Midlife Insights for Good Health
Welcome to Midlife Insights for Good Health, a dedicated space where you’ll find expert guidance, practical advice and empowering information on navigating menopause and midlife with confidence.
Here, I share evidence-based strategies, real-life experiences and compassionate support to help you take control of your health and wellbeing. Whether you’re looking for tips on managing menopause symptoms, improving your energy, building strength or making sustainable lifestyle changes, you’ll find resources tailored to your journey.
No quick fixes, just compassionate, practical advice to help you feel your best.
Fuel Well:
Nutritional strategies for balancing hormones, improving digestion and supporting long-term health.
Move Well:
Strength training, mobility and exercise tips to keep you strong and energised.
Live Well
Stress management, sleep optimisation and behaviour change techniques for a healthier mindset.
Menopause in the Workplace:
Advice on navigating midlife in professional settings.
Real Talk:
Personal stories, expert interviews and myth-busting around menopause and midlife health.
Free Menopause & Perimenopause Guides
Practical, evidence-based downloads to support common midlife challenges. All guides are free. How to download: click on a guide, add it to your cart (£0), and complete checkout to access your free download instantly.
The 7-Day Menopause Meal Plan: A simple, supportive meal plan to stabilise energy, reduce decision fatigue and support digestion in midlife.
The 3AM Wake Up Guide: Understand why you’re waking in the night and what actually helps when sleep becomes disrupted during menopause.
Your Perimenopause Power Blueprint: A guided starting point to help you make sense of your symptoms, understand what’s changing in your body and decide your next steps.
The Brain Fog Survival Kit: Practical tools to support focus, memory and mental clarity when brain fog is affecting daily life.
The Real Reason You’re Wide Awake at 3am in Menopause - And How to Stop It
If you’re waking at 3am with a racing heart and a busy mind, it’s probably not anxiety - it’s biology. In menopause, shifting hormones can destabilise blood sugar overnight, triggering a cortisol surge that jolts you awake. Here’s how to support your liver, stabilise glucose and finally sleep through the night.
Why Does Anxiety Spike in January…Is It Perimenopause or Stress?
January anxiety can feel sudden, physical and overwhelming. This evidence-based article explains why anxiety often spikes in midlife and how hormones, sleep and stress interact.
When Sleep Becomes the Enemy: Navigating Midlife Insomnia
If you’re wide awake at 3AM with a racing mind then read this. In this article, I break down what’s really sabotaging your sleep in perimenopause and menopause, why the old strategies stop working and the science-backed changes that finally help women rest deeply again.
The Stress–Anxiety Spiral in Perimenopause & Menopause: How to Break It Before It Breaks You
Stress and anxiety often intensify during perimenopause and menopause but it’s not “just in your head.” Discover what’s happening behind the scenes and how to calm your system naturally through realistic, evidence-based strategies that fit your real life. Phillipa Jacobs-Smith
Riding the Emotional Rollercoaster of Perimenopause and Menopause
Mood swings, tears or unexpected anxiety during perimenopause and menopause? You’re not alone. Learn why emotions shift and how to find balance.
Why You’re Wired but Tired at Night in Menopause - and How to Finally Sleep Through
Struggling with stress and poor sleep in menopause? Discover how cortisol affects your body in midlife and how the right kind of movement can balance hormones, reduce belly fat, and improve sleep quality. Phillipa Jacobs-Smith