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Jo Rennie Coaching, Inverurie (2026)

04/09/2026

We need to talk about menopause beyond the averages.

Because not every woman reaches menopause at 51.
Not every menopause begins with hot flushes.
And not every woman will realise that the anxiety, sleeplessness, low mood, brain fog, loss of confidence or feeling that she somehow isn’t herself anymore could be connected to hormonal change.

Many women, like me, will experience menopause much earlier than expected.

Some will experience it prematurely.
Some will have menopause brought about suddenly through surgery or medical treatment.
And some will spend months, even years, trying to understand what is happening because their experience doesn’t look like the menopause story they were taught.

That’s why I believe preparation matters so much.

This transition can affect more than your cycle and your body. It can affect how you feel, how you think, your confidence, your relationships and even the sense of who you are.

And knowing that before you’re in the middle of it can be incredibly life changing. Because menopause can also be a time of reflection, reassessment and growth, particularly when we have the knowledge and support to understand what we’re experiencing.

My latest blog ‘What are the stages of menopause? Let’s get clear about this transition’ explores the definitive stages of menopause, but more importantly, what happens when our experience falls outside the expected narrative.

Because averages are of course useful, but they should never become the boundaries of whose menopause experience we choose to recognise.

You can read the post ‘What are the stages of menopause? Let’s get clear about this transition’ by clicking on my blog link in my bio.

Sending lots of love,

Jo 🌸

26/08/2026

Real talk… getting personal about the lived experience of menopause 🙄 and why psychological safety is the vital piece of the puzzle!

18/08/2026

This is the most important work I think I’ve ever done.

Creating this framework was born not just from personal experience, but more so from the many conversations I’ve had with women of different ages, since I began sharing my own personal journey of early menopause.

There are moves in the right direction, but they’re not enough. Policy alone does not create inclusion, and support can only be effective if women feel psychologically safe enough to use it.

I’m now at the stage where I’m looking for 3 smaller organisations/businesses to work alongside me to develop the Getting It Right For Every Woman framework.

The Founding Partner Programme is an invitation to help shape an evidence-informed approach to menopause support that is practical, psychologically safe and meaningful in real workplaces.

If you think you or your organisation would be interested and would like to get involved, you can register your interest by sending me a DM to arrange a call.

Every woman deserves to work in an environment where she feels psychologically safe enough to navigate the menopause transition without compromising her dignity, confidence, wellbeing or career.

And together we can work to achieve this.

Jo 🌸

14/08/2026

I know I’m being quiet on here 🫢

But for the first time in a long time it’s not because I’ve been struggling with menopause!

Don’t get me wrong I’ve had the occasional sleepless night and meh 🫤 mood days. But on a whole it’s been better.

No, I’ve been busy working on probably the biggest most important piece of work I’ve ever done.

Going through early menopause used to feel like a curse. Something that was robbing me of everything I’d worked so hard to achieve.

But now I see it differently. It’s given me a new sense of purpose, a new direction and fuel to do something for women that is so much bigger than myself.

This is my therapy and I get up and work hard on it every single day. There are very exciting things to come and I can’t wait to share them with you very soon.

Lots of love,

Jo 🌸

Oh and I started running, because I’ve turned my menopause narrative from I can’t to I’ll try, and it’s working! Xx

10/08/2026

I didn’t sleep last night, and this morning I feel like s**t.

This isn’t my usual post, but I’ve decided to show up honestly today.

I feel low, emotional and exhausted. And so disconnected from me, I hate it. This is the part of my menopause transition I find the hardest.

I don’t get hot flushes or wake drenched in night sweats. Yes, my joints ache sometimes, my skin has changed, my hair has changed. But I can deal with those things.

It’s the chronic insomnia. The nights where sleep just will not come, no matter how desperately I need it to.

It’s the anxiety of watching the hours disappear, knowing I have important things to do tomorrow, people relying on me.

Today I have zero energy. I have no s**ts to give about what I look like. And I don’t need someone to tell me to go for a walk, think positively, have a bath or remind me tomorrow will be better.

Because I KNOW this will pass. I’ve been here before. But when you’re actually IN it, it’s hard.

