“You are in perimenopause,” the Dr told me as I sat in his consulting room with my 2-year-old daughter.

Menopause? I was 42, a busy mum of two young kids, my life didn’t have time for me to sleep badly (it was disturbed enough by the kids!), or for me to feel exhausted all the time, or, even worse, to undo the effort of getting back into my clothes post pregnancy, let alone to forget to collect my kids from school -yes this did actually happen!

So, you know what I did, I ignored the whole concept. Well, if you don’t think about it, it’s not happening right? Except, it didn’t go away because it was real, and it was happening.

Eventually, after a few stubborn weeks of denial, I pulled up my big girl pants and made a decision: To Deal With IT, the "Thing", the "Unmentionable", the "Inevitable"! And therein lay the problem…How?

And right then the struggle started. So, I took a step back and thought about my day job, as a Registered Nutritionist coaching people to healthier lifestyles and preventing type 2 diabetes, what do I do with my clients? What do the ones my age and older tell me? What can I ask them? What can I do to help them more?

Then the rollercoaster of learning started. Because mid-life, when menopause starts, is a BIG time of health change for women. We are all taught about puberty but who can teach us about the end of this reproductive life cycle? This natural, and inevitable change. How do we start to navigate it? Where is this information hidden?

My research led me to join an organisation that supported menopausal women and ran weekend retreats. It was great! It was fun! Our ladies had found their tribe, they were no longer alone! The problem for me was that it was only helpful for the dozen women that attended the expensive, luxury spa focused weekend. This was not going to help the likes of you and me in the real, busy world.

There had to be a better way to help more women, for more than 2 days. So, I set to work creating an online space for women filled with useful resources, tips, actionable ideas, group support, to guide ladies to simply have a better menopause and regain control over their body.

This is how Shape Up Your Menopause was born. It’s been a labour of love created by my own journey alongside my professional interactions with clients. A combination of real life and the best tips that everyone can do easily.

Introducing Shape Up Your Menopause! An online course you can access it at any time in your busy day. Created with very short video lessons that are just a few minutes long. Each short lesson builds on the next, so you have a logical path to understanding YOUR health. And the best bit, it is personalised to YOU and YOUR BODY.

The entire course is designed to help YOU understand YOUR body better, to help YOU make decisions and have better conversations with your health care providers so that YOU can be empowered over YOUR health. It’s packed with interesting insights, tips, and resources so that you can STOP feeling Meno-Paused and START your Meno-Life.

With a simple, easy and fun course you can quickly gain insights into your current health status and menopause symptoms, and start taking small steps to improve how you feel.