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Your September Menopause Plan: Simple Steps to Stop Guessing
Do you feel a distinct shift in the air when September arrives? The frantic blur of summer slows down. School schedules settle, holiday travel wraps up, and the constant juggling act of July and August finally gives way to a quieter, more predictable rhythm. When that...
Menopause Brain Fog at Work: What HR Needs to Know
Picture this: A senior director with 20 years of flawless performance stands up to present in a boardroom. Mid-sentence, the exact word she needs completely vanishes. Or a high-performing project manager suddenly finds herself taking twice as long to process a complex...
Perimenopause & The Summer Juggle
July is a beautiful month, but for busy women juggling work, home life, and hormonal shifts, the mental and physical load can feel incredibly heavy. Between managing the school summer holidays and navigating a changing body, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Below are...
Menopause: The “Cheat Sheet” for the Men Who Love Us
This week is Men’s Health Week, and with Father’s Day approaching, I want to speak directly to the men. Specifically, the men who are watching their partners go through a transformation that feels baffling, frustrating, and—at times—entirely unrecognisable. I hear it...
The Silent Productivity Killer: Why Menopause is a Boardroom Issue
In June, as I champion Age Without Apology Month, I am also looking toward a massive shift in the UK corporate landscape. For too long, menopause has been treated as a "private struggle" or a "women's issue." But the reality is that menopause is a boardroom issue, a...
Ageing Without Apology: When Life Demands Everything
June is Age Without Apology Month. It’s a sentiment I champion with every fibre of my being, but I also know that for many of you, this month is Carers Week, and the reality of midlife feels less like a choice and more like a struggle to keep your head above water. I...
Shedding the Layers: Finding Your Midlife Confidence
By the time May rolls around, the world is in full bloom. The days are longer, the big coats are finally going back into the loft, and the social calendar starts to fill up with garden parties and bank holiday plans. But for many of us navigating menopause, shedding...
The Cost of Compliance: Why a Menopause Policy is No Longer Enough
As we move into May, many leadership teams are settling into their new financial year objectives. But there is one line item that often gets overlooked until it becomes a corporate crisis: the legal and cultural shift in how we support menopausal women at work. If...
HRT and Breast Cancer: Moving Beyond the Fear
If you’ve ever sat at your computer, heart racing, staring at a headline that links Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) to breast cancer, please take a deep breath. You are not alone, and your concern is completely valid. For decades, we’ve been fed a diet of scary...
The Great Midlife Edit: Why a Spring Clean is Good for the Menopausal Soul
The transition into April usually brings a shift in the light that makes the dust bunnies under the sofa a little more visible. But this year, I’m looking past the skirting boards. I’m looking at the clutter we carry in our schedules, our wardrobes, and our heads. In...
