‘Lisa Fitzpatrick brilliantly weaves the beauty of feminine spirituality with the science of the female body. She is an essential voice and a wise teacher. Her book, Sexy Menopause, is a treasure for midlife women – an empowering guide to navigating the years through and beyond menopause. It has the power to gently lead you into what may become the richest and most fulfilling chapters of your life. I love this book.’
—Bronnie Ware, author of the international bestseller The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
‘Sexy Menopause is a deeply personal account that points to a different kind of eroticism that is possible in midlife, and offers women a uniquely spiritual compass to help navigate the sometimes tumultuous straits of menopause.’
—Claire Atkins, visual artist, actor, performer
‘A warm, wise guidebook for the midlife woman wanting to lay claim to her power and desire.’
—Sarah Armstrong, Miles Franklin shortlisted writer and award winning journalist
‘Sexy Menopause is a breathtaking and long-overdue book for all women traversing midlife. Part memoir, part wise spiritual guidance and part practical pelvic health advice, you’ll weep, you’ll chuckle and you’ll find yourself breathing into your pelvic floor, possibly all at the same time. This is a fierce and tender call to action for the heartbroken, the confused and the exhausted midlife woman – and those who love her.’
—Dr Lauren Tober, clinical psychologist, author, founder of Yoga Psychology Institute
‘Brilliantly written, refreshingly honest and genuinely optimistic—this is the book on menopause that everyone needs to read. Lisa brings incredible wisdom to this pivotal point in women’s lives. As a couples therapist and sexologist, this is exactly the information that I wish all my clients had – I know it will change lives.’
—Isiah McKimmie, couples therapist, sexologist, founder of Relationship Harmony
‘This book stirred my soul from the first paragraph. Emotional, deeply empowering, beautifully written and utterly transformative, it completely changes the game around menopause. I’ll be buying a copy for all my sisterhood… because it will change every woman’s life.’
—Susan Pearse, author of Winning the Second Half
‘Sexy Menopause is the reframe that so many women are hungering for: menopause as an alchemical evolution, not a degenerative decline. This book is a page-turner, deeply personal and relatable, wonderfully pragmatic and profoundly subversive. On behalf of all the women whose lives will change for the better after reading it, thank you, Lisa.’
—Dr Sharon Moloney, women’s health therapist, educator, author of Activate Your Female Power
‘This book is the most honest and heartfelt book on menopause I have read. Equal parts informative and deeply moving, it made me laugh, cry and reflect. As a GP, I found it not only deeply enriching personally, but also invaluable clinically. It has broadened my understanding of the menopause journey and will undoubtedly enhance the way I support and care for my patients. Every woman deserves to feel this seen, understood and empowered, and this book does exactly that.’
—Dr Emma Gordon, general practitioner – Meadows Medical Centre
‘For too long, men have remained in the dark about the profound transition of menopause, leaving the women we love to navigate it alone. Lisa Fitzpatrick has written an essential guide that every man should read to become a true ally to the women in his life. She invites us to trade control for curiosity, fixing for listening, and pursuit for presence – showing that when we truly understand this transition, our relationships can reach a depth we never imagined possible.’ —Steve Williams, yoga teacher, social design specialist, CQUniversity
‘I cried from the very first page. Lisa found the words for experiences I had struggled to articulate myself. I felt deeply seen, understood and profoundly accompanied. With remarkable wisdom, humour and compassion, Sexy Menopause transforms what can feel like an isolating transition into one of meaning, belonging and possibility. At a time when the world is calling for the return of the wise woman, Lisa offers a heartfelt invitation to reclaim this chapter not as an ending, but as an awakening.’
—Kate Nutt, personal branding photographer, visibility coach
‘Lisa Fitzpatrick has written something rare: a book that meets women exactly where they are and invites them to become curious about their bodies rather than frightened of them. As a naturopath with over forty years of clinical experience, I’ve spent decades watching women arrive at midlife depleted and defeated. Sexy Menopause offers them something medicine rarely does: permission to listen.’
—Sally Pattison, naturopath, nutritionist, medical herbalist
‘Reading Sexy Menopause as a couples therapist, I found myself nodding throughout. This is the book so many of the women and their partners in my practice have been quietly waiting for. It’s clear, generous and genuinely useful, offering real practices and tools for reclaiming pleasure, self-love and connection. A must-read for a generation of women now in menopause.’
—Tamar Ben Hur, couple and individual psychotherapist
‘Fear can be loud or quietly erosive, showing up in relation to our changing bodies, evolving desires and the unsettling feeling that life no longer fits. This exquisitely written book gives voice to what so many women feel but cannot name, replacing fear with understanding, connection and empowerment. Best of all, the evidence-based clinical wisdom about our pelvic health is deeply reassuring and surprisingly liberating.’
—Esther Kelly, hypnotherapist and hypnobirthing educator
‘Sexy Menopause is a beacon of hope for women navigating one of life’s most profound transitions. Lisa Fitzpatrick takes us far beyond the traditional pathology-based narrative, offering a compassionate and empowering vision of menopause as a time of transformation, reclamation and possibility. This is a book that changed me for the better and I will wholeheartedly recommend it to my female clients.’
—Sabine Schroeder, psychotherapist, founder, empatherapies counselling and consultancy
‘Sexy Menopause reframes what I’ve long sensed but rarely seen named so precisely: that menopause isn’t a decline, it’s a rebirth – a stripping away of a self conditioned for people-pleasing, so that something more authentic can emerge. Lisa treats the symptoms not as problems to manage but as an invitation to stop abandoning yourself. As a 63 year old Gestalt therapist and Supervising Hoffman Process facilitator, I recognize this territory intimately — it resonated so deeply in my lived experience and in the work I do with female clients. This book gives women permission to stop performing and start giving themselves compassionate, embodied attention and validation. I’ll be recommending it to every client navigating this transition — it’s rigorous, tender, and exactly the kind of sacred reframe this subject has needed.’
—Annie Looby, Gestalt Psychotherapist, Supervising Hoffman Process facilitator
‘I awaited Sexy Menopause with great anticipation, and it did not disappoint. While many experts present their wisdom from beyond their suffering, Lisa courageously reveals the vulnerability and deep inner process from which transformation emerges. She writes with a maturity forged in the scalding cauldron of feminine humanity, showing us how a woman’s most profound wisdom can be birthed through the fullness of her lived experience.’
—Tamara James, physiotherapist, yoga teacher and pain educator