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The Nutritional Bean, Bruton (2026)

28/01/2026

𝐈𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐱 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬....⁣
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Either they lose the strings that have kept them conforming so their wild, sensual side can be unleashed...⁣
⁣..or the opposite happens and s*x is painful, unsatisfying, and not that tempting to engage in.⁣
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Of course, it’s not always as clear cut as this and there’ll be plenty of you sitting somewhere between the two. But for others this is not the case. For them s*x has got formulaic, too quick, unexciting - maybe for their partners too.⁣⁣ ⁣
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In midlife, many women feel somewhat hopeless and stuck with this. They stuff their naturally wild, sensuous and erotic natures in a sealed box, shove it under the bed or somewhere hard to reach, and resign themselves to the status quo. ⁣
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If you’re in the latter camp, I want you to know that perimenopause has not broken you. You’re not inherently bad at s*x. It most definitely 𝐜𝐚𝐧 get much better.⁣
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What I’m going to be sharing over the coming days I hope will make sense of it all, and give you (and your partner) some practical ideas and resources.⁣
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Meanwhile, I want to you to feel seen, and to celebrate those women who are feeling wild and free in the bedroom.⁣
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My DMs are open x

19/01/2026

We need to talk about midlife and our s3x lives.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently, hearing the stories of clients, seeing midlife women pour their hearts out in online forums, reading about it...it’s affecting so many women, and the conversations are missing the point. ⁣⁣⁣⁣
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When s3x drive and libido slows down or goes AWOL, so often the focus is on the big T, testosterone. And true, T can help with drive and mood. But we’re so quick to focus on that being the sole factor.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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There are multiple factors that play into desire - how 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 it is being a big fat major one. ⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Some of us are lucky to be having a wonderful time between the sheets, or elsewhere, which is just brilliant.⁣⁣
But others among us are really not. It’s got stale, formulaic, bish-bash-bosh and unexciting. ⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Ladies, if the s3x isn’t good, if it’s not evolving and refining and as a woman you’re struggling with desire, in perimenopause there is nowhere to hide. Perimenopause is a truth teller. It’s no longer possible to go through the motions on autopilot and expect the body to respond.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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The trouble is, so much of what we think of as ‘normal’ seggs is outcome focused, and p**n informed - which isn’t what tends to create desire for women, and which actually caps her pleasure. Let’s call it goal-oriented. No blame on anyone here btw, and I believe this is why desire for so many midlife women is shut away, lying dormant, with just an occasional flicker.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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In perimenopause, and I may be speaking for too many here - we’re all different - quality becomes so important. That means, to generalise, slowing down, being 100% present and intentional to what you’re doing. So if it’s a kiss, focus on making it a truly toe-curling one. If it’s stroking, make it super sensual. Tip: slow down. Let’s call it experience-oriented pleasure. As I understand it, Ta**ra epitomises this. ⁣⁣⁣⁣

Continued in the comments…

17/12/2025

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬

The Chinese Year of the (wood) Snake (shedding and surrendering what no longer serves us, going within, inner transformation and endings) is closing and are heading into the Year of the (fire) Horse (forward energy, clarity, taking action). This feels so bang on.

If you’ve stuck by me over the years (for which, huge, huge thanks), you’ll have seen me chop and change, try things, nearly burn the whole lot down, and generally go through something. Finally, that is calming down and I’m ready to settle and focus on what’s really right for me.

𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞
Having done an 11-month training/mentoring program with the exceptional Tanya Borowski, I see what was in the way of me loving my 1:1 nutritional therapy was lack of confidence and belief that I was any good at it. So I’ve enrolled in another year because I’m not allowing that lack of belief to creep in anymore.

𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
I’m joining my dear friend Kate Waters in her amazing new clinic, which focuses on excellent integrative support for intimate health, and I’ll be supporting women with menstrual cycle challenges.

𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
This means I no longer have capacity to continue my regular shifts at my local organic shop (30 seconds commute away!), which is sad because I have LOVED being with people so much after working alone for so long.

𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠
This year, and Kate, have helped me realise that I’ve been ignoring working with the rest of the menstrual cycle. So I’m opening up to work with all women and people, from the beginning to the end of menstruation, and everything in between.

As ever, I try to focus on running a practice that is rooted in integrity and heart, and I thank you so much for being there and for your support.

Bean xx

20/11/2025

6 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 👇🏻

Early perimenopause doesn’t tend to start with hot flushes - it sneaks up with subtle shifts that you might dismiss, rather than noticeable ‘hormonal’ symptoms or more obvious menstrual cycle changes.

This leaves women feeling that something is up, but without being sure why. The number of times I’m asked - could it be perimenopause? And the answer usually is yes. You don’t need to have hot flushes, joint pain or brain fog to qualify.

If you’ve noticed any of the following, and you’re in your 40’s (or even your late 30’s) it’s likely that your nervous system is beginning to recalibrate, and progesterone levels are shifting - which is what happens in early perimenopause.

