Menopause Cafe Glasgow City Centre

24/02/2025

It's Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2025!

What are you doing to mark this week?

We've already had an event on Saturday and are offering some more training/workshops later this week to help raise awareness of eating disorders and assist more clinicians to become more knowledgable and skillful when working with eating disorders and disordered eating.

We are also offering some support groups (now fully booked) and free therapy consultations at our offices in Glasgow city centre. We will continue to post about eating disorders this week and will be having lots of conversations with other individuals and companies to raise awareness.

Let's bust some stereotypes and stamp out the stigma surrounding eating disorders this

Best wishes,

Talking EDs: Eating Disorders Support Service Scotland

CONTACT
W: www.eatingdisorderscotland.co.uk
E: support@eatingdisorderscotland.co.uk

06/01/2025

Happy New Year!

09/12/2024

The festive season...it can be tricky to navigate at times, can't it?

The upcoming festive holiday season can be a tricky time for many people. There might be financial concerns; the pressure to people-please or meet other people's expectations or demands; the strain of having to attend social occasions that make you feel uncomfortable; the stress on relationships and work; as well as the pressure to feel 'happy' and 'jolly' because it's the holiday season (even when we might actually feel sad, anxious, angry or overwhelmed inside).

Sound familiar?

Well, if it does, the poster below notes some strategies that might help you cope a little more through the festive season. And, of course, if you feel you need a little more support in the run up to the holiday season, we do still have some appointments available before we close for our holiday too. So, feel free to drop us an email or message if you need some extra support and we'll let you know what appointments are available.

We have a wonderful team of highly trained, professional, yet warm, friendly and supportive therapists and dietitians who are here to listen and support you, at your pace. Online and in-person appointments available.

Get in touch to find out more and arrange an appointment.

Best wishes,

Glasgow Anxiety and Depression Counselling Service (GADS)

09/12/2024

Marleen Pauls is a PhD candidate at King’s College London. She is researching lived menopause experiences and is looking for participants to share their stories and experiences with menopause. Existing research underrepresents the complexity and diversity of menopause experience, for example with regards to ethnicity. She is keen to hear your stories and find out about your unique lived experience, so they can start to change that.
If you are interested, you can find out more at https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/marleen-pauls or contact them directly at marleen.pauls@kcl.ac.uk or 07716256039.

King's College London

05/12/2024

Thanks to everyone who came along to Menopause Cafe Glasgow City Centre tonight. Good to see some new and familiar faces and have some laughs too!

If we decide to return in the new year (we'll decide in January), we'll continue to post groups here 😀

Night night!

Menopause Cafe Glasgow City Centre

02/12/2024

Still a couple of tickets available for the Menopause Cafe Glasgow City Centre this Thursday at 5.30pm. Talk all things menopause and perimenopause with others also experiencing this life transition. The group is informal and friendly, is free and refreshments are also provided.

Booking and more information here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/menopause-cafe-glasgow-city-centre-tickets-1082128418229?aff=oddtdtcreator

See you then!

Alexandra and Sue
Menopause Cafe Glasgow City Centre

We offer a free, monthly connection and conversation cafe related to all things perimimenopause & menopause. Friendly, informal; supportive.

25/11/2024

LAST CHANCE TO BOOK!

Last chance to book your place at our last Menopause Cafe Glasgow City Centre of 2024. There's one or two spaces left and you can book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/menopause-cafe-glasgow-city-centre-tickets-1082128418229?aff=oddtdtcreator

We will decide over the holiday period whether we are continuing with Menopause Cafe Glasgow City Centre (as these 3 meetings were a trial to see if we had enough intereest). If we return, we will be back in February (as the first Thursday in January is a bank holiday unfortunately).

Hope to see you all at the group next week. All the info, including address and directions is in the Eventbrite link above.

Best wishes,

Alexandra and Sue
Menopause Cafe Glasgow City Centre

We offer a free, monthly connection and conversation cafe related to all things perimimenopause & menopause. Friendly, informal; supportive.

25/11/2024

Synead van Heerden is a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner for Dorking Talking Therapies, and is one of the three Women's champions in the service. They are reaching out to try and spread the word about their Menopause course. Please see image for details.
To access the course you must be registered with a Surrey GP
☎️ For further information please contact DHC Talking Therapies Call: 01483 906392

Talking Therapies at DHC

13/11/2024

NEXT CAFE ANNOUNCED

The next Menopause Cafe Glasgow City Centre will take plave on Thursday 5th December, 5.30pm.

Booking is via Eventbrite and the link is here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/menopause-cafe-glasgow-city-centre-tickets-1082128418229?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

See you then!

We offer a free, monthly connection and conversation cafe related to all things perimimenopause & menopause. Friendly, informal; supportive.

12/11/2024

NEXT CAFE

Our next Menopause Cafe Glasgow city Centre will take place on Thursday 5th December, 5.30-6.50pm. We hope to get the booking link up this week (we're very busy at our day-time jobs this week!)

This will be the last Cafe of 2024. We're unsure when the next one will be as they tend to be on the 1st Thursday of each month (and 2nd January is a public holiday so it won't be on that day).

Look out for the booking link fir the next Cafe on 5th December this week. Due to the large number of no-shows over the last 2 Cafes, pleas only book if you can make it, as it's potentially taking a space from someone else. I do pay for the Cafe our of my own pocket and we do offer our time voluntarily so we do ask you keep your booking up to date to help reduce costs and allows others to attend if they are on the waiting list. Thanks.

12/11/2024

Alisha Mehta is a Trainee Clinical Psychologist and doctoral researcher at UCL, and is currently conducting research on women’s experiences of menopause in the workplace. Specifically, they are aiming to compare how supported/stigmatised women of different ethnic groups perceive menopause to be in the workplace, as preliminary findings suggest that non-White groups tend to avoid reporting symptoms or status due to increased shame and stigma.

The research requires participants to fill in a 5-minute survey. More details are attached in the research poster.
The survey has been closed to White participants, but they are continuing to recruit for South Asian, East Asian and Black groups. They hope to have a sample that includes the widest possible range of varying experiences, so that their research can inform changes that are acceptable and effective for all.

https://redcap.slms.ucl.ac.uk/surveys/?s=AA78D7E9HR8DRDLW

UCL

11/11/2024

Monday Motivation

Hope you all had a good weekend. Monday's can be tricky, can't they? The weeks seem to come around really quickly at this time of year too. Here's a little to get you going.

It's quite cold today where I live (I live in Argyll and Bute) so hope you're keeping warm and toastie whereever you are. Take care everyone!