I recently attended a webinar hosted by Jean Hailes for Women’s Health and the Butterfly Foundation, exploring a topic that I know impacts so many women – body image and eating disorders in midlife. It was such an eye-opening session. So many of the challenges women experience through perimenopause andContinue reading “When Body Image and Midlife Collide: Body Image and Eating Disorders in Menopausal Women”
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Why I’m Throwing Away the Scales and Living My Beautiful Midlife
I know I’m not alone in saying that in the past I had a scale obsession. Actually, I may even call it an addiction. I feel quite grateful that I now seem to live in a much better place and rarely weigh myself or worry so much about the numberContinue reading “Why I’m Throwing Away the Scales and Living My Beautiful Midlife”
Can a health and wellness vision board change your life?
Although I’ve always liked the idea of vision boards, I have to admit I never considered them a legitimate way of changing your life. It wasn’t sciencey (is that even a word!!) or evidenced based enough for me. However, throughout my ironman journey, I continually utilised visualisation techniques to helpContinue reading “Can a health and wellness vision board change your life?”
Eat the Ice Cream
This menopause/midlife thing has been a pivotal point in my life. The milestone of reaching half a century of life, together with the major hormonal shift of menopause, has provided me with the opportunity to take some time to think about what ‘health’ really means for me and how IContinue reading “Eat the Ice Cream”
Queen Menopause by Alison Daddo
For Australian women around my age (almost 54), you may recall seeing Alison (then Brahe) gracing the cover of Dolly and other fashion magazines frequently. If I’m brutally honest, I have to admit that the images of Alison, through our 1980s social media equivalent, looking so slim and perfect probablyContinue reading “Queen Menopause by Alison Daddo”
Celebrating my POST menopausal body
Do you appreciate your body, let alone celebrate it? For most of my life, I definitely didn’t. There were many times over the decades that I was extreme – I have been both very underweight and also overweight heading towards obesity. And, for approximately 20 years, I experienced disordered eatingContinue reading “Celebrating my POST menopausal body”