Positive Ageing

Re-framing midlife, menopause and beyond and future-proofing your health

Menopause and perimenopause are being talked about more and more. Women - and everyone – are talking about this important life stage; learning about it and sharing their experiences to bring it out of the shadows. What it means to be a woman in menopause has changed from previous generations; GenX women know menopause is not a crisis; it’s not the end of life as we know it!

If menopause has changed, so too has ageing. Women are embracing getting and being older in new ways, and challenging old assumptions and gendered ageism.

In this empowering and energising session - which makes a great follow-up to a menopause talk, or can stand alone - I’ll bring together my decades of research and writing about food, exercise and personal health with the very latest, evidence-based expert advice in an informative, practical and fun talk about what it means today to grow older – and the tools we need to feel our best for the rest of our lives.

This talk covers:

Why 50 now looks different from our mothers’ generation
The pressures women still face to ‘do’ menopause and ageing right
Gendered ageism – at work, in society and in relationships
Ageist language we (all!) need to ditch
Tackling mental health and body image challenges in menopause and as we get older
Looking beyond menopause: how to eat, move and think for a healthy second half of life
How to find yourself again – and how to find the joy!

We’ll have a Q&A session at the end where you can ask all your burning health, wellbeing, and hormone questions. You’ll leave feeling energised, empowered, and ready to take on the next 30, 40, 50 or more years!

All proceeds go to the Garden to Table Trust to help empower tamariki to grow, harvest, prepare and share fresh kai!