By the time you close your laptop, you may have spent the whole day being disciplined. You fitted in exercise before work and kept lunch deliberately light. Yet now you are standing in the kitchen, too tired to decide what to eat, wondering why looking after yourself seems to require so much effort....

There is a familiar moment many women recognise. You stand up after a long meeting and immediately reach for the back of your thighs. You get out of the car and instinctively stretch your hips. Your shoulders feel tight after a day at the laptop, so you pull one arm across your chest and hope it wil...

There are days in midlife when the moment you finish work, all you want to do is sit down. You close the laptop, move to the sofa and tell yourself you are too tired to walk, stretch or exercise. Yet an hour later, you do not necessarily feel restored. You may actually feel flatter, stiffer and even...

There is a kind of tiredness that many women begin to notice in their 40s and 50s that is surprisingly difficult to describe. You may not feel ill, and you may still be getting through your working day, attending meetings, looking after other people and keeping everything moving. Yet you wake withou...

You have cut back on the snacks, made your portions smaller and become much more careful about what you eat. Perhaps breakfast is lighter than it used to be, lunch is usually something sensible and you rarely order dessert. Yet when you step onto the scales, very little seems to happen. For a woman ...

There is a point in a woman’s life when her body begins asking different questions of her. The sleep she once sacrificed without much thought becomes harder to recover from. The exercise routine that once kept her fit may no longer protect her muscle strength, and stress may seem to remain in her...

You stand up after a long meeting and your body takes a moment to catch up.

Your hips feel tight, your lower back is reluctant to straighten and your shoulders seem to have moved several inches closer to your ears. By the end of the working day, turning your head, reaching overhead or bending to...

It is 3.30pm and your attention has quietly moved away from work. 

You may be thinking about chocolate, biscuits, crisps or another coffee. Perhaps you are not even sure what you want; you simply feel as though you need something to carry you through the rest of the day.

For many professional wome...

You may still be ambitious, capable and deeply committed to your work. You may have people relying on you, projects you care about and personal goals you have no intention of abandoning.

Yet your energy may not always match the pace you expect from yourself.

You begin the day with a full list, but...

Monday morning can feel full of possibility.

This will be the week you eat perfectly, exercise every day, stop snacking, drink more water, go to bed earlier and finally become the disciplined version of yourself you feel you should already be.

You clear the cupboards, write a strict plan and promi...

The phrase “strength training” can create a very particular picture: a crowded gym, heavy barbells and someone straining to lift a weight that looks alarmingly large.

For a woman already managing stiff joints, interrupted sleep, unpredictable energy or a body that feels different during perimenopau...

Have you ever caught yourself thinking, "What on earth is happening to my body?"

Perhaps you've started gaining weight despite eating much the same as you always have. Maybe you're waking up at 3am and staring at the ceiling. Your energy feels unpredictable, your patience is thinner, and your body ...