We believe that no woman should be left without the knowledge and care they deserve to take care of themselves in peri-/menopause. If you genuinely can't afford our membership fees, please drop us an email explaining your circumstances, and we will give you access for free. If you genuinely can afford it, then please help us support others by being honest.
We also believe it is our responsibility as women to take care of girls around the world and to help provide them with the same rights we enjoy.
HerSpace pledges 10% of all profits to charities that support girls* and 20% once we hit 1000 members.
*The first charities we will support are:
The Malala Fund: supporting girls to receive an education
https://malala.org/
Girls Not Brides: committed to ending child marriage
https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/
About Our Specialists
Learn about the amazing women who are here to support you
Dr Manuela Lotz
Dr Manuela is a seasoned Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with over two decades of international clinical experience. She holds a doctorate in medicine (Dr. med.) from the University of Hamburg and combines medical expertise with a deep commitment to patient-centered care. Her empathetic approach and strong communication skills have shaped her reputation internationally, through clinical work in Germany, the UK, and the UAE. Currently pursuing a Master's degree in Counselling and Psychological Therapy, she continues to deepen her holistic understanding of women’s health. Her particular focus lies on perimenopausal treatment and the psychosocial counselling needs associated with this transformative life stage.
Samantha Woo
Samantha often hears women wondering why they are feeling anxious all the time. She’s helped countless clients—including many women in leadership—who appear calm on the outside but feel overwhelmed, stuck, or untethered within. As a licensed psychotherapist, certified IFS therapist, and executive coach with a background in neuroscience and systems thinking, Samantha helps people understand how internal and external shifts fuel anxiety. Her trauma-informed E.M.B.R.A.C.E.® method equips clients to quiet their inner critic, reclaim self-trust, and lead with clarity, emotional intelligence, and a steadier foundation—from the inside out.
Alicia Saldenha, PhD
Alicia is a yoga instructor initially trained in India. Since then, she has developed her own creative fusion of yoga, fitness, dance, and strength, specifically designed for midlife women. She is also a wellness consultant, helping women over 40 who struggle with fitness, hypertension, diabetes, and peri-/menopause, using simple, science-based, holistic lifestyle tools to look and feel better, be rejuvenated, and enjoy more happiness and success. Alicia is from the Caribbean, and earned her PhD in Japan.
Laura Wyness, PhD
Laura is a Registered Nutritionist in the UK with over a decade of experience helping women navigate midlife and menopause with confidence. She specialises in supporting women to make positive changes to the way they eat, whilst also encouraging a healthy relationship with food. Laura’s focus is on turning nutrition science into simple, practical advice that fits real life. To make this more accessible, she co-authored Eating Well for Menopause and has created online courses designed to empower women with the knowledge and tools they need to feel their best through this transition.
Miri Shalini
Miri places breathwork at the heart of her teaching, demystifying it as a powerful, accessible tool for grounding, regulating the nervous system and reconnecting with inner awareness. With over 16 years of Yoga practice, her Sri Lankan roots inform a deep, embodied understanding of Eastern traditions. Trained across India, Portugal, Vietnam, Germany and South Korea, she currently focuses on Breathwork, Kundalini and Vinyasa. Her approach centers on breath-led presence, reminding students that the breath reflects emotional and energetic states. In an increasingly distracted, digital world, she emphasizes the importance of focused attention and returning to the breath as a steady anchor.
Penny Crowther
Penny specializes in nutrition for women in their 40s and beyond, particularly around peri and post menopause. She qualified as a nutritional therapist in 1997 and has since seen several thousand clients at her practice in London and online. Diet and lifestyle changes can be hugely supportive when it comes to navigating the menopausal years. Penny will guide and support you through specific changes to your diet, targeted to you specifically, in midlife. She provides practical, easy to follow menu plans with easy and delicious recipes. She is a regular columnist for Positive Health Online, and has contributed to articles for many popular newspapers and magazines.
Abi Marsh
A successful coach and an expert in sleep, vitality, and stress and recovery, Abi is the author of ‘The Zest Formula’ and Founder of Zest for Success. She places an equal emphasis on the health of the body and the mind, and combines her knowledge and skills with empathy, warmth and humour to coach and mentor exhausted women. Abi helps them to transform their sleep, revitalise their energy, sail through stress and become strong, independent, fulfilled, confident and sexy, glowing with vitality, love, happiness and indestructible self-belief.
