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Perimenopause & Menopause
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Jikiden Reiki, Massage, Facial, Reflexology, Aromatherapy
Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland

07/06/2026

The Weird

I would love to hear about your weird peri/menopausal symptoms 👍😁

So I have decided to do a series on:The Weird 🙃 & the Why đŸ€” that we experience as peri/menopause women.And as weird as t...
03/06/2026

So I have decided to do a series on:
The Weird 🙃 & the Why đŸ€” that we experience as peri/menopause women.

And as weird as they may be, there is often a reason behind why we are experiencing them.

Today’s Weird🙃 :- Phantom Smells 👃
For no reason, I suddenly start to smell burning or cigarette smoke, or just a very unpleasant smell that kinda makes me feel sickly.

The Why đŸ€”
As our hormone levels start to fluctuate, particularly Oestrogen, it can affect the Olfactory system - the part of the brain responsible for our sense of smell.

Most of us think of Oestrogen as a reproductive hormone, but it actually influences many parts of the body, including the brain and nervous system.

For some women, these hormonal changes can make smells seem stronger than they really are. For others, the brain can occasionally interpret signals weirdly and create a smell that isn't actually there.

These are known as Phantom Smells.

As strange as it sounds, when a Phantom Smell strikes me, I try to smell something real, like an essential oil I use in my Aromatherapy Massage, which has the double benefit of beginning my sense of smell back into the real world, and as well as enjoying the therapeutic benefits of the essential oil.

Isn't it fascinating how hormones can influence something as simple as our sense of smell? 😯

I would love to hear if you have experienced Phantom Smells during peri/menopause?

Or is it just me? đŸ˜‚đŸ«Ł

Response has been wonderful! 😍Thank you to all those people who have booked to come along to tomorrow night (Thursday 4 ...
03/06/2026

Response has been wonderful! 😍
Thank you to all those people who have booked to come along to tomorrow night (Thursday 4 June ) event. So looking forward to meeting you all.
But don't worry I will be running another Menopause CafĂ© event in July, so if you would like to be added to the Waiting List, just email me on [email protected] or send me a DM.

Or if you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch❀

Hormones genuinely fascinate me. đŸ€”The more I learn about them, the more in awe I am of what is happening inside our bodi...
29/05/2026

Hormones genuinely fascinate me. đŸ€”

The more I learn about them, the more in awe I am of what is happening inside our bodies every second of every day.

And when I say hormones, I don’t just mean oestrogen.

We tend to hear a lot about oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone.
But did you know we actually have around 50 different hormones in our body; all carrying different jobs.
I been trying to think of the simplest way to describe them.

Imagine hormones are letters, and the bloodstream that carry the hormones around our body, is the postal service.

The hormone travels through the blood until it reaches a cell with the correct receptor, a bit like finding the right letterbox.

The receptor only accepts the correct hormone, just as a letter is delivered to the correct address.

The message is received, read and acted upon.

And all of this is happening without us even thinking about it.

Hormones tell us when to grow, when to sleep. They influence our mood; turn food into energy; affect our skin, bones, muscles, memory, temperature and countless other functions.

They are tiny chemical messengers travelling around the body, delivering instructions that help keep everything working as it should.

I think that’s incredible.

In many ways, the body isn’t just a collection of organs, bones and muscles. It’s a giant conversation, with hormones carrying messages from one part of the body to another, all day long.

An Oestrogen is just 1 hormone - letter - trying to be delivered.

26/05/2026

A friend recently told me how lonely she felt.
Not because she was alone. Far from it.
She has a husband who loves her, children, family, good friends and a job she genuinely loves. She’s extremely grateful for her life and knows how lucky she is, in so many ways.

But she told me, for some reason she can’t explain it, she just couldn’t shake the feeling of being alone.

I went away thinking about it because it stayed with me more than I expected.

Then a few days later I read about another woman in an online menopause support group, describe almost exactly the same feeling.

Is it possible other women experience the same thing during perimenopause and menopause? But never talk about it?

I then remembered that for me, it wasn’t necessarily loneliness. For me, I felt invisible.
Like I was slowly fading away, and no one could see me anymore.
I couldn’t fully explain why; I just felt invisible!

Hearing these stories, I wondered was there any research on this?

And although it doesn’t actually say: “low oestrogen causes loneliness.”
What the research does show is that during perimenopause, fluctuating oestrogen and progesterone hormones in a women’s body can affect mood, anxiety, stress sensitivity, sleep, emotional regulation, confidence and brain chemistry. And that these changes could help to explain why some women feel disconnected, invisible, or emotionally flat. Their confidence, identity, sense of connection, even how they see themselves in the world, can be affected.

So the research does suggest that the hormonal shift we experience during perimenopause could make us quietly find ourselves saying:
“I feel really lonely; not myself anymore!”

