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The @MtNorquay Via Ferrata never disappoints! My long time friend @urbancountrystyle invited me to join her on the Summiteer route. It was 5.5 hours of amazing views with spectacular weather on what felt like the top of the world. I’ve done every route on the via at Mount Norquay, often taking out of town guests … Continued

Avoiding carbs, especially in menopause, is NO way to live, so understanding how your body processes carbs will help you, especially if eating carbs scares you, or if you’ve heard of ‘insulin resistance’ but you don’t really know what it means or why you want to avoid this condition. This (boring but informative!) video explains … Continued

Reading over scrolling… It’s easy to fall into the black hole of social media scrolling… Only to re-emerge entirely unfulfilled wondering where the time went. This is especially true at bedtime for me & many of my clients. So in bed it’s a hard ‘no’ to picking up my phone & a ‘yes’ to my … Continued

Hot flashes? Well, if you need ANOTHER reason to resistance train, here it is… More lean muscle is shown to reduce hot flashes according to this study: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40695-020-00058-9 How do you get more muscle? Resistance training! With declining estrogen levels in the menopause transition, both bone density and muscle mass declines. Resistance training offsets both … Continued