The Menopause Manor Experience is run by me, Claire Barraclough. I’ve spent many years working with groups in personal and professional development settings. Menopause Manor has grown out of my research and my own experience of menopause; especially the feeling of trying to make sense of something that didn’t quite fit the usual explanationsWe’re taught to treat menopause like a list of symptoms to manage. Hot flushes, sleepless nights, mood swings - tick the boxes, find the fixes, keep going. But for so many of us, it’s not that simple.What no one really talks about is the quiet unraveling that can happen underneath it all. The loss of confidence. The sense that life no longer fits quite the way it used to. The exhaustion from holding everything together while feeling like you’re coming undone inside.I know that place well. During my own menopause, I felt like I’d lost my footing. I was researching menopause, listening to other women’s stories, and still, I couldn’t make sense of myself. I felt angry, anxious, uncertain - sometimes all at once.That experience, combined with my years of research into menopause and decades of facilitating reflective group spaces, shaped what became Menopause Manor. It brings together everything I’ve learned about how women make meaning through change - the science, the stories, and the stillness we so rarely give ourselves.This isn’t about pushing through or fixing yourself. It’s about understanding what this transition is really asking of you, and finding clarity, confidence, and renewed purpose for the next chapter of your life.At Menopause Manor, women come to make sense of their menopause, and they leave with a deeper sense of themselves.