Walking This Way

Lise sits down with Claire Hattrick, executive menopause coach, workplace educator and author, whose story is as jaw-dropping as it is important. Claire lost over a decade of her life to undiagnosed menopausal joint pain, seeing more than 15 specialists, undergoing 2,500+ blood tests, and spending two and a half years sleeping upright against a doorframe because lying down triggered panic attacks. All without a single correct diagnosis.

When Claire finally got her answers - thanks to a male physiotherapist who'd simply noticed that every woman in his clinic that day had joint problems - she didn't just rebuild her life, she dedicated it to making sure no other woman goes through what she did.

This episode is raw, honest and at times genuinely shocking. Claire shares the full story: the misdiagnoses, the loneliness, the dark moments at the top of a car park, and the extraordinary journey from beauty therapist in calipers to sell-out theatre shows and boardroom presentations. If you've ever been told there's nothing wrong with you when you know there is, this one is for you.

In this episode, you'll discover:
  • How Claire lost ten years of her life to joint pain that every consultant missed and what finally unlocked the answer
  • Why perimenopause is so much more than hot flushes: anxiety, panic attacks, joint pain and the 70+ symptoms nobody talks about
  • Why suicide rates for women peak between the ages of 45 and 49 (and why that's no coincidence)
  • How to build your menopause toolkit: HRT, green space, blue space, movement, supplements and community
  • What Claire wishes every employer, male or female, understood about menopause in the workplace
Quote of the Episode: "My motto is suffering should not be an option." Clare Hattrick

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Produced by The Good Studio - thegoodstudio.co.uk

Creators and Guests

Host
Lise Thorne
Host of Walking This Way and champion of midlife women
Guest
Claire Hattrick
The Executive Menopause Coach
Producer
Tim Beynon
Podcast producer and Founder of The Good Studio

What is Walking This Way?

Welcome to Walking This Way - the upfront, no-nonsense podcast about midlife for women who are done with pretending it’s all fine.

Join Lise Thorne for honest conversations, unfiltered stories and a good dose of humour as she explores what it really means to be a woman in midlife - from shifting priorities and changing bodies to rediscovering joy, purpose and self.

Real talk. Real women. Real midlife.

Because this isn’t about surviving midlife - it’s about walking it your way.

Walking This Way is produced by The Good Studio.