Hot, Foggy & Fabulous

Home
Australia
Port Macquarie, NSW
Hot, Foggy & Fabulous

EQ tips, real talk & reflective tools for women navigating hormones, life & work. Hot, foggy, and still totally fabulous.

17/09/2026

One unexpected thing about midlife:
You start noticing how much you've been carrying simply because you've always carried it. Everyone else's expectations.

Being the reliable one.
Being agreeable.
Being productive.
Keeping the peace.
Remembering everything.
Organising everybody.

Saying “I'm fine” because explaining why you're not feels like too much work.
And somewhere in this stage of life, a rather useful question starts appearing:

Do I actually want to keep doing this?

Not can I.
Not should I.
Do I want to?

Maybe that's part of becoming too. Not reinventing yourself completely. Just getting more selective about what comes with you.

So here's your question:
What's one thing you're ready to stop carrying into the next version of your life?

You don't need a profound answer.

Mine might occasionally be other people's nonsense. 😉

16/09/2026

Well. This happened two months ago. 🥹

Gold Social Change Maker at the 2026 Beam Awards.

Awards are funny things.

You stand there holding one with your name attached to it, but the work behind it is rarely just about one person.

Hot, Foggy & Fabulous started because I kept seeing brilliant women arrive at midlife thinking something had gone terribly wrong.

Their confidence disappeared.

Their capacity changed.

Their bodies changed.

Work suddenly felt harder.

And far too many of them thought they were supposed to quietly get on with it.

So I started asking questions.

Then hundreds of women started answering them.

And somewhere along the way, those conversations became research, a book, workshops, masterclasses and a much bigger mission:

Make menopause something women can talk about without shame, embarrassment or feeling like they're becoming less capable.

So yes, I'm ridiculously proud of this little gold beauty.

But I'm even prouder of what it represents.

A conversation that women have been whispering about for years is getting louder.

And if you've ever answered a question, shared a post, told me your story, come to an event or simply said “thank God someone is talking about this”...

you're part of that change too.

💙 Thank you.

09/09/2026

For the past few weeks, we've talked about brain fog, 3am wake-ups, confidence wobbles, bodies doing things nobody warned us about, and the very important question:

"Is it me, or is it perimenopause?"

But the thing I've loved most hasn't actually been talking about symptoms.

It's been the conversations afterwards.

The “ME TOO.”

The “I thought I was the only one.”

The women sharing things they'd quietly been carrying around for months, sometimes years.

And that has reminded me why Hot, Foggy & Fabulous exists in the first place.

Not to tell women how menopause should look.

Not to hand you another impossible list of things you're supposed to be doing.

But to create a place where we can talk honestly about what this part of life actually feels like.

The foggy bits. The funny bits. The furious bits. And, increasingly, the rather fabulous bits too.

So now I want to hear from you.

**What do you wish women talked about more openly in midlife?**

Nothing is too awkward. We've already discussed hot flushes. The bar is low. 😂

25/08/2026

Can I float an idea past you?

I've been thinking about what Hot, Foggy & Fabulous could become beyond posts, quizzes and masterclasses. And I keep coming back to this:

A retreat. A few days away for women in this strange, funny, sometimes exhausting middle chapter.

Not a bootcamp. Not three days of being told to optimise yourself. And definitely no compulsory sunrise chanting unless someone else is organising it. 😂

I'm imagining space to breathe.
Good food.
Beautiful surroundings.
Honest conversations about midlife, identity, confidence and what's changing.
Time to reflect.
Time to laugh.
Maybe learn a few things.
Maybe remember parts of yourself that got buried somewhere between work, family, hormones and looking after everybody else.
And most importantly, being around women who get it.

It's still an idea.

Before I disappear down the rabbit hole of venues, dates and colour-coded spreadsheets, I want to know:

Would you actually want to come?

If a Hot, Foggy & Fabulous retreat sounds like something you'd genuinely consider, register your interest here: https://hotfoggyfabulous.com/reset-retreat.

There's no commitment and nothing to buy.

I simply want to see whether enough of us are saying: Yes. I need this.

And if you like the idea, I'll keep you in the loop as the idea takes shape.

21/08/2026

And then the masterclass ended.

Everyone closed their laptops, wandered back into their kitchens, probably discovered a cup of tea they'd made two hours earlier and completely forgotten about…

…and life carried on. 😂

But I hope something stayed with you.

Maybe it was finally having a name for something you've been experiencing. Maybe it was realising you weren't the only woman quietly wondering, what on earth is happening to me? Maybe it was simply hearing other women laugh about things you'd been secretly worrying about.

That's really what Hot, Foggy & Fabulous was built for.

Not to give you another hundred things to fix. Just to help you understand yourself a little better, feel a little less alone, and find your way through this stage without disappearing inside it.

So whether you came to the masterclass or you've only just found me:

Welcome.

We're not done talking. 💛

Tell me below: what's one thing you wish someone had told you about perimenopause or menopause sooner?

19/08/2026

Thankyou to all the ladies that came along to our Hot, Foggy & Fabulous coffee catch-up this morning! I’m sorry I didn’t get to speak to all of you for long!

I’m thinking about running a Saturday morning coffee catch-up or a Friday evening after-work Cocktail catchup.

Please comment Cocktail or Saturday for which one is your preference. I would love to see some more midlife ladies transitioning through Perimenopause and Menopause at our catchups to help us all feel connected.

Address

PO Box 495
Port Macquarie, NSW
2444

Telephone

+61400019700

Website

http://shop.hotfoggyfabulous.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Hot, Foggy & Fabulous posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Hot, Foggy & Fabulous:

Want your business to be the top-listed Gym/sports Facility in Port Macquarie?