For Employers · Corporate Workshops · Up to 20 Participants
The lifestyle health programme for perimenopause
Introducing Vitality-PeriM - a tailored and structured lifestyle health workshop, designed for perimenopausal women. Science-based. Small-group design. Delivered to your workspace by an experienced health science professional.
1 in 2
women over 45 currently in perimenopause
Max 20
participants per session - small group design
3 formats
half-day, full-day, two half-day options
Workshop Formats · 2026
Vitality-PeriM
Choose the format that fits your team and your budget.
All fees quoted exclusive of VAT · Full payment confirms your date ·
Available for Irish & UK companies, enquire for GPB pricing.
Half-Day from €3500
Full-Day from €6000
Two Half-Days from €8500
The Reality for Your Team
Perimenopause is happening in your workplace today.
The average age for perimenopause onset is 45 — and it can last up to 10 years. In any organisation with women in their 40s and 50s, this is not a future concern. It is a present reality affecting focus, energy, sleep, confidence, and performance day-to-day.
Many organisations have no structured support. A GP appointment lasts 12 minutes. Most wellness programmes are generic. Nothing addresses the specific, evidence-based lifestyle tools that can make a measurable difference — until now.
"It’s perimenopause — it can have a significant impact, she may not have resources to support, her health, work, and leadership."
Sleep Disruption
Night sweats, broken sleep, morning fatigue compounding over time — directly impacts cognitive performance at work.
Brain Fog
Difficulty concentrating, word-finding, memory lapses. Often misread as stress or disengagement by managers.
Anxiety & Mood
Hormonal fluctuation drives dysregulation — and can result in anxiety, and low mood often without specific circumstances.
Effecting Confidence
Often the most damaging symptom in the workplace — and the least talked about. Can negatively impact senior careers.
Cardiovascular Risk
Oestrogen withdrawal directly increases CV risk — the most underappreciated health shift of perimenopause.
Energy & Fatigue
Persistent low energy independent of sleep quality. Impacts capacity to perform, lead, and engage fully.
The Business Case
Why employers are seeking to act.
10 Years
Average perimenopause duration
A decade of potential impact on performance, retention, and wellbeing of your most experienced female employees — largely unsupported in many workplaces.
Menopause Society of Ireland, 2025
1 in 10
Leave work due to symptoms
Your senior, most experienced women are most at risk. The talent and leadership cost of this attrition is enormous — and largely preventable.
CIPD Menopause Research
€3,500
Investment starting point
A half-day Vitality-PeriM workshop for up to 10 of your team. Less than a standard consultant day rate. Potentially claimable as a corporate health expense.
Confirm eligibility with your tax advisor
Three Formats · One Programme
Choose what works for your organisation.
Every format delivers the same rigorous, science-based content — adapted to your time and budget. All capped at 20 participants to protect the quality and intimacy that makes this work.
Maximum 20 participants per session. Deliberately intimate — because this is a personal topic that demands an appropriate format.
Entry Format | Most Accessible | 4 hours
Half-Day from
€3,500
Covers up to 10 participants · €175 per person above 10 · max €5,250 at 20
Included
> Science-based perimenopause lifestyle health modalities
> Applied respiratory science - regulation tools
> Sleep optimisation and stress mastery module
> Participant workbook to take home
> Post-event HR summary report
> Follow up virtual group call 1-month post-event
Full Programme | 7-8 hours
Full Day from
€6,000
Covers up to 10 participants · €250 per person above 10 · max €8,500 at 20
Everything in Half-Day, plus
> All 6 core modules delivered in full
> Applied cardiovascular health & perimenopause
> Hydration & Diet Foundations
> Behavior change, adherence, transition
> Individual action plans
> Post-event HR debrief call with Ciarán
Split Delivery | Two Sessions
Two Half-Days from
€8,500
Covers up to 10 participants · €300 per person above 10 · max €11,500 at 20
Everything in Fully Day, plus
> Practice period between the two sessions
> Session 2 - review, refine, embed progress
> Group accountability structure
> Optional 1:1 coaching in between sessions (additional fee)
> Additional post-event HR debrief call with Ciarán
> 10% discount on future repeat cohorts
Full payment confirms your booking date. Bespoke multi-group packages available.
Available for Irish & UK companies, enquire for GPB pricing.
Science Based Content
What the programme covers.
Every module is grounded in peer-reviewed research. This is not generic wellness. It is science-based lifestyle health adapted specifically for the physiology and lived experience of perimenopause.
Sleep Optimisation
Sleep architecture, hormonal disruption, sleep breathing — a dedicated module for a common challenge
Change & Adherence
Physical and mental transition, change, habit formation, and adherence — supporting you in community with others on a similar journey
Perimenopause Science
What's actually happening hormonally — and why lifestyle health is an important facet of this life-phase for women
Stress & Regulation
Cortisol-oestrogen interaction, progressive muscle relaxation, cognitive reframing — targeted and practical tools
Cardiovascular Health
Oestrogen withdrawal and microvascular risk — the heart health connection every perimenopausal woman deserves to know more about
Muscle & Movement
Exercise adapted for vasomotor symptoms, joint health, and bone density — practical not prescriptive
Functional Breath Training
Multidimensional practices - biomechanical activation, CO₂ tolerance, and autonomic regulation — tools for hot flushes, anxiety, and self-regulation
Hydration & Diet
Guideline-aligned guidance - focused on small changes to support vascular and overall health
Simple Process
From first enquiry to delivered workshop.
