Diane Danzebrink

Diane Danzebrink is a personal and corporate consultant, speaker, educator and author, passionate about menopause and mental health. She is the founder of the purpose over profit organisation Menopause Support and has led the call for better menopause care and support in the U.K. with her national #MakeMenopauseMatter campaign. The campaign has been instrumental in ensuring that menopause has been added to the curriculum in schools in England and that all medical students will be taught about menopause from 2024.

At the age of forty-five, surgery to remove both of her ovaries plunged her into surgical menopause without the safety net of the right information or support. This had a devastating effect on her mental and emotional health, which took her within a whisker of taking her own life.

Reflecting on her experience Diane wondered if it was unique or if others were struggling as she had. She discovered, via her research, that there were countless others suffering in silence. Angry and frustrated, she pledged, that if she ever felt like herself again, that she would do something to change the menopause landscape for future generations.

Her own mental health crisis made her acutely aware of just how difficult it can be to navigate the confusing worlds of menopause and mental health without the right help and support. As a result, she decided to combine her professional therapy skills and experience and nurse training in menopause to focus on providing factual, evidence based information and support to help others navigate menopause and mental health.

Widely recognised as a trusted voice of reason, advisor and purveyor of practical, common sense advice, guidance and support to many organisations, individuals and more widely via her writing, speaking and social media channels. Diane has spoken at many conferences dedicated to all aspects of menopause and mental health for both the public and health care professionals, including giving the closing keynote speech at the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy conference and the keynote speech at the Health and Global Policy Institute conference dedicated to improving menopause care and support in Japan in 2024.

Diane is regularly invited to comment on menopause and mental health in the media. She has appeared on This Morning, Good Morning Britain, Loose Women, Lorraine, BBCBreakfast, ITV, Channel 4, and Sky News. She can regularly be heard discussing menopause and mental health on the radio and has written about menopause for both the Telegraph and the Guardian and has featured in Japanese Vogue and on Japanese and Australian TV news, helping to take the conversation global. Diane has contributed to several books about menopause and mental health and wellness. Her first book, Making Menopause Matter, was published, to critical acclaim, by Sheldon Press on the 9th of May.