Meet the founder
Hi, I'm Wangui. I see you, and I've got you.
Part hormone nerd, part dance-floor enthusiast, and a full-time cheerleader for women figuring out their bodies after 40.
Why I do this work
It started with brain fog.
I couldn't find my keys. I'd walk into a room, then forget why I was there, and that wasn't like me at all. I've always been the person who takes care of her health. I ate the way I'd call "healthy," I exercised consistently, and honestly, I was the one other people came to for advice on eating right.
Then I noticed fat gathering around my midsection even though nothing about my routine had changed. I was confused, and if I'm honest, a little embarrassed. How was I supposed to keep encouraging other women to eat right if I couldn't even explain what was happening to my own body?
It took time before I understood: this had nothing to do with what I was doing. It was my hormones.
That was the moment everything shifted for me, realizing that the rules that used to work on my body simply didn't apply anymore, and no amount of "trying harder" was going to change that. What I needed wasn't more discipline. I needed a different approach, one built for what my body was actually going through.
That's the short version of why "eat less, move more" stopped working for me, and why it might not be working for you either. It's not a discipline problem. It's a hormone problem.
More on that soon. — Wangui
What I did about it
So I went and specialized in it.
I trained and certified as a Menopause Health Coaching Specialist, and it is the only thing I coach on. Not general wellness, not quick-fix diets. Perimenopause, menopause and the hormones behind them.
I come to it from a counseling background, a Master's in Counseling, and that is the part most programs skip. Your hormones are only half of this. The other half is the frustration, the self-doubt and the feeling that your body changed the rules without telling you. I am trained to sit with that, not talk you out of it.
Before that I trained as a teacher, a Bachelor's in Education, which is why nothing here arrives as jargon or a 40-page PDF you will never read. You will understand your own body in plain English, and feel a lot more confident the next time you talk to your doctor.
Put together: a coach who knows the science of what your hormones are doing, understands what it is doing to your head, and can explain both to you clearly. No crash diets, no guilt trips, and no pretending a 40+ body works the way it did at 25.
Why "The Body & Its Language"?
Your body is always talking. The belly weight, the 3am wake-ups, the brain fog: that's its language. My job is to help you understand what it's saying, and answer it.
Your doctor isn't wrong when your labs come back "normal," and neither are you. Normal bloodwork and feeling exhausted are two different things. Labs rule out certain conditions. They don't measure how you feel at 2pm, or why a full night's sleep doesn't restore you anymore. You don't need to be fixed. You need your body to be understood.
How I coach
What you can count on.
We work on why it's happening, so the results actually last.
You'll eat real food and full plates. Nothing to "make up for" on Monday.
You'll understand your body in plain English, and feel confident talking to your doctor.
Mind and body together. How you feel matters as much as what you eat.
When I'm not coaching
Dancing, writing, and talking hormones a little too loudly.
When I'm not coaching, I'm probably dancing (badly, joyfully, doesn't matter), writing, or on a stage somewhere talking about hormones louder than is socially acceptable at a dinner party.
If you're ready to stop dieting harder and start working with your body (brain fog, hot flashes, cravings and all), you're exactly who I made this for.
Every woman deserves to feel at home in her body. — Wangui
Kind words
From women I've worked with.
“Simple, supportive, and life-changing. I feel like me again.”
“The program changed how I see myself. I've regained my energy and confidence!”