Cassie Lomas on Starting Again, Navigating Loss and Building a Business on Her Own Terms

How, uh, do you navigate with hormones and everything? I read...

Are you 50?

I'm coming up 47.

I was gonna say, 'cause I thought, "There's no way."

Nearly.

Sure, yeah.

Yeah.

I, I mean, I do say I'm nearly 50.

Yeah.

[laughs] So obviously hormone-wise, a lot of changes.

What's that been like for you? How have you noticed that and, and navigated that journey as well?

Yeah.

Well, I mean, I have noticed...

M- but for me, it's my brain.

You know, and obviously with my mum having dementia, I don't know whether I've got brain fog, [laughs] early onset dementia, I've just taken on too much, launched another business, or I'm just a typical, you know, mum that's got loads going on.

But definitely notice it in my memory and my brain fog.

Um, but for me, what I'll, what I'm trying to do is I guess just navigate my way through it without making it a big deal.

Because for me, if I turn it into a thing, then I'll become focused on that thing.

Right.

Whereas I just want to...

I mean, uh, speaking to loads of different people about their ex- their experiences, some people have sailed through menopause and didn't have any symptoms, and other people had really difficult times.

And I'm like, "Well, if I just..." I've been doing loads of work on my mindset, on my brain.

So I think whatever I tell my mind is what it will do.

So if I tell my mind I'm fine, then I'm fine.

Yeah.