Helen Ritchie
Clinical Nutritional Therapist
A staggering 78% women don’t immediately recognise their menopausal symptoms!
Unbelievable isn’t it? ?? But true. And I was one of them. Most of us [women] have heard of hot flushes and night sweats. But it’s brain fog that can have the most devastating effect on your life and career. 6 years ago, when severe brain fog struck, leaving me unable to function at work, […]
Struggling with menopausal moods swings? Here’s 5 reasons why you’re making them 10X worse!
Mood swings are a classic menopausal symptom and caused by fluctuating hormone levels, as your body tries to cope with peaks in oestrogen & dips in progesterone. They’re a scaled-up version of premenstrual syndrome [PMS].  And the #1 reason you suddenly find yourself suddenly plunging for no apparent reason from feeling good to a […]
Are you making these 4 FATAL mistakes with your menopause supplements?
So many women come to me armed with a long list of supplements that they’ve been taking for months - sometimes even years! And when I ask them if they’re working for them they have no idea. If this is you, here’s why they are not working: 1.Taking supplements is like putting a sticking plaster […]
Did you know that 25% menopausal women quit their jobs because of symptoms?
Being bullied at work because of menopausal symptoms is shocking but sadly all too common. This topic hit the news headlines recently. A tribunal awarded one lady £20,000 after being unfairly dismissed from her job following harassment from her male employer, with comments such as she ‘must be on her menopause’. I too was unfairly […]