Why Acupause Exists: Ears, Menopause and Community Care

At Acupause, we specialise in one simple idea: when women are properly supported through menopause, everyone benefits – the individual, the team and the organisation.

I’m Aly, an acupuncturist who has spent years working with women experiencing menopausal symptoms. In my clinic, I kept seeing the same pattern. Women were exhausted, anxious, struggling with sleep, hot flushes and brain fog – and many were trying to hold down demanding roles at the same time. Ear (auricular) acupuncture consistently made a real difference to how they felt day to day. Symptoms eased, stress levels dropped and women told me they finally felt more like themselves again, but there was a problem. Too many women had to stop treatment early because they couldn’t afford to continue, or could only manage one or two sessions due to their work schedule. At the same time, I was reading about corporations who knew menopause was affecting performance, absence and retention, but didn’t know where to find practical, evidence-based support.

Acupause was created to bridge that gap.

Our corporate programmes bring structured ear acupuncture into the workplace, giving female employees access to a calm, clinically informed space where their symptoms are taken seriously. Sessions are designed to fit into the working day, so support is easy to access and doesn’t add extra pressure to already busy lives.

There’s also a second layer to what we do. Every corporate package helps fund free community ear acupuncture for women who can’t afford treatment. That means your investment as an employer doesn’t just support your own people – it also creates real, measurable impact for women in the wider community. Literally last week a female client of mine had to stop treatment for over 40 hot flushes a day & night because she could no longer afford to come, but the 3 treatments she had reduced her flushes by a third!! imagine what a course of 6 would have done.

For HR leaders, Acupause offers a way to:

• Provide tangible, in-person menopause support rather than relying only on policies and e-learning

• Reduce symptom-related absence and presenteeism

• Strengthen retention of experienced, midlife talent

• Demonstrate clear social value and community impact

Acupause exists because no woman should have to choose between managing her symptoms and managing her career or not even feeling herself within her own body. If you’d like to explore how this could work in your organisation, our Corporate Packages page is a good place to start – or you can contact us directly and we’ll talk through what’s right for your teams. If your a community clinic who needs acupause to bring our magic to your group get in toouch via the contact page, you are literally why were here. Contact