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wellness.

NO MORE

REHEARSALS!

ENHANCE YOUR
Famed advocate Jacqueline
Pascarl brings women’s NATURAL BEAUTY...
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Menopause affects more than half the population, yet it’s still She completed two Master’s degrees, plus a PhD and became a MAKEUP SERVICES
rarely talked about, and even less understood. Hormones shape global presence and authority in advocacy, refugee assistance,
everything from mood to energy and relationships but, too often, women’s health and child literacy. She’s worked in very
women are left to navigate it all alone. different scenarios and locations, from Maasai tribes in Kenya to
Westminster, advising the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, the US
In regional areas, access to specialist advice is even more limited. State Department, along with our own government in Canberra.
That’s why on November 9, something genuinely empowering is
happening at the Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort in Port Douglas. Along the way, she became the Vice Chairperson of the Australian
Defence Force Reserves and advocates on veterans’ issues to this
A full-day workshop, dubbed “No More Rehearsals” focused on day. Her efforts have earned her the prestigious Order of Australia,
women’s health, sleep, empowerment and menopause resilience six nominations for Australian of the Year, and the distinction of Tik - 0488 550 357 • Joyce - 0404 017 475 • Saltwater Building, Shop 18/26-30 Macrossan Street, Port Douglas
will bring honest conversations, practical tools, and science- being the first woman to receive the Humanitarian Overseas
backed information to the Far North. No fluff, just real support. Service Medal, awarded to her seven times.
Leading the day will be Jacqueline Pascarl OAM, known to many She also received the Queensland Disaster Hero Medal after her
Australians and international audiences as a bestselling author, TV charity, Operation Angel, delivered more than $20 million in aid
presenter, filmmaker, and humanitarian rights advocate. Today, she following Cyclone Yasi, including thousands of Blundstone boots,
helps women around the world manage menopause symptoms many of which she personally helped deliver. One thing’s certain
through practical, achievable lifestyle and nutrition changes. NO MORE REHEARSALS!
- when she turns her head towards an issue, something big will
In Port Douglas, she’ll be joined by a panel of world-renowned happen, sheer willpower is her raison d’etre. It’s her trademark, and
experts, all dedicated to helping women in regional Queensland now that same drive is focused on empowering women through
better understand their bodies and move through perimenopause menopause, especially in rural and regional areas. WOMEN’S HEALTH, EMPOWERMENT,
and menopause with clarity, strength, and confidence. SLEEP & MENOPAUSE RESILIENCE WORKSHOP
With her credentials in menopause health and sleep support,
Among the participants is local fitness coach Amy from LiftHer, a a chance encounter with a local woman in Port Douglas - who Bringing world-renowned women’s health & sleep experts to
familiar face in the community, with whom Jacqueline will discuss opened up about her health struggles - prompted her to act for Tropical Far North Queensland to empower women
osteoporosis prevention and how strength training can protect women in regional Australia, where specialist care is often hours through (peri) menopause & beyond.
bone health, an essential yet often overlooked part of women’s away. That 45-minute chat sparked the idea for the women’s health
long-term wellness. workshop in our town. Jacqueline brings more than expertise,
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she brings lived experience. She has survived breast and ovarian SUNDAY, 9 OF NOVEMBER, 2025
To understand why Jacqueline is the ideal person to lead this cancer, endured stillbirth, navigated surgical menopause, and SHERATON GRAND MIRAGE RESORT
event, we need to look at the extraordinary path that brought her balanced life as a mother of four with a demanding career.
here, a journey marked by remarkable resilience in the face of
profound adversity, which has inspired many along the way. “Perimenopause can begin 10-12 years before menopause,
sometimes as early as your mid-30s,” says Jacqueline. “This is JACQUELINE PASCARL OAM
Remarkably, Jacqueline is a former royal who walked away from a when women need the most support, a toolkit and roadmap on MASHA, CMHS, HOSM, SMT.
life of privilege to pursue humanitarian work, often in some of the what to expect and how to cope.” She adds, “Your 30s are the Sleep & Accredited Perimenopause & Menopause Expert
world’s most challenging war and disaster zones. time to start building strength, bone health, mental wellness, all of BOOK NOW
At just 17, she married the grandson of the King of Malaysia and it affects how we live in our 60s and beyond. It’s vital to our work, with special guests:
had two children. But the fairy-tale quickly unraveled into a life relationships, even our love life.” DR IAN MARATOS - THE SNORE FIX DOCTOR
of abuse and control. After escaping at the age of 22, her former Port Douglas, which Jacqueline calls her “haven in paradise,” is BDSc(Melb), Fellow DSM (Aus), LVI Fellow (USA)
husband later kidnapped her two eldest children and kept them where she resets each year, and now, she says, it’s time to give Member ADA, AADSM, AASM, ASA, Dental Surgeon
incommunicado for 15 years. something back. Part of the proceeds from the event will go to EMERITUS PROFESSOR DR MICHAEL J BENNETT
She shared her story in two bestselling memoirs; Once I Was a the Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia, where Jacqueline Former Head of Obstretrics & Gynaecology, University of New South Wales, Sydney,
Princess, and Since I Was a Princess, written to help her children once worked repairing childbirth injuries in & Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick, Sydney
understand the truth of their past and her humanitarian work. women. TIM WATSON-MUNRO www.themenopausementor.org
Criminal Psychologist, Co-Presenter Motive and Method Podcast,
But Jacqueline didn’t let trauma define her. Instead, she channelled Regular guest on TV’s Sunrise & A Current Affair
her experience into a global career in advocacy, fighting for the For more information and to book scan here:
rights of children and women worldwide. Booking fees support the Women’s Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia, where Jacqueline Pascarl previously worked, helping repair traumatic birthing injuries in women.
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