Meet Terri Batsakis: Menopause Coach in Melbourne
Terri Batsakis is a Certified Menopause Coaching Specialist, Nutrition Coach and Health & Mindset Coach based in Mill Park, Melbourne. She works one-to-one with women in their 40s and 50s navigating perimenopause and menopause – focusing on nutrition, movement, stress, sleep, mindset and the nervous-system shifts that often go unrecognised in midlife.
About Terri
In plain terms: Terri is a Menopause Coach in Melbourne who helps women in midlife understand what is happening in their bodies and respond to it with practical, sustainable strategies - rather than pushing through with restriction or willpower.
Terri has spent more than a decade working with women in health, fitness and behaviour change — first through her previous business Terrific Fitness, and now through her own practice. Her work today sits firmly in midlife: helping women calm hormonal symptoms, rebuild confidence, and feel back in their own skin without extreme dieting or punishment.
She is a Founding Provider of Menopause Resource Hub. You can find her directory listing here: Terri Batsakis, perimenopause and menopause coach
Why this work
Terri’s path into menopause coaching was personal. She originally trained as a personal trainer after working through her own significant health challenges in her younger years – including depression, weight struggles and an eating disorder. Over thirteen years of coaching thousands of women, she built deep practical experience in helping women change how they live.
Then perimenopause arrived, and the strategies that had always worked stopped working.
“Perimenopause hit me, and I struggled hard. There were so many symptoms that I couldn’t seem to get on top of, no matter what I tried. That experience opened my eyes to how little support and education women actually have during this stage.”
She studied, qualified as a Menopause Coaching Specialist, and shifted her entire practice focus to midlife two years ago. The reason, in her words, is simple: she knows what it feels like when your body suddenly seems to have it in for you, and she does not want other women to face that on their own.
Terri’s approach to menopause coaching
Terri’s approach is holistic and practical. She describes perimenopause and menopause as having multiple levers – nutrition, movement, stress, sleep, hydration, habits and mindset – and she works across all of them together rather than treating any single one in isolation.
One area she is particularly known for: helping women understand their nervous system, and how the cumulative load of stress in midlife can show up in ways that are often mistaken for self-sabotage. Cravings, fatigue, loss of motivation, the sudden inability to push through – these patterns, in Terri’s view, are not character flaws. They are physiology, and they respond to a different kind of support.
“Clients often tell me they finally feel understood. They feel calmer, more in control, and more confident in themselves again. And that they finally feel like they have a plan that actually works for their body.”
Her coaching is one-to-one, structured, and grounded in education. The intention is not to hand a client a protocol to follow blindly – it is to help her understand the signals her own body is sending and how to respond to them.
What Terri wants women to understand about perimenopause
Asked what she most wishes more women understood about this stage, Terri’s answer is direct.
“What you’re experiencing is natural, with very real physiological changes happening. Hormonal fluctuations affect your brain, your nervous system, your metabolism, your sleep, your emotions and your behaviour. When you understand that what you’re experiencing is normal and common, it completely changes your outlook on this phase of life. It’s very empowering.”
The lived experience of Australian women bears this out. According to Jean Hailes for Women’s Health, around four in five women experience symptoms during the menopause transition, and the impact reaches into work, relationships and overall wellbeing. Yet many women still describe arriving at this stage with very little preparation for what it would feel like.
For Terri, naming and normalising the physiology is the first step. The second is giving women a plan that works with their body, not against it.
On collaboration with other practitioners
Terri is clear-eyed about the limits of any single discipline.
“Peri/menopause is not one dimensional. It can affect physical health, mental health, relationships, work and overall quality of life. No single practitioner can cover everything. When professionals work together, women receive more well-rounded support – and that creates a much stronger foundation for long-term results.”
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It is one of the reasons she joined the Hub as a Founding Provider. Coaching sits alongside – not in place of – GPs, menopause specialists, naturopaths, pelvic health physiotherapists and psychologists who may also be part of a woman’s care. The Menopause Resource Hub directory is built around the same idea: women rarely need just one practitioner, they need a team that talks to each other.
Working with Terri Batsakis
Location: Mill Park, Melbourne (and online)
Focus: Perimenopause and menopause coaching for women in their 40s and 50s – nutrition, movement, stress, sleep, mindset and nervous-system support
Format: One-to-one coaching
Connect: terribatsakis.com.au | Instagram | Facebook
View Terri’s full listing on the Hub: Terri Batsakis — Mill Park, Melbourne
Frequently asked questions
What does a menopause coach do?
A menopause coach supports women through perimenopause and menopause with education and practical strategies across nutrition, movement, stress management, sleep and mindset. A coach is not a substitute for medical care; coaching sits alongside the work of GPs, menopause specialists and allied health practitioners as part of a wider support team.
Is menopause coaching the same as therapy or medical treatment?
No. Coaching is education and behaviour-change support – not psychological therapy and not medical treatment. A coach can help a woman understand what is happening in her body and build sustainable habits, but decisions about hormone therapy, mental health diagnoses or medications belong with qualified medical and mental health professionals.
Where is Terri Batsakis based?
Terri is based in Mill Park, in Melbourne’s north, and works with women across Australia online. Her full listing is on the Menopause Resource Hub directory.
What does a Menopause Coaching Specialist certification mean?
It is a specialist training pathway for coaches who work specifically with women in perimenopause and menopause. It does not confer medical or prescribing authority. Terri’s certification sits on top of her wider qualifications in personal training, nutrition and mindset coaching.
Who is Terri’s coaching best suited to?
Women in their 40s and 50s who feel that their body and mind have changed — and who want a steady, practical approach that does not rely on restriction, punishment or pushing through. Women already working with a GP or menopause specialist often find coaching a useful complement to medical care.
Why this matters
Founding Providers are the practitioners who chose to back the Menopause Resource Hub before it was easy to do so. Their willingness to be visible, named and reviewable is part of what makes the directory worth trusting. Terri is one of them – and her work is exactly the kind of grounded, evidence-informed midlife care the Hub was built to make easier to find.
Provider Spotlight is an editorial series featuring practitioners listed on the Menopause Resource Hub. Listings and Spotlights are not clinical endorsements. Always discuss your care with your treating practitioners.
Author: Menopause Resource Hub
Menopause Resource Hub connects Australian women with specialists, clinics, and support networks that truly understand perimenopause and menopause. Whether you’re looking for medical guidance, wellness support, or community, we’re here to help you find it.