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Joanne Pagett 🚀 shared thisYou don't need another menopause coach. What you need is someone willing to tell you that your exhaustion didn't start at perimenopause. It started 20 years ago when you decided your own wellbeing was optional. Menopause just made it impossible to ignore. But the menopause coaching industry isn't interested in that conversation. It's easier to sell "fix your hormones" than "recalibrate your entire relationship with productivity." So here we are. Hundreds of coaches who can't tell the difference between perimenopause and menopause. Trendy terms like "peripreneur" and exhausted women drowning in choice, unable to tell who actually knows what they're talking about. After 20 years in this space, multiple credentials, and lived experience of surgical menopause, I'm stepping back. Not because the work doesn't matter. But because the space has lost its way. Here's what I think should happen instead. Full article on Medium, link in the comments. #integritymatters #menopausecoaching #realtalk #womenshealth
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Joanne Pagett 🚀 shared thisPlot twist: the secret weapon for your 11 am energy slump isn’t another coffee. It’s a bowl of strawberries. Here’s why they earn their spot on my desk most mornings: They’re mostly water and fibre, so you get to eat an actual bowlful and feel satisfied, no “was that snack even real” energy. The natural sugars come with fibre attached, so you get a gentle lift instead of the spike-then-crash rollercoaster a pastry gives you. They’re loaded with vitamin C and polyphenols, which support your energy metabolism and take some of the edge off cortisol, useful when your calendar looks like a game of Tetris. And they satisfy the sweet craving without derailing the rest of your day. This is the whole idea behind Foundation in my StrongHER FAB Method: it’s not about “being good.” It’s about choosing fuel that keeps your energy steady so you can actually show up for the career and life you’re building, not just survive until 3 pm. What’s your go-to snack when the day’s already trying to win? #realnutrition #strongher #strawberries #vitaminc #fuelyourbody
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Joanne Pagett 🚀 shared thisJust listening to the radio and Club Tropicana by Wham came on. This took me straight back to my first real abroad holiday in Ibiza with my then boyfriend. It got me thinking about some of the things we had to do before everything went digital. I remember having to go and get travellers cheques, then find a bank to cash them in when you get to your destination. Then budgeting how much money you had for each day, because you only had what you came with. No credit card 💳 back then. Or waiting to get your hotel bus 🚌 and traipse around all the other hotels before getting dropped off at your hotel, thinking how nice all the other hotels looked. Joining the Rep meeting on the first day so they can sell you a tour you didn’t really want to go on 🤣 Buying local postcards and sending them back home to friends and family. What do you reminisce about from holidays gone by? #Holidays #backintheday
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Joanne Pagett 🚀 shared thisA few months ago, I was asked to be a guest on the Webinar #fromreportingtoresults with Verditer Consulting to discuss the upcoming changes to Menopause in the workplace and the mandatory reporting from April 2027. One of the questions posed to me by Julia Hanna, who was hosting, was: QUESTION: I appreciate that each action plan will be different, but what might the key components look like? My reply: "Before I give you a framework, I want to challenge one assumption. Most organisations approach this by asking, 'What's the minimum we need to include?' I'd invite you to ask a different question: what would it take for a woman in perimenopause to feel genuinely safe telling her line manager what's happening to her? Build your action plan backwards from that answer, and you'll get something that actually works. And when you do that, you almost always arrive at the same place. Managers. Manager capability is the component that separates organisations that mean it from those that perform it. Your managers are the single biggest lever you have, and right now, many of them are completely underprepared. Not because they don't care, but because nobody has ever given them the language, the confidence, or the permission to have these conversations. Training isn't enough on its own. You need psychological safety built into the management culture, so that a woman can say what she's experiencing without fear of being quietly sidelined, performance-managed, or treated as a liability. That fear is real. And it's well-founded, based on what many women have experienced. So, for me, the question for your action plan isn't just 'did we run the training?' It's what's your plan for the culture that makes your employees feel comfortable talking about Menopause in the workplace. My question to #HRLeaders and #Peopleleaders is: are you ready for these changes? Have you started to position your Menopause Policies, or are you still burying your head in the sand? April 2027 isn't far away, and if you want to get ahead and get a Menopause Policy that supports your employees, not created just as a tick-box exercise, get in touch. It would be great to help you get started. Samantha Gee #menopause #menopauseintheworkplace #menopausepolicy (photo for the algorithm)
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Joanne Pagett 🚀 shared thisYou're Not Burnt Out. You're Done Performing Enthusiasm You Don't Feel. A February 2026 survey of 3,000+ women workers found nearly half report burnout, and one in four have considered leaving or already left their job in the past year, with 42% citing poor work-life balance as the primary driver. So when this happens, what really happens? Read on to find out. #burnout #performance #strongher #hrleaders #businesswomenYou're Not Burnt Out. You're Done Performing Enthusiasm You Don't Feel.You're Not Burnt Out. You're Done Performing Enthusiasm You Don't Feel.
