Jen Mercer

World Menopause Day 2025

October 18th        Uncategorized    No Comments

💜 World Menopause Day 2025 — Finding Balance, Strength, and Self-Care 💜

Today is World Menopause Day, a day to pause and acknowledge a transition that touches so many lives — often quietly, often without enough understanding or support.

This year’s theme is lifestyle — and it’s a beautiful reminder that how we live, move, eat, rest, and connect can make a real difference during this stage of life.

Menopause can bring change — to our bodies, our moods, our sleep, our confidence. But it can also bring a new awareness of what truly matters: listening to our bodies, nourishing ourselves, and giving ourselves grace.

It’s about gentle movement that feels good, meals that make us feel nourished, rest that restores us, and conversations that remind us we’re not alone.

To everyone walking this path — whether you’re just beginning or well into the journey — please know this: you are not defined by your symptoms. You are evolving, growing, and still very much you.

Today, let’s show compassion — to ourselves and to each other — and celebrate the strength it takes to care for our wellbeing, one small choice at a time. 🌿

This year’s theme is all about lifestyle — and how the way we care for ourselves, day to day, can shape our experience of menopause in powerful ways.

🌿 Nutrition: Choosing foods that nourish us — whole grains, colourful fruits and vegetables, good sources of calcium and protein — helps our bodies stay strong and balanced.
🏃‍♀️ Movement: Gentle exercise, whether it’s walking, yoga, swimming, or dancing, supports heart and bone health and boosts mood and energy.
💬 Relationships: Staying connected — to friends, family, and community — reminds us that we don’t have to face this journey alone. Shared stories and laughter can lift the heaviest days.
🧠 Mental health: This is a time of emotional change too. Making space for rest, mindfulness, and self-compassion can help us navigate it with kindness and calm.

✨ Nourish your body with food that makes you feel good.
✨ Move in ways that bring joy and energy.
✨ Stay connected — community and conversation matter.
✨ Protect your mental health — rest, reflect, and be kind to yourself.

Menopause isn’t an ending — it’s a transition. And with the right lifestyle choices and support, it can also be a time of renewal, confidence, and rediscovery.

#WorldMenopauseDay #MenopauseAwareness #LifestyleMatters #SelfCare #WomensHealth #YouAreNotAlone

Yes and No in 2025

January 7th        Uncategorized    No Comments

Ive seen so much BS already about New Year and what we “should” be doing and all these “amazing” things people have that can help us lose weight an be better…..always fuelling into our insecurities and quite often making us feel insecure about something we may never have before.
So here’s a list of things to focus and not focus on this year
Obviously we are all individual and everyone is different but lets try not to be swept up into the hype and social media and adverts and all that shit
Focus on YOU and what makes you happy
Doesn’t matter what anyone else is doing
Doesn’t matter what journey someone else is on
Do what makes you feel amazing and nothing else matters
Jen x

Menstrual Cycle

March 2nd        Uncategorized    No Comments
Your Menstrual Cycle in Four Phases
Keep in mind the menstrual cycle can vary greatly from woman to woman or month to month and still be considered normal. Generally, the length of your menstrual cycle can fluctuate from three weeks to five weeks, without alarm.
 
When counting the days in your cycle, always count the first day of your period as day one. The average period lasts three to five days, although some women may experience slightly shorter or longer periods.
Your menstrual cycle consists of four phases:
 
Menstrual
The menstrual phase starts the moment you get your period and typically lasts up to five days. During this time, your uterus sheds its lining through your vagina and women wear a tampon or sanitary pad to absorb it.
 
Follicular
Next, the follicular phase usually occurs during days six through 14 of your cycle. Your estrogen levels rise, causing the endometrium to get thicker.2 FSH levels also rise causing maturation of several ovarian follicles, one of which will produce a fully mature egg during days 10 to 14.
 
Ovulation
Around day 14, in a woman who has a 28-day cycle, LH levels surge causing ovulation. This means one of the mature follicles burst and released the fully mature egg into one of the fallopian tubes.
 
Luteal
The fourth stage, called the premenstrual or luteal phase, lasts approximately 14 days.
At this time, the egg travels through the fallopian tube to the uterus. If it’s fertilized by a sperm, you get pregnant. If not, progesterone and estrogen levels decline, and the endometrial lining flows out as your period.

Menopause…..5 things

March 1st        Uncategorized    No Comments

Menopause can be a positive transition in a Woman’s Life

A time to really focus on You and what truly makes you happy

Here’s 5 things we should be focusing on

Tag a friend

Share away

Jen x

Copyright 2026 / All Rights Reserved / Website By Dharmishi