HappyPause

@happypause_menopause

I’m Sandy, the creator of HappyPause Balm. HappyPause won’t make menopause disappear, but it helped me get my groove back. Also @thepowertoriseabove
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Grateful, as always, for our thousands of happy HappyPausers. I started out with the vision of making a difference for one other woman & look at us now. 💗🙌🏼🙏🙌🏼💗 #menopauserelief #womenshealth #positiveageing #happycustomers #happypause
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MENOPAUSE in the MEDIA I am so thrilled that menopause is beginning to appear more and more in the mainstream media. Shortly after Davina McCall's groundbreaking British documentary 'Sex, Myths and the Menopause', I was invited to share my founders story on Ticker TV here in Australia. During my appearance, I had to dance around intimate dryness, so imagine my delight recently when Gayle King said Dry Vagina on mainstream American news show CBS This Morning in the weeks leading up to Oprah 's 'The Menopause Talk'. I reenacted Tom Cruise's 2005 Sofa jump: "Gayle said Dry Vagina! Gayle said Dry Vagina!... On national television!" And now this week here at home in Australia, I am chuffed to bits that myfwarhurst is sharing our Aussie menopause experience on ABCTV. Tune in Tuesday night at 9pm or catch it on ABC iView from Tuesday onwards. We are breaking the archaic outdated stigma of menopause. Future generations will not be patronised by their GP and pharmacists like I was. We are improving the knowledge and resources around this natural biological phase of life. Just like the book by the Victorian Women's Trust that I hold up in my news segment: About Bloody Time! Yeeesssssssss!!!!!! This is our time to thrive! #womenshealth #menopause #menopausesupport #menopausesolutions #womensupportingwomen #happypause #midlifewomen #news #abctv #tickernews #womeninthemedia #perimenopause #dryvagina #getyourgrooveback #intimatedryness #menopauserelief #perimenopauserelief #womenover40
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Love love loved this powerful conversation with Karen Gibson from Letting Go With Aloha. Bringing HappyPause™ to the world was a massive leap of faith. There was an enormous amount of risk, which we chat about. Despite the risk, the leap was heaps better than regret. It is never too late. Make that change to ensure your daily life aligns with your purpose, even if it is simply the smallest step. If you've got a dream lingering in your heart, take the leap, give it a go. I know I did and I've never looked back. Ya gotta back yourself; ya gotta leap! And, of course, take that leap with a pearl of HappyPause™ Balm on, as you deserve to feel good down there. For my long time followers, you know my motto, "If we feel good down there, we feel good everywhere!" Get your happy on! #happypause #lettinggowithaloha #livealoha #liveyourbestlife #leap #thepowertoriseabove #thecouragetoleap #menopauserelief #perimenopause #perimenopausehealth #sensitiveskin #makeadifference #womenshealth #bebold #postmenopause #over50andfabulous #midlifewomen #youdeservetofeelyourbest #nevertoolate #menopausesolutions #womenover40 #positiveageing #agewell @lettinggowithaloha
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11 months ago
"How then?" Tererai asks. Such a poignant powerful question. "How then?" This powerful meditation from my mentor, the inspiring author of The Awakened Woman, humanitarian and Oprah Winfrey's favourite guest of all time Dr Tererai Trent has been sitting on my desktop waiting for the perfect moment. Now is that moment. "This is not a taboo subject. Embrace your body now. Remember you are more than an object for someone elese's pleasure. You are a source for your own pleasure and joy. I am here to tell you you are enough, you are abundant... let no one rob you of your erotic power." - Dr Tererai Trent My product HappyPause™ Balm celebrates our feminine power and the importance of caring for our vulva and vagina as we age. I recently did a presentation on loving ourselves to a room full of women where we all in unison chanted "I love my vagina. I love my vulva." The energy was palpable and one of the most powerful moments of celebrating our womanhood I'd ever experienced. This ten mintue meditation with Dr @tereraitrent embodies the love we all need to have for ourselves and our sacred power. It was an honour to contribute to Dr T's book Sacred Promise. And beyond a dream come true for Dr T to write the foreword to the book of hope I created with 30 incredible women from across the globe all sharing the stories of the power of our inner flame in @thepowertoriseabove . In it we overcome generational trauma, release pain, find a way to be stronger than our bullies and abusers, and rise above as proof that you can, too. Buy signed copies of both books and HappyPause™ Balm via our website: .au #thepowertoriseabove #tereraitrent #yoursensuality #youareworthy #happypause #youareenough #youarebeautiful #midlifewomen #midlifepower #feminineenergy #femininepower #HowThen #celebratingyourpower #trustyourbody #loveyourbody
