Rachel Bavidge

Use a holistic approach to empower the mind and body before, during, and after the menopause.

Understand the menopause with all its changes and challenges - and choose practices and treatments to make this next stage in your wellness journey healthy, positive, and joyful.

Your menopause is unique to you - a milestone on your personal wellbeing journey. A lucky few will breeze through it, but for most women this time of hormonal upheavals throws up a variety of challenging symptoms. Understand the menopause better and find the right combination of resources for you - to stay physically, mentally, and spiritually well throughout.

Find out how to adapt your existing wellness practices and build in new ones to smooth the path of your menopause: adopt yoga poses to reduce stress or help you sleep; use essential oils for a relaxing massage to lift mood; enjoy foods that boost energy and sharpen focus; discover the best exercises for strong bones and a healthy heart; use CBT and mindfulness to relieve anxiety and calm hot flushes; choose the best herbal remedies to balance hormones and diminish mood swings. Discover how to attend to your specific needs in a mindful, positive way, either alongside or without prescription medication.

Your go-to guide to help make the transition an energising and liberating experience, Natural Menopause lets you take charge and embrace The Change.

Anne Henderson is a Consultant Gynaecologist and British Menopause Society Accredited Specialist. She has been a consultant for more than 20 years, and spent 17 years as an NHS Consultant, following a medical degree at Cambridge University and postgraduate training throughout the South East.

She is one of less than 200 British Menopause Society Accredited Specialists in the UK, recognising the higher level of training, expertise and ongoing clinical workload which this group of specialists undertake. Anne is passionate about women''s health issues, particularly menopause and HRT, and has decades of experience carrying out research and running specialist menopause clinics. Anne believes in offering an exceptional quality of care to all women.

Anne is also the Director and Lead Clinician of The Amara Clinic, a brand new women''s health clinic in the centre of Tunbridge Wells, UK. The Amara Clinic offers a peaceful, private and safe environment in which to get exceptional care from a multi-disciplinary team of experts.

The Amara Clinic is led by women, so we know that every woman requires unique and specific treatment. There is no one size fits all approach to health. The Amara Clinic offers an individualised approach to each person we welcome through our doors.

You can find out more about Anne and The Amara Clinic at www.gynae-expert.co.uk

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