Black Menopause & Beyond

Menopausal Loose women  Within today’s episode, Anita talks about black menopause and beyond with 3 women. #MenopausalLooseWomen will be a regular slot within the podcast. Stars of the Podcast: Jennifer – perimenopause, on the Merina coil, poet, and author.    Nina - Post menopause, on HRT and Testosterone, background in health and nutrition, Founder of Black Menopause.  Leesh...

Menopause and over a year dealing with Long Covid has left me feeling very tired and unfit. I have decided to join a gym, however the whole experience of looking for gym has created anxiety and I realise I might have slight Gymphobia - the fear of joining a gym. Within the show I explore the topic of my gymbhobia and ways that I can overcome the fear. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/b...

  Leesh presumed that one day she would have a child. At 18, she fell pregnant, but unfortunately, a stressful incident resulted in a miscarriage. Decades later, after years of wanting a child, she was diagnosed with a non-cancerous tumour and told that her pregnancy that ended in a miscarriage in 1998 had triggered her brain into a phantom pregnancy.  Leesh unknowingly could not fall pr...

Anita explores being a menopausal strong black women and how it hinders seeking help from others; strong women struggle to let go; asking for help is not a weakness, how always giving and not receiving can lead to tiredness and resentment; the need to sometimes let go and not be strong and independent is part of good self care. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/black-menopause-and-beyon...

Anita sits with her teenage daughter for the first time to talk about menopause. Anita is very comfortable talking to adults about menopause but has never sat down with her children to have this discussion.  So today, in this podcast, she talks about menopause with her teenage daughter. Anita has never had a sit-down conversation with her mother and both Anita and her daughter feels slig...

Exploring all things positive when entering the menopause. Copyright Music LUMA Sounds Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/black-menopause-and-beyond . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A bitesize podcast. Anita is fed up with the media over glamourising Menopause. The media needs to stop focusing on celebrities who are part of the dialogue because they are women. We need realism, and images used to reflect real everyday women, women of different classes, colours, sizes etc. Every day women are working hard to include menopause as part of everyday living for everyone and all you...

In today's episode Anita interviews Una Alexis, Una is the cofounder of ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ a CIC (Community Interest Company). Within today's episode Una tells us about her experience, we explore hot flushes, libido, HRT, black cohosh, men and menopause, Testosterone, National Health Service plus we talk about Menopause in the Caribbean and Africa. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/...

Within today's podcast, Anita will be exploring low libido, low libido and being single, menopausal dating, menopausal cougars/panthers, testosterone and menopause and men marrying a younger woman once existing wife enters menopause.  Links: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9525265/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/black-menopause-and-beyond . Hosted o...

In this podcast, Anita, the host, explores the need to represent women of colour within menopause media. Menopause affects most women of a certain age; however, the media image of menopause lacks diversity and is often shown as an affluent middle class, slim caucasian woman. Within the podcast, Anita explores how and why the lack of representation can affect engagement; ‘is Black menopause differe...

Jennifer, in my last interview, talks about her infertility and menopause journey. Here she has written a poem for the podcast all about menopause Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/black-menopause-and-beyond . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jennifer's story. Jennifer struggled with infertility and now struggles with Menopause. Little to no advice was offered to her, doctors told her nothing, and her mother never spoke to her about her struggles or offered Jennifer guidance. Years on, she realised that Infertility and Menopause problems were inherited. Jennifer explores her diet and physical activity changes, the struggles of work, gi...

This podcast is a get to know Anita podcast; I am the presenter of Black Menopause and Beyond Podcast; I talk about my Health (including how covid impacted) Menopause and Menopause conversation journey and how I got here.   In 2018 I realised the Menopause lasted for years; I was shocked and horrified that it was not just a quick switching off a bodily activity. I was horrified to find out th...

Hi, this is Anita, and this is the trailer for my new podcast, 'Black Menopause and Beyond'. Within the podcast, I aimed to look at menopause from my perspective as a woman of colour, working-class with a fuller figure. I've noticed that not only is menopause a taboo topic, but specific communities are not part of the conversation. I aim to discuss this taboo topic, including health interviews, ta...