Monthly Archives: February 2014

Could reducing stress be the key to peri-menopause symptoms?

Many of us live with chronic stress. You may not even realise that you are suffering? My emotional meltdown last summer was the result of 18 months of chronic stress. I didn’t even realise how bad it had got!! It had become my normal. Meh….. I’d stopped seeing friends, going out, engaging with the kids,…

Digestive Problems during the Menopause

What is IBS? Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common disorder of the gut. The cause is not known. Symptoms can be quite variable and include abdominal pain, bloating, and sometimes bouts of diarrhoea and/or constipation. Symptoms tend to come and go .IBS is twice as common in women as in men.   How it…

Squeeze your foo foo

Sometimes we can take life too seriously. Especially ‘womens problems’ like menopause, PMS etc. Hold on to your knickers…. I don’t mean that these problems shouldn’t be taken seriously, I know first hand how sh*tty they can make us feel. I mean that if we can keep our sense of humour life seems easier. We…