Paula Appleton - The Woman's Coach

02/02/2026

Ladies - I need your help 🙏 Please could you give this post ⬇️ a share for me? I know it’s Kirklees (don’t worry, I have something coming soon for Wakefield Women 😉) but someone you know, might know someone that this could really help 💞

Thank you 😘😘

We're delighted to launch a brand new programme - specifically for Kirklees Women not currently in employment!

Any woman aged 18-64 is very welcome to attend however, the sessions will be most beneficial to those aged 35+ who feel that their symptoms and the effects of peri and post-menopause are a barrier to gaining or returning to work

There will be a focus topic of conversation each week - ranging from physical and emotional changes through to treatments and remedies to lifestyle suggestions and advice and of course, the upcoming enhancements to the Employment Rights Act and NHS Health Checks

With Compassion & Confidentiality throughout, this programme will be delivered by our MenoHealth qualified and lived-experienced Paula Appleton - The Woman's Coach and is completely free to join!

⏰ Every Wednesday 09.30-11.30am
⏳ Starts 11th February - 14th May 2026 inc
💸 Completely FREE
📍 Northfield Hall Norfolk Avenue, Huddersfield, HD2 1GS
🎁 Places are limited so please make sure you secure yours here
🔗 https://bookwhen.com/evergreen-active

Or feel free to contact us with any questions at all;

📲 01924 677123
🖲️ paula@evergreenactive.co.uk

This programme is funded by UK Government and delivered by us in partnership with West Yorkshire Combined Authority One Community Foundation TSL Kirklees Supporting Communities Third Sector Leaders Kirklees Kirklees

01/02/2026

Is February feeling like a good time to start or re-start feeling more fabulous? 🌺 Join me in Eastmoor on Mondays 😍 Info below ⬇️ or drop me a DM 📲 with any questions at all 😘

31/01/2026

January Be Gone! 👊👊 THIS is how we start Saturdays, The Weekend, February and How We Mean To Go On 💥

ABSOLUTE 🐝 🐝 🐝 Vibes in both and Small Group Training this morning 💪🏽💗💪🏽💗💪🏽💗

I’ve opened up 2️⃣ extra places in cos I can’t bear to see any woman on the Waiting List for this frankly fantastic class! So, if you’ve been watching & waiting, this is your sign 🔔 My guiding principles are;

❌ You are never too old, unfit, small or large
✅ You are always welcome 🥰
❌ It is never too late, or early
✅ I am always here for you 🫶🏽

Check out the info here👇
https://gymcatch.com/app/provider/3982

Or 📲 DM with any questions at all

I honestly don’t think you can meet a lovelier bunch of women, working out together & having a 💩load of fun in the process 🎯

It makes a 💩load of difference when you have that, trust me 😘

29/01/2026

It’s nearly here! 💞 January seems to have flown this year, yet here we are, still on the eleventy billionth day of it 🤣

I never do the New Year New Me stuff cos I think it’s just too big an ask to start something new, something big and/or something you ‘may’ have been putting off for a while…when it’s cold, dark and miserable. It’s just not the environment is it, it’s not the one.

February ‘tho, things start to lighten up a little 🌺 and our thoughts can look forward to Spring, Summer and lovely Autumnal days 🤩

It’s also the month we celebrate luuuurve ♥️ That doesn’t have to mean expensive gifts, outings and extravagant displays of affection…it can mean we start to care for our own selves that little bit more 🥰

I’ve got a few exciting plans to share with you throughout Feb 😁 but I’d luuuurve to hear of yours too 🤗 and they don’t even have to be health & wellbeing related 😃👏🏼👏🏼

What’s on your Feb To-Do-For-You List? 😘

28/01/2026

It was dark, foggy & cold 🥶 but still fab to meet up with Gail, Kat and our fabulous Walking Fit Group in Ossett this evening 💗

Walking is such an underrated form of physical activity but soooo good for our bodies, minds and social connection 🎯

Thanks to our quite frankly fabulous Evergreen Active Volunteer Team - Ruth, Jayne & Diane 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 - these meets are completely FREE and absolutely everyone is welcome. Nobody ever left behind or alone 🤗

So why not join along if you fancy a mid-week movement fix 😃 💯% guaranteed effective to lift or your money back 😉

Trust me 😘

27/01/2026

Many thanks to Caroline at Carers Wakefield & District for inviting me to speak with female carers about the physical and emotional affects of Menopause this morning

One of the things I hear so often in these discussions is the fear that the common symptom of Brain Fog could be early onset Alzheimer’s 🧠 and today was no exception

When we’re leading busy and complex lives - especially when caring for others too - our own health is often not prioritised. Which is why it’s so important to have these informal conversations in community settings. Safe spaces, within peer groups and time to be really listened to 🤗

As Dr Christelle Langley said in this research also published today “We all need to be more sensitive to not only the physical, but also the mental health of women during menopause, however, and recognise when they are struggling. There should be no embarrassment in letting others know what you’re going through and asking for help.”

