Supporting Women in their menopause and hormonal health journey.

Where clinical expertise embraces holistic values to provide a full circle women’s health and well-being service.

“Once we understand the true nature of a woman’s hormonal life cycle, accept the symptoms and what we can do to keep ourselves healthy, we can celebrate our feminine energy, acknowledge the intuition within us all and share this knowledge with younger generations and loved one’s so that they view our hormonal bodies not with fear and anxiety, but instead with respect, understanding and love’’  Catherine Clowe

We are here to hold your hand, to listen, advise and help you to reconnect with your body to better understand your true self.

***Women’s Hormonal Health and Pamper Workshop***

Friday 19th July 2024 9.30am-3.30pm

Harrogate Ladies College, HG1 2QG

£130 pp including a special pamper bag from local wellness brand’s NEOM Organics and others…

Including a talk and Q&A with specialist menopause GP Dr Becky Curtis. Becky is our expert Women’s Hormonal Health GP who will be happy to answer all your menopause related questions.

Lyndsay Wells PT & Nutrition coach discussing the benefits of strength and resistance training and good nutrition during the menopause. Lyndsay will also be running a mini PT session at the workshop

Catherine Clowe of Hush Wellbeing will be offering a 1hr menopause yoga class plus a relaxing 30 minute yoga nidra session to soothe the body and soul.

Contact Catherine to book catherineodyssey@yahoo.com 07771 924445

Our Services

  • Dr Becky Curtis is our specialist Women’s Health GP. Becky will provide you with all the information you need to understand where you are in your hormonal journey. With exceptional listening skills, a curious mind and a passion for Women’s hormonal health, Becky will listen to you, give the advice you are looking for and help you to feel like a weight has been lifted.

    Becky will help curate a shared management plan for you whether that is using evidence based HRT, Mirena coil or lifestyle choices to help you manage any symptoms you may need help with.

    Dr Curtis’s broad knowledge, practicality and caring approach will make you feel like you are in a very safe pair of hands. There is no need to be clock watching during your time with Becky, you will be given a 45 minute appointment allowing you to say everything you need to and know when you leave us, you will have the answers to your questions and feel reassured.

    This can be done by private consultation on Zoom or face to face depending on where you live

    To arrange an appointment

    contact Stone Medical 01785 593007 or email

    contact@stonemedicalclinic.co.uk

  • Coaching one to one, or in a group, is a wonderful way to instill confidence in yourself to really understand your body and precious self. The changes our bodies go through during these times can feel really scary, but with gentle coaching, knowledge giving and helping you to embrace and craft a plan for yourself you will feel empowered, free and able to nurture your mind, body and spirit so you can feel strong and balanced again. During the coaching session Catherine will cover holistic practices and lifestyle changes which will help you to feel 100% confident and able to care for yourself to take you and your amazing body to the next level.

    Catherine is happy to chat through HRT using current up to date information and data, but she is not a clinician and will refer you back to your GP armed with the knowledge you need, or to our specialist women’s health GP Dr Becky Curtis (service starting in Sept 23) for any clinical assistance.

  • During the menopause it is crucial to care for our bodies even more than we would usually. Eating healthy, nutritious simply prepared meals made from fresh ingredients will help to make us feel more grounded, calm, balanced and healthy. You will learn what is the best time of day to eat certain foods, which types of foods are best avoided to reduce particular symptoms and how to find alternatives which are just as tasty and enjoyable.

    Alongside nutrition other lifestyle choices such as getting up and going to bed at the same time each day, taking regular exercise, enjoying time outdoors, socialising with friend’s and loved ones, reducing our intake of stimulants such as caffeine and depressants such as alcohol can have hugely positive effects on our quality of sleep, alertness, mental health, weight, skin, in fact our overall health. During times of hormonal in-balance these lifestyle changes will become crucial in regaining the balance you need to feel fabulous again.

  • Catherine is our yoga and pilates teacher, she is a member of Yoga Alliance and qualified to teach several types of yoga including, Hatha vinyasa flow, Power yoga, Yoga Nidra and Menopause yoga (MY). Menopause yoga is a specialism which only has a limited number of practitioners in the UK who are trained to teach. This has been proven to help reduce certain symptoms such as sleep disturbance, fatigue and irritability and to manage hot flushes, aching joints, low mood… Catherine was fortunate to be trained by Petra Coveney the founder of MY (menopause yoga).

