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This week’s MPowered Approved is a product for t

This week’s MPowered Approved is a product for those of us who sometimes wake up looking a bit grey around the edges. You know the feeling - all it takes is one bad night’s sleep, a few life stresses and bingo, your midlife face loses its glow. A couple of glasses of wine the night before don’t help either.
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Fear not, our favourite beauty guru Rosie Green, @lifesrosie, has the remedy. “Beauty Blur is what you need if you want to add a bit of luminosity and brighten your skin,” she tells us, of the £25 cream from Vita Liberata, @vitaliberata. “It gives instant pearlising.” That sounds like our favourite first thing product. “It’s a lotion with a little kick in,” says Rosie. “I love it.”
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Beauty Blur is one of several products that Rosie recommends for midlife skin that needs a boost. Whether it’s a dry complexion or what she calls “leg dandruff” (we know exactly what she means!), Rosie has some great tips and recommendations. You can read her full list of products for dry skin, and where to buy them, in the Beauty section of site, link at the top of this page.
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In the meantime, we are investing in some Beauty Blur for those mornings when extra help is required. And if anyone has come across an extra hour’s sleep in a jar, do let us know. We’d like a dollop of that, too.
#midlife
#skincare
#skincareproducts
#skincareroutine
#beauty
#womensupportingwomen
#selfcare
#mpoweredwomen
#notanad
#notanadvertisement
#wejustloveit

Finding a supportive GP when it comes to menopause

Finding a supportive GP when it comes to menopause advice has always been a bit of a lottery. This may be a natural life stage for every single female patient that any doctor will ever see, but that doesn’t mean that every doctor knows how to support a patient through it. And yes, that does make our blood boil. We’d put money on the fact that if there was one condition that every man encountered, it would be front and centre at medical school and every GP would know about it. Hell, we’d all know about it!
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“Some women face months or even years of additional suffering because of an uphill battle in accessing correct information and treatment,” writes Dr Louise Newson in her brilliantly informative book Menopause, All You Need to Know in One Concise Manual. “This is because their GP doesn’t have a true understanding of treatments like HRT and how they can help, and this has to change.”
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GP appointments are now more fraught than ever, with video chats often replacing facetime. So it’s even more important to do your research ahead of time and ensure that you get the medical help that you need with your symptoms. “Medical appointments can be frustratingly short, with a 2017 study revealing that average UK GP appointments are among the shortest in Europe at just 9.2 minutes,” says Dr Newson. “There is nothing worse than feeling rushed or being unable to communicate your concerns.”
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So what can you do to make sure every second of those 9.2 minutes matters? Dr Newson has a few tips. Book a double appointment if you can, and ask if there is a doctor or practice nurse at the surgery who has an interest in the menopause. Request for them to be present at your appointment. And write down your symptoms to help your GP see quickly what you need help with.
💜
You can read more from Dr Newson on what to do before you see your GP, in the Medical section of the site, link at the top of this page. Whatever you do, don’t give up until you find the support and knowledge that you need. Every single one of us deserves that.
#menopause #HRT
#perimenopause
#menopauserelief
#menopausal
#menopausehealth
#menopausesupport
#menopausesymptoms
#midlife
#womensupportingwomen
#wellness

The brilliant Liz Earle, @lizearleme, calls hersel

The brilliant Liz Earle, @lizearleme, calls herself a “midlife wellbeing warrior” and she’s a font of wisdom on many of the health issues that so many of us experience during these years. It’s why she was one of the first women we approached to interview for the Women We Love section of the site. And her Q&A doesn’t disappoint.
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“Like most women, I had no real concept of what the menopause would be like until I started to consider my own personal journey,” Liz tells us. “I found it baffling that there was so little information available to me and the millions of others who were at a similar stage of life.” Warrior that she is, Liz’s solution was to research and write her own menopause books, so that other women would have an easier time than she did getting to the facts (not the fictions).
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Bone health is something that Liz is passionate about. “I’ve long highlighted to my two daughters the importance of eating a well-balanced diet and doing weight-bearing exercise, to avoid ending up with crumbling bones later in life,” she says. “From our late 20s onwards, we can’t build any more calcium into our bones, so it’s a matter of bone maintenance. We have to preserve what we have already got through diet and exercise. This is severely tested during the first five years of the menopause, when nearly 10 percent of our bone mass is lost.”
💪🏿
You can read Liz’s full interview in the Real Life section of the site, link at the top of this page. She’s so right, weight bearing exercise is key, and it’s why each Saturday morning, you’ll find Team MPowered doing Zoom strength training with fitness guru Annelies Harte, @harteandsoulcoach. We’ve even bought heavy handweights so we can really push ourselves at home. Join us - your bones will thank you for it.
#menopause
#perimenopause
#menopauserelief
#menopausal
#menopausehealth
#menopausesupport
#menopausesymptoms
#midlife
#womensupportingwomen
#selfcare
#wellbeing
#mpoweredwomen
#womenshealth
#womenswellness

