Liz Lay - Menopause

Liz Lay - Menopause I'm Liz, a certified Menopause Coach (CPD).

In navigating my own menopause journey I now help women find strength, balance and confidence to thrive through menopause and beyond, with 1:1 and group coaching and workplace programmes. A family person and pet lover with a love of walking, cycling, running, reading, learning, visiting new places and catching up with friends.

09/09/2026

“Have you got a quick five minutes?”

There goes lunch. I know this one very well.

When I travelled a lot for work, eating could easily become something I fitted in whenever there happened to be time and as a busy manager, even when I did put time between meetings, somebody would inevitably need me.

If a member of your team needs to talk, five minutes isn’t always five minutes because you want to listen properly.

So lunch gets pushed back, then another meeting starts and more emails arrive.

Suddenly, you realise you’re absolutely starving.

Many of us become very good at making room for everybody else’s needs while constantly moving our own.

During menopause, when our energy, mood and stress can already feel more difficult to manage, continually running ourselves to empty doesn’t help.

This is about recognising that your needs deserve a place in your day too.

A snack in your bag.
Lunch protected in your diary, as the norm and not the exception.
Something planned before you become ravenous.

It’s the small things for which looking after ourselves starts with deciding that we don’t always have to be the thing that gets moved.

How often does your lunch, or your own time, disappear because somebody else needs you, or it has been@planned into your day?💜

03/09/2026

I used to blame my aching joints, especially my ankles, as being just part of getting older.

I was wrong.

There was a time when my heels hurt so much that getting out of bed and taking those first few steps to the bathroom were really painful.

I blamed ageing and I blamed running.

What I didn’t think was: Could this be menopause?

I simply didn’t know at the time that joint aches and stiffness could be connected to the menopause transition.

It was only during my menopause training that I learned about the link.

And it was only during my menopause training too that I learnt about some of the benefits of HRT and decided to try it to see how I got on.  It was something I’d never thought was for me before my training, but, my joint aches disappeared completely.

So it changed how I listen to my body, because when something hurts, it’s easy to move less.

Sometimes rest and medical advice are absolutely needed, particularly with new, severe or persistent pain.

But movement matters too.

It doesn’t have to mean spending an hour at the gym.

🚶 A short walk
💻 Getting up from your desk
🙆 Moving your shoulders, hips or ankles
📞 Walking while you’re on the phone
🌿 Finding little pockets of movement throughout the day

For me, walking is now about much more than exercise.

It’s fresh air.
Space.
Thinking time.
A chance to settle my mind.

🎙️ This week on I’m Liz Lay Menopause:

Joint Pain in Menopause: Why Movement Is Medicine

If you’ve ever thought…

“Maybe this is just what happens when you get older…”

…I’d love you to have a listen.

And tell me :

What did you once put down to ageing that you later realised could be connected to menopause? 💜

31/08/2026

Part 2… What really is perfection?

31/08/2026

Part 1…. Watch out for part 2 shortly…

28/08/2026

What if you don’t need MORE menopause advice?

Often, it’s not about adding more.

It’s about rediscovering the things that have slipped away while you’ve been busy looking after everyone and everything else.

Perhaps you don’t need another person telling you what you should be doing.

Perhaps you need someone to help you make sense of the noise.

If that sounds like you, DM me COFFEE ☕💜

Let’s have a no-pressure chat about where you are now and what might help you move forward.

27/08/2026

In case you’re new here, this is who I help and why. 💜

I’m Liz Lay, a Menopause Coach and Business Consultant, and I support busy women in midlife who are holding everything together on the outside,

while quietly wondering:

“Where did I go?”

Menopause isn’t always just hot flushes.

It can look like:

🟣 Forgetting words you’ve used a thousand times
🟣 Anxiety that seems to have come from nowhere
🟣 Losing confidence in yourself
🟣 Feeling exhausted but still pushing through
🟣 Having less capacity for things you used to manage easily
🟣 Simply not feeling like you anymore

I know how unsettling that can feel, I have the lived experience.

That’s why I help women untangle menopause through supportive conversations, education and practical lifestyle guidance.

Not another one-size-fits-all plan.

Not another overwhelming list of things you should be doing.

Instead, we look at you, what’s happening in your body and mind, what matters to you and what small changes can realistically fit into your life.

My approach follows my ALIVE Pathway:

💜 Achieve clarity
💜 Learn what’s happening
💜 Integrate practical strategies
💜 Voice your needs
💜 Evolve into what comes next

I want you to reach the point where you can say:

“I manage my menopause. It doesn’t manage me.”

Menopause Moments, is my private Facebook community, where we have honest conversations about menopause and explore practical ways to feel calmer, clearer and more in control.

💜 Find the link in the comments to join us.

And if you’re thinking:

“I just want to feel like myself again…”

DM me COFFEE and let’s have a chat. ☕💜

What’s the ONE thing you wish someone had told you about menopause sooner?

26/08/2026

When was the last time that you had a moment that truly belonged to you?

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