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1 year ago
For those of you who caught @lindalegrascoaching 's Unshakable Resilient Women conversation with me yesterday, here's the video I promised to drop the next day. It is from British sitcom Friday Night Dinners. The socially complicated neighbour Jim and the menopause book provide some light humour. However, on a serious note, just like the man in our chat who noticed his wife had purchased @doctorginni 's The M Word menopause book, I love that more and more men want to know how to help us during our peri/post menopause journies and want to be better not only as partners, but as workmates, too. I feel like humming that old Bob Dylan song, 'Times they are a changing'. Being a part of that tide of change to break down stigma around menopause is an incredible and unplanned gift. Thanks for having me on, Linda! There's still another 15 interviews to come on the series, so if you haven't registered yet, you still can: FREE: Unshakeable, Resilient Women Series If you are in perimenopause or menopause and want to know more about how to confidently take charge of your health and changing body going into your 40s, 50s and beyond, this free series is for you! You can register here. https://lindaterlikarlegras.lpages.co/summitregistration/ Here’s a simple truth – If you want to continue to live a long, healthy life, what worked in your 20s, 30s, and early 40s will need some tweaking! You will meet amazing women who are unshakeable and resilient in their pursuit to help other women take charge of their health and wellbeing and live a life with vitality and zest. LET'S DO THIS TOGETHER. #unshakeable #unshakeablewomen #unshakable #unshakablewoman #youvegotthis #menopausehealth #midlifewomen #menopausehumor #menopausehumour #perimenopause #womenshealth #perimenopause #vaginaldryness #happypause
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1 year ago
My very first ever Insta Live- woo hoo! Join us this Saturday for the online component of the hybrid Silver Sirens Redefining Ageing event that will be coming to you live from Gadigal land at the Sydney Musrum of Contemporary Art. Info link to follow in comments. Can’t wait to see you there! @silversirens_redefiningageing #ageisjustanumber #ageism #womenwhothrive #livingourbestlives #silversirens #redefiningageing #happypause #faithagugu #sexualityover50 #positiveageing #womenswisdom #eldersaretreasures
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1 year ago
This time next week yours truly will be boarding a plane to Sydney to attend this year's @silversirens_redefiningageing annual event in person. Can't wait! This year's topics include Sexuality Beyond 50, Elders are Treasures, Empty Nest and Is Ageing Easier for Men. This event is hybrid. Last year I attended the online event. I must say it was the most engaging online event I participated in the entire year. I felt just as valued as those in the room, which we all know is pretty rare and amazing. I happen to have a couple of complimentary tickets if anyone would like to attend the online event, message me. Both the Silver Sirens Founder Faith Agugu and one of the Sexuality Beyond 50 Presenters Susan Jarvis Susan_TheMaven are co-authors in my new book @thepowertoriseabove If you'd like a signed copy, grab one from our shop happypause.com.au/shop Beyond proud to be a sponsor of this event again in 2022. We are visible, we are heard, we are honoured. #positiveageing #happypause #silversirens #redefiningageing #emptynest #midlife #ourtimetothrive
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1 year ago
Every opportunity I have to advocate for better menopause advocacy is a gift. Earlier this week I presented my rather unfortunate findings around regional rural perspectives on the menopause experience to the Australasian Menopause Society Congress. While my findings weren't the positive ones I had hoped to find, they are a basis for us to build a better experience for the millions of women experiencing menopause after us. In addition to the many medical practitioners and academic researchers in the menopause space, I am thankful that ground level innovators like myself with HappyPause™ and menopause advocates Natalie Moore & Lisa Saunders from @ownyourhealthco also had a voice at the table. This was most definitely my highlight of 2022. _______________ REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON MENOPAUSE Ms Sandy Davies Happypause™, Daintree, Australia Objective This presenter had a negative experience with her pharmacist and pharmacy assistant that involved menopause stigma and shaming and as a