Lynda Lovatt Lady Talk

30/05/2026

Three years ago, Lady Talk began with a simple goal: to help women better understand their bodies, symptoms, hormones, pelvic health, and their future health.

This King’s Birthday Weekend feels extra special because Lady Talk is celebrating 3 years, and my book, Lady Talk: A Personal Pursuit With Practice Pearls, has officially been out for one year too 📖

Over the past three years I’ve had the privilege of supporting women through menopause and midlife, speaking at events, writing a book, and having countless conversations about healthy ageing, prevention, pelvic health, and living well.

One thing I’ve learned is that women spend decades caring for everyone else, often putting themselves last.

Midlife can be a powerful turning point. A time to focus on your own health, strength, confidence, and future wellbeing.

👑 So this King’s Birthday Weekend, I want to encourage women to step into their Queen Era.

To celebrate, I’ll be sharing a few Lady Talk favourites this weekend, including my book, Nu Balm, and Vitality Lite.

Thank you to every woman who has supported Lady Talk over these past three years. Whether you’ve attended a talk, booked a consultation, followed along online, or read the book, I truly appreciate being part of your health journey 💛

If you’ve been thinking about prioritising your own health, perhaps this long weekend is the perfect time to start. 💛

I’d love to know: What’s been the biggest lesson you’ve learned about your health in midlife?

Lynda

29/05/2026

Women needed to talk for longer….there was more going on for people than just their blood pressure check or smear today…

I left my position as a Practice Nurse in November 2022 to do things differently. I wanted to focus on women’s healthy aging and I had a strong interest in pelvic health.

By Kings Birthday 2023 I had upskilled in menopause, disease prevention and was on the path to improve incontinence, prolapse, s*xual pain and provide treatment for the Genitourinary syndrome of menopause.

Also on this weekend the Lady Talk clinic in Seatoun Wellington opened and behind the scenes I continued to write ✍️ “Lady Talk” the book.

Women started coming into the clinic with incontinence issues (often unresolved from child birth), painful s*x and prolapse issues.

Many were wanting to know about how to manage menopause symptoms and prevent the diseases their mother had.

Increasingly I could see women were valuing the time, the longer consultations, to go deeper into the private conversations to unpack past trauma or talk about taboo topics they had struggled with for years.

Alleviating patient anxiety through education, and improving their health outcomes by optimizing sleep, nutrition, stress response, physical activity and social connection. Doing this would lower their risk of disease, even if they had a family history of osteoporosis, dementia, heart disease, cancer or stroke.

Slowly the community around me asked me to speak about menopause, healthy aging and pelvic health. With 30 years now in health and fitness and current up to date education I had invested in, I decided speaking would be a regular
gig that was much needed in the community and workplace.

I completed training in lifestyle medicine, advanced my pelvic health training and attended national and international menopause conferences and webinars to bring credible researched information to my speaking and patient consultations.

Lady Talk the book was released in May 2025 (after 4 years of writing), it is now a wonderful health resource in many women’s homes across Australasia.

Moving forward I will explore my life long interest in pharmacology by starting my nurse prescriber pathway in July at Victoria University. Doing this will tighten my clinic days and speaking availability.

The Lady Talk clinic will never become a fast pill service. To me lifestyle is medicine. Sometimes we need both. My patients now are often on a pill because they have the onset of a chronic disease. Management is not about have a pill and run. We need to change our lifestyle too. This is the deeper, longer work that takes time as it requires behaviour change.

Kings Birthday every year is a time for me to stop and reflect see how far I’ve come, but also see how far my patients have come…

✅Now they are enjoying s*x without pain
✅They have lost 10 kilos or more
✅They understand what causes disease
✅They have stopped getting up to p*e at night or during that gym class.
✅They have reduced their prolapse symptoms
✅They know what to look for on their v***a
✅They know what exercise and nutrition to optimize in midlife
✅They have reduced their menopause symptoms.

♥️Most of all they are moving confidently into the 3rd age. That is powerful.

27/05/2026

Exercise bites when life doesn’t go to plan…..

Here I am experimenting with a broken leg, thank you to my wonderful physio who has extended my exercise prescription.

Have you been on a stationary bike with a broken leg in a moonboot?

It felt weird as nothing was keeping it on the pedal. Still I managed to do 10 mins, then I did some upper body weights and a quick dip in the sauna.

