Movement is vital in menopause because it supports mood, energy, strength and long-term health when your body needs it most. Some women are already active and looking to enhance their existing training programmes. Others find it hard to get started and feel overwhelmed with conflicting advice. I’m sensitive to how women may feel and work with you to create bespoke plans tailored to your personal circumstances. These could be short exercise ‘snacks’ to do at home, or more advanced programmes for the more experienced. Either way, movement plans draw on cutting‑edge science to optimise development with routines designed to be done in as little time as possible, maximising your ‘bang for buck.'

Most of the time when health programmes don’t work, it’s because our psychology gets in the way. We don’t learn new habits overnight and overcoming bad habits isn’t easy. Throw in brain fog, low energy and quite possibly some shrinking self-belief, and we can be defeated before we even start. I recognise that we need to ‘buy-into’ new habits and will help you do this. I believe that superficial strategies can be disempowering, and even toxic, so I use a scaffolded approach to support understanding of core mental blocks before using performance psychology techniques. Examples include:

• Real time stress management techniques

• Understanding root causes and managing fear of failure, perfectionism, imposter syndrome, self-doubt and criticism, all of which can ramp up in the peri- and menopausal years

• Understanding how anxiety messes with your performance and how to control it

• Motivation, confidence-building and habit setting

Metabolism is simply how your body turns food into energy. Small hormone changes can have a big impact on this process, affecting weight, energy, mood and long-term health. Metabolic changes caused by slower metabolism, muscle loss and changes in how we store fat make us more vulnerable to metabolic diseases.

This is why metabolism is a priority area, which I address through nutrition, supplement and movement plans. Here we cut through all the noise and get to the nutrition advice that optimises midlife, body composition and gut health. Simple techniques to support weight loss, alongside game changer recipes can also be shared. This is not all depressing stuff; food is to be enjoyed, and you might be surprised at how you can have your cake and eat it!