Sometimes the kindest thing another person can do is stop trying to make you feel better and simply allow you to feel what you’re feeling.

Because this can be incredibly lonely. You can be surrounded by people who love you and still feel completely alone inside it.

I’m not sharing this because I want pity. I’m sharing it because THIS is menopause too.

Not just hot flushes. Not just fans on desks and jokes about forgetting why you walked into a room.

For some women it is darker and a lot more difficult. And those women still have to get up in the morning and go to work.

Thank goodness I work for myself, from home, because there have absolutely been times during this transition when, had I been employed, I know I would have been signed off sick.

So today I take my hat off to every woman who feels anything like I do right now but still has to get dressed, leave the house, walk into her workplace and somehow convince the world she’s okay.

When inside she’s using everything she has just to hold herself together.

THIS is why I’m doing this research. This is why Getting It Right for Every Woman means so much to me. Because somewhere today there is a woman sitting at her desk feeling exactly like this. And nobody around her has any idea.

I’m 42. By my 43rd birthday I expect to be postmenopausal.

Early menopause.

There are layers to all of this people don’t see. Loss. Identity. Hormones. Sleep. Confidence. Grief. Change. And somewhere underneath all of that, there’s me.

I know this will pass. I know I’ll laugh again. But today I’m struggling a bit. And maybe we need to be able to say that without immediately trying to turn it into something inspirational.

Sometimes it’s just bloody hard.

And if today is one of those days for you too, I’m sending you so much love. From one woman sitting in the middle of it to another.

Jo 🦋

06/08/2026

Why we’re talking about menopause too late…

That’s the title of one of my earlier blog posts, and it’s a conversation I believe we need to start having much sooner.

I have spent the past few months researching, creating and developing a framework to support private sector organisations get it right for every woman, and I’d love to invite you to join me on this journey.

By the time many women realise they’re experiencing the menopause transition, they’ve already spent months, sometimes years, questioning themselves. Their confidence.
Their emotions.
Their identity.

What if we didn’t wait until women were struggling before we started the conversation?

What if we prepared women, families, workplaces and society before they reached crisis point?

In this blog, I explore why awareness alone isn’t enough, and why talking about menopause earlier could change the experience for so many women.

I hope it resonates with you 🩷 Please like and share to spread this message and help me reach those who truly need to hear it.

To read the full post you can access all my blogs using the link in my bio.

Sending lots of love,

Jo 🌸

03/08/2026

I see you, and you see me… but maybe right now, you’re seeing yourself completely differently.

If I’m being really honest, so am I.

My patience is definitely shorter.
My energy is lower (most days I feel like I wake up empty)
My emotions feel bigger and some days very all over the place.

And the hardest part about it is for a long time I didn’t fully understand why.

This is the reality for so many women in their 30s and 40s as their bodies begin to shift through perimenopause, but may be masked by other conditions or life factors.

If this feels like what’s going on for you, I need you to know that how you’re seeing your life right now could be deeply connected to what’s happening inside your body.

Your hormones influence your mood.
Your mood influences your thoughts.
Your thoughts shape your perception of everything.

So the way you’re viewing yourself, your relationships, and your life might be a reflection of a nervous system that’s overwhelmed, a body that’s depleted, and a mind that’s trying to make sense of it all.

One day you feel like yourself, the next, you don’t have a clue who you are.
One day you can cope, the next you’re struggling to get out of bed.
One day you’re flexible and adapting… and the next you feel anxious, reactive, or completely thrown by something small.

I get it. I really do.

I entered menopause far earlier than I ever expected. Like many women, I questioned what was happening to me because I simply wasn’t prepared for menopause to happen at my age. Looking back, I realise how much difference greater awareness could have made - not just for me, but for those around me trying to support me. That’s one of the reasons doing this research matters so deeply to me.

This is part of our female experience. But it’s also part of a huge transition we are never taught how to mentally and emotionally prepare for, not just physically.

So I’m going to help.
My mission is to support women experiencing hormonal uncertainty prepare for and navigate the most mentally, emotionally and physically challenging time of their lives.