Do you feel lonely?
Or even invisible?

So we know that perimenopause and menopause is a result of the body slowly turning off the Oestrogen hormone in our body...
22/05/2026

So we know that perimenopause and menopause is a result of the body slowly turning off the Oestrogen hormone in our body. 👍
But did you realise how many parts of the body it has an influence on?đŸ€”
Is it any wonder that everything about us is affected by the slow depletion of Oestrogen! đŸ˜Č

21/05/2026

One of the hardest parts of perimenopause and menopause for many women is that they often stop recognising themselves.

Not just physically. Emotionally too.

Women who were once confident suddenly feel anxious.
Women who coped with everything suddenly feel overwhelmed.
Women who loved busy lives suddenly feel exhausted by them.

And so often we laugh about it and shrug it off.
“Just hormones.”
“Welcome to menopause.” đŸ€·â€â™€ïž

But behind the humour, many women are quietly struggling.

It almost feels as though, with the rise in conversations around HRT, society decided women’s problems had finally been solved.

And while HRT can absolutely be life changing for many women, why are so many still struggling?
Why do so many still feel unheard, exhausted, anxious, disconnected from themselves, or simply not quite right?

Because perhaps this stage of life is about more than hormones alone.

Perimenopause and menopause can affect sleep, stress resilience, mood, confidence, inflammation, skin, digestion, energy levels and emotional wellbeing. It touches almost every part of a woman’s life.

And maybe that is why support should never be one dimensional.

For many women that support is HRT. And that is great. Thank goodness for HRT because we now do have a medical option.
But maybe we also need other options too. Maybe it is therapy, lifestyle changes, massage, nutrition, nervous system support, exercise, rest, or simply finally feeling heard for the first time in years.

I feel it is time we started having more honest conversations about what women are actually experiencing during this stage of life?
And what it actually means to us.

Because women are not all experiencing the same story, so the answers aren’t necessarily al the same.

I would love to hear your thoughts❀

16/05/2026

The ‘Menopause Café’ aims to help break down the stigma surrounding menopause and perimenopause by encouraging open and honest conversation. It helps raise awareness of how menopause can affect not only the person experiencing it, but also their family, friends, and colleagues.

The ‘Menopause Café’ is an informal discussion group open to all ages and genders. There are no experts or set agenda — simply relaxed conversations guided by the topics and experiences participants choose to share.

The ‘Menopause Café’ movement started in Perth, Scotland, in 2017 and has spread worldwide, with volunteers now hosting pop-up events in the UK, Bahrain, Mexico, USA, Canada, Austria, and Australia.

Rachel Weiss, founder of the ‘Menopause Café’ charity, says, “The Menopause CafĂ© is for everyone who wants to talk about the menopause, to share their stories, experiences and questions - all made that little bit easier with tea and cake.
“Unfortunately, many people feel that they should just ‘get on with’ the menopause, with some never talking to their friends or family about it. People can come along and just listen, or join in the discussions, hopefully leaving with a clearer sense of the impact of the menopause on those who are experiencing it, alongside their families, friends, and colleagues.”

Kirsty Wark, patron of the Menopause CafĂ© Charity, says, “ I am delighted to be a patron of this charity, which is dedicated to getting everyone talking about the menopause. This is the way to a healthier, happier future”.

The ‘Menopause Cafe’ event is being organised by Helen and is being held on Thursday, 4 June from 7.00pm to 8.30pm, at Station Road, Prestwick, KA9 1AQ.

Contact Helen to book or for further details.
Or email Helen: [email protected]

"Menopause Café charity creates spaces for conversations about menopause to normalise this transition stage."

14/05/2026

Perimenopause and Menopause seem to have become something women are simply expected to “manage” now.

Take the tablets. Push through. Carry on.

And while modern medicine absolutely has an important place and can help many women, I also think we need to start acknowledging something else


Medicine doesn’t always have every answer for every woman.

Sometimes the body is asking for more than symptom suppression.
Sometimes it is asking for rest.
Nervous system support.
Better nutrition.
Less stress.
More movement.
Better sleep.
Human connection.
Time to slow down.
Space to actually be listened to.

So many women are exhausted, overwhelmed, anxious, disconnected from themselves, and yet are often made to feel like this is just something they must tolerate because their hormones are changing.

But women deserve options.

Support can come in many forms. Holistic therapies, massage, reflexology, mindfulness, nutrition, lifestyle changes, time in nature, learning to understand their bodies instead of maybe feeling they are constantly fighting against it.

Not because these things are a “cure” — but because women deserve care that sees the whole person, not just a hormone level or prescription.

I think many women already know this deep down.
They are not looking to become younger.
They are looking to feel like themselves again.

Tell me, how do you feel?
Do you feel heard?

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