Rebalance Menopause

27/04/2026

Here’s the reason I’m not running anymore 😢

What Chemotherapy Does to Your Bones and Muscles (And How to Fight Back)

20/04/2026

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15/04/2026

Are you waking at 3am? 👀

It’s one of the most common things I hear in clinic and it’s not just stress or a busy mind.

During perimenopause and menopause, blood sugar becomes far less stable. In the early hours it can dip, and your body releases adrenaline and cortisol to correct it. That surge? That’s what wakes you.

The good news it’s really common and can be really fixable.

Try a small protein snack before bed tonight. Greek yoghurt, cottage cheese, even a small protein shake. Protein helps stabilise blood sugar overnight so your body doesn’t need to trigger that stress response.
Simple. Science-backed. Worth trying.

💬 Have you noticed this? Let me know in the comments and save this for the next time someone tells you they can’t sleep. 👇

14/04/2026

I treat it in clinic. I teach it in business. I live it myself.

And next week I’m taking that message to one of the UK’s biggest FM workplace stages. 🎤

I’m joining the Too Woke to Work panel at The Workplace Event, NEC Birmingham 28th April.

Too woke? Here’s my truth.
Every week I sit with women in clinic who are exhausted, anxious, foggy and quietly falling apart and doing everything they can to hide it. At work. At home. From everyone.
They aren’t weak. They aren’t struggling because life got too hard.
They are going through one of the most significant hormonal shifts of their lives and nobody around them has the language for it yet.
That’s what I’ll be saying in that room.

Because whether you’re a business leader, a line manager, or a woman sitting in her car before work trying to hold it together you deserve someone who meets you exactly where you are.

Not where you think you should be. Where you actually are. Right now.
That’s my clinical work. That’s my mission. And it’s why I’ll never stop having this conversation. 🤍
If this resonates share it. Someone in your world needs to read it.
📍 therebalanceclinic.com

12/04/2026

Is this you ? Are you dreading work tomorrow ?

Did you know over 1million women have already left the workplace due to Menopause?

That’s just the ones we know about - not the ones who left silently.

It’s truly unnecessary- with the right support and culture we can stop this alarming skills gap opening up further.

I wonder -
do you feel supported at work ?
can you share your symptoms without fear of looking like you can’t do your job ?

10/04/2026

Breast cancer treatment doesn’t end with Chemotherapy, Surgery or Radiotherapy, for some women, like me, with Oestrogen & Progesterone receptive cancer I am given treatments to put ne in a medical menopause.

Each month I have a implant this effectively tells the pituitary to stop my ovaries from producing oestrogen and its works alongside another drug I have called an aromatase inhibitor mine is examestane but there are a few different drugs / brands used.

Exemestane blocks the small amounts of oestrogen still made elsewhere in the body (like fat tissue).

Together, they reduce both the source and the supply of oestrogen helping to stop hormone-sensitive breast cancer from being fuelled.

*this is not medical advice, if you have had breast cancer and aren’t getting this treatment that’s because you are beautifully unique and your oncology team will have given you the treatment for your diagnosis

08/04/2026

Have you tried this ? Humming helps to activate the rest and digest action and move away from fight or flight

08/04/2026

Bright sunlight suddenly feeling too much when you’re driving? You’re not imagining it you eyes can be much more sensitive to bright lights in the peri & menopause.

Oestrogen plays a role in how your eyes function including tear production, light adaptation, and how the optic nerve processes visual signals. As levels fluctuate or drop, the eyes can become more sensitive to glare, slower to adjust between light and dark, and more prone to dryness.

That’s why driving in bright sunlight can feel uncomfortable, even overwhelming

07/04/2026

Menopause anxiety is so much more than we are told.

It’s not you being unable to cope.
It’s not just stress.

It’s a neurological shift.

06/04/2026

Friendships can happen at anytime but I was not expecting to find a new friend on the chemo bus whilst we were both being pumped with some of the most toxic drugs to help treat our breast cancer.
burke and I hit it off and have stayed friends ever since. She is a remarkable woman and continues to live with breast cancer.
We caught up this morning to have a cuppa before she heads off to climb Everest and raise money for
Literally unbelievable and utterly awesome .

It’s funny how life can seem so cruel on one hand and yet delivers a lovely gift with the other!

I honestly can’t do her story justice so please follow Shaunna’s journey on her social media and the website

https://www.dyingtoclimb.com/