The Pause Room

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The Pause Room - Menopause & Skin Support
Skin, soul, sanity support for peri/menopausal women
Holistic facials, reflex +massage rituals
Calm for skin, stress & midlife WTF

19/02/2026

A client bought me this mug one Christmas.
My old logo. My old salon.

Over 17 years of my life.

It was a happy time. Stressful, yes, but also busy, purposeful… and mine. It was MY retreat - my safe space.

Now when I think about it, I don’t feel sad it’s not mine anymore. I feel proud. Really bloody proud.

We’re allowed to miss parts of our past without wanting to go back there.

If things feel overwhelming right now - if you’re feeling a bit lost, different, or not quite as certain as you once did, it doesn’t mean the best bits are behind you.

Menopause is not the end.

Life keeps moving and so can we.

The past can shape you without defining you. And whatever comes next is under your control - it’s something you get to influence, quietly (or not - I like my slightly feral side 😁), in your own way and in your own time.

Sherry x

18/02/2026

Gut Vitality Boost

Bloating, sluggish digestion - that heavy uncomfortable feeling that makes you unbutton your jeans the second you get home and consider filling your wardrobe with joggers!

The Menopause hormonal rollercoaster can slow digestion, and stress adds another layer. When your systems aren’t moving as they should, it doesn’t just sit in your stomach - it affects your energy, your skin and your mood. It all just feels a bit “bleurgh”.

Gut Vitality Boost brings together focused abdominal (colon) massage, digestive reflex work through your feet, gentle pressure point work, and neck, shoulder and scalp massage to gently encourage those systems to do what they should be doing.

Working in this way supports both your gut AND nervous system, easing bloating, boosting circulation and helping you feel lighter, clearer and more comfortable as well as helping boost your energy levels.

I’ve also added a 15-minute abdominal massage only add-on if you’d like to include a shorter version within another treatment. (It will pop up once you have selected your main treatment).

So, if you’ve been missing wearing your favourite jeans lately, this might be worth a look 😉

📍 Available at both Wotton and Charfield locations
📆 You can get on my schedule via the link in my bio

Skin•Soul•Sanity

15/02/2026

Our brains are relentless processors. We can have tens of thousands of thoughts a day, most of them passing through unnoticed with the mind filtering what it thinks matters.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t always get it right.

When we’re stressed, exhausted and hormonally overwhelmed, the brain can loop automatic negative thoughts that feel like facts:

I’m a bad person because my moods are all over the place.
I’ll always feel like this.
This is never going to end.
I can’t cope like I used to.
I'm a mess.
My partner is going to leave me.
There's something wrong with me.

In menopause, when fatigue feels bone-deep and our resilience is low, those thoughts can get even louder where we don't seem to be able to think of anything else.

Left unchecked, these thoughts shape how we behave. We withdraw, snap, and apologise for existing.

But a thought isn’t a truth. It’s a mental event.

We can’t stop every negative thought appearing, but we can learn not to believe every single one.

That’s where giving yourself space matters - along with awareness, support, rest, proper nervous system regulation and real conversations.

And sometimes, time on the treatment bed.

When the body is given space to settle and calm, the mind often follows. In that quiet space, you can notice the thought… and choose not to run with it.

You need room to breathe - and a reminder that your brain, clever as it is, isn’t always right.

Save, tag a friend who needs to hear this - or send it to them.

Skin Soul Sanity

11/02/2026

HRT is a prescribed hormone therapy. It’s measured, adjusted, monitored. There’s science behind the dose and how it’s delivered to best suit you.

So when we start adding things on top because they’re labelled “natural” or “hormone balancing,” it’s worth stopping for a second. A lot of these supplements aren’t passive. They can influence how your body processes oestrogen, nudge progesterone pathways, or interfere with liver enzymes that are already working hard. That doesn’t mean they’re dangerous or you shouldn’t take them. It just means they’re active - and active things interact with what’s already in your system.

The tricky part? If you change five variables (adding HRT and multiple supplements) at once and then start feeling weird; bloated, anxious, headachy, or notice spotting, you’ve no idea what’s caused it. Was it the HRT dose? The supplement? The combination? It becomes guesswork, and hormones don’t respond well to guesswork.

