My story isn't pretty, but it's real.
I found my voice, so I can help you find yours today.
"From surviving childhood trauma to thriving through menopause. Two experiences that changed everything. I became a coach and hypnotist because I know what it's like to feel broken.
AJ Philp (MA), Global Empowerment Coach, NLP Practitioner & Hypnotherapist, Menopause Survivor.
"I didn't arrive at this work through smooth sailing. I arrived through storms."
I grew up without a voice. Childhood was marked by emotional and physical abuse, a place where speaking up meant punishment, and self-worth was something earned, never given. I learned to survive by reading people, adapting, and shrinking. I carried shame about my body, my worthiness, my right to take up space.
For years, I reinvented myself to escape who I'd been told I was. Nanny. Model. Fashion designer. Business owner. Each role taught me resilience, but none healed the wounds beneath.
" Life gave me two experiences that changed everything."
My IVF journey that taught me surrender
I spent 10 years trying to have a child, navigating the emotional chaos of IVF, the grief of loss, and the terror of hope. During that time, I learned what it means to let go of control and trust a process I couldn't force.
At 49, I gave birth to my son, a beautiful boy with special educational needs. Raising him solo in Spain has been one of the hardest, most transformative experiences of my life.
It taught me that strength isn't about having it all together. It's about showing up, even when you're terrified.
My menopause nearly broke me
My menopause journey came late, around age 59, and it blindsided me.
Severe panic attacks. Debilitating brain fog. Depression so deep I couldn't leave my bed for 15 days. I thought I was losing my mind. Doctors prescribed antidepressants that made me violently ill. HRT deepened my depression instead of relieving it.
What saved me wasn't medication. It was honesty.
I had to face what menopause was forcing to the surface, decades of unresolved trauma, buried grief, and limiting beliefs I'd carried since childhood. Menopause stripped away every coping mechanism I'd built and asked me one question:
"Who are you when you can't hide anymore?"
The answer to that question became my life's work.
"I became a coach and hypnotist because I know what it's like to feel broken, but we're not. I've trained in NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) and clinical hypnosis. I studied under legends like Richard Bandler, Paul McKenna, and Jay Shetty, but my real 20 years of expertise come from walking through fire myself."
AJ Philp (MA), Global Empowerment Coach, NLP Practitioner & Hypnotherapist, Menopause Survivor.
What makes my approach different from other menopause coaches?
I don't do surface-level coaching.
I don't believe in toxic positivity or pretending menopause is "just a phase."
My work is about truth.
I know what it's like to:
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Believe you're "too much" or "not enough."
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Battle anxiety that appears out of nowhere
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Feel invisible in a world that prizes youth
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Question your identity when everything you knew about yourself shifts
And I also know what's possible on the other side when you stop fighting the transformation and start working with it.
I help women uncover the subconscious blocks and limiting beliefs that menopause is bringing to the surface, and then we dismantle them, one session at a time.
I combine:
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NLP to rewire thought patterns
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Hypnosis to shift subconscious resistance
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Honest, compassionate truth-telling to guide you through the hard parts
My clients don't come to me for symptom relief. They come for complete life rebuilds, identity, confidence, purpose, and relationships.
And that's exactly what we create together.
What I deeply believe
You are not broken.
Menopause didn't break you. It revealed what was already there, and now we get to heal it.
Transformation happens at any age.
Your 50s, 60s, 70s, these can be the most powerful years of your life if you let them.
Your story is your fuel, not your anchor.
What you've survived doesn't define you, it empowers you.
Let's work together
If my story resonates with you, if you see yourself in the struggle and want to find yourself in the transformation, let's talk.