You remember every birthday, buy every present and write “love from all of us” on cards the rest of “us” have never seen. Everyone said it would get easier as the kids got older. Nobody mentioned that the problems grow with them: fewer scraped knees, more late-night conversations you can’t fix with a plaster. When did you last see your friends without a school event involved?

You stay up far too late because it’s the only time nobody needs anything from you. You long for quiet, feel guilty for wanting it, then last about four minutes in it before reorganising a drawer or buying another candle. You cry at adverts, then wonder what on earth is happening to you.

And then there’s peri rage. It’s very real, and it has strong opinions about the dishwasher and why nothing in this house is ever put back where it belongs.

Underneath the jokes, you’ve stopped being quite sure who you are.

You’re not the only one.

You’re just the only one in your kitchen.

We were never meant to do this alone. Now we do more than ever, with less help than ever, and since the pandemic a lot of the coffees and catch-ups never quite came back.

This is where women like you meet, over coffee, on a walk or in conversation, and find out just how many of us there are.

Time that’s just yours, whether it’s an hour over coffee or a whole day away, with nobody needing anything from you. And no guilt for taking it.

What’s on

In person around Bristol and Bath, and online wherever you are. Come as you are. You’ll always know what to expect before you arrive, you’re welcome to come and simply listen, and nobody is ever asked to share.

REGULAR

Coffee Club

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

Curated Experiences

DAY RETREATS

Transform & Renew

FREE · 30 mins

Chat with Mariko

Your Symptoms Are Not The Problem. They Are The Message.

When your nervous system is stuck in fight or flight — and when hormonal shifts amplify everything on top of that — your body does very specific things.

It screams for quick, easy food. It holds onto weight — especially around your middle. It keeps your brain switched on at 3am. It kills your motivation to cook, to move, to do anything that isn’t urgent.

This is not you failing at health. This is your body doing exactly what bodies do when they’ve been running on empty for too long.

The problem isn’t your willpower. The problem is that nobody has helped you get your nervous system out of survival mode. That’s what we do.

Private 1:1 health coaching with Mariko

  • Why your body is holding weight — and what genuinely shifts it during perimenopause

  • Your relationship with food — understanding what’s driving it

  • Your energy — what’s draining it and how to build it back

  • Sleep — the nervous system patterns keeping you wired

  • The stress layer amplifying every single symptom

  • How to eat well when you have no time or motivation

  • Your relationship with your body — from adversary to something kinder

£125 Initial Consultation – 90 mins

£75 Follow Up Sessions – 50 mins

Just you and me. No group, no rigid meal plan, no list of foods you’re not allowed, no homework pile that makes you feel more behind than when you started.

YOUR HOST

Hi, I’m Mariko.

For 25 years I lived with chronic anxiety. I was exhausted and invisible to myself. Then burnout stopped me completely, and I had to leave work altogether. Stopping is what finally let me get to the root of it. I’ve overcome the anxiety that ran my life for so long, and I no longer see myself as someone who suffers with anxiety. Today my life looks completely different. I’ve put myself back on the list. I drink my tea while it’s still hot, the nice shampoo and body wash are mine rather than the family’s, and I wear my happy clothes on a day with nothing planned. I’ve even replaced the four-year-old knickers. Nobody’s going to see them. That was never the point.

Now I bring women together, so nobody has to work it all out alone. I host the coffee clubs, walks and events, share the stories of local practitioners in This Is Her, speak about midlife, burnout and perimenopause, and work one-to-one as a trauma-informed health coach.

★★★★★

“I’ve come across many wellness coaches and find the highly commercial ones not leading with care. Mariko having professional knowledge but also real-life experience and authenticity are big green flags for me. Nothing felt forced — just a genuine desire to help women.”

Google review

The Holistic Health Coach

Want more one-to-one support?

When you’re ready for more than community, I work with women one-to-one and in small groups to help their nervous system recover.

Most women tell me it’s the first time in a long time that someone really listened.

[fusion_builder_container type=”flex” hundred_percent=”no” hundred_percent_height=”no” hundred_percent_height_scroll=”no” align_content=”stretch” flex_align_items=”flex-start” flex_justify_content=”flex-start” flex_wrap=”wrap” hundred_percent_height_center_content=”yes” equal_height_columns=”no” container_tag=”div” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility” status=”published” border_style=”solid” box_shadow=”no” box_shadow_blur=”0″ box_shadow_spread=”0″ gradient_start_position=”0″ gradient_end_position=”100″ gradient_type=”linear” radial_direction=”center center” linear_angle=”180″ background_position=”center center” background_repeat=”no-repeat” fade=”no” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_blend_mode=”none” background_slider_skip_lazy_loading=”no” background_slider_random_order=”no” background_slider_loop=”yes” background_slider_pause_on_hover=”no” background_slider_slideshow_speed=”5000″ background_slider_animation=”fade” background_slider_direction=”up” background_slider_animation_speed=”800″ video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_loop=”yes