Empower The Pause

07/06/2026

Keeping those cortisol levels in check part 2

Hydration…. Part 2A. Ignore the Kilkenny! Alcohol isn’t good for cortisol but I didn’t say not to be human. All in moderation. The aim is to give up but it’s a journey. Small incremental change leads to one big shift. Rome wasn’t built in a day 💪

What are you doing to maintain your cortisol at a decent level to help your “pause” symptoms and mental health this fine Sunday? 😇

# perimenopause # health

06/06/2026

Cortisol…….. it affects everything!
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05/06/2026

25 years of not being done.
For us and every one coming up behind us.

03/06/2026

What if the hardest part isn’t perimenopause, menopause or andropause?

What if it’s trying to explain it to everyone else while you’re still trying to understand it yourself?

Ready when you are.

What’s the biggest hint you’ve dropped… and did anyone actually get it?

01/06/2026

If you have PMDD, here's something nobody told you.

PMDD, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, is a clinically recognised condition where the normal hormonal shifts of your cycle trigger something far beyond mood swings. Severe depression, explosive rage, crippling anxiety, a complete loss of yourself. It arrives before your period and lifts when bleeding starts. Every single month.

That sensitivity to hormonal shifts you've been living with your whole cycle? It doesn't switch off when your periods start getting irregular. In fact perimenopause, which can kick in years before your periods actually stop, is one of the hardest chapters for PMDD bodies.

Because perimenopause is basically hormones doing whatever they want. Up, down, unpredictable. And if your system already reacts hard to those drops and swings, that ride gets rougher before it gets smoother.

Many women with PMDD hold on to the hope that when their periods stop, so too will the symptoms. And for many once they are in post menopause, they do.

But the years of perimenopause, can be the hardest stretch of all. Things can get significantly worse before they get better, and most women are never warned about that.

If you're in your late 30s or into your 40s and things suddenly feel worse rather than better, that's not you falling apart. That might be your body moving into perimenopause and your PMDD reacting exactly how it was always going to react to it.

You are not broken. You are not untreatable. Even though those feelings may feel very real to you. Please know that you are not alone in this.

The Guardian published a piece last week on PMDD and the explosive rage and emotional chaos it can cause for women and the people around them. It is worth a read.

Keen to hear your thoughts in the comments 💜

And if any of this feels familiar, please know you don't have to figure it out on your own.

Sometimes the biggest relief comes from finally understanding what's happening and having someone help you connect the dots.

My inbox is always open.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/30/pmdd-premenstrual-dysphoric-disorder-diagnosis-women-families-explosive-rage

TThe Guardian

Mothers with PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder) explain how it has affected their relationship with their families

29/05/2026

Yeaaay Friday!

28/05/2026

I was told my levels were normal.

I was anything but normal!! 🥴🤬😳

That was the day I learned that a blood test to confirm that I was in perimenopause, something that I already knew, is like trying to work out if it is going to rain by looking at the sky once.

What you are feeling is real. What you are experiencing is valid. And you deserve to be heard in that appointment.

Advocate for yourself. Always.

26/05/2026

This…… 💜
This will be Empower The Pause 7 week Menopause program

26/05/2026

I have been hiding behind designed posts for long enough. Here is who I am, my purpose and why this matters so much to me. The community I am building is for every person navigating the pause and I would love you in it (the community that is, not my pause… you don’t want to be in that!)