Today’s midweek hack comes courtesy of last week

Today’s midweek hack comes courtesy of last weekend’s Sunday Times Style magazine, @theststyle. Fed up of crouching over your laptop at the kitchen table, wrecking your neck and shoulders in the process? Create an ironing board desk. “Cheaper than a standing desk and just as efficient,” is the Style verdict. “How has it taken 15 weeks of WFH to discover this life hack?”
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Cunning though it may be, we’re not sure we fancy having our ironing board out all day. It gives new meaning to the phrase “working flat out”. (See what we did there!) We’re also not convinced about the standing up part, unless it’s on a Victoria Beckham-style desk treadmill. So what else can be done to fix the many posture problems that lockdown working conditions are creating?
💻
“A kitchen table and dining chair were designed for eating at, not working,” says physiotherapist Emma James, @emmajamesphysio. “If the chair isn’t the right height, or the angle of the back rest isn’t quite right, it may lead to neck, shoulder or back stiffness and discomfort.”
💻
So what’s to be done? “There are devices available to help make your home work space more user-friendly,” says Emma. “You can create an improvised laptop riser with books or boxes, or buy a laptop riser stand. Also, a separate keyboard and mouse, and a height adjustable chair. These will all help with home ‘office’ joint pain.” No ironing board required. As for the desk treadmill? There’s no room in our kitchen. A pile of books and Bluetooth keyboard will have to do.
#lifehacks
#midlife
#workingfromhome
#workingfromhomeproblems
#workingfromhomelife
#homeoffice
#homeofficeideas
#homeofficedecor

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This week’s MPowered Approved is a product for t

This week’s MPowered Approved is a product for those of us who sometimes wake up looking a bit grey around the edges. You know the feeling - all it takes is one bad night’s sleep, a few life stresses and bingo, your midlife face loses its glow. A couple of glasses of wine the night before don’t help either.
💋
Fear not, our favourite beauty guru Rosie Green, @lifesrosie, has the remedy. “Beauty Blur is what you need if you want to add a bit of luminosity and brighten your skin,” she tells us, of the £25 cream from Vita Liberata, @vitaliberata. “It gives instant pearlising.” That sounds like our favourite first thing product. “It’s a lotion with a little kick in,” says Rosie. “I love it.”
💋
Beauty Blur is one of several products that Rosie recommends for midlife skin that needs a boost. Whether it’s a dry complexion or what she calls “leg dandruff” (we know exactly what she means!), Rosie has some great tips and recommendations. You can read her full list of products for dry skin, and where to buy them, in the Beauty section of site, link at the top of this page.
💋
In the meantime, we are investing in some Beauty Blur for those mornings when extra help is required. And if anyone has come across an extra hour’s sleep in a jar, do let us know. We’d like a dollop of that, too.
#midlife
#skincare
#skincareproducts
#skincareroutine
#beauty
#womensupportingwomen
#selfcare
#mpoweredwomen
#notanad
#notanadvertisement
#wejustloveit

Finding a supportive GP when it comes to menopause

Finding a supportive GP when it comes to menopause advice has always been a bit of a lottery. This may be a natural life stage for every single female patient that any doctor will ever see, but that doesn’t mean that every doctor knows how to support a patient through it. And yes, that does make our blood boil. We’d put money on the fact that if there was one condition that every man encountered, it would be front and centre at medical school and every GP would know about it. Hell, we’d all know about it!
💜
“Some women face months or even years of additional suffering because of an uphill battle in accessing correct information and treatment,” writes Dr Louise Newson in her brilliantly informative book Menopause, All You Need to Know in One Concise Manual. “This is because their GP doesn’t have a true understanding of treatments like HRT and how they can help, and this has to change.”
💜
GP appointments are now more fraught than ever, with video chats often replacing facetime. So it’s even more important to do your research ahead of time and ensure that you get the medical help that you need with your symptoms. “Medical appointments can be frustratingly short, with a 2017 study revealing that average UK GP appointments are among the shortest in Europe at just 9.2 minutes,” says Dr Newson. “There is nothing worse than feeling rushed or being unable to communicate your concerns.”
💜
So what can you do to make sure every second of those 9.2 minutes matters? Dr Newson has a few tips. Book a double appointment if you can, and ask if there is a doctor or practice nurse at the surgery who has an interest in the menopause. Request for them to be present at your appointment. And write down your symptoms to help your GP see quickly what you need help with.
💜
You can read more from Dr Newson on what to do before you see your GP, in the Medical section of the site, link at the top of this page. Whatever you do, don’t give up until you find the support and knowledge that you need. Every single one of us deserves that.
#menopause #HRT
#perimenopause
#menopauserelief
#menopausal
#menopausehealth
#menopausesupport
#menopausesymptoms
#midlife
#womensupportingwomen
#wellness

