In this episode I speak to Amanda, from the UK, who had worked in HR her whole career, until perimenopause symptoms hit and were so bad that she felt she needed to change careers.  She takes us through her transformational journey.

She is now training to be a Life Coach, to help other women going through similar experiences.  Her company is called Pause and Empower and her website is:

www.pauseandempower.com

In this episode I speak to Keely, who has found coming to terms with being on the menopause journey, has made it easier to cope with.

She is an engineer, working in a male dominated environment. She has made sure everyone at work is aware she is going through the menopause and she feels this helps her through her journey.

This openess has led to other women at work approaching her to discuss their own menopause issues.

Her message to everyone is that talking is important - keep talking!

If you would like to take part in the Menopause Buddies podcast, or you would like to hear a specific area of the menopause discussed, please message me at: [email protected]

In this episode I speak to Debbie from New Zealand. She takes us through her menopause journey, explaining how she has recently started taking HRT after many years trying different alternatives.

She explains how she spent many years thinking her perimenopause symptoms were caused my other events.

She also gives us insight into her experience as a menopausal women in New Zealand.  

If you would like to share your menopause journey on Menopause Buddies, please contact me on:

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In this episode I speak to Holly, a writer and writing coach from North Carolina, who shares her menopause journey with us. She 'woke up in the middle' of her journey and didn't know what it was. The mood swings and other symptoms made her worried there was something wrong with her. Find out how she coped.

She also shares how her role as a writing coach is helping women go through their menopause journeys by releasing the story within - a very cathartic process.

You can find out more about Holly on her website; www.loving-the-process.com

In this episode I speak to Nishi, a Menopause Healer, based in India. Nishsi isn't herself in menopause yet, however watching her mother go through a medically induced menopause, inspired her to help woman at this stage of life.

Nishi takes us through a guided meditation that she does with her clients and shares her recommended menopause self care rituals with us

If you would like to contact Nishi to find out more about her Menopausal healing, you can contact her on LinkedIn:  

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishi-mayank-a3597021b/

In this episode I speak to Sarah from Denmark about her early onset menopause journey and how this impacted her life. It is a positive story with Sarah now through the menopause and embracing this new phase of life with positivity.

Sarah also shares with us how in general people in Denmark are not as open about discussing the menopause as we would have thought.

In this episode I speak to Nicola who, so far, has been lucky not to have experienced too many symptoms on her menopause journey.

She has found that relexology has helped to keep her balanced on her journey, as well as moderation in other areas of her life and a positive outlook.

She has a very uplifting story to tell.  Join me to hear about her journey.

This week I speak to Laura, who thought she had sailed through the menopause, but looking back she realised this was not the case, as she only now realises, the rages and anxiety she experienced was not just as a result of getting older!

She also discusses what they have implemented in her company to support women in their peri/menopause years, including a recent Menopause Champions course for eight colleagues, including two men.

In this episode I speak to Randi, a Pilates instructor based in New York. She highlights her own experience and then discusses how she helps women deali with incontinence - an issue that can arise at this stage in life, but hasn't been openly discussed  to date.

  She provides helpful information on how we can help ourselves, by exercising our pelvic floor, with a twist to the traditional advice we've all been given.

If you would like to find out more about Randi,  you can visit her website: www.nyc-pilates.com

This week I speak to two women about how certain peri/menopause symptoms can affect working life.

Louise shares her story of how she felt compelled to leave her job, as a result of the menopause symptoms she developed.  But there is a happy ending.

Siobhan discusses her late onset menopause and then shares her HR insights on how companies can ensure they retain women who might otherwise leave work, like Louise.  

If you have any menopause symptoms, do be sure to get them checked out.

If you would like to share your peri/menopause journey on Menopause Buddies, please contact me on:

[email protected]