The Menopause Mindset

In today's episode I talk to Dr Michelle Gordon, who recognises that behaviour change is hard especially during menopause, but is absolutely fundamental to the thing that most women in menopause want…

Is cake ok or not ok when you're menopausal? 

After diving into a few anti diet books, I started seeing the broader picture as to how the diet industry was playing with our mental health and honestly…

I was being so negative for about a month.

I languished in it until my husband (who wouldn't say boo to a goose) said, "oh my gosh, you've got to snap out of this, you are depressing to be around and…

When they're going well, we have our mojo, our focus and our equilibrium but when they are not so going well, we lie awake at night, we can't concentrate and we're all topsy turvy inside.   

I'm talki…

When was the last time you slept consistently well for a whole week or even month?

In today's episode we talk about why it's hard to sleep during menopause and how we can tap into that ever more elusi…

"Menopause is not something to be fixed, it's an experience" said Susan. 

I often wonder if much of the menopause misery we see is down to the fact that the deeper meaning of menopause is not truthful…

My podcast guest today, Lucy Rowett, is passionate about exposing some of the predatory practices in the coaching world that seem to poke at our pain and rub at our trauma. 

She says "This conversatio…

Julie Angel, who has a PHD in Cine Parkour, explained to me that ageing sets in when we stop playing, and parkour is the ultimate in child's play.  

Remember when you were 7 and you threw yourself beh…

On 17th December we had a lovely afternoon tea party for my mums 70th Birthday.  All of her 70 something friends were there.  We got talking about menopause (obviously) but one lady said "in my day w…

In many cultures, we are shown that a display of sadness and grief is unpalatable and unwelcome.  As people that go through menopause, this is bad news.  

Grief occurs when we experience any kind of l…

Men can’t be the heroes in our story if they are traumatised and hen pecked.   We could harp on about feminism and the patriarchy all day, but ultimately, if we want better menopause care, we must fi…

Childlessness can be a black cloud for people approaching menopause and you'll notice it has been missing from this podcast.  There's a reason for that.   It's because, up until now, I had no idea ho…

Have you ever tried running 72k?  No?  Don't worry you're in the majority.  It's not something that I am ever likely to do (never say never), but I do like talking to people who voluntarily put thems…

I'm not going to sit here and tell you that getting pregnant during peri is skipadedoo easy, it's not, but as my guest today says, it IS possible.

So in today's episode of The Menopause Mindset Podcas…

Pain is such a pain!  But when does the pain of staying stuck become worse than the pain required to change?  That's a question we all have to ask ourselves sometimes.   In today's episode I address …

Whether it's drinking more water, going to bed earlier, or softening the thoughts in your head, change is something that many of us want but don't know how to get long lasting. 

I recently attended a …

Divorce rates are higher than ever because today we have the luxury of refusing to accept subservience, unhappiness and abuse.  Having said that divorce is not easy especially at midlife when we are …

In today's episode we discuss what emotional bypassing is, the consequences of it and how we can heal from it.  As a child if you ever experienced statements like 'oh dust yourself off' or 'you'll be…

The love that we feel about ourselves is largely down to the way that we look.  This standard of validity has been imposed upon us by a diet industry that makes millions preying on people’s need to ‘…

Has menopause mades you shrink and stay safe?  Our physical, mental and emotional needs go up at menopause and many of us are busy controlling our environment to maintain that sense of safety.  But s…