Our Journal — phenomenal women

October 24 2020

"One of the biggest issues is that people don’t understand that perimenopause is often the rockiest part of the journey. The burn-out diagnosis. The prescription for anti-depressants. This is not what we need."

Katarina Wilk wants us to change the way we think about midlife. Like so many phenomenal women we meet...

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October 15 2020

“It’s so characteristic of how this life-stage is seen more broadly. Every so often there will be a documentary. And women are supposed to think, ‘Aren’t they good….to talk about it out loud’!

Jackie Lynch’s journey to nutrition is a fascinating one. A highly-driven career woman with what she describes as a...

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September 25 2020

“I was exhausted. I couldn’t think straight. I was snappy. My brain was mush. I was horrid to everyone. I was in survival mode. I went to the doctor and he just gave me anti-depressants, which I knew was not going to fix this.”

September 7 2020

'It wasn’t just the media depiction of menopause - it was right down to the research. It simply didn’t address women like me.'

I find it odd that, as we enter midlife, everything looks...

August 14 2020

'Cyclical health is always ‘managed’ in the health system. Rather than seeing it as something personal, it is shoehorned into days and a statistical ‘norm’'.

Avni Trivedi is an osteopath, doula, zero balancer (a fascinating...

August 4 2020

'I had to step into the unknown and trust my body to get better. I had to know that my body would support me. And she did.'

Pamela Windle is a woman on a mission to reframe midlife...

July 22 2020

'You have two lives, and your second one begins when you realise you only have one'. (Confucius)

You know when, sometimes, very occasionally in life, you meet an...

July 2 2020

'The Harper clinic came about because I’ve always wanted to be and deliver the best..’

This week we’re delighted to be able to share our conversation with...

June 24 2020

"Many of the meditation apps on offer today help with generalised stress, not the particular issues faced by many women."

Becks Armstrong is an acupuncturist, meditation practitioner, techie ex-COO and the...

May 19 2020

"I want to feel like a superwoman, not someone being put out to pasture."

Many of you will be familiar with Bare Biology, the brain...

May 1 2020

“Natural movement is like a language. There is a vocabulary to it. And I wanted to learn..”

Abi Adams will be familiar to many of you in the MPowder Community. Founder of Project Woman, she is...

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February 19 2020

'My purpose is to help women tune in to the innate wisdom of their bodies.'

Welcome to chapter 2 of our blog series celebrating phenomenal women who have used their second spring to transform...

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February 6 2020

'There can be another way to lead. Vulnerability truly is a superpower'.

This blog marks the beginning of a series of articles about...

August 9 2019

A personal journey that became a public mission.

Interview with Rebekah Brown. Founder of MPowder. Well - the motivation was...