Episode 3- Fannying Around with Rachel

Rachel was the woman who didn’t have time for menopause.

International marketing director, travelling the world, running a side hustle, and somehow still finding time to compete in ballroom dancing. Life was busy, exciting and very full.

So when the early signs of menopause crept in, Rachel did what many high-achieving women do — she powered through it.

She was wary of HRT, decided to go the “natural” route, and told herself she’d just get on with it.

Then life changed overnight.

Rachel suddenly lost her father, and grief collided with everything else already going on in her body. Headaches worsened, weight crept on, confidence dipped, and the energy she once had, both for work and the dance floor started to disappear.

The turning point didn’t come from a doctor. It came from a coffee with a friend who gently told her something she hadn’t quite admitted to herself yet:

“You’re not yourself anymore.”

In this episode Rachel talks honestly about career pressure, grief, weight gain, body confidence and the strange moment when the life you’ve carefully built suddenly feels harder to navigate.

And we also tackle a question many women quietly wonder about…

When does menopause actually end?

(Spoiler alert: it doesn’t exactly work like that.)

A candid conversation about pushing through, asking for help, and rediscovering confidence when your body and life, change at the same time.

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