All Menopause articles
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ArticleIf you're searching for permission to love yourself in mid-life, this is it
Jo Ibbott says the greatest gift you can give this Christmas is some self-care
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ArticlePlease, don’t stay silent
Jo Ibbott lifts the lid on the historical cultural attitude to women in midlife, including perimenopause and menopause
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OpinionI have learnt to consider the challenges of menopause through the unique perspective of faith
On World Menopause Day, Jayne Manfredi asks, ‘Does scripture tell a different story? Not one which denies the value of hormone therapy or modern medicine, but one which might support women in mind and soul whilst going through this transition?’
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ArticleShining a light on HRT
October is Menopause Awareness Month and with this year’s focus on hormone replacement therapy (HRT), mid-life specialist Jo Ibbott says it’s time to clear up the confusion surrounding this often-misunderstood treatment
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OpinionGREAT SEXPECTATIONS: I have put on weight, don’t feel attractive and lost confidence, how do I get out of this rut?
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, Dr Kathrine McAleese answers a reader who has lost confidence in themselves.
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ArticleMenopause - a whole-body experience
Mid-life specialist Jo Ibbott explains how the brain is affected during menopause
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ArticleWomen naturally understand about menopause, and men don’t need to…right?
Mid-life specialist Jo Ibbott debunks the two main assumptions she comes across regularly
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OpinionReaching midlife as a Christian woman (avoid having a crisis and embrace saying goodbye to youth)
Hannah Wickens shares some of her own experience of reaching her forties, and suggests some ways we can reframe the future as a place of hope rather than sad decline.
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ArticleIt’s not you, it’s perimenopause
As midlife specialist Jo Ibbott takes over the menopause column, she unpacks the confusion around this significant life event
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ArticleIs the Government finally prioritising women’s health?
Find out how the newly released UK Government’s Women’s Health Strategy 2024 positively affects women experiencing menopause
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ArticleExercise yourself happy!
Bukky Ayoade explains how staying active can help us to tackle the symptoms of menopause
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ArticleRemembering we are ‘fearfully and wonderfully made’
In our new column on the menopause, Bukky Ayoade looks at how prayer and meditation can help women tackle symptoms
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ArticleUnderstanding the menopause
As she personally juggles perimenopause with work, family life and church leadership, Claire Musters reports on a conference organised by the Kyria Network to help women understand what still - despite the media coverage it has been given in recent years - appears to be a taboo subject
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OpinionThe world says a lot about menopause, but God has a lot to say too - here are the facts and the truth
This World Menopause Day, Woman Alive’s columnist Dr Olúṣẹ̀yẹ Àríkàwé, compares the facts about menopause to God’s biblical truth.
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OpinionMenopause affects everyone differently, but God has a blueprint for getting through it and you don’t have to suffer symptoms in silence
Many women tackle menopause quietly, doing their best to manage the symptoms. Here Vibrant Midlife’s Bukky explains how she’s leant on God during that time and that far from being terrible, midlife can be amazing.
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Article‘I don’t want IVF; I don’t want to help God’
Your health questions answered by our resident GP, Dr Olúṣẹ̀yẹ Àríkàwé
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ArticleYou can thrive during menopause!
Dr Olúṣẹ̀yẹ Àríkàwé rounds off our special three-part series on the menopause
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ArticleLiz Earle: Our leaders should do more to prioritise women’s health
Macaila Britton talks to Liz Earle MBE, wellbeing brand founder, about her experience in the industry and what still needs to change
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Opinion‘Suicidal thoughts are nothing to be ashamed of, but they do need to be taken seriously’
Research from Menopause Experts Group highlights a rise in suicide rates for women aged 45 to 54 – the age when most women experience perimenopause and menopause. Dr Kate Middleton explains why and offers practical coping strategies
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Article‘You can’t stop the menopause, but you can improve the experience’
During World Menopause Month, Dr Olúṣẹ̀yẹ Àríkàwé kicks off our three-part series on the menopause, explaining how we can prepare physically, psychologically and spiritually