The brilliant Liz Earle, @lizearleme, calls hersel

The brilliant Liz Earle, @lizearleme, calls herself a “midlife wellbeing warrior” and she’s a font of wisdom on many of the health issues that so many of us experience during these years. It’s why she was one of the first women we approached to interview for the Women We Love section of the site. And her Q&A doesn’t disappoint.
💪🏼
“Like most women, I had no real concept of what the menopause would be like until I started to consider my own personal journey,” Liz tells us. “I found it baffling that there was so little information available to me and the millions of others who were at a similar stage of life.” Warrior that she is, Liz’s solution was to research and write her own menopause books, so that other women would have an easier time than she did getting to the facts (not the fictions).
💪🏾
Bone health is something that Liz is passionate about. “I’ve long highlighted to my two daughters the importance of eating a well-balanced diet and doing weight-bearing exercise, to avoid ending up with crumbling bones later in life,” she says. “From our late 20s onwards, we can’t build any more calcium into our bones, so it’s a matter of bone maintenance. We have to preserve what we have already got through diet and exercise. This is severely tested during the first five years of the menopause, when nearly 10 percent of our bone mass is lost.”
💪🏿
You can read Liz’s full interview in the Real Life section of the site, link at the top of this page. She’s so right, weight bearing exercise is key, and it’s why each Saturday morning, you’ll find Team MPowered doing Zoom strength training with fitness guru Annelies Harte, @harteandsoulcoach. We’ve even bought heavy handweights so we can really push ourselves at home. Join us - your bones will thank you for it.
#menopause
#perimenopause
#menopauserelief
#menopausal
#menopausehealth
#menopausesupport
#menopausesymptoms
#midlife
#womensupportingwomen
#selfcare
#wellbeing
#mpoweredwomen
#womenshealth
#womenswellness

Today’s midweek hack comes courtesy of last week

Today’s midweek hack comes courtesy of last weekend’s Sunday Times Style magazine, @theststyle. Fed up of crouching over your laptop at the kitchen table, wrecking your neck and shoulders in the process? Create an ironing board desk. “Cheaper than a standing desk and just as efficient,” is the Style verdict. “How has it taken 15 weeks of WFH to discover this life hack?”
💻
Cunning though it may be, we’re not sure we fancy having our ironing board out all day. It gives new meaning to the phrase “working flat out”. (See what we did there!) We’re also not convinced about the standing up part, unless it’s on a Victoria Beckham-style desk treadmill. So what else can be done to fix the many posture problems that lockdown working conditions are creating?
💻
“A kitchen table and dining chair were designed for eating at, not working,” says physiotherapist Emma James, @emmajamesphysio. “If the chair isn’t the right height, or the angle of the back rest isn’t quite right, it may lead to neck, shoulder or back stiffness and discomfort.”
💻
So what’s to be done? “There are devices available to help make your home work space more user-friendly,” says Emma. “You can create an improvised laptop riser with books or boxes, or buy a laptop riser stand. Also, a separate keyboard and mouse, and a height adjustable chair. These will all help with home ‘office’ joint pain.” No ironing board required. As for the desk treadmill? There’s no room in our kitchen. A pile of books and Bluetooth keyboard will have to do.
#lifehacks
#midlife
#workingfromhome
#workingfromhomeproblems
#workingfromhomelife
#homeoffice
#homeofficeideas
#homeofficedecor

