Why Your Sinuses Might Be a Perimenopause Problem in Disguise
Since March 2025, I’ve had chronic sinus congestion. Difficulty breathing through my nose, waking with an insanely dry mouth and throat, post nasal drip that causes coughing, and constant throat-clearing every morning. I’ve had standard GP allergy blood tests for grass, mould, pollen and dust, blood tests to rule out certain cancers, an X-ray of […]
Can AI Replace Your Health Practitioner?
I want to start by saying something you might not expect from a practitioner writing this post. AI is genuinely useful. I use it myself. It synthesises research quickly, explains mechanisms clearly, and surfaces questions worth asking. I am not here to tell you it is a fad, or that it has no place in […]
Why Spring Is a Better Reset Point Than January
Every year, the same script plays out. January 1st arrives, everyone declares this is the year everything changes, and by February most of those resolutions are quietly abandoned. If that’s been your pattern too, here’s something worth knowing: the problem was not your willpower. It was the timing. Spring, it turns out, is a genuinely […]
Buteyko Breathing for Perimenopause Support
There’s a good chance you’ve never thought about how you breathe. Most of us haven’t. It happens somewhere around 20,000 times a day without any conscious input, so why would it need attention? But breathing pattern, not just breathing itself, turns out to matter more than most people realise. A growing body of research over […]
What Are Bach Flower Remedies? A Guide for Perimenopause
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that arrives in perimenopause that has nothing to do with how much sleep you got. It is the exhaustion of holding everything together while something inside you is quietly shifting. Of waking at 3am with a mind that won’t stop. Of feeling anxious for no reason you can […]
Why Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Hit Harder in Perimenopause
If you wash your face with cleanser, spray on deodorant, make your morning coffee in a plastic pod machine, and wipe the bench with a supermarket cleaner, by 8am you have already encountered dozens of hormone-disrupting chemicals. And your body is quietly paying the price. For women in perimenopause, that price is higher than most […]
Perimenopause Weight Gain, Gut Changes and Hormonal Shifts: What’s Actually Happening After 35
Your clothes are fitting differently. Energy has shifted. Sleep is not what it was. Digestion that used to be predictable now bloats after meals that never used to bother you. And despite eating well and staying active, nothing seems to respond the way it used to. This is not a willpower problem. It is a […]
Why Root-Cause Health Works: The Philosophy, the Evidence and the Metabolic Balance Method Behind Tree of Health
There is a reason I chose the name Tree of Health, the same reason Metabolic Balance became central to how I practise. Not because it sounds nice or “wellness branding,” but because it reflects how the body actually works. In clinic, I kept seeing the same pattern. Women doing everything “right.” Eating well. Exercising. Taking […]