April is stress awareness month so I wanted to look at what stress is, and whilst we know that too much can be bad for us, is there a point at which stress can actually help us to perform better.As we know when we reach menopause, we can start to experience anxiety in a range of different circumstances. Often women …
Downtime, who needs that!
Welcome to our latest blog. Our focus this month is rest, relaxation and self-care in honour of World Sleep Day which is 15th March. I know that for women in menopause sleep can become an issue so I wanted to give you some help with that.Plus 8th March is International Women’s Day, so I didn’t want that to pass without …
Goals – Why have them at all?
Welcome to 2022 and already we are at the end of January and I am asking myself “where is the time going”! I’ve started this year with a different approach and mind-set to the way I started 2021. Why is that? Well very simply because I want to achieve so much more, and have been setting myself and Phoenix Wellness …
You can do anything you set your mind to…
even if the menopause means you forget exactly what it was you’d set about to do! As many of you will know I’ve recently been recording a podcast focusing on women’s life choices. I’m really enjoying the process of planning and recording these as it’s challenging me, not least to make sure they flow and tell a compelling story that …
Watch out Red Riding Hood, the Big Bad Menopause Wolf is coming to get you!
I was recently talking to a wonderful woman that I met at a networking event – in fact in the open networking she purposely headed in my direction after she’d heard what Phoenix Wellness Coaching was all about. She told me she wanted to talk to me because she had just had a full hysterectomy and was suffering the symptoms …
What happens to our self-confidence through the menopause?
This month we are going to focus on self-confidence in Our Menopause Our Way. I wanted to look at self-confidence because it is so closely linked to self-esteem and body confidence – when one falters, then all three falter.You would think with the changing in our hormone levels coupled with the fact that we no longer have the worry of …
Weight gain and the menopause
This month we are going to focus on body image and self-esteem in Our Menopause Our Way. This is a really important area for us to tackle and one that comes up so much when I talk to women. I can’t tell you how many times a client has said to me “I want to look better and I don’t …
Why do we get more anxious during the menopause?
April is Stress Awareness Month so what better time to talk about stress/anxiety and the menopause.Why do so many women talk about becoming more anxious when they hit the menopause?Why are women prescribed anti-depressants to “help” with the menopause?There is a scientific reason behind this – ladies it’s HORMONES, of course!Stress, as we know, negatively affects the way we think, …
Turning the tables on the menopause
Welcome to our first blog This is a great step forward as we start to turn the tables on the menopause and open a conversation about what it is all about.But first, a little about Phoenix Wellness Coaching and my story.I’m Jeanette Forder, the founder and CEO of Phoenix Wellness Coaching, a women-only online wellness and life coaching service specialising …