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.
Why Your Shoulders Ache in Menopause (and What Actually Helps)
Reaching for a shelf shouldn’t hurt - but for many women, shoulder pain appears out of nowhere in menopause. Here’s the hormonal link no one talks about and the simple lifestyle shifts that genuinely help
The Menopause Hip: Why Your Joints Feel "Rusty" and How the Mediterranean Diet Greases the Gears
If your first steps out of bed feel more "rusty" than resilient, you might be experiencing Menopause Musculoskeletal Syndrome. Discover why falling estrogen levels lead to joint aches, specifically in the hips and how the anti-inflammatory power of a Mediterranean-style diet can act as "internal WD-40" to get you moving freely again.
Heart Racing or Fluttering in Menopause? What’s Normal, What’s Not, and How to Calm It
Feeling a sudden flutter or a 'drummer' in your chest? Heart palpitations are one of the most unnerving symptoms of perimenopause. While often related to hormonal shifts, they require a specific approach to safety and lifestyle support. Read why it happens, when to see your GP and how to calm your nervous system
Is Menopause Making My Skin Crawl? Why Your Skin and Legs are Staging a Menopause Protest
Can't stop scratching at 2AM? Legs won't stay still? You're not losing your mind- you're experiencing two of menopause's most irritating hidden symptoms. Discover why your skin feels like it's crawling and what you can actually do about restless legs during perimenopause and menopause.
Understanding that feeling of Overwhelm: Why perimenopause and menopause can reduce stress tolerance in midlife women
A sudden, suffocating sense of overwhelm is a common but rarely explained part of midlife. This article explores how hormonal changes during perimenopause and menopause affect stress tolerance and how to steady yourself when everything feels too much.
Why Do I Feel Like I’ve Lost Myself in Midlife?
So many women quietly ask the same question in midlife: “Why don’t I feel like myself anymore?”
This shift isn’t weakness or failure; it’s a real, evidence-informed transition affecting your energy, confidence, and identity. In this article, I walk you through what’s happening in your brain and body, why motivation feels different and the small grounded habits that help you feel like you again
How to Stop Hot Flushes: Why Your Internal Thermostat is Broken
Over 80% of women get hot flushes. Discover the hormonal science behind why your internal thermostat is suddenly confused and learn three evidence-based strategies, from paced breathing to lifestyle hacks, to effectively calm the heat and restore your comfort.
Menopause Brain Fog: Why You Forget Your Own Name & How to Clear the Haze
Brain fog is not inevitable, it's a symptom of hormonal change. Discover the three main reasons why menopause impacts your memory and focus and learn five powerful, science-backed strategies to clear the mental haze and restore your cognitive clarity.
Why Do My Hips or Ear Hurt When I Sleep? The Hidden Hormonal Reason No One Talks About
If your ear or hip suddenly aches at night since menopause, it’s not the pillow, it’s your hormones. As oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone decline, skin, muscle and connective tissue lose their natural cushioning. The result? Pressure points that once went unnoticed now feel sore. Read for the good news.
Why Supplements Aren’t Always the Answer in Menopause & What to Do Instead
Discover why supplements aren’t always the answer in menopause. Learn about wholefoods, supplement safety and evidence-based choices with expert guidance. Phillipa Jacobs-Smith
Losing Your Sh*t: Mood Swings & Rages in Perimenopause
Perimenopause can feel like an emotional rollercoaster, one moment you’re fine, the next you’re snapping over something small. These sudden waves of anger and mood swings aren’t “just in your head.”
9 Signs of Hormonal Imbalance in Midlife
Wondering if your mood swings, fatigue, or weight gain could be hormonal? This post explores the common signs of hormonal imbalance in perimenopause and menopause and how to start feeling like yourself again. Phillipa Jacobs-Smith