The Happy Place Practice

18/02/2025

I met my 41 yo self for coffee…

😔 She was so tired and her hair was falling out because she wasn’t nourishing herself.

Some things I would say to her….

First of all “I LOVE you” 🥰

Oh hun I see you- it’s all such alot!

You are about to go on the self discovery journey of your life.

It sucks right now- and it will come good… you are working it all out. Keep using your curiosity.

This is not “your fault”.

Your body, brain 🧠 emotions and world are being rocked. You haven’t been here before. You will draw a new map.

It’s a process you can’t hurry.

But these things will help (in reel)

What would you tell your pre perimenopause self?

Love
Sophia

13/02/2025

Join our Galentines day live and 🔥 that spark ⚡️

Midlife- doesn’t sound s*xy does it?

yet if you watch , you may begin to question that for yourself.

and maybe you already are? maybe you are feeling the discomfort of “I’ve lost my spark”?

Join .wellbeing and myself in a chat about igniting your spark in midlife.

🔥 Libby is an expert in yoga and wellbeing especially for midlife women - and found her spark in her 50s.

🔥 Sophia is an expert in coaching and wellbeing - and found her spark in her late 40s- still stoking! and wants you to too!

1230 pm GMT / 730 am EST

Any questions? please dm or drop below 👇🏼
Love
Libby and Sophia

21/12/2024

Winter Solstice & Menopause 👇🏼

Winter Sostice is the longest night
Perimenopause can last 10 years
It can be a long journey of becoming
Menopause is also a turning point to a promised Second Spring

☀️ the light is coming
🌚 beautiful strong roots grow in the darkness
🌱 you can be growing and resting
💝 you can love yourself through this in a new way
💃🏻 It can be your new beginning as it is in nature

The darkness is an opportunity to get quiet and listen in to your needs

I know more is possible- for you as it was for me.
I know this is an opportunity- and it is a choice away.
🙏🏼Please know you are not alone.
I work with women every day at their lowest points and also those who just want better.
There is no shame in feeling low.You can get help.
In having trauma. You can heal.
In not loving it. You can find a new way.
There is opportunity and where there is opportunity there is hope.

If you are struggling this season please reach out to
- your GP
- a friend of coach
- a 24/7 mental helpline: I recommend 111 option 2 in the UK

Amd if you want MORE for you in 2024 and want a coach to understand champion and help you be the change you want to see in YOU…
I am here woth open arms.🤗

Love
Sophia

04/10/2024

There is alot of fear and anger but also many welcomed the Panorama episode entitled "The Menopause Industry Uncovered" this week. For those of you who were unable to watch or confused... here I summarise key points, the effects and conversations around it and my views. Of course I am not a medical professional - but I do work with the NHS and in private practice with midlife women adhering to the highest standards of care. And I am a midlife woman. Hope you find this helpful. If you are worried about your care please contact your doctor or an medical professional who listens to you and can give you a second opinion. Feel free to reach out to me if you are worried and I will do my very best to put you in touch with someone who can help (again, I am not a medical pro)!


https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sophia-cleverly-a797a453_perimenopause-menopause-midlife-activity-7247948557670846464-pl5t?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

11/09/2024

Join our Menoposse!

25/06/2024

Come and join us for our July Meno café 👇🏼

☀️On July 3, we are hosting our third menopause Café

are free of charge apart from the drinks you buy and open to everybody. We request that you bring your goodwill and curiosity to learn and share your own experiences if that would serve you.

Please register using this link https://bit.ly/3RCYXGT?r=qr you can take a picture and click it or use the QR code in the picture on the post.

The Boathouses # at The Swan at Streatley on Thames is the most beautiful location, on the river and a really discreet room is provided for us there for our special gatherings.

If you have any questions, please DM me or my lovely cohost Monique

Love and sunshine,

Sophia and Monique xx

08/05/2024

Interested about learning more about perimenopause and menopause?

Join us at our Menopause Cafe, Streatley event on 15/5/24 730-930pm by registering here https://bit.ly/3Uk3Bu3

Menopause Cafes are
🩷FREE, open for all, respectful and confidential
💓 hold no intention of leading people to any conclusion, product, or course of action
🩷not for profit

Connection in meno cafes has been shown to improve mental health and wellbeing- and our physical wellbeing. Better informed means better prepared.

You might be an employer or not. An individual in menopause or not yet or beyond it. Someone supporting someone in perimenopause or just wanting to connect.
You are welcome.

