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#mpoweredwomen is a community of like-minded midli

#mpoweredwomen is a community of like-minded midlife women, and we are all here to help each other with advice, information and general sisterly support. Which is why it’s so lovely to hear feedback like this - it makes our day.
⭐️
We believe that there is no such thing as ‘the’ menopause. Every woman’s experience of these years is different, and we all choose different ways to manage our symptoms. Thanks to #mpoweredwomen’s medical experts Dr Stephanie Goodwin, @drstephaniegoodwin and Dr Louise Newson, @menopause_doctor, we are able to give you evidence-based medical advice, if HRT is the route you choose to go. If not, we have information on complementary therapies, including Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurvedic treatments.
⭐️
One of favourite sections of the site is our Women We Love stories (you’ll find the link at the top of the page). Asking well known and inspiring women to share their menopause and perimenopause experiences is a brilliant way to educate and empower the rest of us. As BBC Breakfast’s Louise Minchin, @louiseminchin, says in her interview, “you are not alone in this”. None of us are - thank you to all of you for being a part of this growing community.
#menopause #perimenopause #menopauserelief #menopausal
#menopausehealth #menopausesupport #menopausesymptoms
#midlife #womensupportingwomen #selfcare #wellbeing
#mpoweredwomen #womenshealth #womenswellness #HRT

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the p

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past week or so, you’ll have heard about a new must-read book for midlife women, The Shift, by Sam Baker, @theothersambaker. Subtitled, “How I lost and found myself after 40 - and you can too”, The Shift is a powerful and honest examination of what women go through at this time of our lives - and how we can come out the other side stronger.
🙌🏻
We are more than a little bit chuffed to be quoted in Sam’s chapter on the beauty industry - or, as she puts it, “A brief rant about anti-ageing”. As she writes, “I’m not anti-ageing, I’m pro it. I just want to do it with slightly smoother, brighter skin.”
🙌🏻
We will be discussing this, and much more, when we catch up with Sam at 1.30pm on Friday for an IG Live. There’s so much we could chat about from The Shift, that we don’t quite know where to start. Divided into two halves - The Shit and The Shift - the book looks at the physical and mental health challenges that so many of us are familiar with. Some of it is laugh out loud funny, some of it will make you rage and some is so raw that it will stop you in your tracks.
🙌🏻
Ultimately, it’s a book about hope, optimism and empowerment. “Let’s write ourselves a story we want to be part of,” says Sam, of the midlife years. “Let’s have fun, be rebellious, cause trouble.” Yes, let’s! Join us on Friday at 1.30pm for what is going to be a brilliant conversation. And get involved - you can post questions below, or join us live and ask then. Either way, this is a chat you won’t want to miss. See you all on Friday.
#theshift #midlifewomen #womensupportingwomen

Here at #mpoweredwomen, we feel strongly that our

Here at #mpoweredwomen, we feel strongly that our generation of midlife women has a responsibility to the next generation, to ensure that they don’t sleepwalk into the perimenopause years like so many of us did. We owe it to our millennial sisters to break the taboos around menopause and make it something that all women understand - and know how to deal with.
💜
When it comes to this week’s Bold Woman, we have no sleepwalking worries. 35 year old Emma Barnett, @emmabarnett, has been announced as the new presenter of @bbcwomanshour, and we couldn’t be happier. Emma is, of course, a brilliant journalist and broadcaster, but what we admire the most is her taboo-breaking campaign on periods. Her book Period: It’s About Bloody Time explored her own painful history of endometriosis, and tackled the stigmas that have hung around for far too long. For those of us old enough to have lived through a time when you tucked your Tampax into your sleeves when you walked across the office to the loo, this change of attitude can’t come soon enough.
💜
We want to do for menopause what Emma and her generation are doing for periods. Why the hell should a perfectly normal occurrence for every single woman on the planet be somehow shameful? But menopause still is. Yes, the conversation is evolving, but far too many of us still feel the need to keep quiet about how our symptoms are affecting us.
💜
So it cheers us up immensely that voices like Emma’s are so powerful and influential - and we can’t wait to see how she shapes the Woman’s Hour content when she starts in January. We expect exciting things. Of course, we will miss our beloved Jane Garvey, @janegarvey23, hugely, but we will still have her in our lives with her wonderful #Fortunately podcast. So congratulations Emma, farewell Jane and long may bold women reign on our airwaves.
#boldwomen #womensupportingwomen

