This topic of burnout and all-consuming tiredness keeps coming back. And I hear you. I’ve been there. In fact, I often hover on the...

As I was watching the Panorama documentary The Menopause Industry Uncovered , I was reeling. I was reeling for all these women misled by...

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. -Mark Twain   There was a time in my early 20s,...

I’m so tired of yoga teachers saying that yoga is a tool for injury prevention.   I know, these days, if you are in the fitness industry,...

No, I’m not going to talk about the side effects of the OCP (oral contraceptive pill). There are tonnes of books written on this subject....

Seeing more and more women doing resistance training is absolutely amazing. There is however often a lack of understanding and direction,...

You see, I’m done. Or at least I think I’m done. I have just finished an 8-week course on Cancer Prevention & Survivorship via the...

When you watch the famous TEDx talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichue We should all be feminists, one thing comes to mind. She spends half of...

When you look at the strong socialist women flexing their muscles on their propaganda posters, you might think that you now know their secre

Talking about a healthy body weight is like talking about ‘balancing one’s hormones’: it’s so generic, it bears no weight. Pun intended....

The short answer is no. There are no tests to determine if you are in perimenopause. Still, I hear a lot of women do tests just to “check...

What is pretty infuriating in the current menopausal conversation is the misconception that perimenopause only starts once our cycles...

A landmark study based on data from the largest ever survey of menopausal and peri-menopausal women in the UK stated that for 46% of...

The biggest problem with the wellness world these days, in my humble opinion, is the lack of understanding of ‘nuanced’ pieces of...

The other day I read a post by my favourite eco-warrior, Jack Harris, talking about Caitlin Moran’s new book. And to be specific, the...

The other day I went to a 100% plant-based pub in Brighton. I was really impressed how far vegan cuisine has developed over the last...

I spent about 6 years in the state of unintentional low energy availability. These were long and tiring years. What really annoys me is...

The ability to truly listen to your body is an extremely advanced concept. It is not something that a lot of us can actually do. The...

As discussed in my previous blog post, Is under-fuelling making us anxious? How dieting during menopause might be the straw that breaks...

How dieting during menopause might be the straw that breaks the camel's back. I have to say, “dieting” is my pet peeve. The idea of...