Natural Ways to Improve Mood During Menopause
"Naturopath Jennifer Harrington explains that mood changes during menopause are common and often linked to hormonal fluctuations affecting brain chemistry. As estrogen and progesterone shift, neurotransmitters such as serotonin, dopamine, and GABA ca...
31 Simple Mindfulness Exercises to Calm Stress and Reset the Nervous System
"Naturopath Jennifer Harrington explains that mindfulness exercises are simple practices that help bring the mind back to the present moment. During midlife, when hormonal changes can make the nervous system more sensitive to stress, these practices ...
Best Drinks for Kidney Health: Natural Ways to Support Kidney Function
 Your kidneys quietly work around the clock. Every day they filter around 180 litres of blood, helping regulate fluid balance, blood pressure, mineral levels and toxin removal.
Yet many people only start thinking about kidney health once something s...
Midlife Reflux Decoded
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Reflux during perimenopause and menopause is more common than most women realise. If you’ve suddenly developed heartburn, night reflux, throat clearing or a lump-in-the-throat sensation in your 40s or 50s, hormonal changes may be playing a signifi...
Is Your Voice Changing in Menopause?
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Have you noticed your voice feels… different lately?
Maybe it’s a little deeper.
Maybe it cracks when you speak for too long.
Maybe you can’t project the way you used to.
Maybe singing feels harder.
Maybe you’re constantly clearing your throat.
And ...
The Jaw–Pelvic Floor Connection
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(Part 3 of our 3-Part Special on Oral Health in Midlife Women)
In Part 1, we explored how menopause affects your gums and saliva.
In Part 2, we unpacked the mouth–uterus connection through mucous membranes and embryology.
Now we come to one of th...
The Mouth–Uterus Connection
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(Part 2 of our 3-Part Special on Oral Health in Midlife Women)
In Part 1 of this series, we explored how menopause affects your gums, saliva and oral tissues, and why symptoms like dry mouth, bleeding gums and jaw tension are often hormonally dri...
Menopause & Oral Health: Why Your Gums and Mouth Change
 (Part 1 of our 3-Part Special on Oral Health in Midlife Women)
Most women expect hot flushes, sleep changes and mood shifts during perimenopause and menopause.
But far fewer are prepared for what can happen in their mouth.
Bleeding or sensitive g...
Night Time Urination in Menopause: Why It Happens and What Helps
If you’re waking up at night to pee, once, twice, or multiple times, I want you to know you’re not alone.
Night time urination (nocturia) is one of the most common issues I see in midlife women, and it can be incredibly draining. Not just physically...
Menopause & Hip Health
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One of the most common things I see in clinic at the moment isn’t hot flushes…
It’s hip pain.
And it often comes out of nowhere.
Women tell me:
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“My hip has tightened up and won’t loosen.”
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“It feels like my body is protecting it.”
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Jennifer Harrington
Clinical Director
Menopause Specialist, Naturopath, Nutritionist, Medical Herbalist
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