Menopause Coaching and Guidance for Women
You are not losing it.
Do you need to talk this out? To feel heard? To work out how your puzzle of symptoms fits together?
The exhaustion is real. So is the brain fog, the waking at three in the morning, the joint pain that arrived without an injury, and the thought you have been having quietly for months now, which is that you are not functioning the way you used to.
You are not imagining it, and you are not too young for this to be perimenopause. What is missing is not willpower, because you have plenty of that.
It is someone who will listen properly, who has been through this herself, and who knows how to navigate a complicated system on your behalf, whether that system is your doctor’s office or your workplace.
The call I get almost every week...
My phone rings with a version of the same conversation repeatedly. These are my symptoms; does this sound like perimenopause? I have an appointment in six weeks; what do I say when I get there? My doctor told me I am fine and I do not believe her. I am barely holding it together at work and I have no idea whether to tell anyone.
Every one of those women had already spent hours reading online and come away with more fear and less clarity. None of them wanted a diagnosis over the phone. They wanted one person who would listen with empathy and tell them where to start.
What I help with, and what I do not
I am a certified Menopause Coach. I am not a doctor, and I am not a therapist, so I do not diagnose, I do not prescribe, and I will never suggest you skip medical care.
What I do is help you make sense of the puzzle and then walk into the rooms that matter prepared. That means your doctor’s appointment, with the right questions and a clear account of what you are experiencing. It also means the conversation at work, if you decide to have one, whether that is with your manager, with HR, or about an adjustment you need but have not felt able to ask for. And it means the ground underneath all of it, because sleep, nutrition, movement, mental health and staying connected to other people are what everything else stands on.
How a session works:
We meet for sixty minutes, one-to-one and entirely private. You tell me what is happening, in whatever order it comes out, and I ask the questions that help it make sense. You leave with a clear first step, a plan you can follow, and the words to use with your doctor and, if you want them, with your employer.
Sessions are $250 CAD per hour, plus applicable taxes. Most women book one to find their footing and come back when they are ready to go further, one session at a time. There is nothing to commit to beyond the hour in front of you.
You do not have to have it worked out before we speak. That is what the hour is for.
If you are the person everyone else comes to:
Many of the women I work with lead teams or sit in the room where the decisions get made. They are the ones everyone else brings problems to, which tends to leave them nowhere to take their own. So, they hold it together all day at work, where nobody can know, and then come apart at home with the people who deserve it least.
You do not have to raise any of this at work to get help with it. These conversations involve no one from your organization, and nothing said in them goes anywhere.
Why me?
I spent more than twenty-five years in corporate leadership and went through this myself while I was still in it, unable to say a word about it to my boss or to HR.
I am the Founder of Menovate and a certified Menopause Coach, and in June 2026 I appeared as a witness before the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women. This page exists because after almost every talk I give, someone finds me privately afterwards to ask about herself.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I know if this is for me?
If you have symptoms you cannot explain, an appointment you are dreading, advice you are not sure you trust, a job that is getting harder to do, or simply the sense that something has shifted and nobody has given you a straight answer about it, this is for you. You do not need a diagnosis first and you do not need to arrive organised.
Are you a doctor?
No. I am a certified Menopause Coach, not a physician and not a therapist. I do not diagnose or prescribe. I help you understand what may be happening, prepare properly for medical care, work out what to say at work if you want to, and build the lifestyle foundations that sit alongside all of it.
I am not sure I am even in perimenopause. Is it too early to talk to you?
No, and earlier is better. Symptoms often begin in the late thirties and get put down to stress, workload or poor sleep long before anyone considers hormones.
There is a longer-term reason not to wait as well. The lifestyle work compounds. The sooner you start protecting your sleep, your muscle and bone strength, your heart and your mental health, the more years of good health you get on the other side of this. It is not only about how you feel this month. It is about how well you live for the next thirty years.
What does a session cost?
$250 CAD per hour, plus applicable taxes. Sessions are sixty minutes. There is no package to buy and nothing to sign up to, so you can book one and book again only if you want to.
Can you help me talk to my employer?
Yes, and this is often the part women dread most. We can work out what you want to ask for, who to raise it with, how much you want to say, and how to frame it so it lands as a practical request rather than a confession. If your organization already has menopause support in place, we will look at what is available to you. If it does not, you still have options.
Is this confidential?
Completely. Sessions are one to one and private. Nothing you tell me is shared with anyone, and if your employer has worked with Menovate, that changes nothing whatsoever about this conversation.
My employer has run Menovate sessions. Is this the same thing?
No. Workplace sessions are education delivered to a group and paid for by the organization. This is a private conversation about you, arranged by you, and your employer has no visibility into it.
I have already seen my doctor and was told I am fine. Is there any point?
Very often there is. Menopause specific training is not standard in most medical education, so a dismissal is frequently a knowledge gap rather than a verdict. We can look at what was asked, what was not, and how to raise it again more effectively, including how to request a referral.
Do I need to be in Canada?
No. Sessions are held online, so where you live is not a barrier.
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