This Body
Reframing Menopause with Compassion
There’s a moment — maybe quiet, maybe loud — when your body feels unfamiliar.
You stand in front of the mirror, the same woman… but somehow not.
The changes are physical, yes — the sweats, the brain fog, the fatigue that doesn’t budge —
But underneath it all, there’s an emotional landscape that no one warned you about.
And that’s what I want to talk about today.
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Menopause, for so many of us, isn’t just a biological transition.
It’s a
deeply emotional one — one that stirs questions about who we are, what we’ve done, and where we’re going.
I didn't see it coming, not like this.
When I had a full hysterectomy in my thirties and entered
surgical menopause, it hit me like a storm.
It was swift, consuming, and completely disorienting.
I wasn’t prepared for the sudden loss of hormones that had once kept my mood, my skin, my bones — even my sense of self — in some kind of balance.
But even more so, I wasn’t prepared for the
emotional weight of it all.
Grief. Rage. Loneliness.
A deep sense of vulnerability that felt impossible to explain.
I didn’t recognise my body.
I didn’t recognise my mind.
I didn’t feel like “me.”
And for a while, I carried shame — the kind that whispers, “You’re too young for this.”
“You’re overreacting.”
“Just get on with it.”
But I won’t carry that silence anymore.
And neither should you.
“My body is not failing me. It’s guiding me.”
You are not broken. You are becoming.
One of the greatest myths we’ve been sold is that menopause is the beginning of the end.
That it marks decline, irrelevance, invisibility.
But what if it’s something else entirely?
What if this is the
season you finally come home to yourself?
In this work — in my own healing and in the coaching space I hold for women — I see time and time again how powerful it is when we stop resisting this stage, and start meeting it with compassion.
Menopause asks us to slow down.
To listen.
To reframe.
Not to ‘fix’ ourselves, but to
trust ourselves again.
To ask, “What do I need?” and give ourselves permission to answer honestly.
And to honour this body — this wise, evolving, fiercely resilient body — for all she’s carried.
Let this be your rite of passage
When we reframe menopause not as a loss, but as a rite of passage, everything begins to soften.
We step out of shame and into
acceptance.
We stop hiding and begin
connecting.
Menopause is not something to power through.
It’s something to
be supported through — emotionally, mentally, spiritually.
That’s why I do what I do.
Why I offer 1:1 coaching for women navigating this terrain.
Because you deserve a safe space to be held in it — not told to push through it.
You deserve community.
You deserve tools that work.
You deserve to feel like you again.
You’re not alone
If you’re in the thick of it — confused, exhausted, maybe even angry at your body —
Please know: you’re not alone.
I see you.
I’ve walked this path.
And I’d be honoured to walk it with you.
With love and deep understanding,
Amy x
