Milly leads volunteering adventures around the world for groups of midlifers who want time to reboot their batteries. She shares her own menopause journey

Dr Stephanie Goodwin is one of MPowered Women’s medical experts, and is a GP and British Menopause Society specialist. She has a private practice in London and works at Guys Hospital specialist menopause clinic. For her, midlife is fun and empowering - especially when she's singing jazz.

Liz Earle MBE is the UK’s leading wellbeing entrepreneur, TV presenter and the number one bestselling author of over 35 books on a range of health, beauty and wellbeing topics. Disturbed sleep and HRT defined her menopause years.

Dr Shahzadi Harper is a menopause and wellbeing doctor specialising in optimising women’s health at The Harper Clinic, on London’s Harley Street. Her own perimenopause journey has been challenging, but now she says she’s regained her power and has never been so proud to be a woman.

Rebecca Booth MD is a US gynaecologist and obstetrician, and the co-founder of VENeffect anti-ageing skincare. She has practiced medicine for over 30 years, and been featured in, amongst others, The Oprah Magazine and Good Housekeeping. She refers to the menopause as her ovarian retirement plan, and says the key is for women to support each other through it.

Broadcaster Kay Burley, host of Sky News weekdays, is the longest-serving newsreader on British television. After almost 30 years in the job, she considers travelling to Washington to interview Hillary Clinton on International Women’s Day as a stand-out moment. This is, she says, the best time in history to be a midlife woman.

A pioneer of Pilates in the UK, and CEO of Ten Health & Fitness, Joanne is passionate about the power of exercise and wellbeing to help with menopausal symptoms. Stressed and blindsided by perimenopause when she was 44, she’s determined that other women should better informed and prepared than she was.

Novelist Linda Grant has written some of our favourite books, including her latest, A Stranger City. For Linda, menopause was not a huge drama, and she wants other women to know that it might actually be ok.

Emma is a fully registered nutritional therapist with a particular interest in the menopause. As a health expert, she was expecting perimenopause in her 40s, but wasn't prepared for the anxiety and unbearable sense of emptiness. She shares how she felt like she was unravelling bit by bit, and how she got her sense of self back.

How does an ex Vogue editor handle menopause? Ask Christa D’Souza. The 59-year old journalist and author, who has written for everyone from Vogue to Vanity Fair, was so taken aback by her symptoms that she wrote a book to find out how best to deal with them. Saying goodbye to alcohol was her first step to sanity.

Journalist, TV and radio presenter and mental health campaigner Trisha is a whirlwind of energy and inspiration. Diagnosed with breast cancer at 50, she sees menopause - and all its ups and downs - as proof that she is still alive, and very much kicking.

Looking for proof that you can power through your menopause years? Meet BBC One’s Breakfast presenter and international triathlete Louise Minchin. This is a woman who is not letting hot flushes or anxiety slow her down. Hell, no. We want what she’s having.