Perimenopause Changed the Game
And the rules are rigged!
You want a body you can rely on
You want to feel strong, fit and capable.
You want to feel comfortable in your favourite clothes again.
You want sustained energy to meet the demands of your day.
You want to sleep better, think more clearly and feel more resilient.
You’ve tried EVERYTHING the experts recommend.
You've read the books.
Listened to the podcasts.
Followed the expert strategies.
For a while, it works. You're motivated, disciplined, all in.
But then, ‘life’ gets in the way.
Work gets busy. Sleep falls apart. A stressful week turns into wine most nights. You have a weekend blowout.
Now, you're right back where you started. Again.
“I felt really confused with what to do. I kept losing and gaining the same 5 kilos over and over as I didn't know how to sustainably keep it off. I always felt like I was missing something.”
Chontelle.
You don’t need more willpower
Most women I work with aren’t lacking willpower, discipline, knowledge - or even time.
They’re some of the most capable women I’ve ever met!
There are deeper patterns draining their capacity.
“I need more willpower” - is usually about your relationship with food and/or alcohol
“I need more discipline” - is often an ‘all-or-nothing’ approach to health and fitness
“I need more information, I feel like I’m missing something” - can be a way to avoid the monotony of sticking with the basics
“I just don’t have time” - is typically a boundary issue
None of these patterns are character flaws - they meet valid needs - just at a cost.
When you resolve your patterns, you create the capacity you need to build sustainable strength, vitality and confidence
“I always thought that I knew what to do, and just needed more willpower. But since working with you, I’ve had a major shift - I actually know that this is going to work & be sustainable and I’m so excited.”
Chontelle
Introducing
Stop Starting Over
A 3-month, 1:1 coaching partnership that helps you build sustainable strength, vitality and confidence during perimenopause by creating capacity first
→ If you’re tired of starting over
→ If you’re ready to resolve the patterns that keep you stuck
→ If you want more capacity to build the habits that support you in midlife
→ If you want a lifestyle approach that’s effective and realistic
It all starts with
Stop Starting Over
Because adding more to a life that’s already over-extended isn’t working.
Hey, I’m Sarah
At 48, perimenopause caught me off guard - I gained fat on my arms and belly, even though my lifestyle hadn’t markedly changed, I started waking up wired at 3am, my joints ached, my skin crawled, my hair started falling out and I had brain fog so severe that I forgot people's names mid-sentence!
I devoured the expert advice - I traded Yoga for lifting heavy, 45 minute runs for HIIT and significantly upped my protein.
But it was hard to maintain consistently - recovery was slow, I had a lot on my plate, and I was using wine to cope with feelings of exhaustion and failure.
I knew there had to be a way through this that felt more manageable.
I was determined to figure it out and help other women with what I learned.
I went back to university to study the science for myself.
Strength and conditioning taught me what I needed to do, to feel strong, energised and confident again, and psychology helped me face the deeper issues I’d been avoiding.
This is how we’ll do it
We’ll use my dynamic C3 process to help you achieve your health, fitness, weight and wellbeing goals.
CAPACITY - I’ll support you to identify and resolve the patterns keeping you stuck starting over so you can free up time, energy, headspace, and emotional bandwidth before introducing a new routine - or refining your existing one.
CLARITY - I’ll help you make sense of what the evidence says about strength training, fitness, nutrition, sleep and stress resilience during perimenopause - and create a personalised wellbeing plan that’s sustainable and enjoyable for YOU.
CONSISTENCY - There’s no use having a plan if you can’t implement it consistently. I’ll help you integrate your plan into your real life - without making it a full-time job!
“Working with Sarah has enabled me to focus on what matters most to achieve my weight loss and health goals. I went from overwhelmed to focused on what really works that was achievable.”
— Jenny
What’s Included?
✔️6 bi-weekly 1:1 coaching sessions over Zoom
Personalised coaching to identify what’s really getting in the way of consistency. I’ll help you connect and align with your values, needs and goals, honour your limits and create sustainable, evidence-informed lifestyle changes that’ll stick with you for decades to come.
✔️ Personalised Wellbeing Plan
A flexible plan designed around your needs and goals, grounded in quality evidence.
Depending on what you want, this may include:
Strength and conditioning programming/consulting - start fresh with a new programme, or get support and advice to enhance what you’re already doing.
Recovery strategies to ensure your body can adapt to your training without injury or exhaustion.
A personalised nutrition strategy - understand your energy needs, what foods to prioritise based on your goals (including fat loss, if that's important to you), and how to make space for your favourite foods without overdoing it.
Sleep support - lifestyle strategies to help you create the conditions for better sleep.
Emotional regulation tools to help you respond to difficult emotions without automatically turning to food, alcohol or other behaviours that leave you feeling worse.
We’ll focus on steady progress over perfectionism by layering in a few new habits at a time.
✔️Remote coaching support
Throughout our 3 months together, you’ll have ongoing support between sessions to help you with goal-setting, overcoming challenges and navigating setbacks without feeling like a failure.
✔️Evidence-informed education
I’ll help you I'll help you cut through the noise and make sense of what the evidence says so you can make informed decisions and understand why something may be worth your time and energy.
Your Investment*
$1800 NZ upfront (save $180)
or 3 x $660 NZ (monthly payments)
*Excluding GST
“We feel like we can do it ourselves.
And if we could, then we would've done it.”
Chontelle
Got Questions? I’ve Got Answers.
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No.
Weight loss may be an important goal for you, particularly if you’ve experienced weight gain during perimenopause or midlife, but the coaching is about much more than the number on the scales.
We’ll work on what actually matters to you — physically, mentally and emotionally — and build the capacity to sustain it.
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Yes, absolutely!
Many of my clients already strength train - whether that’s with a PT, as part of a group class they love, or alone - using a program they’ve found online.
I can help you optimise your program - ensuring the key variables: exercise choice, load, reps & sets, rest periods, soft tissue care and overall recovery are the best they can be for results, enjoyment and sustainability.
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Me neither!!
It might surprise you to know that I eat chocolate most days, regularly eat out with my foodie boyfriend and I love a Margherita or glass or two of red wine once or twice a week.
The truth is, deprivation doesn’t work, and neither does willpower - not long-term at least.
I’ll support you to fuel your body according to your goals - while also making space for discretionary eating.
That way, you can enjoy a healthy social life without overdoing it.
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Due to the personalised nature of 1:1 coaching, and the need for you to fully invest in the process for this to work, I don’t offer refunds, and all sales are final.
Instead, I require all of my prospective clients to book a free Clarity Call first.
The purpose of this call is to see if Stop Starting Over is right for you at this time.
We'll use this time to get clear on:
Your goals.
What you've already tried that hasn't ultimately worked - at least not sustainably.
What you believe keeps getting in the way of reaching your goals.
Once we've talked through all of that, if I honestly believe Stop Starting Over is a good fit for your needs, I'll walk you through my process and how I'd support you over the 3-month programme.
You'll have plenty of opportunity to have all your questions answered without any pressure to commit.
This does not affect your rights under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 if the services fail to meet a statutory guarantee.
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You may decide you’ve achieved what you came for and continue independently.
Or you may want continued support.
If you want ongoing support, I offer all my clients the opportunity to re-sign at the same price of their original contract, and take 6 months to complete their 6 coaching sessions. That’s an additional 3-months remote support at no extra cost!