Lately, I have been noticing my boob’s. Not in the fun, lingerie-shopping way. More in the quiet, catch-your-reflection way. The way you notice your body changing when you’re not trying to analyse it, you’re just living and suddenly… there it is. A new shape. A READ MORE…

Perimenopause has a way of sneaking up on you. One day, you’re feeling like yourself, and the next, you’re wondering, “Who is this woman staring back at me?” You’re: And to top it all off, when you seek help, you’re met with dismissive responses like: Deep READ MORE…

Understanding the Hormonal Rollercoaster Unlike a regular menstrual cycle, which follows a somewhat predictable monthly rhythm, or pregnancy, which causes a steady surge of hormones, perimenopause is like an unpredictable hormonal rollercoaster. Oestrogen, progesterone, and testosterone fluctuate erratically – sometimes soaring, sometimes crashing – before READ MORE…

International Women’s Day always makes me pause, not in a performative, hashtag kind of way, but in the quiet way. The kind where you look at your life and realise how many versions of you have existed just to get you here. Midlife has a READ MORE…

Donna Power has spent years at the intersection of clinical menopause care, workplace policy, and lived reality. Having worked alongside some of the world’s leading menopause clinicians, including helping to establish the Marion Gluck Training Academy to train doctors internationally, she has a deep understanding READ MORE…

There’s a particular kind of flatness that can creep in during midlife, not depression, necessarily, not crisis, just… dullness. Like you’re doing the days, not living them. Like your life is functional, even good, but you’re not fully inside it. You’re present, but not vivid. READ MORE…

Menopause is so often spoken about in clinical terms, symptoms to manage, hormones to correct, productivity to preserve. But Kate Codrington, menopause facilitator, author, and speaker, has spent years offering women a radically different lens. One rooted in cycles, seasons, and rites of passage. Rather READ MORE…

Perimenopause and being 48 have stripped away a lot of the noise for me. It’s made me far more honest about what actually supports me and what looks good on paper. When my hormones are all over the place, sleep is hit or miss, and READ MORE…

Menopause is often discussed in terms of symptoms, protocols, and fixes. What’s spoken about far less is the inner terrain, the thoughts we carry, the stories we absorb, and the relationship we have with ourselves as everything begins to shift. Lisa R Triggs, widely known READ MORE…

There was a time in my life when I wore exhaustion like a badge. If I was tired, it meant I was productive. If I was running on fumes, it meant I was strong. If I was pushing through, it meant I was winning. Rest READ MORE…