Read the article here ⬇️

Menopause is linked to reductions in grey matter volume in key brain regions as well as increased levels of anxiety and depression and difficulties with sleep,

25/01/2026

Would you love to love Mondays more? ♥️♥️ Especially as we are 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 seeing February peeking round the corner! 💐

Course you would 😊

And you can! 😀👏🏼👏🏼

Consider me your Wellbeing Journey Genie 🧞‍♂️🤣 and come join me in Eastmoor, you’ll love it, trust me 😘

⏰ 5.15-6pm Fitness Fun For All Levels £3💰
⏰ 6.30-7.30pm Walking or Running Group £0
🤗 Newcomers Always Always Welcome 🤗
📍 Eastmoor Community Project (St Swithuns Community Centre WF1 4RR)
🚘 Free parking

Work Out 🏋🏽‍♀️ Walk🚶‍♂️or Run🏃‍♂️ It’s all good with us. Everyone is very welcome and nobody is ever left behind or alone✌🏽

Working in partnership with Evergreen Active Walking & Running Fit Wakefield

22/01/2026

𝙂𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙇𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 🥹

I was listening to a really interesting discussion on R2 earlier about - the very common and real - grief that women can experience as they age.

Losing their youthful faces, hair colour, waistlines and desirability 💔

And yeah, I get it. I honestly do. But babes, we can’t go back (and I frankly wouldn’t want to) However we CAN move forward in our New Powers 💪🏽

10 years ago, I had less wrinkles for sure 😅

But my smile was for show
My hair was bleached like it was still the 80’s
My brain didn’t know what was happening to my Peri Meno body (which I was treating like 💩)
And I felt trapped, lost & hopeless in my own life

9 years ago I started taking my own health, fitness & wellbeing a lot more seriously ♥️

8 years ago I started helping others to do the same 💞

7-3 years ago, A LOT happened for the better

2 years ago, a woman bought me a F*ck It journal after meeting me once at Menopause & Me 😳🙌🏽🤣👏🏼

Last year I graduated my Emotional & Binge Eating Disorder Specialist training, my eldest Daughter got promoted, my youngest Daughter graduated her 2nd degree & was proud to invite me and my youngest Granddaughter took me on a Dinosaur Hunt in the Woods 💗

And through all of this; My smile has gradually gotten genuinely wider 😁 If that causes more wrinkles, I’ll bloody well take it!

And if that makes me less desirable to 57yo men, I’ll take that too 🤣

Hitting mid-later life doesn’t mean you’re over and out. Imagine; it could - and can - be the start of You Becoming and Loving Being Your Real Authentic You 💥

Please don’t give up on you, you’ve got this and you’re more important and powerful than ever!

Trust me 😘

21/01/2026

Some of you may remember my mini-rant about the Panorama Menopause episode last year. Advertised as an expose of unnecessary, expensive products only to turn into an attack on an absolute Pioneer - Dr Louise Newson

She’s spoken about it today on her platforms, absolutely devastating but of course, she’s fought back 💪🏽

And in the comments I found a couple of gems of articles that actually do what Panorama said they were going to do - written of course, by a woman 🙌🏽

Here’s the first. Second in the comments ⬇️

MoneySaving in menopause

21/01/2026

10K Steps A Day? Some days that’s not remotely possible right?

Q: Who made this the law anyway?
A: Some Tech Bro that wanted to sell Wearables/Tracking devices

And they work! They’re great, I love mine - it helps to keep me accountable - but I’m not a slave to it

On Sunday I did less than 4000 steps. On Monday I did over 26000 steps

It’s always all about your average, small steps, over time

If 3000 steps is your average, that’s an absolutely perfect place to start from! Try for an average of 3100 next week 👍 And so on

If your goal is fat loss, that’s cool, steps can definitely help alongside nutrition and a really wholesome way to think about moving more, is to focus on how great it feels afterwards 😍

That’s the 💥 that keeps us motivated, intentional and consistent 🌟

And, even better, you can get your steps in for completely free 😃👏🏼👏🏼

There’s literally nothing not to love, trust me, tracking my daily steps at age 46 is exactly how I started. You can too 😘

18/01/2026

Would you love to love Mondays more? ♥️♥️ Especially January ones!
Course you would 😊

And you can! 😀👏🏼👏🏼

Consider me your January Genie 🧞‍♂️🤣 and come join me in Eastmoor on Mondays, you’ll love it, trust me 😘

⏰ 5.15-6pm Fitness Fun For All £3💰
⏰ 6.30-7.30pm Walking or Running Group £0
🤗 Newcomers Always Always Welcome 🤗

Lady Z joined us for the first time for both sessions last week 🫶🏽 Sam and Zoe joined me for their first times to Walking Fit 💗 and it was awesome to see lots of familiar faces returning to Running Fit with Andy too 😍

Working on behalf of Evergreen Active in partnership with Eastmoor Community Project and Walking & Running Fit Wakefield