The Menopause
Collective
What is Bite Club
Bite Club is a London-based collective for women in perimenopause and menopause - including those of us who experienced it early or had it medically induced- who are ready to take action and not just talk about it. We also welcome women in pre perimenopause/menopause who want to get ahead of the curve, as well as post menopausal women who’d like to share their experience and wisdom.
Born under the wing of Khoo Massage Therapies, it shares the same roots: evidence-based care, compassion, and a belief that women deserve real, practical support.
But Bite Club stands on its own. It’s an independent volunteer movement built by women who want to create something useful.
How Bite Club Works
Every part of Bite Club is shaped by the women who join it.
The aim is to run everything on a volunteer or afforable basis, with any future costs or contributions going solely towards keeping the project running.
For now, I’ve made Bite Club part of the Khoo Massage Therapies website to keep costs low while we build momentum. Once it grows, it will stand on its own.
Bite Club is built around three simple pillars:-
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Bite Sessions – monthly London meet-ups where women share real tools and skills: anything from strength training and nutrition to running a business or surviving hot flushes with humour intact.
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Bite Bank – our growing network for swapping expertise, finding collaborators, and backing each other’s ventures.
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Bite Bible – a collection of lived wisdom, hacks, and hard-earned lessons that make midlife feel less like a mystery and more like a comeback.
Everything runs on contribution, curiosity, and community. If it helps women move forward, we’ll find a way to make it happen.
Why Bite Club Exists
Menopause has become a buzzword. Courses, clubs, and circles are everywhere. But with so many options, how do you choose a community that truly fits you?
That’s the challenge I had when looking for local resources and inspiration that didn’t feel too clinical, overly spiritual, or commercial.
I knew I didn’t want to just sit around in a café talking over tea. I wanted something that could spark real momentum; something that made me want to move, create, and rebuild. Still mindful, but with energy. Still supportive, but with substance. Still serious, but also fun!
Who Runs Things
Each Bite collaboration is led by women who’ve lived it (professionals, creatives, carers, parents, and business owners).
We exchange tools, stories, and strategies that actually work in real life.
Bite Club exists because too many women have been left to figure this stage out alone. Here, we share knowledge, rebuild confidence, and back each other.
No hierarchy, no hard sell, no nonsense. Just women helping women move forward, together.
Join the movement.
Rebuild. Bite back!
Read our origin story!
My Role
I know my lane. I’m not a doctor, coach, or hormone specialist. My skills are in massage, and soon sound therapy as well as psychotherapy once I finish my training.
What I am good at is bringing people together and making things happen.So my role in Bite Club isn’t to lead from the front, it’s to facilitate.
I want to gather women who know their stuff, build the spaces, and help turn good ideas into real sessions that help others.
I’ll share what I can from menopause pressure point therapy to my own experience of navigating symptoms, mental health, and recovery.
I’m also fascinated by how Traditional Chinese Medicine understands menopause. The way it links energy, organs, and emotions feels closer to what many of us actually experience.
Mostly, I’m here to connect the dots; the women, the knowledge, and the momentum so Bite Club keeps growing into something genuinely useful.
Join
Us
Bite Club officially launches January 2026
We’re now gathering our first wave of women:
Bite Crew – ready to take part.
Bite Bosses – ready to lead the sessions.
This autumn is our build-up phase — time to connect, share ideas, and shape what Bite Club becomes together.
If you want to be part of the founding crew, now’s the time to jump in.
Not sure yet? No problem. Join the mailing list below, stay in the loop, and see if it feels right. You can step out anytime.
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The
Origin
Story
I hit perimenopause about five years ago, right around the time COVID hit.
Instead of being encouraged to explore the possibility of perimenopause, my GP prescribed another antidepressant. It helped for a while, but it didn’t reach the real issue.
Then the symptoms crept in: hot flushes, night sweats, brain fog, mood swings. Isolation made everything worse.
What I didn’t realise was how many other conditions menopause could trigger. I spent a year thinking I had recurring chest infections before learning it was menopause onset asthma. Years of crushing fatigue turned out to be hypothyroidism, also linked to menopause.
And then came the mental health side. The anxiety, the loss of confidence, the shifting sense of who you are. It’s easy to feel unmoored when everything in your life changes at once. Your body, your hormones, your relationships, your sense of identity.
Last year, I had to have a hysterectomy. It was one of the hardest and most traumatic experiences of my life. My time in hospital left me physically and emotionally scarred. Not just from the surgery itself but from the lack of care, the dismissal, and the sense of not being listened to. Even though I kept my ovaries, the aftermath was brutal. Hormonal swings, exhaustion, pain, and an emotional shock that doesn’t simply fade with time.
What struck me most was how common this story is. So many women my age go through major surgery, menopause, and medical trauma, often all at once, yet still feel pressured to carry on as if nothing happened.
That experience became a turning point. I didn’t want to just survive it. I wanted to do something with it.
Bite Club was born from that need. A space for women who are done with just coping. It isn’t about polite chats over tea. It’s about action, curiosity, and the courage to relaunch your second spring with energy and intent.
Perimenopause/Menopause doesn’t have to shrink your world. Yes, it’s tough, but it’s also a chance to reinvent who you are. To step beyond the labels of mum, carer, partner, employee, and ask: what do I want next?
I believe in women who back each other. Who share knowledge, swap skills, and lift one another up. When we connect like that, we don’t just get through menopause. We redefine what it means to live it.