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Menopause matters

My bid to be – and feel – stronger in my 50s

For a while, and certainly since my mid-40s, I had started to realise that I […]

Top ways to combat the symptoms of menopause

The menopause can be a menace but it’s something that all women will go through. […]

Lauren Chiren: Menopause expert, coach and life-changer

I meet many interesting people through my work and life and when interviewing Lauren Chiren […]

12 benefits of the menopause (yes, really!)

The over-riding story about the pre-menopause and then the menopause is that it is a […]

Bio Identical HRT or HRT? I am further confused…

I have noticed a lot more chat on the internet about Bio Identical Hormone Replacement […]

I’m confused about: How reduced oestrogen and progesterone affect women?

I read a poster shared by a private menopause clinic on their social media channel. […]

16 things I have learned about the menopause (recently)

A few people have been asking me for an update on my menopause. It’s not […]

50sense author launches #KnowYourMenopause campaign

Elizabeth Ellis, a former colleague and a friend of many years, has launched a brilliant […]

That angry head (and the cure of a mountain)

Yesterday, I wrote about how I have been suffering with an angry mood, caused, I […]

Menopause menace: My head feels really, really angry

There are many different symptoms of the menopause and I have had the misfortune to […]

The menopause: Everything is drying out…

The list of menopause symptoms is vast. Before I started the process of ever-diminishing hormones […]

Orcadian runner Erica training for world record ‘Meno Ultras’

Scottish runner Erica Clarkson is hoping to set a world record for running around a […]