This week is Grief Awareness Week and something that is very close to my heart right now. As we embrace the festive season with all its celebrations and socialising, I am also aware that for many people, this is a time of great sadness and often loneliness. Only last weekend a friend commented that for […]

Perimenopausal Depression and Hope for the Future   ‘Women are 40% more likely to experience depression in the perimenopause than those who aren’t experiencing any menopausal symptoms, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.’ This is one of a growing body of evidence that shows that women experiencing perimenopause symptoms, sometimes from as early […]

I’d like to encourage you to think about the following for a minute: Chronic Dieting equals Deprivation of Food. Eating food that we do not need for energy is often a coping mechanism to push down feelings that are historically too dangerous to allow ourselves to feel. So when we no longer have food to […]

When I got an email last week inviting me to speak at a local menopause support group about how perimenopause and menopause affects our mental health, I felt an immediate sense of happiness, pride and validation as someone had recognised my skills and felt they wanted me to share my knowledge with the wider group. […]