I first met Minty after the very first Meno Meet-up earlier this year. He was having a coffee in Brew Bear & introduced himself. We chatted & he told me there was an underground spiritual community in Evesham. This was something I had begun to doubt. His words gave me hope & within days beautiful …
My own journey working with the chakras has ebbed & flowed over the years. As a trained yoga teacher I was of course aware of the chakras but as a peri-menopausal women I couldn’t get my head around them all! When we lived in Bangkok I used to write for an Expat magazine & one …
I first started going to Angie Latham’s sound baths about 5 years ago. I was hooked from the first one. Angie creates such sublime sounds & every time was different. I recall thinking: one day I’d love to collaborate with Angie. For a couple of years of course everything stopped but early this year I …
Autumn is always a reflective time for me. We moved into this house 2 years ago, it was our 4th move in 3 years. So it’s always an apt time to reflect. And so within the lens of my own meno journey & with the benefit of hindsight, experience, knowledge & practice I reflected on …
Last week was a tough week emotionally, mentally, spiritually & energetically. And I was not the best version of myself. I felt a deep sense of fear & doubt & separation & it was overwhelming. My workload had doubled & so I didn’t feel like I had time to feel into these feelings & let …
I had a fabulous weekend reconnecting with old friends, making new friends at a wedding. Then when I got home I was lucky enough to share the space with some of our remarkable teachers & guides co-presenting on Harley St at Home’s first R&R retreat. It was a fabulous day of reviving & rejuvenating, relaxing …
A couple of years ago I started having panic attacks. The first time it happened I was out with the dogs & I thought I was having a heart attack. I was horrified. I was practicing yoga everyday for an hour, cycling 15 kms 3/week & walking 3 dogs daily. I couldn’t have been healthier …
For many women changes in their sleep patterns can be one of the first signs of the menopause. This is because the hormonal fluctuations put the body into chemical & physiological stress. But our minds cannot differentiate between real & imagined stress the response is the same: activation of the fight or flight response. This …
Stress makes menopause symptoms worse & menopause causes stress – it can feel like an endless vicious cycle. Meno-rage is a very real, very frightening symptom for many women especially during their peri-menopause. Meno-rage is that intense irritability & frustration what erupts without warning. We are so used to juggling so much & suddenly 1 …
There are 13 million women in UK experiencing The Menopause: they are either peri-menopausal, menopausal or in post menopause phase. The menopause journey can last up to 15 years. More than 60% of women experience symptoms which present as behavioural changes, with 25% experiencing severe & debilitating symptoms. 10% of women will loose or quite …