1. Enquire
Email ciaran@joinnovara.com with your organisation, preferred format, and date range. Response within 24 hours.
2. Proposal
You receive a tailored proposal with exact pricing, the Services Agreement, date availability. No obligation.
3. Confirm
Sign the agreement and make payment. Your date is locked. Preparation begins to deliver an exceptional experience.
4. We Deliver
Ciarán arrives fully prepared. Participants leave with workbooks and a personalised action plan. HR receives a summary report.
About The Facilitator
Science-Based. Clinically Grounded. Tailored Design.
Vitality-PeriM is designed and delivered by Ciarán Byrne — a specialist in lifestyle health with a background genuinely unusual in the perimenopause space. This seeks to go beyond wellness. This is someone who spent 15 years in vascular and neuromuscular medical device companies, who has a deep understanding of vascular and respiratory physiology. Ciaran has studied ways to integrate multidisciplinary applied science in a format and structure solution that take a 360 degree view of the individual’s health rather than a siloed approach.
On Vitality-PeriM
"The science surrounding perimenopause and it’s impact on women’s health continues to evolve. Changes in this life-phase represent a significant health transition across multiple body systems. The lifestyle modalities that support women through this period are science-based, and lay foundations for future lasting health and wellbeing. Almost nobody is delivering in a multidisciplinary whole-person approach with a clinically minded rigor in the Irish & UK workplace. That's the gap Vitality-PeriM was built to fill."
Ciarán Byrne, Founder Novara
MSc Biomedical Science
2 US Patents (named inventor)
MSc Exercise & Sport Psychology
BSc Sport & Exercise Science
Oxygen Advantage™ Advanced Trainer
6 Peer Reviewed Journal Papers
Common Questions
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Women who are in perimenopause, approaching it, or managing ongoing symptoms post-menopause. It is also valuable for women who are not yet symptomatic but want to understand and prepare.
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Menopause workplace sessions, if they occur are generally awareness-based — they explain what perimenopause is and signpost to HR policy. Vitality-PeriM goes further. It is a taliored and structured lifestyle health programme grounded in peer-reviewed research, covering eight evidence-based modalities including functional breath training, sleep optimisation, stress mastery, cardiovascular health, muscle & movement, hydration and diet, and behaviour change. The facilitator has 15 years of vascular and neuromusclar health science experience. This are science-based lifestyle health education and tools delivered at a science-based standard.
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No. Participation is entirely voluntary. The workshop is a group lifestyle health education and practice environment — not a medical consultation or health assessment. Participants engage only at the level they are comfortable with. There is no requirement to share personal information unless there is a significant health risk which could be made worse by participating. Participants are free to pause, and just listen and observe at any time if they choose to do so without explanation.
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The 20-participant cap is a deliberate quality and safety decision — not a logistics constraint. Perimenopause is a deeply personal topic. Women can engage and leave with practical tools when the room is small and structured as a safe environment. Above 20 may degrade the experience for participants. The cap is non-negotiable and is core to service delivery of Vitality-PeriM. Where a company has more than 20 women who’d like to participate a second workshop can be organised with due consideration given to the total number of participants at a single company.
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Half-Day (4 hours, from €3,500): Ideal for organisations new to this topic within that budget range. Covers the core perimenopause science, functional breathing, sleep, and stress modules. Suited to introductory sessions or as a standalone annual women’s health event. Full Day (7–8 hours, from €6,000): The recommended format for maximum impact. Covers all eight 6 modules in full, includes a working lunch, individual action plans, and a post-event HR debrief call. Best for organisations with interested with committed investment to this domain. Two Half-Days (2 × 4 hours across two dates, from €8,500): The highest-depth option. Includes a practice period between the two sessions, progress check-in, and a group accountability structure. Best for behaviour change that lasts beyond the event itself. Also includes a follow-up call to help embed practices.
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No — the client provides the venue. A meeting room or boardroom on your premises works well, as does an externally booked venue. The room should seat up to 20 participants comfortably in a non-classroom arrangement — ideally with some flexibility in the furniture layout. Natural light and a quiet environment are ideal. If you need assistance identifying a suitable external venue we are happy to assist.
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Full payment is required to confirm your booking and hold the date. We accept SEPA bank transfer (preferred) or credit/debit card payment via Stripe. A 2% processing surcharge applies to card payments above €1,000. Payment must be received and cleared before the booking is confirmed. We are unable to hold dates on the basis of a verbal agreement alone.
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Cancellation 4 or more weeks before the delivery date: full refund minus a €250 administration fee. Cancellation 1–4 weeks before the delivery date: 50% of the total contracted fee is retained. Cancellation fewer than 1 week1 before the delivery date: 75% of the total contracted fee is retained. Rescheduling: if the client wishes to reschedule, this can be accommodated once at no charge provided at least 4 weeks' notice is given and the new date falls within 12 months of the original. The full fee is transferred to the new date. Full cancellation and rescheduling terms are set out in the Services Agreement issued on booking.
Ready to Bring VitalityPeriM to Your Team?
Supporting your team at every level.
Vitality-PeriM gives your perimenopausal employees the tools, knowledge, and confidence to genuinely thrive — in work and in life. Structured. Science-based. Delivered with care.
Response within 24 hours · No obligation · 2026 dates available now