For most of my career I worked inside big organisations like Arm, Heineken, EDF Energy and MIB, leading employee engagement and culture programmes. My job was getting people involved, energised and actually doing something meaningful together.

I loved it.

On the outside, life looked full. A career I cared about. Travel. Renovation projects. Big plans.

Then my mid-40s arrived and something shifted.

The hangovers suddenly became brutal. Anxiety appeared out of nowhere. My energy fell off a cliff and I couldn’t work out why everything suddenly felt harder than it used to.

One October day I found myself signed off work with exhaustion, antidepressants in one hand and Google in the other, typing:

“What on earth is perimenopause?”

Like millions of women, I had absolutely no idea what was happening to my body. Giving up alcohol was the first change. Taking responsibility for my health instead of blaming myself was the second. Eventually, with the right HRT and support, the fog started to lift.

I retrained with a Level 5 Diploma in Menopause Wellness Coaching because I wanted proper answers. Not vague advice. Not wellness trends. Just a clearer understanding of what women are dealing with.

Then in 2024 life threw another curveball. Stage 3 anal cancer.

Twenty-eight rounds of chemoradiation later, I’m here. In remission. With a very different perspective on energy, health and what actually matters.

What that experience reinforced for me is this: Health transitions don’t happen in neat little boxes. They happen while people are working, leading teams, raising families and trying to hold life together.

That’s where #TweakAWeek came from. Instead of trying to change everything overnight, the idea is simple: make one small tweak each week that helps you feel stronger, clearer and more capable again.

Inside the book are 52 practical tweaks covering things like:

• sleep

• food and blood sugar

• alcohol and energy

• stress and mindset

• movement and strength

• confidence and self-belief

No complicated programmes. No unrealistic rules or supplement stacks. Just small, intelligent shifts that work in real life.

Alongside the book, I also speak in organisations about menopause, cancer and life in remission at work. Because I’ve spent most of my career inside corporate environments, I understand how organisations actually work. The pressure leaders are under, the way internal conversations evolve, and why topics like menopause and cancer often stay unspoken for far too long.

I’ve delivered talks for organisations including Beko, Zapier, Cloudsmith, Cambridge Women in Tech and FLEXFest, helping teams have more honest and useful conversations about health and work.

But #TweakAWeek remains the heart of everything I share. It’s the book I wish someone had handed me when everything started to change.

Small tweaks. Real life. One week at a time.

Lots of love

Ali