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Joanne Pagett 🚀 shared thisEngland were 1-0 up. Four minutes away from a World Cup final. Then it wasn't. If you've ever built something, nursed it, protected it, and watched it unravel in the last five minutes through no dip in effort, just circumstance, you already know that feeling in your chest. It's not failure. It's football. Some weeks, it's business too. This collapse isn't the end of the story. The steps you take in the next ten minutes are what really count. Revert to your foundation and ask the question: What's still solid, even now? The basics you built when nobody was watching don't vanish because of one bad scoreline. What you're doing now is this in alignment with what’s happening: Was this even your game to lose, or were you playing to someone else's rules, someone else's scoreboard? How can you break through and move on? A gutting result is data and a lesson to be learnt from, not a verdict. England still have a match to play. So do you; maybe you change the team or players, but you stay aligned to your end goal. I may have shouted at the telly like I hold some sort of UEFA coaching badge. I do not. I hold a bar of chocolate and strong opinions. But hope isn't a scoreline; it's a decision you make again on Thursday morning, whatever last night’s score looked like. If you're quietly regrouping after your own gutting few minutes, be it in business, in health, in life, that's exactly what the StrongHer FAB Method is built for. Foundation. Alignment. Breakthrough. Not rescued. Recalibrated. Drop a 🧡 or DM me if this landed. Third-place playoff or not, we're still in this. #StrongHER #itsonlyfootball #womeninbusiness #youarestrong The StrongHer FAB Method Coaching
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Joanne Pagett 🚀 shared thisThis might sound like a controversial post, but not everyone is a football fan. I'm not particularly bothered about the World Cup, but I know a lot of you are, and that's fine. What does bother me is this: "If England wins, a Bank Holiday will be granted." Now, don't get me wrong, I'll happily take the extra Bank Holiday. But why does men's football qualify for a Bank Holiday if the team wins the World Cup? What makes football so special? What about all the other sporting achievements England has secured? For example: - England Women winning the UEFA Women's Euros in 2022. - England men's rugby last winning the Rugby World Cup in 2003, beating Australia 20-17 in extra time in Sydney. They remain the only Northern Hemisphere team to have won it. - England's Red Roses have won it three times: 1994, 2014, and most recently in 2025, beating Canada 33-13 in the final on home soil, part of a 33-match unbeaten streak, the longest in international rugby history. I don't recall a Bank Holiday being granted for any of these achievements! Personally, I feel like this undermines the other great sporting achievements secured by England. Does this also include Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland being granted a Bank Holiday too?
