Menopause Muse

31/12/2025

For many women, this phase comes with hormonal shifts, identity changes, and a deeper sense of self-awareness. It’s often the first time we pause long enough to ask: What do I truly want?

Choosing yourself doesn’t mean rejecting others — it means honouring your needs, your boundaries, and your evolution. It’s recognising that menopause and midlife aren’t endings, but powerful transitions into a wiser, more authentic chapter.

Here’s to women rewriting the narrative: not shrinking, but rising. 🌿💛

28/12/2025

Menopause doesn’t automatically mean painful s*x — that’s a myth many women quietly carry. Yes, vaginal dryness is common, but it’s also highly treatable. With options like local estrogen, quality moisturizers, and the right support, comfort and pleasure are absolutely still possible. Your s*xuality doesn’t end with menopause — it simply evolves.

25/12/2025

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas day. May today be filled with love, happiness, peace and blessings.

22/12/2025

21/12/2025

Did you know?
Smoking doesn’t just affect your lungs — it can also trigger earlier menopause. The toxins in ci******es speed up the loss of ovarian follicles, which may cause your estrogen levels to drop sooner than they should.

For many women, this means hitting menopause 1–2 years earlier than non-smokers, often with more intense symptoms like hot flushes, sleep problems, and mood changes.

19/12/2025

Women are not small men — and menopause isn’t a malfunction. It’s a physiological transition that deserves its own science.”
Dr. Stacy Sims’ work reminds us that women’s bodies respond differently to training, nutrition, stress, and recovery — especially during perimenopause and menopause. Yet for decades, most research was based on male physiology, leaving women to navigate symptoms with little guidance.

Understanding hormone shifts allows women to train smarter, eat strategically, support their metabolism, protect muscle and bone, and feel more empowered in their changing bodies. Menopause isn’t the end of vitality — it’s the beginning of informed, intentional wellbeing.

16/12/2025

Myth: “Menopause equals aging — nothing can be done.”
This idea is one of the most damaging misconceptions women still face. Menopause is a biological transition, not the end of vitality, youth, or wellbeing. And it certainly isn’t something you’re meant to simply “get through.”

Fact: Most menopause symptoms are treatable — and many are preventable.
Modern research shows that women have options. Lots of them. You are not powerless, and you are definitely not meant to suffer in silence.

Here’s what can actually help:

✨ Hormone Therapy (HRT):
One of the most effective treatments for hot flashes, night sweats, sleep issues, joint pain, mood changes, and vaginal dryness. When assessed safely, HRT can improve quality of life and protect long-term bone and heart health.

🌿 Non-Hormonal Medications:
For women who can’t or choose not to use HRT, options like SSRIs/SNRIs, gabapentin, clonidine, and newer medications for hot flashes can make a real difference.

🥗 Lifestyle Support:
Nutrition, strength training, stress reduction, quality sleep, and reducing alcohol/sugar intake can support hormones, stabilize mood, improve energy, and protect bone and muscle mass.

🧘‍♀️ Mind-Body Approaches:
Breathwork, yoga, acupuncture, CBT, mindfulness, and trauma-informed stress support help regulate the nervous system — a game-changer for symptoms like anxiety, irritability, and brain fog.

💛 Pelvic & Sexual Health Care:
Vaginal moisturizers, lubricants, pelvic floor physiotherapy, and targeted treatments can dramatically improve comfort and intimacy.

15/12/2025

"When you're in perimenopause, foundational nutrients matters more than ever.

Magnesium glycinate, omega 3s, an d vitamin D3+K2 are three of the most evidenced backed supplements for improving sleep, reducing inflammation, stabilising mood, and supporting hormone balance.

Research highlights:

*Magnesium improves sleep quality, supports progesterone production, and helps regulate cortisol
(350mg)

*Omega-3s (EPA/DHA) reduce inflammation and improve cognitive and emotional health during the menopausal transition. (2 000mg)

*Vitamin D3 +K2 improve bone density, insulin sensitivity and serotonin synthesis a- but only when levels are optimized.

References:

* Abbasi B et al.,J Res Med Sc i 2012
* Appleton KM et al., Menopause 2021
* Holick MF, N Engl J Med 2007 "
nutritionist

09/12/2025

Did you know?
During menopause, shifting hormone levels — especially a drop in oestrogen — can change the way your body stores fat. Many women notice weight redistributing toward the belly, even if their habits haven’t changed.

This isn’t about “failure” or “letting yourself go.” It’s a physiological response to a new hormonal landscape.
The empowering part? Lifestyle tweaks like strength training, protein-rich meals, stress regulation, and balanced sleep can support your metabolism and help your body feel more stable through the transition.

Menopause isn’t the problem — not understanding it is.
Your body is changing, not betraying you.

08/12/2025

Clarissa Pinkola Estés reminds us that “the doors to the world of the wild self are few but precious. Menopause is one of them.”

This transition isn’t just biological. It’s psychological, emotional, and deeply spiritual. As hormones shift, many women feel a pull inward — a natural instinct to reassess, realign, and reclaim parts of themselves that were quieted by years of caretaking, career-building, and constant giving.

Menopause opens a rare doorway:
✨ A chance to shed old expectations
✨ A moment to step into deeper intuition
✨ An invitation to honour your needs and boundaries
✨ A season to rediscover your power, creativity, and wild wisdom

You’re not “losing” your old self — you’re meeting a truer one. This is not a decline; it’s an initiation. A return to your untamed, intuitive core.

Walk through the door. There’s so much waiting for you on the other side.

07/12/2025

Perimenopause doesn’t mean pregnancy is off the table.

One of the biggest misconceptions is that fertility “switches off” the moment perimenopause begins — but that’s not true. Your hormone levels may fluctuate and ovulation may become irregular, but it can still happen.

If pregnancy isn’t part of your plan, it’s important to keep using contraception until you’ve gone a full 12 months without a period (the official mark of menopause).

Menopause is a transition — not an instant stop. Staying informed helps you stay empowered.