What does a Menopause Doula do?

A Menopause Doula is someone who can guide, nurture, and support you, from periods to perimenopause and beyond.

Guide – I do this by providing general and specific information about menopausing, and how it applies to you. Before you talk with me I will send you some questions to answer so we can have a good insight of which direction our chat needs to go.

Nurture – This is where I listen to your menstrual health experience so far and find out more about what matters to you. It may also include some mindset work, and exploring your values and beliefs so we can start to build a menopause tool kit.

Support – Using my Menopause Mapping principles we gradually explore the glimmers and triggers and start planning your next best step along the menstrual health timeline

What kind of menopause information do we talk about?

Sometimes it’s a bit like a menopause lesson. I provide some helpful resources to give you some background knowledge and then you have plenty of time to ask me questions. My years of experience talking about menopause have given me some practical tools to explain the hormone biology, without being boring. Very early on in helping people navigate this time, I realied that you can’t manage what you don’t understand, so some basic menstrual health know-how helps you see the bigger picture, of where you’ve come from and where you are going.

Who can work with a Menopause Doula?

Anyone. It could be the person going through the experience or the people who love them.

• Most often if you can’t see the wood for the trees and want to reach it and speak with someone with lived experience and a lot of helpful tools and resources then this is the conversation for you.
• You could be someone who’s done a lot of homework, but hasn’t quite figured out the best way forward and would like some signposting and support.
• Maybe you have tried all the lifestyle measures, even added a sprinkle of HRT, but still feel exhausted and want some help. 

I’m here for all of the above.

How often can you speak with a Menopause Doula?

As often as you wish. Unlike a therapist with a specific modality, we can give you a broad perspective of the dynamics of menopausing. I see myself as a generalised specialist.

However please do not confuse me with a clinical menopause specialist who prescribes pharmaceuticals. 

• You may find that one menopause therapy conversation, with your Menopause Mapping guide in hand, is enough for you. You can always pop back again another time. 
• Perhaps you know that you are the kind of person who will need a little prompt for a few weeks to keep you heading in the right direction. I can do that too.
• At any point, I am happy to speak with you and a special someone who is planning on being part of your Team Meno. It’s not always easy to explain to others what you’re feeling, so I can help you with that as well.

I have been in the holistic health and wellbeing arena for nearly 35 years, starting as a Beauty Therapist. I also trained in Applied Biology and became a Biology teacher. As I was going through perimenopause in a very haphazard way I realised that I had never been taught about menstrual health, let alone menopause health.

My vision is to increase access to information about menstrual health for everyone who needs it, across life stages. I didn’t have anyone to reach out to and ask the simplest of questions so I became one, for others. My particular style of Menopause Doula-ing also expands to menstrual health with a wider lens. So you don’t need to be perimenopausal to benefit from a conversation with me.