In a riveting Instagram Live chat recently, we dis

In a riveting Instagram Live chat recently, we discussed the world of “tweakments” with aesthetic industry expert Alice Hart-Davis, @alicehartdavis. The full conversation is over on our IGTV, and it’s essential viewing for anyone who is considering a tweakment for their midlife face. Alice has been writing about this world - and trying many of the procedures herself - for over 20 years. She knows her stuff.
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First things first, what is a tweakment? It’s a non-surgical cosmetic procedure like Botox, fillers, laser treatments or thread lifts. “These treatments are less costly, time-consuming and invasive than cosmetic surgery,” says Alice. “Yet way more expensive and effective than pampering, beauty-salon treatments.”
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A tweakment is not everyone’s cup of tea. Here at Team MPowered we are a mix of Botox fans, and Botox refusiks. Some of us have dabbled in laser therapy and a bit of filler, whilst others go no further than a really good face cream. Our view is that it’s noone’s business but your own. We all want to age well, but how you choose to do it is entirely up to you.
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One thing we all agree on is that this is an industry with too many cowboys - and women are being taken advantage of. Cheap Botox on your local high street is never a good idea. “There is a dire lack of proper regulations around tweakments in the UK,” writes Alice on her brilliant website, Thetweakmentsguide.com. “It is up to you, the patient, to make sure that the practitioner you are planning to visit is good at doing the job you want them to do, and doing it safely.”
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If you are considering a tweakment, we urge you to use the Practitioner Finder on Alice’s site. This will direct you to someone expert, reliable and safe. And get yourself a copy of Alice’s book, The Tweakments Guide: Fresher Face, for a comprehensive guide to exactly what is on offer in this brave new world. Travel safely out there.
#tweakments
#botox
#fillers
#skincare
#selfcare
#midlife

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This week’s MPowered Approved is Vitamin D. But

This week’s MPowered Approved is Vitamin D. But not just any old Vitamin D. This one, from Nutriadvanced, @nutriadvancedltd, comes with the addition of Vitamin K, which makes it extra effective, according to #mpoweredwomen’s medical guru Dr Stephanie Goodwin, @drstephaniegoodwin.
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“Vitamin D is essential for bone health and immunity – especially important during the Covid pandemic,” says Dr Goodwin. “The addition of Vitamin K aids in the absorption of calcium and enables calcium to go to our bones which is where we need it. This is a must have!”
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If Dr Steph says it’s a must-have, then it goes straight onto our shopping list. Having tried it, we can also vouch for it tasting pretty ok - a bit orangey - and being easy to take every night after we’ve cleaned our teeth. Unlike many of the vitamins that have gathered dust in our bathroom cabinets and kitchen drawers over the years, we’ve actually got into the habit of taking this one regularly.
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Vitamin D is important for keeping our bones healthy, but many of us are deficient. It enables calcium, which is essential for healthy bones and teeth, to be absorbed and is made in the skin following sun exposure. However, you’d need 20 minutes of midday sun at least three times a week EVERY week in order to produce enough. Fine during a heatwave like this week, but not so good for the other 51 weeks of the year.
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So short of moving to the South of France, we’ll keep buying this Vitamin D3 with K2, £17.80 from nutriadvanced.co.uk. You can read more from Dr Goodwin on Vitamin D and other midlife health essentials, in the Medical section of the site, link at the top of this page.
#vitamind
#vitd
#menopause
#perimenopause
#menopauserelief
#menopausal
#menopausehealth
#menopausesupport
#menopausesymptoms
#midlife
#womensupportingwomen
#selfcare
#wellbeing
#mpoweredwomen
#womenshealth
#womenswellness
#notanad
#notanadvertisement

Every woman’s menopause is different and the way

Every woman’s menopause is different and the ways in which she chooses to manage it are different. But all women deserve the very best menopause care - noone should be taken advantage of by a private clinic charging a fortune for unlicensed medicine. But that’s what is happening when it comes to bioidentical HRT and it makes us mad.
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Compounded bioidentical HRT costs a small fortune at a private clinic, but it’s not licenced, and it’s not even classed as a medicine. The big sell from the clinic is that because this HRT is compounded on an individual basis, it is better - more bespoke - than the HRT from the NHS. Not true.
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“Compounded bioidentical hormones from private clinics do not undergo the same quality control as the regulated NHS body identical hormones,” Dr Louise Newson, @menopause_doctor tells #mpoweredwomen. “Strangely, they are classified as supplements rather than medicine.”
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“Some of the healthcare professionals who prescribe compounded hormones claim to be able to determine the precise requirements of each woman by undertaking a series of serum and saliva tests,” she says. “This costly practice has never been substantiated through rigorous research. It is not recommended by the menopause societies and it is unnecessary.”
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The issue of HRT is already a minefield, with scaremongering headlines making many women wary of it. What is needed is clarity and understanding, so that each woman can make the decision that is right for her, armed with all the facts. What isn’t needed, is clinics charging a small fortune for something that is available - and better - from the NHS.
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You can read Dr Newson’s piece in the Medical section of the site, link at the top of this page. You may decide that HRT is not the route for you, but do ensure you make that decision with facts not fictions.
#menopause
#perimenopause
#menopauserelief
#menopausal
#menopausehealth
#menopausesupport
#menopausesymptoms
#midlife
#womensupportingwomen
#selfcare
#wellbeing
#mpoweredwomen
#womenshealth
#womenswellness
#HRT

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