I'm Your Peri Godmother

Shelly Horton is a journalist, TV presenter, keynote speaker, MC, runs her own company ShellShocked Media and is an out-and-proud peri warrior. She appears weekly on Channel Nine delivering opinion segments, hosts Married at First Sight's spin-off TV show and podcast, and was a health and lifestyle presenter for 9Honey. Her career highlights beyond her current ten years at Nine include eleven years reporting for the ABC, eight years as a presenter on Channel Seven and six years as a journalist at Fairfax. Shelly has been a long-time advocate for women's health including publicly speaking up to destigmatise topics such as a woman's choice to be childfree, PCOS, heavy periods, depression and peri/menopause. She has co-created online and in-person educational courses about confidence, health advocacy, media training and peri/menopause in the workplace. She has been a corporate trainer for 25 years helping companies communicate effectively internally and externally. The natural-born conversationalist has spun her magic with some of the country's biggest organisations including Australian Digital Health Agency, Johnson & Johnson, Bond University Medical Faculty, Channel Nine, University of Sydney and SpecSavers. She's also an ambassador for the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Share the Dignity and HER Mental Health, and a member of the International Menopause Society.