1️⃣ 𝗦𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀 - falling asleep, staying asleep beyond 3/4/5am, not feeling refreshed in the morning.
2️⃣ 𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗/𝗔𝗦𝗗 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 - heightened or or new sensory sensitivities, challenges with focus, ‘executive function’ is harder.
3️⃣ 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗷𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 - multitasking is overwhelming; your octopus-like superpower has gone AWOL.
4️⃣ 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲 - periods arrive sooner, cycles shorten.
5️⃣ 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗿𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝘅𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 - everyday pressures and tasks land more heavily, you’re more reactive.
6️⃣ 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 “𝗼𝗳𝗳” - a vague sense that you’re not yourself.

Ladies (and interested gents), perimenopause isn’t just a physical change, or just about hormone changes: it’s a mental, emotional and spiritual one too.

Have you noticed any of these shifts? Share below because your story could help someone else feel validated.

For me, they all feel true.

Bean x

01/10/2025

Simple ways to find rest and recovery:

The unfortunate truth is that we aren’t indestructible, our physical bodies are not limitless and we can and do push too far.

This is often why perimenopause can be so tough - we enter it already on our knees, physically depleted, running low on reserves.

But building in simple things can make SO much difference and doesn’t have to be complicated or difficult.

I had a busy summer, a wonderful holiday away but without enough time to replenish, and have found September an almighty and unrelentingly busy time. I’m coming out the other side feeling SHATTERED.

I really should know better! But because I know how important looking after myself is, it’s my top priority.

Here’s what I’m doing:

👉🏻 Swapping coffee for green tea as it’s much more gentle (I might even wean myself off it which would be better)

👉🏻 Absolutely no phones from 9pm because the blue light stops me sleeping so well

👉🏻 Actually taking my supplements: a multi, adaptogens, omegas, magnesium, taurine and glycine for sleep, and some other bits that are specific to me, such as iron

👉🏻 Delegating more to my children. It gives them confidence and it helps me. Win win. (No more being a martyr)

👉🏻 Go to bed earlier, starting the wind down at 9.30pm not 10 or 10.30pm

👉🏻 No phones for an hour after I wake up, where possible, for a calmer start for my nervous system

👉🏻 5 minute drop outs 3 x day (morning, after lunch, afternoon or before bed). Dropping into our bodies and allowing our thoughts to melt away is SO nourishing

👉🏻 Vitamin C and foods rich in vitamin C, and warm nourishing meals (not raw/fresh from the fridge). Top up on meat. I’d love to be a veggie but I get ill and depleted without it.

👉🏻 Keeping warm and cosy

👉🏻 Get support according to budget: craniosacral therapy, Chinese acupuncture, reiki, a facial, massage…

👉🏻 Cutting out anything that isn’t necessary or nourishing

Honestly, supporting your health in this way, even if it’s 5 mins a day, is worth it.

Do you do any of these things already? What would you add to the list?

Love
Bean x

15/09/2025

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 but 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕

Something I’ve been noticing increasingly is how easy it is to get taken up by those attention-grabbing, quick fix, blanket ‘you-must-have-this-in-your-life-or-you’re-missing-out’. It happens to me to and I have to check myself.

It’s really important to keep these tempting solutions at arms length and take a moment because they tend to ignore something really important: what makes you 𝙮𝙤𝙪.

That is your
🧬 genetics
⚡️nervous system
🧚🏻 stage of life
🚴🏼‍♀️ lifestyle
🪫 health conditions
😵‍💫 emotional history and trauma
💰 financial status
👋🏼 👋🏾 👋🏿 skin colour, race and ethnicity
..and so many other factors that cannot be reduced to a snappy, algorithm-friendly IG caption.

Health recommendations that I rate tend to start with...
‘It depends...’

If it’s not nuanced, it is content designed to hook you in. It’s often not designed for your best interests. And nowhere is that more rife than in perimenopause and menopause market, which is a booming billion dollar. market 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨.

So when you see something that draws you in, which is likely about HRT and supplements, take a moment to look for that nuance and ask yourself whether it acknowledges that you’re unique and may not suit what they’re selling.

Follow me for nuanced, evidence-based information to inform and guide you through perimenopause. 💖

06/08/2025

👆🏻 Understanding the spiritual alchemy of menopause changes everything.

The part I am most excited about?

That your physical experience of menopause, and how intense it is, is IMPROVED when you are more curious and open to how it might pan out for you and how you might emerge from it.

A positive, curious mindset = a more positive, easier menopause.

How do you get a positive, curious mindset?

You find out the long forgotten spiritual meaning of menopause.

And you understand the emotional processed involved and how to navigate them.

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I am running a 4-part series: Menopause Alchemy; discover the spiritual power and meaning of menopause so you know how to harness it and THRIVE

This time I have invited .wittig to join me and to share her rich wisdom and valuable practical advice on how to move through fear, which can be so debilitating (as I know only too well myself).