It’s time to stop feeling so ashamed of what we’re going through and start supporting each other openly, and in a way that allows us to continue living the life we want, not settling for a life that feels less than in any way.

And if I can support you, I’d be honoured to do so. Get in touch by sending me a message or visiting my website www.jorennie.com to find out more about working together.

Sending so much love,

Jo 🌸

30/07/2026

My work has been changing over the last 6 months, so I thought I’d reintroduce myself and what I do 🌸

Hi, I’m Jo Rennie, a Menopause Transition Wellbeing Specialist helping women navigate the emotional, mental and identity challenges of early menopause, while supporting organisations to create more informed and supportive workplaces.

With over 20 years experience supporting emotional development, mental wellbeing and self-worth across children, adults and families as a therapist turned coach, I combine personal development, research, and lived experience through my own early menopause to support meaningful transformation.

My work focuses on helping women better understand and emotionally prepare for the menopause transition mentally, emotionally, and professionally.

I have worked with and alongside thousands of women over the years, and I’ve seen and spoken to many in their 30s and 40s doing everything they can to hold life together.

Supporting families, managing careers, caring for others, and pushing themselves to keep going no matter how overwhelmed they have felt inside.

BUT… behind closed doors, many are really struggling.

They don’t recognise themselves anymore.
Their confidence has disappeared.
Their emotions feel harder to regulate.
Their nervous system feels overloaded.
They’re exhausted, anxious, forgetful, disconnected, and questioning their worth, identity, and ability to cope.

Many women don’t realise these changes may be hormone related, with perimenopause potentially beginning 10 years before menopause itself.

So instead of receiving understanding and support, they often internalise the experience as failure:
“Why can’t I handle things like I used to?”
“What’s wrong with me?”

If nothing changes, the cycle continues - burnout, shame, emotional exhaustion, relationship strain, workplace pressure, isolation, and disconnection from who they truly are.

But when women understand what’s happening mentally, emotionally, cognitively, and physiologically, everything begins to change.

With the right support, self-awareness, and emotional tools, women can rebuild confidence, regulate overwhelm, reconnect with themselves, and navigate this transition with greater resilience and self-compassion.

That’s the work I do.

Through workshops, speaking and coaching I help women:
• rebuild confidence and self-worth
• understand emotional and cognitive changes
• regulate overwhelm and nervous system stress
• reconnect with identity and purpose
• strengthen resilience and emotional wellbeing
• navigate work, relationships and life with greater self-trust

And I’m passionate about having earlier conversations around the menopause transition in workplaces and society too, helping reduce the stigma and ensuring women feel supported, empowered, and understood, not broken or alone.

More information about my EMERGE coaching program and organisation workshops will be coming soon.

Menopause is not a problem to be fixed, so let’s work together to stop making women feel like they are.

Jo 🦋

29/07/2026

Things we don’t talk about during the menopause transition - part 3…

Feeling like we’re literally losing our minds.
The mental and emotional distress.

Why? Because we’re scared to.

Scared because we don’t know why we’re feeling so ‘unwell’ or unpredictable.

Scared because one minute we’re ok and the next we’re having a complete breakdown.

Scared because we know most people just won’t understand.

This affects our relationships, our friendships, our work, and most negatively of all, our sense of self.

Insecurities, anxiety, hormonal depression… all impacting our confidence, resilience and self worth.

One minute we can feel OK and the next we’re running to hide in a cupboard.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

We need to normalise conversations about the hell that some women go through, very often in silence.

We need to support each other, and educate those who are yet to understand.

Menopause isn’t a problem to be fixed, but somehow, as individuals we feel like we are 😢 and that needs to change.

Let me know if this resonated. And if you need support or an understanding ear, please know I’m here always ❤️

Sending so much love,

Jo 🌸

09/07/2026

I’ve started a blog 🩷

Let’s learn and talk about how to support ourselves, and other women navigating the menopause transition.

These posts are a mix of personal, informative, data packed research on the moves we’re creating in the right direction when it comes to supporting women’s health through this transition… but there’s so much more that needs to be done!

And this is where my work is being focussed. Because together we will always be stronger.

Come and have a nosy 🧐

Jo 🌸

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