Michelle A. Hardwick is a menopause wellness consultant based near Cork, Ireland, with over 25 years of experience in health and wellness. Here’s her story:

About Michelle A. Hardwick

I grew up in North Wales, where my family ran fish and chip shops and restaurants so a strong work ethic came with the territory from a very young age! My early career took me into the hospitality industry and from there things got interesting.

I spent eight years living and working in Zurich, Switzerland, progressing to hotel management and eventually becoming a lecturer at Les Roches, one of the world’s leading hotel management schools in Valais. From Switzerland I moved to Beijing, joining the Shangri-La Hotel Management Company. First in the hotel itself and later helping to set up pioneering joint-venture programmes for their local management teams.

After three years in China I found myself in New Zealand, working for a local Polytechnic and later as a food and beverage consultant. It was a full and exciting life. By 1998 I was genuinely exhausted. Burnt out in the way that only becomes clear when you finally stop.

From Hospitality to Menopause Wellness Consultant

That burnout turned out to be a turning point. After taking time to rest and retrain, I opened a successful clinic in Dunedin combining Hypnotherapy, Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) and Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT Tapping) – tools I still draw on today in my one-to-one consultations. I became a weekly guest on a New Zealand radio talk show, appeared on Dunedin TV, and was a keynote speaker at the NZ Hypnotherapists Association Conference (2002), the Bowen Therapy Association Conference (2003) and the NZ Naturopathic Conference (2004).

From 2005 to 2015 I travelled extensively. I delivered personal consultations, trainings and residential experiences in Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, India, Hong Kong, China, Canada, Norway, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Wales, the UK and the US. It was during those years that Release…Peace took shape.

Alongside consultations, I also run weekend retreats for those who want a deeper, more immersive experience.

For the last decade, my work has evolved to focus increasingly on menopause – as I made my journey through it. It has been one of the most significant and (as I discovered) the least-talked-about transitions in a woman’s life. Naturally it affects not just women but all the people closest to them. This work led naturally to my most recent project: my first solo book.

And finally, for the past 16+ years I’ve been living happily in County Cork with my husband John and our rescue dog Keela. You’ll still find me back in North Wales visiting family and friends on a regular basis.

Michelle A. Hardwick – Menopause Wellness Consultant and Author

As a menopause wellness consultant and author, Michelle brings both professional expertise and genuine lived understanding to her work. She explains more…

Over the years I’ve written widely – articles in health, spa and spiritual publications across New Zealand, the UK and Asia. My own personal story also features in Miracles Happen by Dr. Brian Weiss and his daughter Amy Weiss, which I’m extremely proud of.

What started as a suggestion from an online zoom networking meeting in March 2025 has become one of the most exciting things I’ve ever done — and what a journey it has been!

In 2025, I began writing my first solo book: Menopause Wingman The Emotional Handbook for Men/Partners. A straight-talking, warm-hearted handbook for the husbands and partners of women going through menopause. What began as a suggestion has become one of the most meaningful things I’ve ever done.

The book features a foreword by Loretta Dignam, Founder & CEO of The Menopause Hub and Ireland’s leading menopause advocate, and is now available worldwide on Amazon.

Get the book on here or go to menopausewingman.com

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