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Most women I meet remember the exact moment. A changing-room mirror. A passport photo. A harsh shop window. Or someone saying, kindly, “You look tired”. You weren’t tired. But your face had changed, and nobody warned you. I’ve spent years working with women in their 40s, 50s and beyond and the sentence I hear most…

Yoga, Pilates, Qigong and other mindful movement practices are gaining traction with men. Here, Kate Kirrane explores the reasons behind this shift. When I first came to the yoga mat in my late teens, I distinctly remember being surprised by the lack of men in class. I was living in London and studios were jam-packed…

Men are pretty good at working hard and playing hard. But are they quite so good at looking after themselves? When we think about men’s health, we tend to picture men being active, sporty, strong and, well, manly! We think about physical fitness, heart health, prostate checks and increasingly mental health, which quite rightly has…

Brainspotting is a psychotherapeutic tool that uses gaze, body awareness and focused attention to explore emotions, memories and experiences, particularly when they can be difficult to put into words. We use our eyes more often than we realise Have you ever noticed where your eyes tend to go when you’re trying to remember something? You…

World Mental Health Day this October is a reminder that caring for our minds should be as routine as brushing our teeth. For men, that message is urgent. The pressure to show up strong  Around three in four suicides registered in England and Wales in 2024 were men, according to the ONS. Behind that figure is…

TRE is a body-based practice that uses a series of movements to encourage natural muscular tremoring, giving the body an opportunity to release physical tension and explore how stress is experienced beyond words. Shaking is something our bodies already know how to do Most of us have experienced some form of involuntary shaking. Your hands…

‘A gentle, direct way to work with the subconscious beliefs that quietly shape how we think, feel and act.’ PSYCH-K® is a collaborative process that rewrites unhelpful beliefs and narratives which hold you back from opening up your true potential for wellbeing, success and happiness. A great deal of our day-to-day thinking, feeling and behaving…

As an Independent Prescribing Pharmacist specialising in women’s hormones, it’s perhaps no surprise that one of the most common questions I’m asked is, “Are my hormones causing this?’ Whether it’s fatigue, brain fog, anxiety, painful periods, fertility challenges or the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause, hormones are often at the centre of the conversation. And…

Women’s health problems can often be complex and influenced by hormonal, physical and emotional factors. While conventional medicine plays a big part in managing many of these conditions, there is growing interest surrounding ways in which complementary treatments such as medical acupuncture can help. Coming from a background in General Practice myself and now working…

Before you read this article, I want to acknowledge that it reflects the experiences of a particular group of men I work with in my practice. These are men who are actively working on themselves and their marriages, trying to better understand, support, and honour their wives as they navigate the profound changes that can…