I am Sophia Cleverly The Happy Place Practice, a midlife women’s coach, mentor and trainer and my cohost is Monique Jessen a journalist. We are also mums. We are also perimenopausal. We see the benefit in talking in a non pressure way in informal environments such as generously provided by Coppa Clubb The Swan at Streatleywithin our communities so we remove the stigma and uncertainty little by little. And relax- no you are not crazy - or alone- you may be in perimenopause. Join the club.

Click the link in the post to register by holding your finger down on the screen or drop a ☕️ below and I will send you a link.
Any ?s dm me or email sophiacleverlycoaching@gmail.com

Hope to see you there
Sophia and Monique

Come join us at Menopause Cafe, Streatley for a casual chat and support about all things menopause and midlife over a glass of something

11/03/2024

Our launches tomorrow here 👇🏼

tomorrow 12/3 from 7:30 till 9:30 pm, we are hosting our first Meno Cafe all welcome.

Menopause Cafes are
🩷FREE, open for all, respectful and confidential
💓 hold no intention of leading people to any conclusion, product, or course of action
🩷not for profit

Connection in meno cafes have been shown to improve mental health and wellbeing- and our physical wellbeing. Better informed means better prepared.

You might be an employer or not. An individual in menopause or not yet or beyond it. Someone supporting someone in perimenopause or just wanting to connect.

You are welcome.

I am Sophia, a midlife women’s coach and mentor and my cohost is a journalist. We are also mums. We are also perimenopausal. We see the benefit in talking in a non pressure way in informal environments such as generously provided by within our communities so we remove the stigma and uncertainty little by little. And relax- no you are not crazy - or alone- you may be in perimenopause. Join the club.

Click the link in the post to register by holding your finger down on the screen or drop a ☕️ below and I will send you a link.

Any ?s dm me!

Hope to see you there

Love
Sophia x

15/01/2024

This picture was taken 14 years ago.
She was 4, I was 36.
Who knows, I may have already been in peri. We were at Carnival in Notting Hill and loving it!
I knew that we would be travel buddies since I took her home to Greece at 6 months.
I always hoped for getaway adventures together and we worked with little wins as time and money were directed towards family life . Trips to the supermarket, getting on the bus, walking to school, folding laundry. Every little win in the direction you long for matters. As I see it, I am a companion to my kids and a guide leading by example. I also screw up and apologise when I do. I am not interested in a pedastal and I believe respect is earnt not a given. I believe in showing ourselves and sharing our lives with love and that if I and Jesse can provide them with strong roots they will find their wings. I believe they have their own soul so when things f)ck up for them it’s not “my fault” and not my responsibility to fix them- but to support and guide. It has taken me 18 years of parenting to come to these conclusions and to learn to sit with them rather than constantly provide solutions.

I wasn’t going to write a post with all this- I was just going to tell you Stella 🌟 and I are travelling in Mexico together. She is 18, I am 50. It’s making me very happy to roam and be here and even more so to come together - and I feel like somehow she is getting a glimpse of how it might be for her to travel the world in a few months with other friends too. Last time I went backpacking I was her age- 18. I turned 19 in southern India and we smoked pot with some randos who thankfully turned out to be ok. Stella and any other teens who may be here don’t do this! 😬

Anyway, we are here and I am posting on my stories if you want to follow . As it’s Blue Monday today you might be experiencing some blues and if you are I completely get you- that’s me pretty much every year, I get SAD and need sunshine ☀️. I know my privilege and am going to be sharing some colourful experiences and images mainly on my stories to bring you sunshine too.

Love
Sophia

21/11/2023

“Is it me or is it perimenopause?”

When Nadia asked me why women in midlife work with me this was the list of top topics

1. Wanting "more" out of life- how to balance that with motherhood, womanhood, life aka "getting YOU back"
2. People pleasing vs boundaries
3. Wellbeing and Perimenopause - beginning late 30s!
4. Self Image - Weight Gain, Confidence and how that affects different aspects of life eg Finances and Work, Career, Relationships
5. Anxiety management which affects everything!

We are chatting live at 9pm on

Grab a cuppa and your place on the sofa and let’s hang out- bring your questions!

Love
Sophia
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25/10/2023

40+ woman?
Come and mooch with me! - and my guests…
Discussing Menopause Mood and links with Mindset and Movement

🌟Jules Varnham - a registered amazing CBT practitioner and
🌟Hannah Dunbar- amazing Personal Trainer and I know this because she is my PT!

A Mooch:
“British informal: a period of wandering in a casual manner”

1st November 6-8pm
🌟 glass of fizz with or without alcohol
🌟socialise in a relaxed and beautiful environment
🌟win prizes
🌟time out for you- with other women who get you and get it!

Dm me or drop a 🌟 below to get on the guest list

Love
Sophia ❤️