    Catherine begins her classes with a beautiful, relaxing meditation to help relax the mind. Longer guided meditation sessions are also available which complement the Yoga NIdra sessions perfectly.

    Several different type of breath-work have been found to be incredibly beneficial in reducing particularly disturbing and very common symptoms of the menopause, such as anxiety, panic attacks, hot flushes, low mood. The most effective breath-work techniques will be taught by Catherine during classes and workshops.

  • Upcoming events

    Our next Women’s Hormonal Health Workshop is on Sunday 26th May 2024 at Harrogate Ladies College 9.30am-3.30pm. Contact 07771 924445 to book

  • Hera package - £220

    45 minute clinical consultation with Dr Becky Curtis, 45 minute nutrition and lifestyle consultation with Catherine including bespoke lifestyle plan.

  • You can either email us using the contact form, or if you would rather give us a call or email us on the number listed below.

    We will take a few details and book you in for an appointment.

  • We are based in the Harrogate/Ripon area of North Yorkshire.

    Appointments with Dr Curtis can take place over Zoom or Microsoft Teams.

    Catherine can travel to a client’s home to carry out holistic/lifestyle/yoga consultations or one to one classes. Though there may be a mileage charge outside of an 10 mile radius of the HG3 area.

More about Odyssey

As busy working Mum’s, with limited time, we were very fortunate to meet each other when our boy’s had a play date, we soon realised that we got on famously, had plenty in common and were rather fascinated in what we both did for a job. That joint interest stretched to several coffees, dog walk’s and Friday morning meetings which led us to firmly believe that we had a lot to offer to other women. We both knew from our own experiences personally and through our lovely clients at work how women really struggle to enjoy their lives when their hormones appear to be playing havoc. We wanted to use our expertise to guide, nurture and educate women.

We have been called the ‘dream team’ we have been asked ‘why has this never been done before?’, a clinical wonder woman meets a holistic goddess to swoop down and protect these amazing women who just need support and guidance in what can be really tricky moments in life.

Its a journey through rough sea’s, avoiding looming rocks, raging storms and sometimes sea monsters but we can assure you that the calm, tranquil ocean will lull you in to peace again along with a strong anchor to ground you back to yourself, do not fear the storm.

We are Odyssey and we are here to guide you.

Common and just plain weird menopause symptoms

Common and just plain weird menopause symptoms

There are countless symptoms that our bodies feel when we are journeying through the menopause, we have made a list for you, some are very common, some not so common, have a read, put your mind at rest…. Remember, every women in the world will go through menopause, the majority of women will experience some or many of these symptoms, you are not on your own, reach out to other women in your circle, talking and sharing is great for your mental health, it creates a sense of closeness and community. Always know, we are also here for you to talk to.

heart beating quickly and strongly, feeling tense or nervous, sleep disturbance, excitable, panic attacks, difficulty in concentrating, fatigue, lethargy, loss of interest in things, crying spells, irritability, feeling dizzy or faint, pressure or tightness in the head or body, numb or tingling in the body, creeping feeling over the skin, headaches, muscle/joint pain, loss of feeling in hands or feet, breathing difficulties, night sweats, hot flashes, loss of interest in sex, itchy skin, skin rash or blisters, vaginal dryness, vaginal discomfort, painful sex, vaginal itching, burning or irritation, frequent or re-occurring urinary infections, thrush like symptoms, lack of bladder control, anxiety, depression, low mood, hot temper.

With the correct treatment plan the majority of these symptoms will disappear or at the very least be dramatically reduced.

Below is a link to a climatric score questionnaire, this will give you a guide to which symptoms you may be experiencing, this is merely a guide and does not have an exhaustive list of symptoms, so please feel reassured than some of the symptoms you are experiencing may not be listed.

We would love to speak to you soon to help navigate you on a journey to calmer more beautiful seas.

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We would love to hear from you, please email us using the form, we aim to come back to you within 24hrs, if you do not hear from us please call 07771 924445.

catherineodyssey@yahoo.com

or alternatively catherineclowe@btinternet.com