This book tackles important topics including:
– Perimenopausal symptoms such as bladder irritation, vaginal atrophy, headaches and hot flushes
– How to relieve symptoms, including lifestyle changes and hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
– Understanding the risk of breast cancer and how to spot it
– Guidance for discussing menopause and championing your symptoms with your doctor

The Power of Menopause & Midlife encompasses all experiences, including the perspectives of women of colour, people of all cultures, and the transgender community to ensure that all groups affected by female health concerns are a part of vital conversations.

For all women and people assigned female at birth, whether you are dealing with uncomfortable symptoms of menopause or concerned about signs of breast cancer, this book will guide you through it.

Content from this book previously appeared in the hardback edition of The Knowledge: Your Guide to Female Health from Menstruation to the Menopause

‘A work of towering importance that will undoubtedly change science and save lives, but it will also change the way you see yourself and the people around you’ Chris van Tulleken, author of Ultra-Processed People

A ground-breaking investigation into how racism corrodes science and medicine – leading to worse treatment for everyone.

What can you do when science and medicine are as biased as the society they treat? Black and Asian patients in the UK wait nearly a week longer for a cancer diagnosis and globally, people of colour are not only more likely to die while giving birth, they are also more likely to die while being born – or soon afterwards.

In Systemic, science journalist Layal Liverpool unearths the shocking facts behind the health threat of racism, and when a scientific bias is this pronounced, it results in worse treatment for everyone. We are collectively more ill, medical research is held back and our potential for scientific discoveries is reduced.

But there is hope for a cure – practical solutions that we can implement to heal our world. Individuals can learn to advocate for themselves and others with scientifically backed data in the face of structural prejudice. Governments can enact policies aimed at tackling systemic inequities on a national level. Drawing on years of research, interviews and cutting-edge data from across the world, Systemic is a clarion call for a healthier world for us all.

‘A groundbreaking, brilliantly argued book that debunks the myth that illness is the great equaliser’ Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize winning-author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Song of the Cell

‘Liverpool is a wonderful researcher and this shines through in her writing. Systemic provides a powerful examination on racism in healthcare’ Annabel Sowemimo, author of Divided

‘A work of towering importance that will undoubtedly change science and save lives, but it will also change the way you see yourself and the people around you’ Chris van Tulleken, author of Ultra-Processed People

A ground-breaking investigation into how racism corrodes science and medicine – leading to worse treatment for everyone.

What can you do when science and medicine are as biased as the society they treat? Black and Asian patients in the UK wait nearly a week longer for a cancer diagnosis and globally, people of colour are not only more likely to die while giving birth, they are also more likely to die while being born – or soon afterwards.

In Systemic, science journalist Layal Liverpool unearths the shocking facts behind the health threat of racism, and when a scientific bias is this pronounced, it results in worse treatment for everyone. We are collectively more ill, medical research is held back and our potential for scientific discoveries is reduced.

But there is hope for a cure – practical solutions that we can implement to heal our world. Individuals can learn to advocate for themselves and others with scientifically backed data in the face of structural prejudice. Governments can enact policies aimed at tackling systemic inequities on a national level. Drawing on years of research, interviews and cutting-edge data from across the world, Systemic is a clarion call for a healthier world for us all.

‘A groundbreaking, brilliantly argued book that debunks the myth that illness is the great equaliser’ Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize winning-author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Song of the Cell

‘Liverpool is a wonderful researcher and this shines through in her writing. Systemic provides a powerful examination on racism in healthcare’ Annabel Sowemimo, author of Divided

BEST MOTIVATION AND IMPROVEMENT BOOK AT THE LIVING NOW AWARDS 2024

‘Procrastinating? People-pleasing? Feeling overwhelmed? Then this is the book for you’ Stylist

‘Maisie’s insights changed my life’ Anna Jones

THE NEW BOOK FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE LIFE-CHANGING PERIOD POWER.

Are you a people pleaser? Do you have difficulty with procrastination or react to situations defensively? Are you stuck in a vicious circle of prioritising others leaving you feeling irritated, worked up or just completely overwhelmed? Then this book is for you.

How you’re wired has a lot to with why you worry about certain things. Maisie Hill turns her attention to stress hormones and the nervous system, showing you how you can take back control of the things holding you back in life.

Built on two decades of experience as a hugely sought-after hormone expert and life coach, Maisie gives you the information you need to understand yourself better and make sense of your stress responses.

From setting boundaries and facing difficult conversations to dealing with criticism, decisions or emotions, Maisie guides you through each challenge and offers practical solutions to help you identify the areas you want to work on. With case studies from her own coaching practice, discover the simple, tried-and-tested methods to get unstuck and make positive changes.

Become the expert in your own life with this revolutionary guide.

‘[A] tense, emotional story about racial identity, loss and betrayal’ Daily Mail ‘Fiction books to watch in 2023’

This tense and emotional novel follows the fallout after two women’s eggs are switched during IVF.
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TWO WOMEN. ONE BABY. A FIGHT LIKE NO OTHER.

