Hi, I am Karen!
I am a qualified Menopause Lifestyle Coach, with 20 years experience in the corporate world in Leadership Development. I have always been interested in developing people and empowering them to reach their potential. I transitioned to coaching in 2017 after qualifying as an Executive and Leadership Coach. Since then, I have coached managers and senior leaders to maximise their potential, and to optimise performance and engagement with their teams.​
Since my cancer diagnosis I have used my skills to help cancer survivors to make positive changes to their lifestyle to help manage menopause and life after cancer.
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I will help you manage your menopause symptoms so you feel more like you after cancer.
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Cancer, Menopause and Me
My world fell apart the day I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. I felt physically ill in the doctor's office. All I could think about was how I was going to tell my children and my family that I needed chemotherapy. I felt the walls were closing in on me. For a few weeks I was in complete shock; I was so young and fit. I struggled to make sense of it all.
I was very confused about what to do first. I tried various different diets and different types of exercise. I was also struggling to figure out what I wanted with my life.
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In the coming weeks I had a bilateral mastectomy, 4 months of chemotherapy and 25 radio therapy sessions. The chemo was incredibly hard on my body. My body recovered and healed but I was never prepared for what life would be like after cancer. I was plunged into my menopause, I was underweight, unhealthy and my mind was a mess. I was so confused about how to get my my life back up and running.
How and when would I feel like myself again?
One morning something changed in me. I was tired of feeling like a victim. I was tired of waiting for things to happen to me. I told myself that I needed to take back control of my life. The doctors could manage the disease but there was something I could do... I could manage my attitude, my diet and many other aspects of my life. I knew at that moment that I had the power and strength to get through it.
Menopause has been harder to manage than cancer.
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I didn't know what was happening to me.
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​I was plunged into menopause over night. I didn't know what was happening to me. I couldn't sleep. I couldn't exercise because my body ached so much. I was exhausted all the time. I had 20 hot flushes a day. I lost my confidence... all because of the MENOPAUSE!
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I now manage my symptoms through
​Exercise
Diet
Mindset
If you too suffer from symptoms related to menopause and cancer
Give me a call and let's see how I can help you.