One of these days, we will invent the Menopause Pu

One of these days, we will invent the Menopause Pub Quiz and make our fortune. (We’re not holding our breath.) Questions will all be on the many symptoms of these midlife years, with a grand prize for the team who can name every single one of them. We predict that prize will never be claimed because, let’s be honest, the list of symptoms can seem neverending. Noone really knows every single one of them. In fact, many of us are in denial when they start to kick in.
⭐️
“Women come and see me, worried they have dementia because their brain fog is so bad,” says menopause specialist Dr Rebecca Lewis, @dr.rebecca.lewis, in a piece for MPowered Women. (You’ll find the link at the top of this page.) “I see women with memory and concentration problems who’ve given up their jobs, gone part time, gone off sick as they can no longer cope with the demands of the job. Or they think they have a brain tumour because their migraines are so bad. Or they’ve been prescribed antidepressants for their low mood, when really it’s down to lack of oestrogen. All along, it has just been menopause symptoms.”
⭐️
Rebecca’s piece for us lists 21 symptoms, but there are more. “We have oestrogen receptors all over our bodies – in the brain, bone, heart, vagina, skin and hair, in fact everywhere,” she explains. “So that’s why lack of oestrogen gives rise to ALL the above symptoms as well as the rest of the 21. You won’t get all these symptoms but you may get a combination.”
⭐️
Alongside the usual suspects of hot flushes and anxiety, Dr Lewis explains things like dry, itchy skin and muscle pain, both of which are classic symptoms. Who knew? It’s a reminder that most of us are woefully underprepared for these midlife years, and the most we can do to educate ourselves, the better. Knowledge is power.
#menopause #perimenopause #menopauserelief #menopausal
#menopausehealth #menopausesupport #menopausesymptoms
#midlife #womensupportingwomen #selfcare #wellbeing
#mpoweredwomen #womenshealth #womenswellness #HRT

stay mpowered. follow us on

#mpoweredwomen is a community of like-minded midli

#mpoweredwomen is a community of like-minded midlife women, and we are all here to help each other with advice, information and general sisterly support. Which is why it’s so lovely to hear feedback like this - it makes our day.
⭐️
We believe that there is no such thing as ‘the’ menopause. Every woman’s experience of these years is different, and we all choose different ways to manage our symptoms. Thanks to #mpoweredwomen’s medical experts Dr Stephanie Goodwin, @drstephaniegoodwin and Dr Louise Newson, @menopause_doctor, we are able to give you evidence-based medical advice, if HRT is the route you choose to go. If not, we have information on complementary therapies, including Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurvedic treatments.
⭐️
One of favourite sections of the site is our Women We Love stories (you’ll find the link at the top of the page). Asking well known and inspiring women to share their menopause and perimenopause experiences is a brilliant way to educate and empower the rest of us. As BBC Breakfast’s Louise Minchin, @louiseminchin, says in her interview, “you are not alone in this”. None of us are - thank you to all of you for being a part of this growing community.
#menopause #perimenopause #menopauserelief #menopausal
#menopausehealth #menopausesupport #menopausesymptoms
#midlife #womensupportingwomen #selfcare #wellbeing
#mpoweredwomen #womenshealth #womenswellness #HRT

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the p

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past week or so, you’ll have heard about a new must-read book for midlife women, The Shift, by Sam Baker, @theothersambaker. Subtitled, “How I lost and found myself after 40 - and you can too”, The Shift is a powerful and honest examination of what women go through at this time of our lives - and how we can come out the other side stronger.
🙌🏻
We are more than a little bit chuffed to be quoted in Sam’s chapter on the beauty industry - or, as she puts it, “A brief rant about anti-ageing”. As she writes, “I’m not anti-ageing, I’m pro it. I just want to do it with slightly smoother, brighter skin.”
🙌🏻
We will be discussing this, and much more, when we catch up with Sam at 1.30pm on Friday for an IG Live. There’s so much we could chat about from The Shift, that we don’t quite know where to start. Divided into two halves - The Shit and The Shift - the book looks at the physical and mental health challenges that so many of us are familiar with. Some of it is laugh out loud funny, some of it will make you rage and some is so raw that it will stop you in your tracks.
🙌🏻
Ultimately, it’s a book about hope, optimism and empowerment. “Let’s write ourselves a story we want to be part of,” says Sam, of the midlife years. “Let’s have fun, be rebellious, cause trouble.” Yes, let’s! Join us on Friday at 1.30pm for what is going to be a brilliant conversation. And get involved - you can post questions below, or join us live and ask then. Either way, this is a chat you won’t want to miss. See you all on Friday.
#theshift #midlifewomen #womensupportingwomen