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Joanne Pagett 🚀 reacted on thisJoanne Pagett 🚀 reacted on thisMe today . . . Whoever created this is a genius - I just love it 🤪 Right must go as I have already ‘shenaned’ once . . . I’m off to shenanigan . . . Have a great weekend
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Joanne Pagett 🚀 liked thisI’m so completely aware that everything worthwhile I ever achieve is built on the support, patience (shout out to my husband!), guidance and kindness of other people. This last year has been no exception. There have been days where I've felt totally out of my depth, questioned everything and cried on quite a few shoulders. Moments where I've needed colleagues to step in, challenge my thinking, cover my blind spots or simply remind me that progress isn't always linear. What makes me most proud isn't just the award (which I’m blooming chuffed to bits with) - It's the people I've had the privilege to work alongside…. The incredible teams at Microsoft and our partners who bring their expertise, energy and belief every single day. Even more importantly, the public servants and leaders I work with who carry enormous responsibility and rarely get the recognition they deserve. I spend my days with people who are genuinely trying to improve outcomes for citizens. People who care deeply about making services more accessible, more inclusive and more effective. People who keep going despite complex challenges, changing priorities and endless pressures. Being even a small part of that is something I’ll never take for granted. Thank you to everyone who's trusted, supported, challenged and worked alongside me. Thank you to the customers who remind me every day why this work matters. I’m not tagging you all because I’m terrified I miss someone. The award is nice. The people are everything. ❤️ #Microsoft #GoldClub #WomenInTech
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Joanne Pagett 🚀 liked thisJoanne Pagett 🚀 liked thisToday, on Self-Care Day, we're taking a moment to celebrate the small things that help us feel our best. Whether it's a walk by the coast, getting lost in a good book, spending time outdoors, or simply taking a moment to slow down, self-care looks different for everyone. At FatFace, we believe in embracing life's simple pleasures and making time for what matters most. So today, why not take a little time for yourself? How are you prioritising self-care today? 🌿 #SelfCareDay #FatFace #Wellbeing #TakeTimeForYou #LifeWellLived
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Joanne Pagett 🚀 liked thisJoanne Pagett 🚀 liked this"𝗜'𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲'𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲" Just another reflection from an #HR professional I've been working with recently. The feeling that everything is on her shoulder was real. And the impact? Several rounds of severe burnout every few months chaired by an orchestra of migraines, nausea, clenched jaw, tightness in the chest and insomnia - to name a few. So we started to do the work. The REAL work that ended with her saying she was finally able to - "𝗦𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁" Do you recognise this in HR people you know? Because if you do - then maybe sharing this information with them could change their life! You see, last year - I started exploring what could be that thing HR people need, even if they won’t admit it to their managers? Sometimes even to themselves.. The answer wasn't more training. Or another wellbeing webinar. It was somewhere for HR professionals to actually process the emotional strain with people who get exactly what that work involves, without having to explain or justify it. A regular space dedicated just for HR people who love what they do but constantly feel they keep pouring it for others, but no one is pouring on to them. 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲, 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 & 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 is that space that's grown out of those conversations. A safe space that helps HR peeps process what their holding on to for others in a carefully curated way to provide lasting, sustainable change, not just temporary relief. These small, confidential, online sessions are dedicated for HR and L&D professionals who are looking for somewhere to put it all down and come up for air in regular consistent doses which are transformational over time. 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟬–𝟭𝟭:𝟭𝟱𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗭𝗼𝗼𝗺. • 31st July • 28th August • 4th September 𝟴 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆. So, if any of this speaks your language, I'd love to hear - Have you met any good, dedicated HR professionals leave the profession because it got too much? Or were they able to swerve the burnout curve and keep on?
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Joanne Pagett 🚀 liked thisYou don't need another menopause coach. What you need is someone willing to tell you that your exhaustion didn't start at perimenopause. It started 20 years ago when you decided your own wellbeing was optional. Menopause just made it impossible to ignore. But the menopause coaching industry isn't interested in that conversation. It's easier to sell "fix your hormones" than "recalibrate your entire relationship with productivity." So here we are. Hundreds of coaches who can't tell the difference between perimenopause and menopause. Trendy terms like "peripreneur" and exhausted women drowning in choice, unable to tell who actually knows what they're talking about. After 20 years in this space, multiple credentials, and lived experience of surgical menopause, I'm stepping back. Not because the work doesn't matter. But because the space has lost its way. Here's what I think should happen instead. Full article on Medium, link in the comments. #integritymatters #menopausecoaching #realtalk #womenshealth
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StrongHER - Performance & Strategic Self Care Coach
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