‘I was going to lose my relationships’: Zoe Foster Blake on the moment she knew she needed help

Key points

• Beauty founder and author Zoe Foster Blake has said she sought help for perimenopause symptoms after she began snapping at her husband and children. Speaking on The Imperfects podcast, she said she feared losing her relationships with her kids.
• She said her anxiety and sleep problems grew over time, and her GP told her she was too young. After seeing a reproductive endocrinologist, she began hormone replacement therapy and said she feels better.
• Her latest novel explores perimenopause, she said, to show other women their symptoms are real and help exists.