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Perimenopause Tests: What to Ask Your Gynaecologist for Accurate Diagnosis (2025)

What To Ask Your Gynaecologist For Accurate Diagnosis of Perimenopause If you’re feeling off ….tired, moody, forgetful, suddenly hot and sweaty for no reason, and like your body is staging a quiet rebellion … you’re not imagining it. I see you! Welcome to (probably) perimenopause, the transitional phase before menopause that can last up to […]

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5 Books That Will Change Your Life & Upgrade Your Mindset For Women (2025)

Lifestyle, Reading / Gemma

Books That Will Upgrade Your Mindset and Your Life The Books That Changed Me For The Better I have always loved reading. I read a book a week at one point during my personal training days in London, as I spent a lot of time on the Tube. We had a lovely library in Canary

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Full Body Workout In A Time Crunch (2025)

Fitness, Weights / Gemma

Full Body Workout For Women In A Time Crunch You have 30 minutes to do a workout between your work schedule, kids and trying to fit in a social life. What can you do to maximise your time and ensure your body gets what it needs? As women get older, we have a few extra

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5 Best Podcasts on Menopause (2025)

Lifestyle, Menopause / Gemma

Best Podcasts to Understand Menopause and Perimenopause It was a Wednesday morning last year that I just happened to listen to one of Steven Bartlett’s new podcasts from his amazing Diary of a CEO series, where I was introduced to the word and meaning of perimenopause. I knew about menopause…hot flashes, mood swings and irregular

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10 Supplements To Support You During Your Menstrual Cycle (2025)

Nutrition, Supplements / Gemma

The 10 Best Supplements I Use Throughout My Menstrual Cycle About a month ago, I asked ChatGPT if it could help me put together a supplement plan that would support me throughout my menstrual cycle (I will share how I did this and the prompts I used in a later post if you want

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10 Best Supplements To Help Perimenopause (2025)

Nutrition, Supplements / Gemma

10 best Supplements that can support perimenopause symptoms After having my baby last year, I started noticing things were different when it came to my body. I was having a lot of ‘foggy-headedness’ (my new word!), irregular periods, and not sleeping as well. Most would put this down to new mum syndrome, but I knew

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Push-ups

Fitness, Women's fitness / Gemma

Push-ups Are they the ultimate exercise? “There’s a very simple rule to follow – never eat so much that you can’t do 20 push-ups.”- Milind Soman I hated push-ups. Mostly because I couldn’t do one. As a personal trainer I don’t think I found one female client who liked them either. Women don’t tend to

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