GIVE YOURSELF SOME
BREATHING SPACE
A coaching programme designed for women in perimenopause
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Do you wonder if the changes you are experiencing are due to perimenopause?
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Are your cycles becoming longer or shorter? Your periods heavier or lighter?
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Have you noticed changes in your mood: you might be feeling more stressed, anxious, depressed or overwhelmed than you used to?
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Is your sleep disrupted - either you can't get to sleep or stay asleep?
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Are you irritable and frustrated? Has your tolerance for stress greatly reduced?
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Have you put on weight?
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Are you stressed out or confused about what to eat and feel you are either allowing yourself to eat what you like, or depriving yourself of the foods you ‘love’?
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Is your libido pretty non-existent?
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Have you noticed changes in your memory? Feel forgetful more of the time? Or have 'brain fog'?
If this is you then Breathing Space is here for YOU.
Why breathing space?
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Breathing space is designed to give you some breathing space; a pause; a guided container to explore all areas of your life: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual, to make this transition to menopause an exciting time. It's some time-out to focus on you, to slow down and reassess how you want to live the next years of your life. Maybe, to finally 'deal with' all the stuff you may have been trying to ignore. As we approach the middle decades of our lives we have often been hugely busy, often on auto-pilot: raising kids, and/or looking after family, building a career, starting a business or establishing a life for ourselves. We can arrive at this time in our lives wondering 'what about me??'
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With three levels of support to choose from this programme is 100% about you at this stage of your life; is fully supportive of your growth and the changes you want to see. It is also super-practical giving you all the information you need to navigate this transition out of your fertile years with ease, simplicity, grace, strength and resilience.
It can be better together!!
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If you think it would be fun, consider gathering a small group of your friends (or colleagues) to go through this as a group programme together. Being in the energy of a group of like-minded women is a powerful way to learn, grow and support each other. Watching other people being coached can be as transformative as being coached yourself.
Please do contact me to discuss your groups needs.
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This is a fully comprehensive programme with three levels of support available to suit every woman's differing needs, focus, health and budget. How we will work together is unique - I ensure that each programme fits into your life and that changes are simple and doable.
education
Comprehensive downloadable PDF e-workbook covering the most important health and lifestyle areas for perimenopause support
Symptom relief: detailed, easy and practical changes to implement to help with the most common symptoms
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Everything you need in one resource!
recipes
7 days of easy breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack recipes designed specifically for hormonal balance in perimenopause
SUPPORT
Unlimited WhatsApp or email support inbetween coaching sessions
RECORDINGS
Recordings of all coaching sessions so that you can re-watch them at any time and have a 'library' of resource to refer to
coaching
1 x 45-minute exploration session
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2 x 60-minute coaching focused on the practical lifestyle changes to most benefit you
4 x 90-minute coaching sessions focusing on your life-issues or changes you wish to experience
education
Comprehensive downloadable PDF e-workbook covering the most important health and lifestyle areas for perimenopause support
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Symptom relief: detailed, easy and practical changes to implement to help with the most common symptoms
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Everything you need in one resource!
recipes
7 days of easy breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack recipes designed specifically for hormonal balance in perimenopause
SUPPORT
Unlimited WhatsApp or email support in between coaching sessions
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15-minute check-in calls as needed
RECORDINGS
Recordings of all coaching sessions so that you can re-watch them at any time and have a 'library' of resource to refer to
coaching
1 x 45-minute exploration session
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4 x 60-minute coaching focused on the practical lifestyle changes to most benefit you
8 x 90-minute coaching sessions focusing on your life-issues or changes you wish to experience
education
Comprehensive downloadable PDF e-workbook covering the most important health and lifestyle areas for perimenopause support
Symptom relief: detailed, easy and practical changes to implement to help with the most common symptoms
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Everything you need in one resource!
NUTRITION
Full professional nutritional therapy assessment
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14-day personalised meal plan
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90-minute nutrition foundation coaching session
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7 days of easy breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack recipes designed specifically for hormonal balance in perimenopause
SUPPORT
Unlimited WhatsApp or email support in between coaching sessions
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PLUS
15-minute check-in calls as needed
RECORDINGS
Recordings of all coaching sessions so that you can re-watch them at any time and have a 'library' of resource to refer to
coaching
1 x 60-minute exploration session
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5 x 60-minute coaching focused on the practical lifestyle changes to most benefit you
8 x 90-minute coaching sessions focusing on your life-issues or changes you wish to experience
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Personalised weekly resources to listen to, read or watch to deepen your life transformation
HOW IT WORKS
​Every breathing space programme comes with a 100% happiness guarantee! If, after the first two sessions we have together you are not happy, I will give you a full refund. I want you to be happy with the service I provide and to feel confident about entering the coaching relationship with me, at no risk to yourself. (T&Cs apply: No refund after the first 14 days).
You will leave this coaching programme, not only with a renewed relationship with yourself and your life, but also with all of the practical resources, and knowledge that you need about this phase of your life. No stone will be unturned! The power and potential of having a personal guide cannot be overestimated.
