Doina Dragusanu Menopause Coach

05/09/2026

𝗟𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 — 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?

If you could improve just 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 right now, what would you choose?

😴 Sleep
🧠 Brain fog / memory
😩 Energy
😰 Anxiety / mood
🔥 Physical symptoms
❤️ Feeling like yourself again

Don't overthink it.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱?

I'm asking for a reason… and I'll tell you why soon. 😊

05/09/2026

04/09/2026

There are so many things I wish I'd known before my own menopause journey.

But now I want to hear from you.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲?

One sentence or a whole story — both are welcome. ❤️

I'll share mine first in the comments.

03/09/2026

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝘆𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀. 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸.

“It's only hot flushes.”

“Just take HRT.”

“It's a personal problem.”

“We've got a policy, so we're covered.”

Menopause support isn't about making women less capable or treating them differently.

It's about understanding that symptoms can affect people differently — and creating workplaces where someone can ask for support without embarrassment or judgement.

And sometimes, very small changes can make a very big difference.

𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝘆𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 — 𝟭, 𝟮, 𝟯 𝗼𝗿 𝟰?

Or add one I've missed in the comments. 👇

02/09/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟲𝟬-𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀

That moment when a perfectly ordinary word disappears halfway through a sentence can feel awful — particularly at work.

And then we often make it worse:

𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳?
E𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥.
W𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦?

Next time, try something simpler.

Pause. Breathe. Describe what you mean. Keep going.

You don't have to fight your brain every time it needs an extra few seconds. 🌿

𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗸.

01/09/2026

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺?

I see this difference again and again.

When she starts paying attention to what her body is telling her, she begins to notice patterns.
She understands what makes her symptoms worse.
She asks for help earlier.
She makes small changes to sleep, nutrition, stress and her working day.
And, importantly, she stops treating every difficult day as something she simply has to endure.

When she keeps pushing through, the opposite can happen.

Poor sleep becomes exhaustion.
Brain fog starts affecting her confidence.
Stress makes symptoms harder to manage.
And eventually she can reach the point where she thinks:

“I 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲.”undefined

The difference isn't that one woman is stronger than the other.

Sometimes the difference is simply 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁.

31/08/2026

𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽?

This is one of the reasons menopause is so often misunderstood in the workplace.

A woman may be struggling with poor sleep, brain fog, anxiety, headaches, hot flushes, fatigue or changes in confidence — while still having periods and not even considering menopause as the reason.

And at work, it can look completely different from the outside.

She may look distracted.
Less confident.
Forgetful.
Overwhelmed.
Or simply “not herself lately.”

Sometimes she doesn't understand what's happening either.

Recognising the possibility of perimenopause earlier can change the conversation completely.

𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆.

28/08/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲. ❤️

Not because everything suddenly became perfect.

But because somewhere along the way, a woman started understanding her body again.

She started sleeping a little better.

Setting boundaries.

Asking for support.

Making decisions based on what she needs.

And slowly, she started recognising herself again.

Those little messages mean more to me than people probably realise.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴? 👇

27/08/2026

𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗮𝘆, “I'𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲” — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀.

One may desperately need sleep.

Another may be frightened by anxiety she's never experienced before.

Another may be functioning perfectly well at home but struggling to concentrate at work.

And another may simply say:

“I 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲.”

That's why my first step isn't telling a woman what she should do.

It's asking questions.

Listening.

Understanding what's changed, how it's affecting her life, what she's already tried and — most importantly — 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲.

Because menopause support shouldn't start with a generic solution.

It should start with the woman. ❤️

𝗜𝗳 𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 #𝟰 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 — 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁?