It must be my hormones: Ireland’s first perimenopause coach on dealing with the change

Many women find it difficult to talk about the perimenopause, but coach Catherine O’Keeffe is here to help, writes Margaret Jennings

Irish women are still largely adopting the ostrich approach — sticking their heads in the sand — when it comes to thinking or talking about the perimenopause, those years from the mid-40s to mid-50s when the ovaries gradually produce less estrogen before menstruation finally stops.