
06/09/2025
Body Image & Menopause
I have been lucky enough throughout my life not to struggle in this area, or should I say society's beauty standards didn't impact me, but that all changed about 2 years ago.
I came off my HRT (health reasons), and my Mental Health and Body Image went right down into the depths of darkness I've never experienced before. I'm talking about not wanting to look in the mirror, struggling to even touch my own body, never mind my husband touching me.
I eventually went back on a lower dose of HRT and found a new GP, and while this helped some of the Menopause symptoms, it didn't help them all, and it didn't happen overnight.
My Mental Health & Body Image struggles needed alot more than HRT.
This needed space and time, it needed me to allow myself time to heal, time to become safe in my body again and accepting of all parts of her both on the outside but most importantly on the inside.
What I came to know was this, I had a lot of unprocessed, unhealed, and unfelt s**t on the inside that was now showing up for me on the outside in the form of body image struggles.
So I slowly started another layer of healing, but all the usual things that helped in the past weren't working. So I stepped a little more outside my comfort zone, went deeper inside myself, and also tried something new.
I increased my embodiment sessions with Cara signing up for anything she offered and going back to the basics of what she thought me a long time ago in our early days of embodiment work together This woman's work has been supporting me for over 5 years now, and it just keeps getting better.
After many years of being on the fence, I finally signed up to
Well holy f**k was that a game changer and something I can't recommend enough. These sessions slowly took me back into my body and allowed me to feel safe, seen, accepted, loved and understood. Which then allowed me to begin to love and accept myself again. I'm in the middle of my second round of now and loving it even more.
This is a long piece, so please continue to read my journey in the comments ๐