obvious global shifts that have happened in the last 12 months, my period cycle...
The four most dangerous words for any woman going through menopause
Not many women ask me about menopause directly, but they do ask me about; -how to get rid of the uncomfortable weight around the middle, -how to sleep through the night, -how to have more energy, -how to stop feeling such rage and irritation So we could say, it's not...
Soulful strategies for hormonal balance
Nurturing my adventurous spirit to increase resilience in menopause. I feel it in my soul, even on the dull rainy days. It’s not just about ‘getting a bit of fresh air’. Not for me, and I doubt for you either. Being in nature lifts me up in a different way than an...
If you’re having regular periods (and also over 40), here’s what I would do:
August 2020 1.) Look past the horror stories you might have heard, or what you remember your mum / aunt / sister, going through. It’s different for every woman, and you have much more control than you’re often led to believe. 2.) Start to put some time aside each week...
What can I expect to happen?
May 2020I remember asking what it would be like, to jump out of an aeroplane.The instructor gave the textbook answer in a calm and reassuring voice, and then proceeded to continue the training for it. Truthfully, he didn’t know. He would never know. He knew what...
There are more than two characters in your menopause story. Can we talk about that?
Menopause is not just a conversation about ovaries and oestrogen. [May 2020] It’s also adrenals, thyroid and digestion, testosterone, insulin, cortisol, HGH and more. And most importantly, there's YOU - who you are, and all of the other things going on in your life...
The 3 things I’ve learnt from NOT going sugar free, even though it’s the one thing that all the health gurus go on about.
One -- Doing Things My Way Doing things my way, not only gives me more freedom over how I ‘do’ healthy, but it also gives me back my confidence in myself. Striving to be sugar-free might well be the best thing for my hormones, but it’s also the worst thing for my...
Put The Weapons Down
Menopause Is Not a war, But It Is a Call To Action. I think there are many women and even many of my friends, who haven’t realised yet that they are peri-menopausal.