About Us
I couldn't sleep either
I'm Carol Standing, founder of Still Standing Health. We help women in menopause reclaim their sleep, energy and health.
Twenty years in health, and I still got it wrong
I'd spent over twenty years working in health and weight management. I'd taken specialist training in bio-identical hormone health. I was the person other women asked.
And when my own transition arrived, none of it helped.
I was waking in the night for no reason I could name — wide awake and completely exhausted at the same time. My concentration went. My working days got shorter and less useful. I stopped exercising, because I was too tired and because I couldn't find the will. My eating fell apart the way it always does when sleep goes.
I did what everyone does. Earlier nights. Less caffeine. The supplement someone recommended. A new routine, kept for eleven days.
Some of it helped a little. None of it held.
What I eventually worked out was that I hadn't been doing the wrong things. I'd been doing reasonable things in no particular order, into a body where the foundation had shifted. Sleep was broken, so energy was never going to hold. Energy wasn't holding, so nothing I tried with food or exercise was going to survive a Wednesday.
It took me about a year to see it. That's the year I'd like to save you.
Why Still Standing Health exists
Because there is no shortage of menopause information, and it hasn't made anyone's Tuesday easier.
The women I work with are not uninformed. They've read the articles, listened to the podcasts, and looked things up at two in the morning. Many have spoken to a GP. A good number are on HRT. Most have bought supplements they're no longer sure about.
They are not short of options. They're short of an order.
The question isn't what to do. It's what to do first.
That's the thing I couldn't buy anywhere when I needed it, and it's the thing Still Standing Health is built to give you.
Who we're here for
For women who used to cope — and suddenly don't.
You may look as though you're coping from the outside. You know something has changed.
Sleeping badly. Waking at three. Struggling with energy. Brain fog. More emotional, or less resilient. Gaining weight while doing nothing differently. Losing confidence. Finding that things which once felt manageable now feel like a lot.
You may already have tried to find answers, and still be left wondering: why don't I feel like myself anymore?
We won't tell you it's just menopause. We won't promise a quick fix either. What we do is help you make sense of what's happening, understand what matters, and decide what's actually worth doing.
That might mean improving your sleep. It might mean changing a few foundations. It might mean considering a supplement, or talking properly to a clinician about hormones. It might mean stopping ten things that aren't helping so you can concentrate on the two that are.
There's no single Still Standing solution, because there's no single menopause.
What we believe
Women don't need more health information. They need better health decisions.
There is already more than anyone can read. The difficulty is knowing which of it applies to you.
Not every symptom has one cause.
Sleep, energy, mood and body are one system, not four problems. We look at the whole picture.
More supplements do not automatically mean better health.
Quite often the honest answer is that something isn't worth your money, and we'd rather say so.
You shouldn't have to manage all of this yourself.
Sometimes the right answer is professional or clinical support, and we'll tell you when we think it is.
The goal isn't to manage menopause. It's to feel good again.
And what we're not
I'm not a doctor and I don't prescribe. Nothing here diagnoses, treats or replaces medical care, and where something needs a clinician rather than a coach, I'll say so plainly.
We're not a supplement company. Supplements come up, because they matter to the women we work with — but as options, with an honest view of what the evidence says and doesn't say.
We're not a diet company. Nothing here counts calories or weighs anything.
We don't do before-and-after photographs, and we won't tell you to be kind to yourself. You're not short of encouragement. You're short of a plan that survives a real week.
And we won't make you a project. If we're creating more information, more decisions and more work for a woman who is already exhausted, we've missed the point entirely.
Background
Over twenty years working in health and weight management, helping people make changes that last rather than changes that photograph well.
Specialist training in bio-identical hormone health.
Certified Longevity & Health Coach.
What I've seen consistently, across all of it, is that results don't come from willpower. They come from a clear structure, the right priorities, and someone to be accountable to. When those three are in place, the change extends a long way past the thing you came in for.
Where to start
The Still Standing Reset — founding cohort
Eight weeks, a small group, run personally by me, for the woman who knows what needs to change and is tired of trying to do it on her own. Starts Tuesday 22 September, and your Personalised Health Blueprint is included.
Not ready for that? Start with the Score.
The Menopause Health Score is sixteen questions and about four minutes, and it will probably explain more than the last six months of searching has. It's free, and there's nothing to buy at the end of it.
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