And while I fully appreciate that it worked wonders for your sister’s boyfriend’s aunt’s dog walker… that still isn’t clinical guidance.

Keep it simple. Add one thing at a time and run it past your GP or menopause specialist first. Your hormones are complex enough without turning your body into an experiment.

Skin•Soul•Sanity

01/02/2026

Meet Jane -

"Well, appointment 3 and it feels like a little miracle. Thank you for adjusting the treatment to suit my current needs. I genuinely felt heaps better when I left and the effects stayed with me all day. Its amazing and your thoughtful approach to what you thought might really help me is very much appreciated."

I get it.
We’re all busy - life, work, family, being everything to everyone.
We hit our limit, book a treatment… feel better… then carry on as before.

And often what we’ve really done is slap a plaster over the cracks. A temporary fix for overwhelm.

You deserve more than that.
You deserve better support.

Years ago my son bought me a little novelty gift - a monkey nut dressed in a white coat with the words:
“I’m a beautician, not a magician.”

It made me laugh but it stuck with me.

Because those of us who work within my field would love to wave our hands and say “sorted.”
But we’re not magicians.

Real change - the kind that lasts, doesn’t come from a single session.

It comes from continuity.
From understanding what your body and nervous system really needs.
From starting with a plan… building on it… and adjusting it along the way as needed.

That’s where change happens.
Not quick fixes, but ongoing care that supports you properly and gives you the tools to maintain between sessions.

If you’re feeling like one treatment helps but doesn’t quite hold, it might be time to think a little longer-term.

And if you’d like help figuring out what that could look like for you, I’m always happy to chat 💁🏼‍♀️

30/01/2026

The way I work in The Pause Room is shaped by years in advanced skincare and by seeing where it can sometimes fall short for peri/meno/post-meno skin.

When stress, hormonal change and internal inflammation are part of the picture, focusing only on the surface can miss what’s really driving the changes.

That’s why treatments here don’t just focus on skin.
They support the body as a whole, helping to create the conditions the skin needs to recover, regulate and respond better over time.

It’s slower and more considered.
And for many women, it’s exactly what their skin has been asking for.

And with February approaching it also feels like a good time to say this next bit out loud.

Care doesn’t have to come from someone else. You don’t need to wait to be chosen, booked in, or prioritised. You’re allowed to show up for yourself.

To mark the introduction of Estime & Sens into The Pause Room - and in my own take on Valentine’s, I’ll be offering a quiet February intro for treatments that support skin and the bigger picture. Keep an eye on my stories for further info.

Skin. Soul. Sanity.

29/01/2026

Menopausal skin can feel unpredictable, even when your routine hasn’t changed.

Skin is deeply affected by what’s happening internally - hormones, stress load, inflammation, nervous system strain. When those are kicking off, the skin often reflects it.

This isn’t about blaming your products or your choices.
It’s about understanding that skin needs a different kind of support at this stage -sometimes less “doing”, and more settling.

28/01/2026

WARNING: Real human in the wild 😁 felt brave, may delete later.

This is genuinely my morning skincare routine… glasses doing double duty as a hairband and no glamour anywhere in sight (shout out to my son’s hoody) and took just under three minutes.

Some people look at me in disbelief when I say my routine is that quick. I get it. We’re surrounded by perfectly lit videos with half a shelf of products and serum dripping down people’s faces. That’s just not real life for many of us and, for me anyway, anything longer or too involved? I’m not sticking to it.

Some mornings skin needs a bit more. Some mornings it needs very little - and some mornings it’s tired, dull and dehydrated, coming off the back of a migraine and a couple of days of not drinking enough water - which is exactly what you’re seeing here.

Skincare doesn’t need to be complicated to be effective. It just needs to make sense for your skin, your energy, and what’s going on in your body. When things are off internally (think stress, sleep, hormones, hydration, general wellbeing) the skin usually shows it. Throwing more actives at it rarely fixes that.

This is what showing up looks like for me most days.
Practical. Minimal. Real.

And please don’t drip half a pipette of serum down your face.m 🤦🏼‍♀️ That’s just expensive enthusiasm.

Address

Wotton-under-Edge

Telephone

+447902799570

Website

http://www.thepauseroom.co.uk/

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