Health and Wellbeing
“People don’t realise how much of what happens with your hormones affects your mouth and your teeth.”
It turns out the menopause can play havoc with your teeth on top of everything else. Oh joy. But help is at hand, in the shape of Dr Uchenna Okoye, who is making it her mission to change the way we manage caring for our teeth. As Chrissy Iley discovered.
Welcome to the parent grief club
When Kerensa Jennings’ beloved mum died, she became a member of a club she never knew existed or wanted to join, and was left wondering why more people don’t talk about the special searing grief of losing a parent.
'Without our "oestrogen goggles" we can start to say no
Actor Juliet Cowan found going through the menopause bruising and bewildering, but she emerged feeling more powerful and having “grown into myself”.
Tensions in my body that have been there for years are released in a flush of emotions, tears, laughter and relief
Beatrice Aidin experiences a unique weekend retreat trying out the Human Method technique developed by Nahid de Belgeonne, aka the nervous system whisperer.
Why Jo Whiley is seeing midlife through a whole new lens
Jo and Eleanor were joined by an array of inspiring speakers and guests at a special Queenager event hosted by Noon and Vision Express
Why I resigned from emergency nursing after 22 years
Lizzie Carter had wanted to be nurse from the age of 4. Leaving the job and the hospital she loved, but that left her emotionally and physically spent, finally felt like the only choice she could make.
There’s life in us Queenagers yet – and it's made so much easier by wearing the right glasses!
Eleanor Mills is revelling in seeing the world through a new lens. Literally.
Incontinence: One of the Last Taboos for Queenagers?
Women in their forties and fifties speak about the embarrassment they feel towards their incontinence. Conversations need to be had to provide women with accurate and helpful information.
The Queenager : Eleanor's Letter (August 14th 2022)
When the personal becomes political: the NHS crisis and other tales.
'My Boobs Got in the Way of My Golf Swing'
Genelle Aldred writes about the joys of getting into a new hobby, even allowing it to become a bit of an obsession and the hurdles that could have stopped her in her tracks.
Just Keep Pedalling
Anna Raptis is the founder of Mexico's first venture capital fund centred around women and is passionate about cycling as a way to challenge herself and focus her mind. She reflects on the parallels between her pastime of choice and her professional life... and celebrates the Female Tour De France running now for the first time in decades.
