Michelle Aspinwall is a Medical Intuitive, Body Whisperer, and transformative healer whose mission is to shift women’s health specifically beyond 40.

I’d call my 40s a roller-coaster, similar to the kind of ride many women report experiencing in perimenopause. I would easily and often stew and ruminate about people, or their actions. Anxiety was near-constant; I was always fighting a lurking sense of dread – a feeling that hit hardest in the morning. I ran myself ragged trying to cope: exercising like a crazy person to feel better and on the weekends, drinking too much just to relax.

Elisa Kurlyowicz wants you to think about what you believe. This conversation was life-shifting for me and I hope it will be for you too. Elisa Kurlyowiscz is a Canadian former World Cup freestyle mogul skier turned coach and wellness mentor and host of the highly rated highly rated Elisa Unfiltered Podcast.

ICYMI Q+A - What is Hotflash inc? What’s the USP, you ask? Why this, why now? Read this Q+A conducted with founder Ann Marie McQueen conducted ahead of the Livewell With Nakheel event and all (ok some) answers will be revealed.

The first non-hormonal drug to treat hot flashes – brand name Veozah, aka fezolinetant – is hitting the market. Part of a class of drugs known as NK3R antagonists, the drug was acquired by Japan’s Astellas Pharma and put through the required clinical trial process to determine safety and efficacy.

For several years now I’ve been interviewing experts and reading research and literally changing my mind between days and even some hours on this one thing: menopause hormone therapy, aka HT aka HRT.

Both of the Channel 4 menopause documentaries, hosted by presenter Davina McCall, have been important pivot points in the ever-growing UK #menopause revolution.

When the natural and mainstream medicine worlds battle it out, supplements tend to be caught in the crossfire. There are several truths worth considering here: hormone therapy is not for everyone and hormone therapy might not help everything.

How is menopause like a movie, or a book, or a well-executed TikTok or even an epic poem?

I’ll tell you.

Like many people, I’ve struggled with a see-saw of anxiety and depression for a lot of my life.

Ever mindful of the latest health news, although much less experienced and discerning, I'd read several articles quoting doctors saying that was the amount that we needed for optimal hydration.

A few years ago I was really suffering from perimenopause, with symptoms including serious sleep problems, bad anxiety, lots of body aches, brain fog and more. But as I tried to find help, I also wanted information. So I created Google alerts for perimenopause and menopause.