Jess is completing a Master's by Research at the University of the Sunshine Coast, developing the modern-day Women's Allostatic Load Index to measure how chronic stress affects women during perimenopause.

Her research sits alongside more than 20 years leading large-scale change in the corporate world, as well as lived experience of peri & menopause. She draws on her corporate and academic backgrounds, and her lived experience to help women+, the people who love them and the workplaces around them manage perimenopause and menopause with confidence.

Current Research

• Master's (HDR), University of the Sunshine Coast developing the Women's Allostatic Load Index, supervised by A/Prof Mia Schaumberg

Academic Qualifications

• Master of Applied Positive Psychology (Wellbeing Science)

• Graduate Diploma, Mental Health & Neuroscience

• Graduate Diploma, Psychology

• Bachelor of Arts, Public Relations

Menopause-Specific Training

• Member, International Menopause Society

• Menopause Masterclass — Dr Louise Newson

• Managing Menopause in General Practice — Jean Hailes

• Women's Mental Health Short Courses: Adolescence, Mid-Life and Peri-Natal — HER Centre Australia

Movement & Somatic Training

• Yoga Australia Registered Level 1 Teacher (450+ hours), including specialist training in Mental Health Aware Yoga and Menopause Yoga

• Trained in Yin, Nidra and Somatics

Please note: Jess is not a medical doctor. She uses her personal experience and extensive study & research findings to create simple, engaging, and easy to understand content. She always signposts people to the right resources for them so they can discuss how to apply this knowledge to their own lives.