I’m truly honoured to be shortlisted for the Celebrating Women Pioneers Menopause Awards  (6 February). For over 25 years, women’s health has been my life’s work supporting women from menstrual health and fertility challenges through to maternity, menopause, and beyond. This journey has shaped my commitment to  Menoproofing through the decades , empowering women with knowledge, testing, self-care, and practical solutions long before menopause arrives. In 2020, I founded  Joy

At the heart of my work is  Menoproofing through the decades a proactive approach to female health that recognises menopause as a culmination of lifelong patterns, not a sudden event. What happens earlier in life from teens projects into our future forming as health impacts and deeper risks. Finds related to maternal, maternity and menopause. Finding and checking out the uniqueness involved for each person, their history, lifestyle, family history to find reasons ‘why’. Thr

Debate continues regarding the harm to young minds and brain formation from media and phone use. All predicted and restriction suggested, which was ignored and today our children feel the brunt of the ignorance of those who made the decisions over a decade ago.   Our children pay the price as phone scrolling, brainwashing becomes addictive. Resulting in brain overload from demand. Person naturally feels overwhelmed emotionally. Psychologically skewed living takes place with n

Despite many calls for better birth experiences we start 2026 with headlines that Australian practices around birth are failing women. Unfortunately a global problem and not exclusive to Australia. I have reported, written and spoken about birth trauma for over a decade. Women and their infants suffer daily, professionals declare not enough is known, not recognised and no data exists to quantify the percentage of women affected, with a suspected 70% of women being affected. A