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You choose what we cover in the coaching sessions, depending on what you want to see change. (Please see the personal coaching page of my website to give you a feel for the transformational Change coaching I offer.) Common issues at this phase of life are:
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Mood: anxiety, worry, stress, depression, feeling overwhelmed with life
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Responsibility: setting boundaries, saying no, endless to-do lists, feeling responsible for other people’s happiness or feelings
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Time: Doing less, having more time, relaxing more
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Relationships: with children, partners, colleagues; divorce, separation; being single; putting others before yourself
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Work: changing career; getting back to work; wanting to work less
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How you feel about yourself: Low self-esteem, not feeling good enough, trying to fix yourself, adjusting to changes in physical appearance
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Fertility ending: no children; not enough children; too many children
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Ending possibly life-long habits and addictions: alcohol, smoking, shopping, worrying, gambling etc.
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Society's conditioning around aging: women and worth; knowing our value as we age
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Every woman is different and nothing is off the table in terms of what we cover.
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You and your body have all the wisdom you need to know how to navigate this transition towards health. Our work together will point you towards this innate wisdom, as well as the innate power you have within you to nourish yourself.
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Please feel free to book a free (no-pressure!) 60 minute consultation to discuss which level of support is right for you or to ask me any questions. If you would also like to discuss paying via instalments for your Breathing Space programme please email me or book a free call. If you can't see a session time that suits you for the free call, please email me to arrange.
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* Please note we can have an informed discussion about HRT but I am not a medical doctor and cannot advise you on whether it is suitable for you to take it or not. This is a decision for you and your doctor.
WHY WORK WITH ME
First and foremost I am woman in perimenopause. I have learnt a huge amount personally and professionally as I am navigating this transition for myself. Even though every woman's experience is nuanced and different, I know what it's like to suddenly not feel like yourself and to wonder what the hell is going on! Supporting other women through this change is a natural transition for my work.
This programme brings together ALL of my knowledge, training and study form the last 15-plus years into one place. I've done the hard work so you don't have to! I am a fully trained and qualified Change coach, nutritional therapist (Dip ION), Three Principles Facilitator, Ignite Your Spirit (IYS) therapist, and Nia Technique instructor. Most programmes for perimenopause support will only cover one aspect of perimenopause (e.g. symptoms, weight loss, what to eat or emotional health), my training allows me to cover it all. (You can read more about me on my About page)
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I’d love to work with you to get you feeling good in your life again. I’ll point you toward your own innate health, wellbeing, wisdom, peace, joy and resilience that you already have. I will help you to discover the unlimited potential that exists within you. I won’t bulls**t you but will point you to truth. I will challenge you, but I’ll do it always in a loving, compassionate, heart-centred and often humorous way.
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I bring all of myself to you in our breathing space programme. This kind of programme is like an immersion; we will go deep and I view us as in a 'container' together for the time we work together (and beyond). I work in a joyful, happy way. That doesn’t mean we won’t get serious at times but I create a space of love and safety within which this can happen.
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I invite you to join me on a journey of discovery; a transformational experience of the perimenopause; to get some deserved 'breathing space' in your life. You are a woman with unlimited potential and you have all you need within you. I simply help you to realise this.
What are you waiting for? Today is your time for change and discovery of who you are. You deserve to thrive not just survive during perimenopause! Book in today to get started. The quality of your wellbeing, health, and happiness over the next few decades of your life is priceless!
Please see the Breathing Space section of my blog for useful resources.
WHAT IS PERIMENOPAUSE?
You may have been noticing changes within yourself for some time, and you aren't imagining it. From our late thirties onwards we can start to experience significant changes and fluctuations in our hormones. This change within your body (and brain!) typically lasts four years but can last up to twelve years, before you reach menopause. Menopause is defined as the point in time one year after your last period. Symptoms usually settle down after this time. However, it is the time during perimenopause (before-menopause) that we can experience the most symptoms and changes. Unlike menopause, perimenopause is not a singular event but a series of profound changes within the body and brain.
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Perimenopause is a time often referred to as a 'critical window' for health in a woman's life. This means that how we look after our emotional, physical and mental health during this transition impacts the next decades of our lives. Most women spend a third of their lives in the post-menopause phase.
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Much like our transition through puberty into becoming fertile, the transition out of our fertile years can be an incredibly sensitive time. You may not feel like 'yourself' and be bewildered as to what is happening. The wildly fluctuating hormones of this time may create many different symptoms that change month to month. But rest assured that this is a completely natural process that your body and brain are designed to navigate. Nevertheless with the pressures of being a 21st century woman there are many changes and shifts we can make that support ourselves during this time; to make this transition easier. Sometimes those internal changes we know we need to make become less easy to ignore.
“As a 50-something year old woman working hard to maintain strong physical and mental health, I decided to book onto a programme with Lindsey to get a more individual approach to my diet. As a result, I know have a far greater understanding of my nutritional needs and have a much healthier approach to food; for example I can see how I attached unnecessary feelings of guilt to any ‘bad’ foods I might have eaten. Now I have a greater sense of ease with regard to diet and a deeper sense of knowing what feels right for me. I beat myself up less and, as a result, feel fitter, lighter and better within myself. This isn’t about diets, it’s about a much deeper understanding of myself.” Marie, Exeter