Rebalance Menopause

04/05/2026

You go to bed exhausted. You lie there wide awake. Or you fall asleep and wake at 3am with a racing heart.

This is one of the most common things I hear in clinic. And it is not stress. Not just stress anyway.

Here's what's actually happening. Swipe to understand your sleep properly.

02/05/2026

Bank holiday rules for menopause this weekend… 🙃
❌ No alcohol
❌ No sugar
❌ No late nights
…right? 😅
Here's what I actually think.

You know your body. You know what helps and what doesn't. Sometimes you choose the Aperol anyway and that's okay.
Menopause support isn't about rigid rules. It's about awareness, self-compassion, and making choices that feel right for you.

Enjoy your weekend. Actually enjoy it.

We'll pick it back up on Tuesday 💜

01/05/2026

I have had lots of new followers recently ( thank you ). I don't do formal introductions. So here's the real one.

I'm Claire. I'm a menopause expert, acupuncturist, researcher and I've lived everything I talk about from the inside.

I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I went through surgery and a year of treatment. And when the treatment ended, nobody prepared me for what came next.

Medical menopause. Overnight. No gentle transition. No perimenopause runway. Just here we go.

The fatigue. The joint pain. The brain fog so thick I couldn't finish sentences. The loss of libido I was too embarrassed to mention to anyone. The anxiety that arrived uninvited and wouldn't leave.

And the health anxiety that lives alongside you when you've been through cancer that nobody talks about either.

That's why I do this work. Not from a textbook. From this body, this life, this experience.

If you're navigating menopause, natural, medical, surgical, early — you've found the right place.

I'm glad you're here. 💜

Tell me one thing about your experience that you wish someone had warned you about.

29/04/2026

Let's talk about something that doesn't make it onto the nice pastel infographics.

Menopause rage.

Not just 'feeling irritable'. I mean the white-hot, zero-to-furious, where-did-THAT-come-from rage that leaves you wondering who on earth you've become.

It's not you losing your mind. It's oestrogen and progesterone dysregulation affecting your brain's emotional centre your amygdala. When those hormones fluctuate, your stress response becomes hypersensitive.

You are not broken. Your brain is working with a changing hormonal landscape and it needs support, not shame.

If this is you right now — drop a 🔥 below. I see you.

CTA: Save this and send it to someone who needs to know it's not their fault.

27/04/2026

Here’s the reason I’m not running anymore 😢

What Chemotherapy Does to Your Bones and Muscles (And How to Fight Back)

20/04/2026

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15/04/2026

Are you waking at 3am? 👀

It’s one of the most common things I hear in clinic and it’s not just stress or a busy mind.

During perimenopause and menopause, blood sugar becomes far less stable. In the early hours it can dip, and your body releases adrenaline and cortisol to correct it. That surge? That’s what wakes you.

The good news it’s really common and can be really fixable.

Try a small protein snack before bed tonight. Greek yoghurt, cottage cheese, even a small protein shake. Protein helps stabilise blood sugar overnight so your body doesn’t need to trigger that stress response.
Simple. Science-backed. Worth trying.

💬 Have you noticed this? Let me know in the comments and save this for the next time someone tells you they can’t sleep. 👇

14/04/2026

I treat it in clinic. I teach it in business. I live it myself.

And next week I’m taking that message to one of the UK’s biggest FM workplace stages. 🎤

I’m joining the Too Woke to Work panel at The Workplace Event, NEC Birmingham 28th April.

Too woke? Here’s my truth.
Every week I sit with women in clinic who are exhausted, anxious, foggy and quietly falling apart and doing everything they can to hide it. At work. At home. From everyone.
They aren’t weak. They aren’t struggling because life got too hard.
They are going through one of the most significant hormonal shifts of their lives and nobody around them has the language for it yet.
That’s what I’ll be saying in that room.

Because whether you’re a business leader, a line manager, or a woman sitting in her car before work trying to hold it together you deserve someone who meets you exactly where you are.

Not where you think you should be. Where you actually are. Right now.
That’s my clinical work. That’s my mission. And it’s why I’ll never stop having this conversation. 🤍
If this resonates share it. Someone in your world needs to read it.
📍 therebalanceclinic.com

12/04/2026

Is this you ? Are you dreading work tomorrow ?

Did you know over 1million women have already left the workplace due to Menopause?

That’s just the ones we know about - not the ones who left silently.

It’s truly unnecessary- with the right support and culture we can stop this alarming skills gap opening up further.

I wonder -
do you feel supported at work ?
can you share your symptoms without fear of looking like you can’t do your job ?