Optimise your health during perimenopause and beyond.

A six-week program for women who want to improve their wellbeing before, during and after menopause. This program offers you the knowledge to be able to make positive lifestyle changes, feel informed, understood, and confident in making the right choices for you.

Are you starting to notice the beginnings of perimenopausal changes, right in the middle of it, or are you postmenopausal with your last period some months or even years ago? Perimenopause can begin as early as age 35, but for most women, it starts between 40 and 44.

This is for you if you want to:

• Have a better understanding of what is happening in your body during perimenopause and postmenopause.

• Be part of a community of women experiencing similar things

• Find consistent support and peer accountability as you implement simple, evidence-based strategies to help you feel better.

• Explore various options of support and build your own individual “menopause toolkit.”

This unique program is created and led by Marion Colledge (our Nutritional Therapist and Medical Herbalist) and aims to give you a better understanding of which foods, herbs and nutrients can benefit you and your health most during this time.

Marion will explain and contextualise the changes you are experiencing, as well as offering you strategies to help:

• Increase and stabilise your energy levels

• Create a more consistent and stable mood

• Improve your sleep

• Improve your overall sense of wellbeing

• Reduce feeling bloated and uncomfortable

• Gain control over your weight (if this is an issue for you)

• Boost confidence in your body (knowledge is power!)

This course also invites you to learn about the benefits of exercise and strength building, while also exploring the profound importance of rest for your physical and mental wellbeing. Two of the six sessions are co-led by guest facilitators who are highly experienced specialists in their respective subjects; one on the subject of rest (utilising yoga and meditation practices) and another on building strength (through the lens of mat Pilates).

As well as the in-person meetings, this program also includes:

• Weekly follow up emails summarising that week’s learning, including recipe ideas for balanced meals

• A weekly invitation to set yourself a small goal for that week. 

• Access to a Whatsapp Group for the duration of the program for questions, inspiration, and mutual support

By the end of the six weeks, you will have a better understanding of what is happening in your body during perimenopause and menopause, how to manage these changes by choosing the right foods and making positive lifestyle choices, and most importantly you will have your own individual “toolkit” to help you thrive and feel great through your midlife and beyond - whether you take HRT or not. We have a blog that explores the topic of HRT further, you can find that here.

SAT 28th October / WEEK ONE: WHAT IS HAPPENING?!

• What is happening in my body and how is this affecting me? Understanding the hormonal changes and the effects these have on your overall health and wellbeing

• Outline of nutritional strategies to support your health and reduce some symptoms you might be experiencing

sAT 4th November / WEEK TWO: SYMPTOMS & DIETARY STRATEGIES

• A closer look at some specific drivers such as inflammation, insulin resistance and histamine intolerance and how these can contribute to your symptoms

• Some specific nutrients and dietary strategies on these topics

SAT 11th november / WEEK THREE: STRESS & REST

• Stress and how it affects hormonal and overall health

• A rest practice led by Estella Alvares, a yoga and meditation facilitator

sAT 18th november / WEEK FOUR: SLEEP

• Consolidation of nutritional strategies and stress management

• A closer look at sleep and why it is so important

• Strategies for creating better sleep

SAT 25TH november / WEEK FIVE: STRENGTH & YOUR BODY

• Body composition and how this can change in midlife

• Strategies for improving body composition and maintain and build muscle and bone health

• Strength-building session with Patty Fullarton, Pilates Bone-Health specialist

SAT 2nd decemeber, / WEEK SIX: HERBAL MEDICINE & FUNCTIONAL TESTING

• Which nutritional supplements can be helpful

• How can herbs be used to support you as an individual

• Is testing necessary, and if so, which tests can be useful

PRICING

£130

Facilitator Information:

MARION COLLEDGE

Marion (@herbs_nutrition_wellness) is a Nutritional Therapist (DipCNM) and Medical Herbalist BSc (Hons) and passionate about using simple but effective steps to help her clients feel better. 

She works within the framework of Functional Medicine, meaning that rather than treating a set of symptoms, she prefers to look at the body in a holistic way, trying to find and resolve the root of a problem. Getting to the bottom of what is driving somebody’s symptoms means a better chance of resolving or managing issues for the long-term. Marion strongly believes in a realistic, easy-to-follow, no nonsense and evidence-based approach as the best way forward. Leading a busy life with family and work, she knows what it’s like to deal with the challenges this brings; trying to keep up with endless to-do lists, whilst also wanting to look after yourself and eat well at the same time.

Marion has a special interest in women’s wellbeing including hormonal imbalances, menopause, stress-related issues and digestive health. She uses a combination of evidence-based nutritional recommendations, lifestyle suggestions and medicinal herbs and enjoys being a part of her clients journey to better health.

PATTY FULLARTON

Patty has been practicing Pilates since 2003 and qualified as a Level 3 Body Control Pilates Teacher in 2016. She is qualified in pre and post-natal Pilates, older adult Pilates and is a bone health specialist. She brings all her years of practical Pilates experience to tailor each session carefully and seeks her students' feedback often.

ESTELLA ALVARES

Estella has been practising yoga for 30 years and trained as a yoga teacher with Triyoga in London, completing over 500 hours of teacher trainings through these programmes. She has also completed therapeutic yoga trainings for Cancer, Parkinsons, Chronic Fatigue/ME, Long Covid & Yoga for the Physically Disabled, and offers these practices to her students. Estella has a strong belief that everyone is able to experience the myriad benefits of yoga, and that yoga is so much more than achieving a physical ideal or a complicated yoga pose. For her, yoga is about finding internal balance which allows us to live an easeful life on and off the yoga mat.