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The Emotional Handbook for Partners
written by Michelle A. Hardwick

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The book that turns:
"I don't know what to do"
into "I've got you."

Menopause Wingman by Michelle A. Hardwick

Michelle A. Hardwick is the author of Menopause Wingman: The Emotional Handbook for Partners. A handbook written specifically for the husbands and partners of women going through menopause. Drawing on her own ten years' lived experience of menopause and twenty-five years in private practice supporting people through major life transitions, she offers a rare combination of personal understanding and professional insight. 
As seen on Ireland AM, in the Irish Examiner and on Cork's 96FM

Menopause Wingman

Emotional Support through menopause:
For the women living it and the partners walking beside them.
The handbook for the man beside her. 
She's changing. You can feel it. You want to help but nothing you do seems right. You're not the problem. But with the right understanding, you could be the turning point. 

Who This Book Is For 

For the man who loves her and wants to get it right. Maybe you don't recognise her right now. She seems exhausted, emotional, distant. You want to help but everything you try falls flat. You feel shut out, unloved, so you tread carefully and quietly wonder if you're the problem. You're not.
BUT - you could be part of the solution. And this book will show you exactly how to be.

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"Menopause Wingman is long overdue. It gives men the understanding and tools they need to support the women they love - and in doing so, strengthens women-centred menopause care rather than competing with it." 
- Loretta Dignam, Founder & CEO of The Menopause Hub | Forbes Top 50 Over 50, Global List 2025
"With each chapter, I felt encouraged and better educated. This book equips men with the mindset, empathy and resources to better handle and co-navigate this major life transition and strengthen and deepen their relationships. Also provides highly transferrable communication and relationship skills for the other areas of men's lives".
- Dr Matthew Cott, Chartered Counselling Psychologist

Beyond The Book

Drawing on ten years navigating her own menopause and twenty-five years supporting clients through life's biggest transitions, Michelle helps women navigate the emotional side of menopause and the partners supporting them understand what's happening and how to move through it together. Michelle facilitates separate support circles for women and for men and brings this same emotional understanding into workplaces through speaking and sessions for organisations - including PepsiCo's International Women's Day event. She works with clients online worldwide, with in-person sessions available in Co. Cork and beyond.

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