Sleep myths busted
During peri/menopause, sleep can become a major area of focus. Whether it’s affected due to anxiety, night sweats, joint pain or anything else, it can become all consuming in terms of how it affects everyday life. This blog post aims to dispel some of the myths...
Menopause and learned sleeplessness. What can you do?
When you suffer from night sweats it easy to fall into habits that become your new normal. When you have disturbed sleep, you start to develop sleep behaviours that would be classified as non-sleep behaviours. This includes things like lying in bed tossing and...
How to improve your sleep when you’re having night sweats
As if night sweats alone aren’t enough, the impact on sleep can be immense and lead to a whole host of other problems. Believe it or not but, one of the main impacts that night sweats has on sleep is the worry about not getting enough sleep! This is natural given that...
What is CBT and how can it help with menopause symptoms?
When it comes to menopause symptom management, for years it’s been either fight to get HRT, go it alone or “do it naturally”. Whilst the recent menopause revolution has increased demand and confidence with HRT, there are still some women who can’t or don’t want...
The role of your thoughts in hot flushes
Hot flushes are the most common menopause symptom. They can be very distressing and difficult to cope with. This blog post looks at how your thoughts can influence the impact a hot flush can have. Assumptions It is known that negative expectations prior...
Female empowerment
It's International Women's Day and I've never been more struck by the myriad of serious issues affecting women as I am this year. We are seeing backlashes against diet culture and raised awareness of women's health issues such as menopause and gender equality....