result delved further into regional peri/post menopausal women’s perceptions of menopause. Survey The survey was conducted in Mossman, a small sugar cane community located in the Douglas Shire in Far North Queensland AUSTRALIA in 2021. The structure was informal. Age range 44 to 86. The test group was small but representative of the diversity of the community both economically and culturally. The participants were asked to describe menopause in one word. Perimenopausal participants were asked if they intended to discuss menopause with their GP. Postmenopausal women were asked if they had. Results Not a single person in the survey provided a positive term for menopause or their menopausal experience. Both peri and post menopausal women saw no benefit in visiting a GP for menopausal symptoms, except for four cancer survivors and two Eastern Kuku Yalanji women. Conclusion There is still much work to be done to break down the stigma of menopause and humanise its treatment in regional remote areas. #menopause #makemenopausematter #positiveageing #breakthestigma #womenshealth #womenswellness #perimenopause #conferencespeaker #cairnslife #ruralhealth
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1 year ago
Are you following our sister site for Sandy’s author journey: @thepowertoriseabove Sandy had this uplifting chat with Business I sight host Mike Loder on Ticker News about her new release The Power to Rise Above with thirty other women from across the globe. The book is launching on World Suicide Prevention Day. Get your signed copy at happypause.com.au/shop/ or ebook via Smashwords or Kindle/Amazon Follow @thepowertoriseabove for heaps more about all of the inspirational collaborating authors over the coming weeks. You, too, have an in extinguishable light and the power to rise. #newbook #thepowertoriseabove #riseabove #overcoming #inspirationalwomen #youcan
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GIVEAWAY - Save the Date 1 October 2022 Silver Sirens Redefining Ageing This chat with Faith Agugu from @silversirens_redefiningageing got me even more excited about her annual Sirens event coming up on the 1st of October. Faith has generously offered 10 of our HappyPausers a free ticket to the online event if you can't get down to Sydney for the inperson event. I attended the virtual event last year and must say it is THE BEST VIRTUAL event I've attended. You feel as though you are there and a part of it. For more info, here's the link to the on-line event: /2022-online-event Email faith at [email protected] or me at [email protected] if you'd like one of the complimentary tickets. They'll go quick. If you're going to be there in person, be sure to let me know! And... there's a special fundraiser screening of How to Please a Woman the next day for The Older Women's Network NSW Homelessness Program, too. This is our time to thrive! Our @thepowertoriseabove book co-author @susan_themaven is one of this year's presenters across an incredible line up. You don’t want to miss this inspiring day. #silversirens #redefiningageing #proageing #positiveageing #womeover50 #womensupportingwomen #over50andfabulous #howtopleaseawoman #sydneyevents #womenshealth #resilience #sexuality #getyourgrooveback #grieving #emptynest
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1 year ago
Wil's HappyPause Review = Laughter GUARANTEED Wwwwaaaaaayyyyyyyyy back when we very first launched HappyPause™ Balm, this awesome larrikin wildlife warrior train driver Wil and his partner Mel gave us a bit of a thumbs up. Their review is warm, genuine and above all hilarious! Today I wrote an article about how men can be a proactive part of our support team during menopause and I thought back to Wil being such an awesome part of my support team at the very start. So, watch their review and start your Monday with a laugh. You'll still be howling with laughter at the end of the week and giggling about his review. Infinite gratitude to both Mel and Wil. Follow their antics (when Wil's not banned, as often happens) over on Facebook @wilandmelswildlife #happypause #larrikin #menopausehumour #menopausehumor #laughteristhebestmedicine #dryness #vaginaldryness #perimenopause #diabetes #sjorgens #cancer #menopause #chemotherapy #fnq #fnqlife #innovation #vegancertified #womenshealth
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You are resilient. Rise above the pettiness of others. I know it’s easier said than done sometimes. I know it’s exhausting if you’re a strong person & you have to continually prove that strength to others. But when you get again find yourself in one of those situations with others who are full of bile and anger, be glad you are not as miserable as them. Their rudeness denigrates themselves, not you. #resilience #riseabove #ageism #confidence #over50 #midlifewomen
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