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.
Meal Timing and Menopause: Why When You Eat Matters More Now
You used to eat dinner late and sleep like a baby. Now a late meal can mean staring at the ceiling at 3am. In menopause, when you eat suddenly matters far more than it used to - and understanding why can transform your sleep, energy and metabolism.
Life After Ozempic or Mounjaro: How to Keep Weight Off in Menopause
You’ve lost weight on Ozempic or Mounjaro - now what? The meds stop, hunger returns, and old patterns creep back. But here’s the truth: it’s not about willpower. With the right protein, fibre and healthy fats, you can maintain your results, balance hormones and feel confident in midlife.
What to Eat in Menopause for Energy, Metabolism and Mood
Noticing that your body feels a little less resilient than it used to? While oestrogen levels naturally decline during menopause, your plate can become your greatest support. Explore a food-first approach to protecting your bones and maintaining your strength through midlife and beyond.
When Your Body Changes the Rules: Understanding Midlife Weight Shifts
Maggie couldn't zip her favourite jeans. Nothing had changed, yet her body had redistributed itself.
Discover the hormonal reason why all your weight is going to your stomach and learn the new, evidence-based strategy (focused on protein and strength training) required to take back control.
Life After GLP-1s: Rebuilding Trust in Your Body
This blog explores how The Menopause Health Coach’s coaching can guide you through the physical and emotional shifts, offering practical strategies and reassurance every step of the way after GLP-1 medication.
How to Eat for Steady Energy and Fewer Cravings in Menopause (The Mediterranean Approach Made Simple)
The Mediterranean diet is one of the most studied and proven ways to eat for lifelong health. In midlife, it can improve heart health, support brain function, balance blood sugar and ease menopausal transitions, without restriction or deprivation. Here’s the science and how to make it work for you, with my help!
Mounjaro and Menopause: What UK Women Need to Know
Struggling with menopause weight gain and curious about Mounjaro? This blog breaks down what UK women need to know, access, safety and hormone therapy interactions. If you're considering medication or just want clarity, Phillipa offers compassionate, expert support. Reach out today to explore your options.
Bloating, Constipation or IBS in Menopause? Here’s What Your Gut Might Need
Discover how menopause impacts your gut microbiome, why it matters for digestion, mood and metabolism and simple ways to support it.
Coming Off Weight Loss Injections in Midlife: How to Maintain Your Results Without Going Backwards
Stopping weight loss injections like Mounjaro or Wegovy during menopause can feel daunting but it doesn’t have to mean gaining back the weight. Phillipa Jacobs-Smith
GLP-1s and Menopause: How I Support Women Using (and Coming Off) These Powerful Tools
Learn how I support menopausal women using GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Mounjaro or Wegovy and what to know when transitioning off them safely. Phillipa Jacobs-Smith