The Menopause Health Coach

The Menopause Health Coach Exhausted, overwhelmed or feeling unlike yourself? Closing The Menopause Action Gap™ so change actually sticks.

I help women 40+ navigate perimenopause & menopause with practical support for sleep, strength, nutrition and lasting behaviour change.

12/09/2026

“Yes, I know I should… but.”

I hear some version of this almost every week.

I know I should exercise, but I don’t have time. I know I should eat better, but everyone else comes first. I know I should sleep more, but my brain doesn’t switch off until I’ve sorted everyone else’s day.

The problem isn’t always knowing what you should do.

Sometimes the more useful question is: what is the “but” actually telling you?

Because if you’ve spent years being the person who makes everything work for everyone else, simply being told to “prioritise yourself” isn’t particularly helpful.

That’s the conversation I’m exploring this week.

What does your “but” say?

When we hit perimenopause our fuelling needs change. Our changing physiology requires a little more intention around whe...
03/09/2026

When we hit perimenopause our fuelling needs change.

Our changing physiology requires a little more intention around when and what we eat.

Follow for more practical nutrition and lifestyle guidance for midlife.

02/09/2026

Sometimes the answer isn’t either/or.

It can be your hormones.
Your sleep.
Your workload.
Your family.
Your relationships.
Your life.

And sometimes… it’s all happening at once.

That’s why I’m not interested in reducing a woman to a list of symptoms.

Look at the whole picture.

01/09/2026

Something has changed.

Maybe you’re noticing it at work.
At home.
In your relationship.
With people you used to have endless patience for.

And you’re wondering:

“Why am I suddenly like this?”

Before you judge yourself, get curious about what else has changed.

Because understanding what’s going on is a very different place to start from than blaming yourself.

Have you noticed your tolerance has changed?

28/08/2026

Maybe we’re not just ashamed of the anger.
Maybe we’re ashamed of what we’ve been taught anger says about us.

And when perimenopause changes how our emotions feel, that can be a difficult thing to untangle.

What were you taught about anger growing up?

26/08/2026

That split second before you explode? It matters.

Learning to notice your own warning signs can give you something back:

choice.

Not to suppress your anger.
Not to pretend you’re fine.

Just enough space to decide what happens next.

Save this for the next time you feel the rage rising.

25/08/2026

Maybe you’re not becoming an angrier person.
Maybe you’re carrying more than you realise.

Perimenopause doesn’t happen in a vacuum.

Poor sleep, hormonal changes, work, relationships, family, stress, sometimes there’s simply less capacity left.

Understanding the change doesn’t excuse how we behave.

But it can help us stop turning every difficult emotion into “What’s wrong with me?”

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24/08/2026

Why are we so much harder on ourselves when the emotion is anger?

Women can spend years being the calm one. The reasonable one. The one who keeps everything moving.

So when anger suddenly feels bigger, louder or harder to contain, the judgement can be brutal.

Maybe the conversation we need isn’t “How do I stop being angry?”

Maybe it’s:

“What is my anger trying to tell me?”

Perimenopause doesn’t give us permission to hurt people or behave in ways we’re not proud of.

But understanding what’s changed can be the first step towards responding differently.

Have we made women feel ashamed of anger for too long?

22/08/2026

What if your workplace doesn’t understand what you’re going through?

The truth is, many managers simply haven’t been given the knowledge or tools to understand menopause.

They may not recognise that poor sleep, brain fog, anxiety, fatigue or changes in confidence can affect how a woman is functioning at work.

And if they don’t understand what’s happening, it can be very easy for a woman to think:

“They must think I’m not coping.”
“Maybe I’m not as good at my job anymore.”

This isn’t about asking for special treatment.

It’s about understanding what is happening, knowing what support might help, and being able to have a better conversation at work.

We can’t expect managers to understand what they’ve never been taught.

And women shouldn’t have to struggle in silence because nobody knows what to say.

If you’ve experienced this at work, I’d really like to hear from you.

21/08/2026

You do not owe your workplace your menopause.

You don’t have to stand in front of a room full of colleagues and explain your symptoms.

You don’t have to disclose every detail of what’s happening to your body.

And you don’t have to apologise for needing support.

But you do need to understand what is affecting you and learn how to ask for what you need.

Because advocating for yourself isn’t asking for special treatment.

It’s knowing what you need to do your job well.

Save this. You might need these words when the conversation with your manager comes.

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