Katherine has everything under control.
After years of struggling to conceive with her partner, Patrick, she finally gives birth to Rose, her IVF miracle child. But she’s afraid that Rose may not be her daughter, her pale skin not matching Katherine’s own.

Tess never got her happy ending.
Just like Katherine, she was also a hopeful IVF mother, but her daughter, Hanna, was stillborn. Now divorced, broke and stuck in a dead-end job, she’s beginning to lose all hope.

But when Rose is ten months old, both women get a call from the fertility clinic. There was a mistake: their eggs were switched.

It will take a custody battle like no other to decide who will get to be Rose’s mother – a battle that will push them both to the brink…

This is a story about what it means to be a mother, and the lengths we go to for the people we love.
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‘[A] tense, emotional story about racial identity, loss and betrayal’
Daily Mail ‘Fiction books to watch in 2023’

‘Thoughtful, tense and affecting’
Ashley Audrain, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Push

‘An absorbing and engaging novel that twists the heart’
Rachel Hore, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Beautiful Spy

‘Breathtakingly taut, unflinching and poignant’
Marissa Stapley, New York Times bestselling author of LUCKY

‘Compelling and thought-provoking … A page-turner’
Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake

‘A tender exploration of secrets, loss, and motherhood’
Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström, international bestselling author of In Every Mirror She’s Black

‘A future classic’
Leah Hazard, Sunday Times bestselling author of Hard Pushed: A Midwife’s Story

‘Will break your heart’
Julie Ma, author of Richard and Judy selected debut Happy Families

‘A gripping, thorny premise that explores motherhood and its primal tug. It’s twisty and forensic but also wise and moving’
Beth Morrey, author of Em & Me and the Sunday Times bestseller Saving Missy.

‘Amy’s book is everything I should have learned at school’ EMMA GANNON

Hormones were something Amy Thomson, founder and CEO of leading women’s health app and tech service Moody, never paid attention to, until one day her periods stopped.

When she discovered that her hormonal burnout was driven by stress, she quit her job and focused on trying to understand how our hormones can work for twenty-first-century survival.

In this eye-opening guide, Thomson draws upon leading research from nutritionists, gynaecologists, endocrinologists, personal trainers and others to explain how understanding our systems and cycles can help you avoid burnouts, build better and healthier routines and optimise your life.

‘Knowledge is power and this book equips you with the power to unlock potential and happiness.’ Poppy Jamie, author of Happy Not Perfect

There is a secret inside you which, once you understand it fully, has the capacity to unlock untold potential. Once you learn the science of your hormones, you will be able to harness it forever.

Hormones were something Amy Thomson, founder and CEO of leading women’s health app and tech service Moody, never paid attention to, until one day her periods stopped and what had been an inconvenience each month became a barometer for her body’s health and mental happiness.

When she discovered that her hormonal burnout was driven by stress, she quit her job and focused on trying to understand how her body worked, to establish why and how she had pushed herself too far.

In this guide, Amy shares the research and science behind how our hormones work for twenty-first-century survival, how understanding them can help you build better and healthier routines, and why the systems and cycles inside us are an invisible but powerful force.

With insights from nutritionists, gynaecologists, endocrinologists, personal trainers and others, Moody provides a holistic and practical blueprint for understanding your hormones and optimising your life around them.

Praise for Moody

‘As a woman, medical doctor and scientist I found Moody hugely illuminating’ Dr Tara Swart

‘This is such an important book. Maisie’s insights and cycle strategy have changed my life and my cycle. Period Power is written with such intelligence, humour and a deep understanding of women’s health. If you have a period you need to read this book.’ – Anna Jones, author of The Modern Cook’s Year

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A profound and practical blueprint for aligning daily life with your menstrual cycle.

Period Power is the handbook to periods and hormones that will leave you wondering why the hell nobody told you this sooner.

The hormones of the menstrual cycle profoundly influence our energy, mood and behaviour, but all too often we’re taught that our hormones make us unreliable, moody bitches, or that it’s our lot in life to put up with ‘women’s problems’. Maisie Hill, a women’s health practitioner, knows the power of working with the menstrual cycle and refuses to accept this theory. Instead, Maisie believes that our hormones are there to serve us and, if utilized correctly, can be used to help you get what you want out of life. Yes, we are hormonal, and that’s a very good thing.

This revolutionary book reveals everything you need to know about taking control of your menstrual cycle and outlines The Cycle Strategy to help us perform at our best, throughout our cycle. In Period Power you will discover how to:

– Maximise your natural superpowers each month while making adjustments for the darker days, and use Maisie’s favourite tips to improve them
– Identify your personal patterns, powers and pitfalls for each phase of the menstrual cycle
– Plan your month to perform at your best in all aspects of your life
– Figure out if you have a hormonal imbalance and what to do about it

Period Power is a no-nonsense guide with all the tools you need to improve your menstrual health.