by Fiona Catchpowle | Feb 4, 2024 | News
The UK has the largest health and education gap in all 20 countries of the G20. Globally learning about female physiology including menstrual and menopause health does not exist in any formal education setting, that I can find. There have been decades of missed...
by Fiona Catchpowle | Jan 1, 2024 | Menopause Blog
Supporting clients in the New Year will often be about removing alcohol from their beverage choices. There are multiple benefits to doing so, and I’m sure within your own modality you are well-versed as to why. But, if you need a touch of science to add to the...
by Fiona Catchpowle | Nov 7, 2023 | Menopause Doula Interviews, News
Congratulations to Michelle Zaro, our first Menopause School UK, Menopause Doula, On the East Coast of the United States. Michelle Zaro is a certified Menopause School, Menopause Doula and the creator of “The Meno Mama,” where she works one-on-one with...
by Fiona Catchpowle | Nov 5, 2023 | News
There is more to menopause than meets the eye, so let us look at the bigger picture. The perception to many is that menopause means symptoms. In fact, it is very far from the truth. A menstruator may have no symptoms whatsoever, but they will still be traveling in a...
by Fiona Catchpowle | Oct 29, 2023 | News
Creating a calm and considerate conversation about menopause, that will benefit both client and holistic therapist is much easier than you think. My main top tip is to not start with menopause, and forget everything you heard about menopause being taboo, stigma, or an...
by Fiona Catchpowle | Oct 26, 2023 | Menopause Doula Interviews
Congratulations to Siri Erickson, our first Menopause School UK, Menopause Doula, in the United States. Dr. Siri Erickson is the Founder of Compassionate Way, a holistic health coaching business opening in December 2023 in the U.S.A. Siri works with menopausing...
by Fiona Catchpowle | Sep 28, 2023 | News
Menstrual Health is considered to be the 5th Vital sign – period. If you hop on over to Google and enter “What is the 5th Vital Sign” you see pages and pages of information, books, and Holistic Therapy websites talking about Menstruation, Menstrual...
by Fiona Catchpowle | Sep 18, 2023 | News
This month I was delighted to be selected for the 2nd time to be a part of the NatWest Entrepreneur Accelerator Program. The first 6 months went by so fast, that I really wanted to have another chance to take stock of the information from the workshops and utilise all...
by Juilee Dandekar | Aug 1, 2023 | India
1) No journey is linear: There are days that will be abysmally low and then there are days that are full of gratitude and joy. Menopause will feel exactly like that. While the joy of ‘no period’ might feel good; the mood swings, insomnia, and hot flashes...
by Fiona Catchpowle | May 4, 2023 | Menopause Blog
The gender health gap is leading to a global healthcare crisis. Hundreds of years of poor quality, misleading information about female health has resulted in menstruators being unable to make simple choices on how to best manage their hormone health from periods...