Here at #mpoweredwomen, we feel strongly that our

Here at #mpoweredwomen, we feel strongly that our generation of midlife women has a responsibility to the next generation, to ensure that they don’t sleepwalk into the perimenopause years like so many of us did. We owe it to our millennial sisters to break the taboos around menopause and make it something that all women understand - and know how to deal with.
💜
When it comes to this week’s Bold Woman, we have no sleepwalking worries. 35 year old Emma Barnett, @emmabarnett, has been announced as the new presenter of @bbcwomanshour, and we couldn’t be happier. Emma is, of course, a brilliant journalist and broadcaster, but what we admire the most is her taboo-breaking campaign on periods. Her book Period: It’s About Bloody Time explored her own painful history of endometriosis, and tackled the stigmas that have hung around for far too long. For those of us old enough to have lived through a time when you tucked your Tampax into your sleeves when you walked across the office to the loo, this change of attitude can’t come soon enough.
💜
We want to do for menopause what Emma and her generation are doing for periods. Why the hell should a perfectly normal occurrence for every single woman on the planet be somehow shameful? But menopause still is. Yes, the conversation is evolving, but far too many of us still feel the need to keep quiet about how our symptoms are affecting us.
💜
So it cheers us up immensely that voices like Emma’s are so powerful and influential - and we can’t wait to see how she shapes the Woman’s Hour content when she starts in January. We expect exciting things. Of course, we will miss our beloved Jane Garvey, @janegarvey23, hugely, but we will still have her in our lives with her wonderful #Fortunately podcast. So congratulations Emma, farewell Jane and long may bold women reign on our airwaves.
#boldwomen #womensupportingwomen

One of these days, we will invent the Menopause Pu

One of these days, we will invent the Menopause Pub Quiz and make our fortune. (We’re not holding our breath.) Questions will all be on the many symptoms of these midlife years, with a grand prize for the team who can name every single one of them. We predict that prize will never be claimed because, let’s be honest, the list of symptoms can seem neverending. Noone really knows every single one of them. In fact, many of us are in denial when they start to kick in.
⭐️
“Women come and see me, worried they have dementia because their brain fog is so bad,” says menopause specialist Dr Rebecca Lewis, @dr.rebecca.lewis, in a piece for MPowered Women. (You’ll find the link at the top of this page.) “I see women with memory and concentration problems who’ve given up their jobs, gone part time, gone off sick as they can no longer cope with the demands of the job. Or they think they have a brain tumour because their migraines are so bad. Or they’ve been prescribed antidepressants for their low mood, when really it’s down to lack of oestrogen. All along, it has just been menopause symptoms.”
⭐️
Rebecca’s piece for us lists 21 symptoms, but there are more. “We have oestrogen receptors all over our bodies – in the brain, bone, heart, vagina, skin and hair, in fact everywhere,” she explains. “So that’s why lack of oestrogen gives rise to ALL the above symptoms as well as the rest of the 21. You won’t get all these symptoms but you may get a combination.”
⭐️
Alongside the usual suspects of hot flushes and anxiety, Dr Lewis explains things like dry, itchy skin and muscle pain, both of which are classic symptoms. Who knew? It’s a reminder that most of us are woefully underprepared for these midlife years, and the most we can do to educate ourselves, the better. Knowledge is power.
#menopause #perimenopause #menopauserelief #menopausal
#menopausehealth #menopausesupport #menopausesymptoms
#midlife #womensupportingwomen #selfcare #wellbeing
#mpoweredwomen #womenshealth #womenswellness #HRT

It was a sad day when fitness trainer Annelies Har

It was a sad day when fitness trainer Annelies Harte, @harteandsoulcoach, stopped teaching her weights classes at @thirdspacelondon. As a midlife woman herself, she understood exactly how our hormonal bodies move and her classes were both strenuous and encouraging. No surprise that most of her regulars were, you guessed it, midlife women. Annelies, we all still miss you.
💪🏾
Annelies is an advocate for the powers of exercise in the midlife years, and she’s written for MPowered Women on why we should all be doing weight-bearing workouts. (You’ll find the link at the top of this page.) “Going to the gym will increase your happy hormones for a start,” she says. “Weight lifting for women is important because doing strength sessions will help you to maintain or even increase your bone density. That is so important as menopause hits and it will help you sleep better.”
💪🏾
Let’s be clear, weight lifting will not turn you into Arnie. And yes, your midlife body can do it! Team MPowered is the proud owner of some of the creakiest knees in London, but we don’t let that stop us. These days, we catch up with Annelies via her Saturday morning Zoom classes (you’ll find a link to her weekly schedule in her Instagram bio). And yes, she’s still pushing us all hard. Come and join us.
#menopause #perimenopause #menopauserelief #menopausal
#menopausehealth #menopausesupport #menopausesymptoms
#midlife #womensupportingwomen #selfcare #wellbeing
#mpoweredwomen #womenshealth #womenswellness