Come join us!

We start Thursday 18th September at 12.30pm.
Brittany will share her expertise on 24th September at 7pm.
The 3rd and 4th gatherings will be Wednesday 1st and 8th October at 12.30pm.

All calls will be recorded.
There will be meditations, hypnosis and plenty of chance to share and discuss.

It costs £197. Payment plans are available.

I don’t have a link ready yet (I’m on holiday!) but you can sign up, or ask for more info, by sending me a DM.

I really hope to see you there.
Bean x
That changes EVERYTHING.

05/08/2025

𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻.

The world we’re living in is.
Utterly broken.

I believe that the lack of strong, fearless, heart-led female representation has been part of (mainly?) why it’s so broken.

As women though, we are battling with centuries old conditioning, family and ancestral wounding to play small, to be sweet and nice, not take up space and not make a fuss.

Am I wrong?!

In order to be that strong, fearless badass, we need to overcome that conditioning and wounding.

Even in 2025, we are still very much recovering our worth as women. Several hundred years ago livestock held more value, and for a time we weren’t even thought to have souls. I mean…

We have been hugely discredited in a number of ways, and in different ways around the world. We have been subtly and forcibly muscled out and it’s time we muscle ourselves back in.

We can do that at any point of our lives, and it’s never too late to start.

I also think that there are some specific points of our lives when the invitation to overcome is stronger: becoming a mother, losing someone dear to us and perimenopause.

Give this post a heart if you agree 💖💓

Bean x

16/07/2025

Sometimes you don’t need the full, in-depth support but someone to hear you, see your situation and help you navigate you through with clarity and direction. Sometimes you need to keep it simple.

This is exactly what I’m doing in these new Perimenopause Audits.

Simple, clear, effective guidance rooted in clinical experience and lived experience.

DM me to book or find the link in my bio and website on the consultation page www.thenutritionalbean.com

These stand alone breakthrough sessions last 60 minutes and cost £99.

Note: I will not be offering highly specific supplements or testing advice in these sessions. That requires a more in depth, focused session.

15/07/2025

Hello! I’m Bean.

I’m a 45-year old dreamy, sensitive, heart-led woman doing her best to navigate life.

I use a combination of grounded, evidence-based nutritional therapy, with integrative hypnosis, and metaphysics, to guide women safely through perimenopause.

Using an integrated mind-body-spirit approach is incredibly important to me. It becomes clearer every day that focusing on the physical body alone, while hugely valuable, only takes you so far. And at the same time, focusing only on the spiritual side of things isn’t great either- it’s all about having a truly balanced approach.

I’m in early perimenopause myself and so far I’m finding it ok - so I should hope with what my job is! I’ve had to double down on my sleep hygiene and be very careful of coffee and alcohol, and be kind to myself when I notice my sensitivity feeling really heightened.

Personally, touch wood with the physical changes of perimenopause being ok so far, the challenges have been more energetic and spiritual:
Historically I’ve been very disconnected from my own power and voice, from knowing it’s legitimate and has value. Yet gently, gradually, pealing back the limiting beliefs, releasing old patterning, and staring head on at past wounds is enabling me to reconnect with it.

I need to, because I have women to support!

What drives me is the idea that helping women to feel better and more whole in their body, heart and soul, is a little contribution that I can make to creating a world that doesn’t stand for homophobia, racism, discrimination, transphobia, ableism, extractivism, speciesism, patriarchy, capitalism, hatred and division. My little bit is helping women to find the connection and ease in their body, and the strength in their heart and soul that enables them to go out and be the change that the world needs so badly right now.

I offer personalised 1:1 consultations, talks, workshops and group programs and you can DM me anytime.

30/06/2025

Sometimes you don’t need the full, in-depth support but someone to hear you, see your situation and help you navigate you through. And keep it simple.

This is exactly what I’m providing in these new perimenopause audits.

Simple, clear, effective guidance rooted in clinical experience and lived experience.

DM me to book or check out my website.
Tiered pricing available to suit different budgets.

Note: I will not be offering highly specific supplements or testing advice in these sessions. That requires a more in depth, focused session.

25/06/2025

Too many of us are continuing to spread ourselves thin.

Not realising that our capacity is changing and we can’t keep being all things to all people. (Tbh we shouldn’t be doing that anyway.)

We need to recognise how precious our energy is becoming in our 40’s and early 50’s.

Recognise that we need to start being MUCH more discerning about how we spend it our precious energy.

It’s our energy, not anyone else’s.
Nobody else has a claim to it but us.

Don’t spend it on people pleasing.
Don’t spend it looking after everyone else.
Don’t spend it on things that make you want to die a little bit inside.

Spend it on holding more boundaries.
Spend it on what is most important to YOU.
Spend it not on a maybe, but a F**K YES.

What’s your F**K YES?

The Nutritional Bean

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