Unlock Menopause

What Is The Unlock Menopause Course?

Every woman’s experience is unique, and there is no one right way to feel about menopause. What matters most is how we choose to embrace this new phase of our lives.

The Unlock Menopause course has been designed to empower, enable and educate those who want to better understand and manage symptoms of perimenopause and menopause.

That’s why we have designed a positive wellbeing, peer support programme on what really works to support women to understand menopause, feel empowered, build confidence and learn new wellbeing practices and strategies to start making positive changes to improve the quality of their health and their lives.

Is This For ME?

Whatever you are experiencing, mentally, emotionally or physically, this course has been designed to help you find ways of managing your health, happiness and wellbeing.

You don’t have to be seeing a mental health professional to benefit from attending one of our Unlock Menopause Courses.

Many people who attend our Unlock Menopause Course are struggling to manage a variety of life challenges made difficult by menopausal symptoms, such as

• Home life & pressures
• Work pressures & responsibilities
• Loss & bereavement
• Relationship difficulties
• Unemployment
• Career changes
• Existing mental &/or physical ill health
• Covid-19
• and many other problems that are affecting your quality of living and your overall health.

Unlocking the taboo, myths and negativity around Menopause really can help you to regain focus, embrace hope and start enjoying life in a new way!

We know that many women who are struggling to manage symptoms of perimenopause and menopause are often juggling working full time, caring for families as well as trying to navigate the overwhelming changes happening to our bodies.

That’s why we offer flexible learning at Impact.

For those of you who just can’t manage each of the six sessions, we have self-study options in addition to online one-to-one support to help ensure you gain a full understanding of what you can do to begin managing menopausal symptoms, changing the ‘negative’ towards menopause and learning how to embrace and enjoy this time in your life.

Where and When Are The Courses Run?

• All of our courses are now held live, online, using Zoom
• Access to course Zoom links and to download Zoom can be found once registration is complete
• Each course is delivered over six sessions
• Start time is 09.30 and finishing at 2.30 pm with plenty of breaks

How Do I Sign Up?

We offer a variety of ways to sign up for any of our courses:

• To book now, take a look at the calendar below and follow the Enrol Or Login links. Once approved, you will receive information about your next steps guiding you to enrol onto your chosen course
• Alternatively, call us for an informal chat on 01582 797596

What If I Want To Refer Someone Else …

No problem. If you are a medical professional or you simply want to refer a friend, family or staff member, please use our application form or call us on 01582 797596

This course is free to residents in Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough.

Who Are Impact?

At Impact, we all have personal experiences and understanding of how overwhelming it can feel not knowing where to turn for help, especially when it feels like no one understands the struggles and challenges of everyday simple tasks caused by a never ending stream of menopausal symptoms that can significantly impact on our coping abilities.

We are women who have or who are experiencing change brought about from Menopause.

Add our personal experience of menopause and previous mental ill health to our professional experience in teaching, education, mental wellbeing, mindfulness and lifestyle change, and we believe this course will provide you with an opportunity to safely share your experiences, discuss and learn from us what practices can help you to manage symptoms, as well as rebuilding your ability to cope with the menopausal transition.

Do not become alarmed when you experience yourself in totally new ways,” sighs Grandmother Growth tenderly.

“You are changing, getting ready to be initiated into the third stage of your life.

Are you ready for the ride of your life?

 Susun Weed, author of Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way