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Menopause rage and anxiety can affect your mood and relationships. Discover how HRT helped one woman feel like herself again, with expert advice

Mood swings and irrational thoughts turned my normal happy self into someone my husband didn’t recognise. Going on HRT saved not only my sanity, but my marriage too. Below, I reflect on how it helped me and menopause experts explain why mood shifts, anxiety, and increased irritability during this stage of our lives are very real physiological and psychological experiences.

Suzanne Baum

22 October 202619 October 2026

Menopause rage and anxiety can affect your mood and relationships. Discover how HRT helped one woman feel like herself again, with expert advice

Self / Mental health

The invisible grief of menopause – why you can miss the woman you were without wanting your old life back

From mourning your younger body and fading libido to confronting the end of your reproductive years, menopause can bring a surprising sense of loss. Experts explain why it happens – and how to embrace the woman you’re becoming

Suzanne Baum

5 October 202616 October 2026

The invisible grief of menopause – why you can miss the woman you were without wanting your old life back

Neurodiversity

‘I thought I was fine, but now I’m barely functioning’: Why ADHD could be the hidden cause of overwhelm during menopause

Feeling overwhelmed by things you used to manage easily? We asked experts to explain the complicated overlap between ADHD and menopause.

Amy Mica Marsden

2 October 20261 October 2026

‘I thought I was fine, but now I’m barely functioning’: Why ADHD could be the hidden cause of overwhelm during menopause

Relationships / Magazine / Mental health

Why men need to wise up to menopause: understanding what women go through could transform the workplace

A recent survey revealed just how ill-equipped some male managers are to support menopausal colleagues – so could getting more men into workplace workshops change that?

Suzanne Baum

13 August 202613 August 2026

Why men need to wise up to menopause: understanding what women go through could transform the workplace

Physical wellbeing

Your perimenopause mind: managing mood, memory and sleep

Kellie Gillespie-Wright discovers how hormonal changes impact memory, mood, sleep, and energy, why misdiagnosis is common, and how lifestyle, medical care, and emotional support can help women adapt, reframe, and thrive through perimenopause. Words: Kellie Gillespie-Wright. Images: Shutterstock, Pexels Panic attacks. Social withdrawal. Brain fog. A collapsing tolerance for other people’s nonsense. For many women […]

Psychologies

15 September 202515 September 2025

Your perimenopause mind: managing mood, memory and sleep

‘The shame was never ours to bear’: how Ruth Ellis’s execution scarred generations of her family

For decades, the execution of Ruth Ellis cast a long shadow over her family, shaping childhoods, relationships and a legacy of trauma. Now, after securing a historic posthumous pardon for her grandmother, Laura Enston tells us how she is reclaiming a story that was once a source of shame.

‘Help — I can’t stop thinking about my married coworker!’: How to stop a workplace crush from becoming an affair

You can’t always control who you’re attracted to, but you can control what happens next. A therapist explains why workplace crushes develop, what they might reveal about your needs, and how to stop attraction from crossing a line.

What happens when the person who murdered your loved one is on death row? The psychology of grief, justice and closure

When someone is murdered, the grief can be devastating. But for families whose loved one’s killer spends decades on death row, the wait for justice can bring its own psychological challenges. Chartered psychologist Dr Ravi Gill explains how repeated delays, anticipatory grief and the hope of an execution can affect the bereavement process – and why closure is rarely straightforward.