Rachel Justicia
Rachel is a Sacred Weight Loss & Embodiment Coach, guiding women through their most transformational chapters, specifically in midlife and perimenopause. With 15+ years of experience and her own lived healing journey, she blends science-backed nutrition, intuitive coaching, and emotional + spiritual tools to help clients come home to themselves. Her approach is deeply personal, non-restrictive, and rooted in connection to mind, body, and soul. Through personalized 1:1 coaching, Rachel creates space for clarity, nourishment, embodiment, and sustainable transformation. She’s not here for surface-level change, she’s here for the full-body awakening.
Evie Whitehead
Evie is a highly experienced, award-winning BANT registered, qualified Nutritional Therapist specialising in gut health. Evie has created various accessible online programmes in addition to providing one to one private consultations. More recently, Evie hosts a new ten-episode podcast series called “Listen To Your Gut” powered by ITN and sponsored by Yeo Valley available on all major podcast platforms.
Laura Victoria
Laura is the founder of Revive Fitness & Nutrition. She helps perimenopausal and menopausal women improve their physical and mental well-being through strength and mobility training, nutrition strategies, habit mastery and a positive mindset. Laura combines her corporate background in HR with a passion for fitness and nutrition to guide women through midlife with confidence. She’s also a proud mom of three teenagers and lives in the Toronto area of Canada.
MaryAnn Voli
MaryAnn is an executive coach, breathwork guide, and mindful self-compassion teacher who supports women to navigate life’s transitions with more ease, clarity, and self-kindness. At 58, she brings decades of experience in mental and emotional well-being. Her warm, grounded approach combines science-backed tools with intuitive care, creating space for you to reset. She weaves in compassion-based practices, nervous system regulation, transformational breathwork journeys and mindset tools that meet you where you are, whether you're navigating anxiety, sleep changes, mood swings, or simply seeking more peace in your daily life. With MaryAnn, your life's transitions become a gateway, not a breakdown.
Carlease Austin
Carlease Austin comes with over 20 years of healthcare experience with an Associates in Medical Assisting. Since then, she has obtained her Bachelors in Psychology and a Master's in Cognition and Neuroscience. Carlease is a Certified Grief and Trauma Coach, Yoga instructor, Reiki Practitioner and Birth Doula. Since having her son in 2002 and having an emergency C-section and hysterectomy, Carlease has lived in a world of hormonal fluctuations. Now in her 40’s, Carlease has entered the world of perimenopause and all it has to offer both mentally and physically. Carlease comes to us bringing awareness to the psychological effects of perimenopause and menopause, giving us a keen understanding of self, and tools we can use to navigate through this change in life.
Gi Seghese
Gi is a certified Hatha yoga teacher, with a passion for creating practices that go
far beyond the mat. Her classes are a soulful blend of mindfulness, the science of happiness, and meditation, designed to awaken energy, bring depth to your practice, and support emotional well-being. Each session is a journey—crafted to help release stress, anxiety, and even the subtle signs of depression. Through thoughtful movement and intentional presence, she guides you toward a space where body, mind, and heart reconnect. Gi is also the author of How to Live More Zen, a gentle guide to finding clarity and calm in a fast-paced world.
Islena Faircrest
Somatic therapist and yoga educator since 2000, Islena is a trauma-informed Internal Family Systems trained practitioner and interpersonal somatic attachment therapist. She facilitates learning secure relational connection, repairing attachment injury, and helping individuals & families in their healing journey towards empowered living. She's a mother of two young adults, and a caregiver to her physically handicapped elderly mother, (while navigating menopause), and understands sandwich generation pressure from lived experience, as well as how to grow internal resources and resilience in the face of challenge and adversity. A former doula and prenatal educator, she's taught yoga, teacher trainings, nervous system regulation, retreats, and educational workshops globally for 25 years.
Anne-Claire Hoyaux
Anne-Claire is an art therapist and career coach. She is passionate about exploring how art can serve as a tool for personal growth, emotional well-being, and mental health. Her multimodal approach blends various media, including painting, drawing, writing, 3D creations, role play, movement, and audiovisuals. Since earning a certification as an art therapist in France and as a professional coach in Portugal, she has been offering both individual sessions and group workshops. She has collaborated with international schools, healthcare institutions, and businesses across Europe.
