Richmond-based Liz van Beek is about to launch an in-person series to empower women to be proactive and self-supporting through the many stages of menopause.
Around the age of 40, Liz started to experience a lot of physical pain and discomfort.
She put it down to her intrepid past of 20 years in adventure tourism, carrying heavy packs and jumping rivers.
However, when she returned home to New Zealand, she realised her symptoms were related to menopause.
So, she took control and embarked on a journey of healing which she is now keen to share with other women through sessions titled ‘Too Hot to Handle’.
“It was a horrible time - mentally challenging and debilitating for around three years.
“I had stopped running, it was that painful,” Liz explains.
Liz began to study and trained under Wendy Sweet, a woman with a swag of experience in nursing, physical education, and fitness training and a menopause expert who has guided women worldwide through ‘the change’.
“I found that small changes brought huge results - things like helping your body by eating less processed food, clean foods, getting back to basics and combining small changes with holistic health modalities that you can do on yourself,” Liz says.
Inspired by the simplicity and vast improvements, Liz has dedicated herself to working professionally in the holistic health field for the past 12 years.
It is this work that she says has given her experience and knowledge that she is keen to share with other women to enable them to support themselves through the many stages of what’s been labelled as ‘the change’.
“It’s so easy to do these things for yourself once you know how and what to do,” Liz adds.
Starting this month, Liz is welcoming women to weekly ‘Too Hot to Handle’ sessions rotating between Motueka Library and the Nelson Women’s Centre, to come together and work as a community to support women to examine what’s happening for them mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, to enable them to be proactive and self-supporting.
“Sure, we will have information to hand out, but the sessions will be mainly conversation-based and focused on sharing experiences,” Liz says.
Koha (donation) at sessions towards venue hire cost is appreciated. Anyone interested in connecting can email Liz at info@natureseffusion.com
