Beth Forrest Osteopathy

18/10/2025

I have this theory that the menopause is there to unpick us…

Not the real ‘us’ but the versions created by society and its superwoman expectations.

The versions created by the impact of decades of fertility hormones, childbirth, mothering, or the lack of all that.

A heart broken and rebuilt a million times over and a body completely exhausted by constantly reinventing itself to fit the mould of that particular chapter.

I think the menopause strips us bare.

Not to humiliate but to eventually FREE us.

And aren’t we so very lucky now that we have such control over HOW we rebuild.

These hormones that plague us so become ours to curate and administer.

And the biggest weapon of all is ours to brandish - SHARING.

No shame, fear or symptom can thrive in the light of our shared wisdom and experience.

The power is ours, what a thing.

And I’m not for a minute daring to say that any of this undoing is easy - but show me a phase of your life ruled by hormones that was easy, my love. We know what it is to battle, you and me.

I have this theory that the menopause is there to unpick the versions of ourselves we are far too brilliant and wise for now.

And we get to rebuild in the shape of something far more fitting…

the woman we were meant to be, all along.

Donna

(If you are stuck in the throes of menopause and cannot see a way out, please train your algorithms to follow these amazing women who will remind you we are here to thrive and not just survive…)






There are so many others but this following of the above will bring many more your way. Isn’t that just the joy of an algorithm.

Donna ###

09/09/2025

A beautiful gathering of women to explore all things menopause and experience a wide range of personalised treatments. Not to be missed!

26/07/2025

Join Jhoana- Come As You Are for her monthly sessions The Centre of Complementary Medicine- Sound baths are next level relaxation. Hope to see you there! 🥰

💫The next six months of Sound Bath Meditations 💫

06/06/2025

Who want's to go to this with me?! All Bodies Wellbeing Mighty Menopause I Feel Good Therapy Clinic

⭐ Be Part of Something Bigger in Scar Therapy ⭐

You may have seen the super exciting news this week that we are holding the first-ever Scar Symposium at Birmingham NEC on Saturday 15th November 2025!!!!

No matter who trained you or how long you’ve been in practice, if you’re a scar therapist, or a professional who has an interest in scarring, or you want to know more about scars and their impact - this is an event not to be missed!

Scar Symposium 2025 is a first-of-its-kind gathering designed exclusively for scar therapists and professionals interested in scarring, from across the UK and worldwide.

See all the details plus grab your early bird tickets here: https://www.hlp-therapy.co.uk/scar-symposium-2025

06/06/2025

Welcoming Beata to Petersfield! I look forward to working with her to support our mutual clients 💗

Hello Hampshire,
Now you can book sessions with Beata on the coast! Visit a wonderful Stubbington Natural Health Clinic in Fareham soon.

12/05/2025

So important

28/04/2025

Dragon Street is closed this week. If you visit The Centre of Complementary Medicine from the Causeway direction please park at Tesco. If from other way you’ll need to use town centre carparks. Apologies!

Malabon Indian Restaurant thanks for the reminder and photo 🙂

23/04/2025

Excellent news!

📣 Exciting news! The lovely Polly will soon be joining me at Bambino Baby for a few hours each Saturday, to offer her expert feeding help and advice and to help out when it gets busy

👀 Her first day will be Saturday 10th May. Keep an eye on the page for when she’ll be here and feel free to drop in and see her!

02/04/2025

I received some feedback recently that my research was ‘very niche’ and I should broaden it by working on other things.

Apart from the fact that if anyone ever tells me I should do anything, I’ll do the opposite, even if the thing is a great idea … isn’t this statement how we’re in such a mess in the first place?

How is a topic that literally affects every human at least once (and often much more) in their life very niche?

At least 80% of women want to breastfeed, but the majority have given formula by the end of the first week. 80% of those who stop in the early weeks don’t want to. They then often don’t get the support they need with using formula. Those who continue breastfeeding often struggle to get the support they need. Pretty much everyone gets judged.

At least one in five new parents experience depression after a baby. Probably more as parents still worry about talking about it.

More than a quarter of women experience birth trauma - again, probably more

Then you’ve got the almost universal experience of struggling with something to do with caring for babies in those early weeks … sleep, do I pick them up or not (yes), routines (not often great), you’re spoiling that baby 🤨, solids will help them sleep (nope, sorry)

Add in all the different intersectional experiences of this …

I could go on, but we need more investment and understanding in this stuff that affects so many people directly and as we know can have long lasting impacts on families.

Describing it as niche just shows how far we have to go. How do we get that understanding just how important it is and how it actually affects everyone?

Anyway, I’m certainly not going to be bored any time soon. I’d quite like to see the day this actually became very niche to be honest 🤔

02/04/2025

27/03/2025

Tempted to have another baby just to be able to experience some of this loveliness ❤️☺️