Our Self-Help Books
Menopausal Madness for Beginners
A straight-talking survival guide for the hormonal rollercoaster
Menopause isn’t a phase you “get through politely”.
It’s physical, emotional, psychological — and for many women, quietly destabilising.
Menopausal Madness for Beginners was written for women who feel unlike themselves and are wondering whether they’re losing the plot (spoiler: they’re not).
Grounded in years of therapeutic practice, this book cuts through the noise, the shame, and the toxic positivity to offer something far more useful: understanding, normalisation, and practical tools that actually help.
This isn’t medical jargon or fluffy reassurance.
It’s straight-talking support for real life.
Inside the book you’ll find:
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Clear explanations of what’s happening emotionally and psychologically during menopause
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Why anxiety, rage, grief, brain fog, and identity wobbles are common (and survivable)
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Practical grounding tools to help regulate emotions and steady your nervous system
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Reflection prompts that help you reconnect with yourself, not “fix” yourself
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Permission to stop coping quietly and start being honest
Written in a warm, relatable voice (with a healthy dose of humour), this book meets women where they are — overwhelmed, exhausted, confused, or just deeply fed up — and reminds them they are not broken.
Who this book is for:
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Women navigating perimenopause or menopause
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Partners and loved ones wanting to understand what’s really going on
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Therapists and practitioners looking for a client-friendly companion resource
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Anyone who wants reassurance without being talked down to
📘 Buy the book on Amazon
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Paperback: [Amazon Paperback Link]
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Kindle Edition: [Amazon Kindle Link]
(Available internationally via Amazon)
How this book fits with our counselling work
At HumanSense, we believe self-help works best when it’s grounded, compassionate, and realistic.
This book reflects the same therapeutic values we bring into our counselling sessions: curiosity over judgement, understanding over fixing, and humanity over perfection.
Many clients choose to read Menopausal Madness for Beginners alongside therapy, using it as a gentle anchor between sessions — or as a first step when they’re not quite ready to talk yet.
Reader reviews
From United Kingdom
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Me
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 January 2026
5 STARS. this is a fantastic guide and relief for anyone at this stage in life and what we are going through. It explains so much and thank you Nikki for helping us get through this time.
She says it how it is and gives insight to this change with humour and straight forward advice and understanding. It explains so much about what is going on with us ladies.
Thank you Nikki xxx -
L. Jordan
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 January 2026
I couldn’t put this book down once I started. It’s full of humour and insightful information and has made me fully understand my own menopausal journey. I’ve learnt so much about myself and was inspired to make a few immediate changes to help me with my own personal journey.
It’s an easy read, nothing to heavy and written from lived experiences which I find much easier to relate to.
Being Good Enough
By Dominic Wymark
Available to download here in PDF or to buy in paperback here.
📖 🚀 Ready to Break Free from Self-Doubt? You Are Already Enough!
Do you constantly feel like you’re never good enough, no matter how much you achieve or how hard you try? You’re not alone.
💡 Being Good Enough is a practical and empowering guide to overcoming self-doubt, perfectionism, and the need for validation. This book will help you:
✔ Identify & challenge the hidden rules that define your self-worth
✔ Break free from fear, self-doubt, and limiting beliefs
✔ Let go of perfectionism & embrace your true self
✔ Build confidence and self-acceptance on your own terms
If you’re ready to stop proving your worth and start believing in it, this book is for you.
📚 Start your journey to self-acceptance today.
🎉 Available now on Amazon Kindle & Paperback!
💙 You are already enough—it’s time to believe it!
Reader reviews
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 April 2025
Reviewed in France on 26 March 2025
A Book That Truly Hits Home – A Mirror to My Past and a Guide for My Future
When I picked up this book, I didn’t expect it to stir up so much within me. From the very first chapters, it felt like someone had turned on a light in a room I’d been wandering through in the dark for years. What I read was painfully familiar—and it touched me more deeply than I could have imagined.
My life began in a warm and safe environment, but everything changed when I turned fourteen. My parents divorced, we moved to a new town, and I started at a school where I didn’t know a single person. It was a massive shift. And even though I always came across as cheerful and quick with a joke, I slowly began to lose touch with myself, without really realising it.
For years, I struggled with self-doubt, not understanding where it came from. I chose an education path in technical studies that never felt like the right fit. I constantly felt like I had to go to school or internships, even though I didn’t want to. Life eventually led to financial hardship and problematic debt, made worse by a lack of support and understanding from my local municipality. Depression set in, my relationship suffered, and life started to feel like a dead end.
All of this built up over the years until my mid-thirties. Thankfully, I’ve since found stability: a nice home, a steady job, and financial peace. But one thing still lingered: this quiet, constant sense of not being good enough. That feeling had taken root early in life and grown to feel completely normal.
Then I found this book. And it was like a wake-up call. All the doubts, stress, and pressure I’ve felt over the years started to make sense. I realised that much of it came from beliefs I’d developed long ago and had unknowingly accepted as truth. I had normalised stress, setbacks, and rejection.
What makes this book so powerful is that it doesn’t just point out the pain—it offers a path to healing. It gives you practical tools and honest reflections to help you reconnect with who you truly are. Through it, I discovered that I’ve always been okay, just as I am. My mistakes don’t define me. My struggles don’t disqualify me. Growth is not dependent on perfection.
I plan to read the book again and take the time to truly answer the self-reflective questions it poses. This isn’t the kind of book you read once and forget—it’s something you carry with you, like a guidebook on your journey back to yourself.
I can wholeheartedly recommend this to anyone struggling with self-image, doubt, or old emotional wounds. This book won’t hand you easy answers—but it will offer you insight, compassion, and the tools to begin again.
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