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Menopause and Your Skin – Why it’s changing and what you can do about it.
Hormones have a lot to answer for, and when it comes to our skin, they are no exception! If you're going through the Menopause and have noticed your skin behaving differently lately, you’re definitely not alone or imagining it. As oestrogen levels fall during the menopause, unfortunately it can have some unwanted side effects on your skin. You may notice that your skin becomes drier, thinner, redder, more sensitive or may even be surprised to find breakouts reappearing for the first time since your teens!
With World Menopause Day taking place on 18 October, we understand how frustrating it can be when your skin changes...
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Back Care Awareness Week is October 5-10 2026
This is a week long national health awareness event to help educate on back pain along with preventative measures to support back health.
As a business focussed on supporting good health, we know from working with different people either within the workplace, or on a staycation, or for a pamper party, that back treatments are generally our clients 1st choice. Aside from it being the most essential part of our structure for movement and flexibility; our backs contain our spinal cords which form half of the central nervous system and therefore good back health back is an absolutely essential part of staying and feeling healthy. Stresses and strains...
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world menopause day - 18th oct 2026
This World Menopause Day (18 October), the International Menopause Society is shining a light on chronic pain at midlife, an issue that affects many women during and after the menopause transition and is too often underestimated or dismissed. One of the most common, and most frustrating, forms it takes is shoulder pain. It can creep in quietly, with a stiff reach for a coat or a restless night spent avoiding one side, and gradually become a daily struggle. In this guest blog, acupuncturist specialist Danny Maxwell explores why the shoulder is so often affected around menopause, what traditional Chinese medicine calls the "50-year shoulder", and how acupuncture may help.
50-Year Shoulder’: How Acupuncture...
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THE SECOND SPRING* - REVISITED
How nutrition and lifestyle can support you through the menopause
*Traditional Chinese Medicine created the term the "Second Spring" to describe this particular time in a woman's life - they view the menopause as a time for new opportunities and renewal.
This blog has been prepared by Glo's resident Naturopath and Lilfe Coach - Sara Jubb - to provide nutritional and lifestyle advice to support this stage of womens' lives. Similar advice is part of a handout accompanying Glo's Nutrition Workshop specifically on the subject of the Menopause. It's been updated by Charlotte Maxwell, co-founder and Director of Glo who provides her own personal experience of the menopause.
Whether you are menopausal, post-menopausal,...
Read MoreAs more people struggle with the daily grind, anxiety, depression and stress, mindfulness meditation is packing a mean punch, especially for a practise adapted from a 2,400-year-old Buddhist tradition.
A favourite practise for the Hollywood Glitterati (Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz and Clint Eastwood) meditation involves sitting still, focusing on your breath, noticing thoughts, feelings, sensations and surroundings and when the attention drifts, bringing it back to the breath – and it is actually surprisingly challenging.
The Challenges and Benefits of Meditation
The first challenge, for most is actually finding the time to meditate , but if you MAKE the time then you are likely to reap the benefits. You don't have to meditate for an hour a day, so...
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