Her Changing Hormones and Mental Health - Women's Day Celebration

Her Changing Hormones and Mental Health - Womens’ Day Celebration

Understand how to balance your endocrine/hormonal system at different stages of your life

Tickets: R249pp Special for under 35s: R99

Speakers: Penelope Edwins Neuropsychologist and Founder and Managing Director of BrainSA

Shelldon Breda Registered Dietician, Owner and Lead Dietician of Steps with Nutrition

Outcomes

1. Do you struggle with depression, anxiety and/or PCOS and endometriosis?
2. Are you in perimenopause or menopause and experiencing brain fog, depression and sleep disturbances?
3. Join us for an informative session on accessible methods to better understand and combat these symptoms

Who should attend:

1. Young women between the ages of 15 and 40
2. Older women from age 40 onwards

Exam support to L2G Mentees: All attendees are asked please to bring an item/s of stationary or a non-perishable exam treat/s to form part of Mentees’ support packs

Fundraising:

This event is to raise funds for NPO, Link2Grow's mentorship programme where we match high school girls with professional women to guide them through subject choice, career options, psychometric assessment, life skills workshops, tertiary application and funding.

Raffle tickets for great prizes will be on sale.

Facilitators:

Penelope Edwins: Penelope, has a Master’s Degree and is a qualified neuropsychologist, who is currently busy completing her PhD. She has a keen interest in establishing and discovering innovative and effective methods of treating mental disorders and she has a particular focus the impact of hormones in women. Penny is also a hardworking researcher with extensive quantitative and qualitative research and writing experience.

Shelldon Breda: a registered dietitian and PhD candidate in food science. Founder of Steps with Nutrition, she has experience in community health and private practice. She’s passionate about using food as a tool for lifelong wellness - especially in empowering the youth.

Format for the morning – in 2 parts:

Penny giving input from the hormonal perspective and a nutrition focus from Shelldon

The first segment - a younger age focus 15 – 40

Then second segment - focus on 40 plus age group

Informal Q&A and discussion after each section will also include:

Suzanne Leighton – Complementary practitioner

Date: Saturday 2 August 2025

Time: 09h00 – 12h00 (Talk +/- 45/60 mins, with Q&A to follow)

Venue: Oceana House, 25 Jan Smuts Street, Foreshore, Cape Town

Queries: [email protected]

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