This week’s Bold Woman knows all about the chall

This week’s Bold Woman knows all about the challenges of midlife. In fact, she’s written the book on it. Author Sam Baker, @theothersambaker, has christened these years The Shift, and her book is out on Thursday. Subtitled How I (Lost And) Found Myself After 40 - And You Can Too, The Shift is Sam’s manifesto for the second half of our lives - and it’s a corker.
💜
We should declare an interest here. For many years, Team MPowered worked with Sam at Red magazine. We know her to be a brilliantly insightful chronicler of women’s lives. Her issues of Red were some of the best. So it cheers us up no end that even she was blindsided by the arrival of perimenopause. “Of course, I had a suspicion, but I couldn’t bear to accept it,” she writes, of the mid 40s anxiety, sweats and weight gain. “I wasn’t old enough. Was I? I was 46 going on… I don’t know, 30-ish.”
💜
Ultimately, The Shift is a call to arms for the opportunities and new adventures that exist in midlife. Yes, there are some struggles along the way - and members of the MPowered community will recognise every single one of Sam’s frustrations and challenges - but ultimately, this is a powerful time of our lives. “This book is here to show you that on the other side of menopause there is a whole new life and an opportunity to discover a new, unexpected version of you,” she writes. “A body, mind, attitude and sexuality, that is recognisably you but different.” YES to all of that.
💜
The Shift is out this Thursday - and we highly recommend it. You can also download The Shift podcast. Worth it just for the Marian Keyes episode alone, it’s a joy. And join us on Tues Sept 15, at 5.30pm, for an IG Live with Sam herself - don’t worry, we’ll remind you again a bit nearer the time. It will be a conversation you don’t want to miss.
#midlife #midlifewomen #theshift #menopause #perimenopause #womensupportingwomen #boldwomen

Are you out of your home office yet and back in yo

Are you out of your home office yet and back in your usual place of work? For many midlife women, one major perk of remote working has been not having to deal with a hot flush in a Board Meeting. Or not weeping in the office loo because your anxiety has got the better of you and you’ve completely forgotten how to do your job. (Been there, done that.)
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But that doesn’t mean that flexible working is the answer to dealing with menopause in the workplace. There may be lots more reasons why you want to keep your remote office set up, but menopause shouldn’t be one of them. “I regularly go into workplaces to deliver education sessions on menopause at work,” says Diane Danzebrink, who is a menopause expert and wellbeing consultant. She also started the #MakeMenopauseMatter campaign, which has succeeded in getting menopause put on the school curriculum from this term. The woman is a force of nature.
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“The questions at the end of my talks are generally about treatment options, not how women can change their hours,” says Diane, in a brilliant piece for #mpoweredwomen on menopause in the workplace (link at the top of this page.) “The underlying issue here is a lack of education for the general public and health professionals. This results in women and their employers often not recognising what is happening to them. They don’t know what they can do to help themselves.”
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Whether you’re working from your kitchen table or in a busy office, you don’t need to put up with menopause symptoms. “Personally, if I hadn’t managed my menopause, I would not have been working because my brain was gone,” menopause expert Dr Louise Newson tells us. “My memory was poor, my concentration was poor, my motivation was reduced. So even if I’d had flexible working, I would have stayed at home and stared at the four walls. Yet when menopause is managed probably, women thrive at work.”
#menopause #perimenopause #menopauserelief #menopausal
#menopausehealth #menopausesupport #menopausesymptoms
#midlife #womensupportingwomen #selfcare #wellbeing
#mpoweredwomen #womenshealth #womenswellness #HRT

Show us a large glass of Chardonnay and we’ll sh

Show us a large glass of Chardonnay and we’ll show you our wine face the next morning. Puffy morning-after bags under our eyes are sure to appear after just one glass - as they have this morning, after our “why not, it’s a Bank Holiday” couple of glasses last night. What is going on? Our younger selves would be horrified at the midlife lightweights that we’ve become.
👀
“The menopause seems to coincide with a decrease in tolerance to alcohol,” nutritionist @alligodbold tells #mpoweredwomen. “One of the reasons for this is because as we age our cartilage and tendons lose water, with the result that our bodies are less able to hold water. The more water in your body, the better your body can dilute alcohol.”
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The fact is that cutting down on alcohol is good for your midlife health anyway, but add vanity into the equation, and it really is time to slow down. But that doesn’t mean that we don’t enjoy a wine or two (three) every now and then, which means that a bit of repair is required the next day.
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Luckily, we know the best creams to fix eye bags fast. You’ll find a link to the full list at the top of this page, but they include a £5.80 caffeine solution from The Ordinary, @deciem, and a deluxe £160 eye concentrate from La Mer, @lameruk. Of course, moderation is the best remedy, but noone’s perfect. And for those mornings when you need a little extra brightening and tightening, there is help in a jar. Cheers, ladies.
#menopause #perimenopause #menopauserelief #menopausal
#menopausehealth #menopausesupport #menopausesymptoms
#midlife #womensupportingwomen #selfcare #wellbeing
#mpoweredwomen #womenshealth #womenswellness #beauty
#beautytips #beautycare

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