A Smarter Journey: Finding Your Way Through Menopause

On her website, our director Millicent has started a series of blog entries about her experience participating in a 12 weeks programme to manage menopausal symptoms. These entries will cover what she learned, changed and improved in her life regarding nutrition, physical activity, stress levels and quality of sleep. 

Here you can read the beginning of the introduction:

I’m a musician and someone going through menopause. The symptoms of this stage of life can be detrimental to both quality of life and work performance, making it difficult to stay atop of things. To counter that and get back a feeling of normality, I’ve been informing myself extensively, trying different ways to manage my circumstances, and I’m happy to say that I’ve been successful!

In particular, this year I’ve got excellent results in two areas: quality of sleep, about which I already wrote an article with some handy tips to achieve a good night of rest, and prevention of diabetes.

To be clear, diabetes isn’t a symptom of menopause. Rather, the hormonal changes associated with menopause can make you gain weight and/or increase blood pressure, both of which are risk factors for type 2 diabetes. Depending on your genetics and lifestyle, you’re more or less likely to develop the condition. In my case, my family has a history of diabetes. While I hoped I didn’t have to experience it myself, I got diagnosed as pre-diabetic in December 2023.

Upon receiving the news, I decided that I had to do something serious about it. I tried different things that didn’t work out, but then I joined a Zoom call for a certain product that helps with post-menopausal symptoms, and there I met Pamela, a game changer.

To read the rest, head to Millicent's website by clicking here.