Posts by Catriona
Emepelle skincare gets to the root cause of ageing caused by menopause
Many menopause symptoms are well-known but how it affects the skin isn’t. As oestrogen levels decline, women can experience accelerated collagen loss and skin ageing. In fact, clinical studies show that women can lose up to 30% of collagen during the first 5 years of menopause. Emepelle is the only skincare range available to actively…
Read MoreMenopause Support Group
Do you have questions about the Peri Menopause or Menopause? Your periods are all over the place, your sex drive is through the roof, or maybe your libido is no where to be seen! You’re forgetful, full of anxiety at work. You’re shouting one moment and then in tears the next. And then there’s the…
Read MoreOne Million Working Days a Year ‘Lost to Menopause’ Across Wales
Here’s a great article and some interesting research by Health & Her. Women in Wales are being forced to take time off from work due to debilitating menopause symptoms, new research by a Welsh healthcare company has revealed. Around a fifth of working women in Wales in the core ‘menopause age’ – aged between 50…
Read MoreWhy I recommend Dutch Test for Hormone Testing
Over the years working with my female clients, I’ve learnt that if your steroid hormones are out of balance, it can affect every other system in your body. Testing your hormones (instead of guessing) is crucial to feeling better! Whilst Lab tests won’t cure you, test results can show you data on where your body…
Read More9 Top Tips to help those Peri-menopause Mood Swings
In a recent survey 74% of women in their early 40s struggled with a low mood! And 71% of women aged 41-55 found their low moods were linked to the Peri-menopause. Do you start the day feeling like Mary Poppins and end the day more like Cruella de Vil? Are you screaming at your partner…
Read More5 top tips to beat Cellulite
Bikini Season is here, and a few women at the Menopause & Mocha Meet-up were talking about cellulite, and how they didn’t feel they could wear a Bikini now they were entering the Peri-menopause or post menopause phase of life. Here’s my 5 top foods to munch your way through to help target the dreaded…
Read MoreAn Important Victory: Menopause will now be taught in UK secondary schools
Health Minister Damien Hinds has confirmed that following a request from MP Rachel Maclean, young people will be taught about menopause as well as periods and pregnancy in UK secondary schools. “This is great news and means that one of the three main aims of the Menopause Support campaign has been achieved”, said campaign founder,…
Read MoreDenise van Outen: Golf has helped with perimenopausal anxiety
Denise van Outen says taking up golf has helped her deal with perimenopausal anxiety, and has “calmed” her and given her a confidence boost. Denise van Outen says golf has “really helped” her deal with perimenopausal anxiety. The 45-year-old actress believes the sport can be a great activity to help how women of a certain…
Read MoreJoint aches and muscle pain in Menopause
In my recent survey a high percentage of women had new symptoms of muscle aches and joint pain. It’s quite common in Peri-menopause and menopausal women, sometimes worse in the morning and improving throughout the day. Oestrogen has an important role in maintaining joint and bone health, it’s thought that it minimise the swelling around…
Read MoreHealthy Oestrogen Smoothie for Vagina Dryness and Painful Sex
It’s common for post menopausal ladies to suffer with vagina dryness and atrophy, which often leads to painful sex due to low oestrogen levels, also dry skin and joint pain! As our sex hormones naturally lower, our endocrine system and the adrenal glands take over some of the production of oestrogen and other sex hormones.…
Read MoreHow hormones affect your energy and weight
Are willpower and self-control the real solution to low energy and high weight? Maybe not. It might actually be your (powerful) hormones. And we’re not just talking about sex hormones here; we’re talking about the hormones that directly affect your blood sugar, metabolism, and appetite. Things that actually control your energy and weight. Let’s go…
Read MoreSupplements for Perimenopause
My Mum went through the Menopause at 42, so I wasn’t surprised when I started to see symptoms of the Perimenopause in my late 30’s, especially as I was going through a period of stress in my life. As my ovaries started to go into decline, and my hormone levels naturally lowered I was seeing…
Read MoreEmpower all the Women around You
Just before my 40th I started experiencing signs of early peri-menopause! Night sweats, weight gain, rocky relationships, irregular periods… I was shocked that I was having these symptoms so early, especially as I’m relatively healthy and fit being a Homeopath & Health Coach. When I started to talk to my girlfriends and clients about them,…
Read MoreEating in Menopause
Hot Flushes, sweating, insomnia, anxiety, brain fog and fatigue… No wonder us women dread the Menopause! Let’s not forget the long term consequences all linked to the menopause or reduced oestrogen levels, that can include a lack of libido, osteoporosis, heart disease, even dementia. Some women can sail through the peri-menopause with only the odd…
Read MoreWhat is Menopause?
It’s one day! It’s the day when your menstrual periods have completed stopped for a total of 12 months. Really! Yes, I was surprised to find that out too. We learn so much about puberty, sex and pregnancy from our School education onwards, but when it comes to Menopause it’s still a bit of a…
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