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Presentation at Trinity College Dublin

Fundamentally open conversations and visibility are  the fastest way to explode taboo subjects. I was very happy to present my research on menopause “Silence Taboo and Midlife Women”(2020) to the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy(IACP) at Trinity College Dublin this summer. The massive vacum in education and signposting for supports, leads to a  grave […]

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Menopause Presentation: Womens Shed Dungarvan

Women in their Menopause and Perimenopause years have remained silent for too long. We are navigating unchartered waters  by speaking out as previous generations were mute on this massively taboo topic. This was echoed by a number of women attending a talk I gave in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford recently to a wonderful group from the […]

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Talking Menopause

I love talking about perimenopause and menopause. One sheet Throughout covid we were all on zoom or Micro soft teams delivering webinars and talks. So lucky to have had these platforms. However, since the first of March it has been wonderful to be back delivering at  in person events. The energy in the room is […]

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Newstalk radio interviews

As most people who know me realise- I love talking about menopause. It was great to  join Clare McKenna and Andrea Gilligan on Newstalk talking about my book  “Midlife Women Rock: A Menopause Story for a New Generation” We discussed lots about perimenopause and menopause. In particular challenging the overwhelmingly negative narratives  synonymous with menopause […]

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“Embrace” conference year two :Menopause awareness month

Buzzing to be back joining Karen Skidmore, Nicky Williams and Sam Palmer for the second Embrace Midlife and Menopause gathering at the end of October. Menopause awareness month has attracted increased media attention this year! Newspapers and magazines carried weekly coverage of this topic throughout the month. The shift from “invisibility” to becoming  seen as […]

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A Menopause Story for a New Generation

I recently completed  a book on Midlife women and Menopause. It will be published over the coming months. Having researched menopause over the last three years I believe there is a need for a new story around this time in women’s lives. The old story has limited disempowered and disenfranchised menopausal women for decades. The […]

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