Category: Lifestyle
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How to Live Longer
Discover the surprising secret to living longer—it’s not just diet or exercise! Research shows that strong social connections can add up to 7 extra years to your life, outpacing even the healthiest eating or workout habits. This blog explores how building meaningful relationships, managing stress, eating a plant-forward diet, and prioritising sleep can help you…
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Exercise in Menopause and Beyond: Finding What Works for You
Exercise during menopause and beyond offers powerful benefits, from supporting bone health to improving mood and energy. Discover the unique advantages of strength training, cardio, flexibility, balance work, and NEAT (Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis) for maintaining health and vitality in midlife. This blog breaks down each type of exercise, explaining how it helps with hormone balance,…
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Building Positive Body Image in Midlife
My experience is that most women do not have a positive body image in midlife. In fact, many woman spend too much valuable time, energy and resources obsessing over their body. Berating it for everything it is not. Punishing it in repeated attempts at quick and radical change. And hiding it away until that magic…
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Why Hormone Replacement Therapy is not a Magic Bullet for Menopause Symptoms
This is not an anti-HRT blog. I am pro-HRT. I am pro anything that supports women’s health, particularly as we age. But I am pro-HRT with a caveat. That it is not used in isolation as a cure-all for menopause symptoms. As if whatever combination of hormones has been prescribed to you is going to…
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Managing Menopause Symptoms at Christmas: 5 Simple Steps
Or ‘how to have a merry Christmas without turning into an anxious, exhausted, hot mess’. I’m going to keep this brief. You’re probably already managing menopause symptoms. And Christmas is round the corner. So, I’m guessing your time is precious and your patience thin. I’ve probably only got a few hundred words before you start…
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Vagus Nerve Stimulation: A Game-Changer for Menopause Symptoms
Perimenopause and menopause symptoms driving you crazy? Then keep reading. There is a new (and potentially very effective) kid on the block when it comes to menopause symptom management. Say hello to vagus nerve stimulation. Not menopausal? Don’t go anywhere, as supporting this one nerve in the body positively impacts overall health and well being…
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Alcohol Consumption in Midlife: Finding the Balance
When you think about excessive alcohol consumption your mind probably fills with images of drunken 20 somethings falling out of pubs and nightclubs. But the truth is women aged 45-59 tend to drink more than their younger counterparts and well above recommended levels. You may not be out as much, but those relaxing glasses of…
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Overcoming Loss in Midlife: A Guide to Healing and Finding Hope
A blog about loss – this might be a difficult sell. Not exactly cheery stuff for an evening read. But if it’s on my mind it inevitably ends up in the blog! And the thing is – life is full of losses. Between the joy and gains, laughs and memories being made, there is plenty…
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Clearing the Fog: Managing Menopausal Brain Fog
Hands-up if you frequently walk into a room and forget why you’re there? Or get halfway through a sentence before your train of thought leaves the station? Welcome to menopausal ‘brain fog’ where mental cloudiness and confusion become the norm and your ability to focus, process information, and remember basic things (like where you left…