Would you like to know more about the menopause?
Halton Libraries are holding a number of online talks throughout October. Each talk looks at a different aspect of the menopause and perimenopause.
If you aren’t able to attend live, you can find recordings on the Halton Libraries website.
Tuesday, 7th October | 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Perimenopause and Menopause Journey | Dr Catherine Munro
Perimenopause and menopause can be a confusing time, and navigating this journey can be tricky. Dr Cath Munro is a British Menopause Society-accredited menopause specialist, and she will talk you through this journey, what to expect, how to prepare and how best to navigate your own journey.
Webinar Link – Perimenopause and Menopause Journey
Accepts questions before and after
Thursday, 16th October | 12 noon – 1:00 pm | Mindfulness and Menopause Awareness | Jayshri (Jay) Mistry
At Wellness by Jay, we support businesses and community groups with gentle, practical tools for everyday wellbeing. From group workshops to 1-to-1 support, we focus on better sleep, stress relief, menopause care, and mindfulness to help people feel calmer, more balanced, and resilient to live their best life.
Join us for a 60-minute presentation on Mindfulness for Menopause, offering practical strategies to enhance wellbeing, ease stress, calm the mind and build resilience. Helping you feel more balanced and healthier during life changes.
Would also like to thank you for this opportunity and your support.
Webinar Link – Mindfulness and Menopause Awareness
Tuesday, 21st October | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Introduction to Bone Health for Perimenopause | Angela White
As we navigate perimenopause our bodies undergo significant changes. While we often focus on the visible ones and those that immediately impact our lives such as fatigue, poor sleep and hot flushes, there are some other changes going on that don’t give us feedback signals to alert to their presence. A silent transformation is happening in our skeletons.
In this informative and empowering talk retired orthopaedic surgeon and lecturer in bone health, Dr Angela White will explain why your bones are your most important long term investment. Debunking some common myths and explaining how your skeleton is constantly remodelling itself you’ll discover how you can start with small evidence-based changes that will make a world of difference to your future self. Learn some practical, actionable tactics for optimising your bone health now so you can continue to live a life of strength, independence and vitality for decades to come”
Angela White, MBChB, MRCS and member of CIMSPA is a retired doctor, orthopaedic surgeon and associate lecturer with a special interest in bone health and passionate about promoting healthy ageing. She is a Personal Trainer with a special interest in strength and rehabilitation for people with musculoskeletal injury and osteoporosis and developed and delivers Building Better Bones workshops.
Outside work, she is an endurance athlete, having started running aged 53. She has taken part in long distance running events from 50 to 190 miles, represented GB as an Age Group Multisport athlete and holds a Guinness World Record as the oldest female to run from John o’Groats to Land’s End, aged 60 years.
Webinar Link – Introduction to Bone Health for Perimenopause
Accepts questions before and after
Thursday, 23rd October | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Making Menopause Matter | Diane Danzebrink
Join us for an empowering session with Diane Danzebrink, founder of Menopause Support and the national Make Menopause Matter campaign, is a passionate advocate for better menopause education, care, and support. Drawing from both professional expertise and personal experience, Diane works as a consultant, speaker, educator and author. Her not-for-profit organisation aims to guide and support anyone affected by menopause directly or indirectly while challenging outdated perceptions and promoting open, informed conversations.
Her book, Making Menopause Matter, offers practical advice, compassionate insight, and a powerful call to action. It explores the wide-ranging impact of menopause on health, relationships, careers, and wellbeing, and highlights the importance of accessible support and understanding. Part manifesto, part memoir, and part self-help. Diane’s writing empowers individuals and communities to recognise menopause as a significant life transition that deserves attention, respect, and care.
Webinar Link – Making Menopause Matter
Accepts questions before and after
Tuesday, 28th October | 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Staying Healthy in Midlife | Renee McGregor & Dr Catherine Munro
Weight management can be really tricky in midlife. Finding sound and evidence-based advice about how to stay healthy through this time can be difficult with so much confusing information in the media.
Renee and Cath will talk about the way our bodies work and how what we eat influences our health, as well as cover evidence-based approaches to eating and exercising for a healthy body.
Webinar Link – Staying Healthy in Midlife
Accepts questions before and after