Hello lovely people, to help a litle in these challenging times I would like to share another guided breathing exercise to help anyone who is struggling with increased anxiety.

It can be hard to retain a sense of perspective when things change and there is less certainty in the world, as we have seen over the past few weeks. Parts of the press are less responsible than others in fuelling anxiety and fear, which leads to the scenes we have seen in supermarkets around the world recently.

Menopause Support is coming back to Essex! Last year we had a fabulous time with the women of Southend on Sea, this time we are heading to Colchester.

We have warned many times that hundreds of thousands of patients were wrongly prescribed antidepressants by GP’s. Now the Daily Express newspaper has highlighted the problem and featured a letter sent by Menopause Support founder, Diane Danzebrink to the Royal College of GPs.

We’re absolutely thrilled to introduce our fabulous menopause posters. A few months ago a request went out asking if a member of the private Facebook community might design a poster for us, and designer Bonnie Fitts kindly volunteered. You’ll find her at https://www.bonniefittsartndesign.com/ We think you’ll agree Bonnie has done the most amazing job and Read more about Introducing our fabulous new Menopause Posters[…]

Di Danzebrink appeared on Channel 5 news to discuss why so many women struggle to get the right advice and support from their GPs during menopause, as evidenced in the recent Mumsnet survey.

Some graphic examples of how women can struggle with the menopause at work appear in a new Daily Mail article. From falling asleep in front of the CEO, struggling with panic attacks and forgetting vital information and being unable to lecture , some of those interviewed actually left their jobs because of the problem.

Recently I spoke at the Newson Health menopause education day for healthcare professionals . It was such an informative day and great to see a room full of health care professionals, all keen to improve their menopause knowledge.

Diane was interviewed down the line for BBC Woman’s Hour earlier talking about the latest situation on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

Under the headline ‘Catastrophic’ ongoing shortages of HRT and contraceptives are unacceptable and continue to harm women, say professional bodies” the Daily Mail has warned Health Secretary Matt Hancock thousands of women are being harmed by shortages. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the British Menopause Society and the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Read more about Daily Mail warns Health Secretary over HRT shortage and quotes our campaign[…]