WELCOME to The Daily MenoGo Blog
Because Menopause isn't a Stop - it's a Go
You ate breakfast, so why are you already hungry again?
Perhaps you grabbed a piece of toast before leaving home, ate a bowl of cereal while checking emails or picked up a coffee and pastry on the way to work. At the time, it seemed enough. Yet by 10am, your concentration is slipping and you are th...
You may not think of yourself as losing strength.
You are still working, carrying shopping, climbing stairs and managing a busy life. Yet certain tasks may feel slightly harder than they once did. Heavy bags pull on your shoulders, getting up from the floor requires more thought, or your legs tire ...
You begin the day with coffee and perhaps a slice of toast. Lunch is squeezed between meetings, eaten at your desk or postponed until the afternoon. By the time you finish work, you are tired, hungry and searching for something quick.
For many professional women, this is not a lack of discipline. I...
You know that looking after yourself matters. You may even know exactly what you are supposed to be doing: exercising regularly, eating well, sleeping enough, managing stress and making time to recover.
The difficulty is fitting all of that into a life already filled with meetings, deadlines, commu...
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...
You may begin the week with every intention of looking after yourself. You plan to exercise, prepare nourishing meals, drink more water and get to bed earlier. Then the meetings multiply, an urgent deadline appears, somebody at home needs you, and by Wednesday your carefully planned routine has disa...
There is a particular kind of optimism that comes with deciding to change everything at once.
From tomorrow, you will exercise every day, cook every meal from scratch, stop eating sugar, drink two litres of water, meditate, take your supplements and go to bed by ten.
For a few days, the plan can f...
You planned to exercise after work, but the meeting overran. You intended to prepare lunch, but somebody needed you. You promised yourself an early night, then found yourself finishing one more task at 11pm.
By the end of the week, your carefully organised wellbeing plan has quietly disappeared ben...
Some days, midlife feels less like a transition and more like trying to run your life with several browser tabs permanently open.
You are managing work, family, appointments and responsibilities while also coping with a body that may no longer respond as predictably as it once did. Sleep can be int...
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...
There is a particular kind of confidence that comes from lifting something you once assumed was too heavy.
It might happen when you place your suitcase into the car without waiting for help. Perhaps you carry the shopping indoors in one journey, stand up from the floor without grabbing the furnitur...
You have been strength training for several weeks. You are turning up, learning the exercises and gradually challenging yourself but the number on the scales has barely changed.
Your clothes may fit much the same, your measurements have not moved, and the mirror does not appear to be offering much ...
