Because the cost of silence is too high for women in the boardroom

I didn’t set out to become the go-to professional menopause coach for the boardroom.
But when woman after woman came to me, quietly, urgently, and on the brink of stepping down or stopping their boardroom careers, it became clear: there was a leadership crisis nobody was talking about.

This year, I was named Career Coach of the Year 2025.
It’s an honour, yes. But more than that, it’s a signal.
Because it recognises something I’ve known and coached on for years: menopause isn’t a side issue. It’s showing up in executive performance, leadership presence, and business decisions and most
companies still have no idea how to deal with it at the leadership layer,

Menopause in the boardroom isn’t a health issue. It’s a commercial one.

When I speak at conferences as a menopause keynote speaker, I ask one question that stops rooms cold:

“What’s the hidden cost of menopause in your business?”

Here’s what the research tells us:

90% of women say menopause affects their work
1 in 10 leave their roles altogether (UK Parliament Report, 2023)
73% of female leaders say they’d switch employers for one that offered strategic menopause career support (The Menopause Maze, 2025)

I work with C-suite women and female founders who aren’t stepping back because they want to, but because no one gave them the tools to stay in.

They don’t need symptoms sessions they’ve already sourced the top hormone consultants, nutritionists, PT’s and sleep specialists.
They need expert boardroom and business strategy.
And they need it delivered by someone who knows their world.

What a professional menopause coach really does

My clients don’t book me for inspiration - they book me to get back their edge and keep growing their careers and companies so they achieve their boldest and biggest career and company growth goals with NOPAUSE through all stages of menopause.

I’m brought in when:

A CEO is quietly considering stepping aside because her risk appetite is reduced
A founder feels like she’s the blocker in her business but doesn’t know why
A future board chair hesitates to go for the top job because her commercial impact is off

In these moments, a menopause coach can’t just be caring, she has to be commercially fluent and have lived expertise in the highest-stakes and highest demand boardrooms on the planet. That’s why I built the NOPAUSE™ Method - to protect careers, restore clarity, and keep high-performing women exactly where they belong: at the top.

When the FT called, I didn’t hold back

I recently appeared on the Financial Times PWM channel to speak about menopause in governance, growth and the great wealth transfer to women, not as a wellness issue, but as a wealth and value creation opportunity.

Because here’s the truth:

When menopause shows up in risk aversion, delayed decision-making or strategic retreat, it’s not a phase. It’s a performance threat.

And if leaders and investors don’t wake up to that?
They’ll keep losing their most valuable people.

Why the C-suite needs a menopause influencer and not the Instagram kind

There are plenty of people talking about menopause online.
But very few who’ve actually worked with elite women in billion-pound companies, investor-backed ventures, or publicly listed boardrooms.

I’m not here to simplify menopause. I’m here to make it strategic.
To influence decisions that affect careers, capital, and continuity.
That’s what makes me a true menopause influencer one that’s shaping performance, pipeline and profitability.

So where do you start?

Start with truth.
Then get tools.

If you’re wondering where menopause might be silently affecting your leadership life, your business decisions, or your bottom line, I’ve created something for you.

Take the NOPAUSE™ Scorecard

In under 5 minutes, it’ll show you what menopause may be costing you, your career and your company and exactly what to do about it.

Because no matter what stage of your leadership journey you’re in, your career doesn’t need a pause.

Final word

Winning Career Coach of the Year wasn’t about the trophy.
It was about the shift.

The one where we finally stop leaving top-tier women to figure this out on their own.
The one where menopause becomes a recognised performance risk and professional menopause coaching becomes a strategic solution.

If that’s a conversation you and your company needs, I’m ready to have it.

Work With Me