I’m Glad You’re Here!
For a long time, I did everything “right.”
I tracked. I pushed. I tried to stay in control.
And it worked—until it didn’t.
When menopause arrived in my mid-40s, my body stopped responding to force. The harder I tried, the worse I felt. By day I held it together. By night, I reached for sugar, wine or both to relieve the pressure, just to take the edge off.
I thought my cravings were the problem.
They weren’t.
They were messages from a body I’d learned to override—first in my teens, then again in midlife, when stress and changing hormones brought old patterns back to the surface.
Even as a nurse, I didn’t fully understand how deeply menopause affects everything: sleep, mood, energy, cravings, and the way we relate to food and ourselves.
What I finally learned was this:
My body wasn’t betraying me.
She was asking me to listen.
With compassion, evidence-based tools, and a nurse’s grounded understanding, I guide women back to feeling calm, nourished, and strong in their changing bodies.
Not through restriction but through reconnection.
Ready to feel strong, steady, and in sync with your body again? Let’s do this together.. Click here to learn how I can help!
The way you eat is the way you live — rushed, restricted, distracted, or fully present. Food is never just about food. It’s your body’s most honest language.
When I’m not helping midlife women, you can find me…
enjoying the outdoors, traveling, enjoying all types of foods (especially chocolate), reading, knitting or walking our slightly anxious Labradoodle. We also love to hang out with our two amazing grown children, and run around with our energetic, handsome grandsons, Jack and Rory!