For The Pause exists to:

  • empower women to advocate for themselves with clear, science-backed guidance and practical tools that enable them to continue building their best careers and lives

  • help organisations and leaders to better support peri & menopause, shift workplace culture, and shape policies that truly support women. 

You can learn more about my formal qualifications & experience below.

About Jess

I bring together 20+ years of corporate experience leading large-scale organisational change and employee experience programs, with both academic expertise and lived experience.

I know that knowledge is power when it comes to navigating the peri & menopause eras and I’m passionate about empowering people to create their own positive change.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Academic qualifications:

    • Master’s in Applied Positive Psychology (Wellbeing Science)

    • Grad Dip, Mental Health & Neuroscience (currently completing)

    • Grad Dip, Psychology

    • BA, Public Relations

  • Member of the International Menopause Society

  • Menopause Specific Training

    • Menopause Masterclass - Dr Louise Newson

    • Managing Menopause in General Practice - Jean Hailes

    • Women’s Mental Health Short Courses: Adolesence, Mid Life and Peri Natal - HER Centre Australia.

  • Yoga Australia Registered Level 1 teacher

    • 450+ hours Yoga Teacher Training including specialist Mental Health Aware Yoga & Menopause Yoga

    • Yin, Nidra, Somatics

  • Mental Health & Physical First Aider

  • Peri @ 39, Surgical Menopause @43

    • Endometriosis, Adenomyosis, PMDD

Please note: I’m not a medical doctor. I use my personal experience and extensive study & research to distil evidence-based insights from published studies, physicians & scientists into simple, engaging, and easy to understand content. I always signpost people to the right resources for them so they can discuss how to apply this knowledge to their own lives.

Meet Chops

Chops is the workshop, event & yoga support dog and co-facilitator.

You’ll find her at any dog-friendly For The Pause offerings.

She’s sunshine and light dressed in fur on 4 legs.