30 mins was all it took to get my exercise dose. Then I hopped in a taxi 🚕 (as I still can’t drive) to get home again.

The moral of this we story is to plan for a bad week, know what do to when life gives you lemons 🍋.

My plan:

Exercise snacks - 10 mins x 3
Nutrition - plan for when it’s hard.
Sleep - make this your priority
Stress- eliminate - well the bulk of it!
Social - friends are gold aren’t they?
Nature bites - good for the soul

How to you look after you when life gives you lemons?

Lynda

24/05/2026

Heading into another busy week… 💛

After the NZNO women’s health conference, clinic this week, and delivering an online talk on bone and sleep health across NZ — I keep thinking about the same thing:

Women in midlife are carrying a lot.

Poor sleep.
Pelvic health worries.
Weight gain.
Brain fog.
Loss of confidence in their body.

And so many are quietly trying to push through it all while still looking after everyone else.

What really stood out to me this week is how much women are wanting support that feels practical, safe and real.

Not pressure.
Not perfection.

Just someone helping them understand what’s happening in their body and what they can actually do about it.

So as we head into this week, maybe ask yourself:

✨ What support do I need right now?

I’ve created a free guide around exercise in midlife and protecting pelvic health if you’d like a place to start.

And if you’re wanting a safe place to ask the more personal questions — come join my Lady Talk community 💛

Lynda x

20/05/2026

18/05/2026

Come and see me for a menopause kōrero and morning tea!

Lynda

We are very excited to host Menopause expert Lynda Lovatt for an upbeat kōrero and morning tea! Get your questions answered, learn the facts, and dispel some myths along the way.

Lynda is a Wellington-based nurse with a special interest in women’s health, healthy aging, and supporting women through menopause. Drawing on her extensive healthcare background, she is passionate about helping women navigate the physical changes of menopause and feel informed, supported, and empowered.
The session will include a Q&A, and be followed by a delicious morning tea☕🍰

🗓 Thursday 4 June
🕙 10am
📍 Te Tūhunga Rau, 108 Strathmore Ave
💛 Free event

16/05/2026

Is your uterus hanging low? Pessary? Have you tried this? Wonderful to improve confidence to exercise or weight train in midlife, this along with pelvic floor exercises and learning how to manage tummy pressure are key components to keep you safe during exercise.

15/05/2026

I’ve had the best day learning more about va**na’s and women’s health in general across genders, culture’s, diseases, surgical procedures, HRT, pessaries….

Keep watching here over the weekend! Lots of up to date information to come through all from the NZ Nurse’s Organisation Women’s Health Conference.

That’s where I was all day today.

More soon

Lynda

14/05/2026

PCOS now changing it’s title to PMOS.

Ok I think this is good. Especially polyendocrine and metabolic, it is after all a condition that affects more than the o***y and reproduction.

I think the new title explains the condition better.

Lynda

An Australian researcher who led the process describes it as a 'landmark moment'.

13/05/2026

Don’t worry my va**na is on.

Never mind about my ankle.

Yes I’ve come out of my moonboot at week 7 post fractured Fibula 🦴. I took myself out as my back was killing me.

But this post isn’t about that.

It’s about your va**na. You see people have told me for years that:

No one asks them about it
They feel pressure down there in pilates
They say it’s their knee
But it’s not
It’s down there 👇
Wees comes out or a pressure occurs

That’s the beauty you see when you work with an award winning personal trainer who has only ever done women’s fitness and has a rich tapestry of secondary healthcare experience including gynaecology.

So when you go to the gym (because you’ve heard you should be doing your weight training) - make sure they ask you about your va**na.

This should take at least 30 mins - yes you read that right. 30 mins just on that bit.

I actually spend 90 mins

I feel like I’ve been harping on about this for years but I’ve seen what can go wrong down there. It’s not life threatening but it can affect your mental health and physical health because - INACTIVITY KILLS PEOPLE, and women will often stop exercising if they are leaking or have prolapse issues…

When you work with a Registered Nurse and who is also a Personal Trainer the experience will be different. Just saying.

Putting your va**na first here at Lady Talk.

Let me know below ⬇️ if you feel comfortable, have you been asked about what happened when you gave birth, any gynae surgery, any leaking of urine or prolapse symptoms…before you exercise?

Or respond privately in the Lady Talk community here:

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/18uz6TwPw2/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Lynda