20/10/2026
I am worried. And you should be too!
I am worried about the direction of the menopause conversation.
Yes, it's amazing.
We are all talking about menopause and that is a good thing.
Podcasts, books, TV Talk Shows, social media influences.
Women are so educated about what is happening to their bodies.
It is really great.
BUT the narrative is actually flawed.
Because when I ask women in my workshops what they think of when they hear the word menopause this is what they answer.....
- hormonal decline
- mood swings
- insomnia
- low libido
- weight gain
- heavy periods
- exhaustion
- HRT
and the list goes on.
Pay attention, cause this is important!!
Menopause has become synonymous with symptoms, suffering, fear.
And the solution to your problems is presented as a one-size hits all magic pill (or patch)!
What's even more worrying is that menopause is presented not only about symptoms NOW. But as a trigger for every disease or illness you are going to experience for the next 40 years.
Menopause and associated eostrogen deficiency is the reason for all the terrible aging things that going to happen.
Is this really how we want women to understand their bodies?
Is this really how we want to understand aging?
Even I am started to second guess what I know to be true about women's health and women's aging because the message that menopause triggers hormonal decline which in turns is the catalyst for age-related disease and the only way to prevent it is HRT, is SO STRONG!!!!
So what do I want you to know about menopause??
✅ Menopause is a normal natural life stage, just like puberty and your reproductive years.
✅ It is not a disease state, a illness triggering event or an indication that you will experience dementia, cardovascular disease or osteoperosis.
✅ Yes your hormones are changing and reaching new lower levels, but in an optimum state, your body is STILL producing eostrogen at a level appropriate for this stage of life.
✅ Symptoms are real for many women, but they are NOT a pre-requisite for peri-menopause and menopause.
✅ HRT Is ONE way to treat symptoms. But contrary to popular belief, it is not a magic solution. Plenty of women don't find it helps treat their symptoms. Plenty of women experience new symptoms. And plenty of women feel great without any HRT at all and are doing other things to treat their symptoms.
✅ We are all aging, our bodies are changing and menopause is a major transitional time physically, emotionally and cognitively. But that doesn't mean, by definition, it is bad, something to fear, something to medicate against.
Once we understand WHAT is going on in our body, we can then start thinking how to support ourselves, what needs to change, what to add into our lives, what we need to remove and have stronger boundaries around.
Menopause is a WHOLE Woman experience.
It changes who and what you are.
Limiting menopause to symptoms and HRT is not serving women who deserve better!!
