I am a psychotherapist (M Gest), bodyworker and massage teacher and have lived and worked in the Byron Shire since 1991. It has always been my calling to work with people to promote wellbeing and greater awareness, and I have been passionately involved in the human growth movement since 1980. I have recently gone through menopause and found it to be a deeply challenging and simultaneously empowering time, affecting every relationship – with my self, my body, my partner, my friends, my activities. My most important support has been my woman friends. Menopause often seems to make women feel left out, alone and disempowered and this group can help to turn this around into wellbeing and confidence.