Getting the Most From Your GP: A Guide to Menopause Support

As a GP with a deep interest in women’s health, I often see patients who feel blindsided by menopause. They arrive in my clinic feeling “lack of joy”. Many struggling with brain fog, anxiety, or joint pain, without realising these are often the fingerprints of shifting hormones.  My mission is to change that narrative. We […]

Getting the Most From Your GP: A Guide to Menopause Support

Thankfully, everyone is talking about menopause! If you know you are suffering with symptoms such as hot flushes, sweats, brain fog, tiredness or anxiety, you may be wondering where to start when trying to get some help?? Many women suffer for years with perimenopause and believe they just have to put up with the 40 […]

Wellness talk is making me unwell?

There is a wealth of information on menopause at the moment and I often meet women who feel overwhelmed with it all and cannot see how to best help themselves. My advice is to share the responsibility with your health professional and arm yourself with a symptom tracker, your hormonal and family history and get individualised care that is best tailored to you.

What is Menopause?

what is menopause

There is a wealth of information on menopause at the moment and I often meet women who feel overwhelmed with it all and cannot see how to best help themselves. My advice is to share the responsibility with your health professional and arm yourself with a symptom tracker, your hormonal and family history and get individualised care that is best tailored to you.

Menopause and Differences with Ethnicity

Many cultures perceive this as a relief and wave goodbye to menstruation. However, the menopause does not pass silently, and most women will have short-term and long-term consequences.

What is the Menopause?

The menopause is a life transition during which your ovaries run out of eggs and hence stop being active and producing hormones oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone