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What my attitude to competition taught me about my self image
Summer is a time for athletics and tennis. I used to be an athlete - a 400m runner. I loved the training, moving my body, feeling fit and strong. But I always found the competition itself very stressful and unenjoyable. In fact, on reflection, I hated it. ...
Do you feel lonely?
Have you ever been in a room full of people and still felt lonely? Do you sometimes feel lonely even when you have a loving family and friends? Maybe menopausal symptoms (fatigue, sudden weight gain, vaginal dryness, lack of sleep, hot flashes, mood swings)...
HRT – what questions do you have?
Hormone Replacement Therapy has had a bad rap. It has been headline news, linked to breast cancer, high blood pressure, and blood clots. Perhaps as a result, I believe some medical advisers have tended to over-estimate its risks and under-estimate its benefits. ...
What’s my ‘Pelvic Floor’? Is it in good shape?
Any of this feel familiar: you open the front door and suddenly have to drop everything to rush for a wee; you need a wee when you start exercising, despite going just before you started; you get up several times in the night to use the loo? If these examples...
How to exercise during perimenopause and menopause
The trend is for women to stay in busy jobs and to become mothers later in life. So we often find ourselves juggling work, parenting and maybe caring for ageing parents at the very time we are having to adjust to the changes of our own menopause. This can be...
What is this thing called ‘Perimenopause’? And why should I care?
“But I’m still in my 40s! I can’t possibly be going into perimenopause . . . . surely?” You may be thinking along these lines. You don’t have any obvious symptoms. You’ll know when you hit menopause and you’ll deal with it then. In the meantime, you might have...
Staying healthy when training for performance, dance and sports
Do you find when you increase your exercise intensity you feel less energetic and worry that you maybe doing more harm than good? Or do you know young people who are passionate about dance or sport and are struggling to keep up with the high demands of training?...
Is your immune system as ready as possible for Covid 19?
Although most who get the virus will make a full recovery, we are nevertheless right to fear Covid 19. The government has put in place measures to limit the spread. Despite this we need to face the uncomfortable fact that many of us will contract Covid-19...
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I am a Licensed women's vitality and life coach, a registered nutritional therapist, personal trainer and pilates teacher from London. I support menopausal/perimenopausal women reclaim their confidence, feel amazing and enjoy their life more.
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