Menopause, Midlife and Mayhem

Thank you so much for joining us on the podcast today. I really appreciate you spending your time with us. I really appreciate you sharing your insight and knowledge with us Gineen. What a rich conversation we had! We talked about a whole of things – here are some takeaways – For women in middle age – we are the people who look after our family, our friends, our children – but how often do we look...

Thank you so much for joining us today! Thank you for sharing your passion and your knowledge with us Firdaus. Peri just means around – so perimenopause means around menopause. According to the American Heritage Dictionary it is the period of a woman's life characterized by physiological changes associated with the end of reproductive capacity, terminating with the completion of menopause. Women d...

Thank you so much for spending your time with us, and thank you Sharon for such an authentic and honest talk about what can happen to our hair during perimenopause, menopause and even earlier. We tackled a subject that affects a lot of women – statistics vary some say 40% to 50%, and in menopause around 80% of women experience some kind of hair loss or thinning…but it’s something that is still tab...

Show Notes: Thank you so much for joining us on the podcast today. I really appreciate you being part of our growing community. And thank you Naomi for such a truly interesting and informative conversation. It was packed with information and here the top 5 takeways I would love to share with you: 1) When I read her substack about the menopause industrial complex, I knew I needed to interview Naomi...

Thank you so much for joining us on the podcast today. I hope you enjoyed the chat as much as I did. Thank you so much to Dr. Brotto for sharing her passion, her knowledge and her dedication and commitment to women’s health and equity with us. Wow!! Trust me, there are WAY more than 5 takeaways from today’s chat, but here are my top 5 takeways: Mindfulness – it’s a combination of training our atte...

Show Notes: Thank you so much for spending your time with Lisa and me today. And Lisa, thank you for sharing your insight, knowledge and compassion. We really appreciate you! This was a huge show with so much helpful information, but here are just some of the takeways I am getting from the chat with Lisa: Redirection in your career for any reason – including something medical – does not have to be...

Thank you so much Chandan for sharing your story on the podcast with us today. I really enjoyed our chat, and here are some of my top takeaways: No two women experience the same perimenopausal or menopausal journey. What works for your sister or your friend may not necessarily work for you. It’s important to listen, to read and to talk and share. Friends, we need to see our doctors during this tim...

Thank you so much for spending your time with us. I am so grateful to be part of this growing community with you.  A big thank you to Dr. Paschal for sharing her knowledge, experience and wisdom with us. H...

Show Notes: Thank you for spending your time with us, and Justin, thank you so much for coming on to the podcast and sharing your book and your support for people and women on the menopausal journey. Like you said, many times middle-aged women are ignored and overlooked. There is not enough research done to support us during this crazy time in our lives, and your compassion and understanding goes...

Show notes: Thank you so much for spending your time with us! Thank you so much Loreto - here are my top takeaways from our chat: People are born creative, and creativity is not just writing or painting. We need to stop telling ourselves we are not creative. We are naturally creative. Creativity shows up in the most untraditional of places – like financial planning or paddle boarding. Women need t...

Show Notes: Thank you so much for spending your time with us. It really means a lot to me. And a big thank you to Edi Pasalis for sharing her thoughts, reflections, guidance and compassion with us. The episode was so rich, it was hard to narrow down the takeways, but here are some important points I am taking with me: Edi considers menopause a developmental era which can definitely be full of mayh...

Thank you so much for being part of this special conversation with Darlene and me today! Big thanks to Darlene and I hope you found a lot of value in our chat - I know I did. Here are my top takeways: Darlene created the group after going through a lot of challenges herself and feeling unsupported at work. She is a trailblazer and after taking medical leave and conducting a ton of research, she wa...

Thank you so much for sharing your time with us today! And thank you to Christine Jenkins for sharing her perspective, experience and passion with us and for showing us how autistic and neurodivergent women and non-binary people can experience the perfect storm that is perimenopause and menopause. My takeaways from our conversation: Autistic and neurodivergent women and non-binary folks experience...

Show Notes: Women’s voices not only need to be heard but paid attention to. Madeline and her team are listening and taking note and sharing the feedback they are receiving Everyone needs be at the table to discuss the realities of women experiencing perimenopause and menopause at the workplace – men, partners, leadership It is important to understand this change in order to be understanding of it....

Thank you so much for joining us today! It was a pleasure sharing this time with you. A big thanks to Joanne for sharing her menopause expertise with us today. Here’s what I am taking away for our chat: It’s good to be able to let go of our younger self with grace and no judgement Sleep, nutrition, activity, exercise, energy, self-awareness, weight training and adventurous mindset are crucial for...

Welcome to the Menopause, Midlife & Mayhem podcast! It's a safe place to talk all things menopause (and perimenopause), midlife and the craziness that comes with all of this. Join me as I chat with women who are truly experts in the field. If you are like me and looking for information about menopause and mental health, diet, activity, sleep, exercise - the list goes on - please take a listen....