A woman describes how menopause prompted her to leave her career and become a full-time women's health advocate. She explains that menopause affects the brain, not just hot flashes, and that early intervention protects bone and brain health. Community around shared experience matters.
Have you discovered a gift of menopause that can help us find beauty in around that person going through it?
I think one of the big gifts is I figured out who I was, what I was capable of, and I found a bit of freedom in all of it too. I think it's a combination of age and going through that transition, but I definitely have found the gifts of community for one. I left my career a year plus ago to do this full-time. I had no idea what I was doing or why, but I knew I was really pulled towards the advocacy for women's health, like really pulled toward it because of the stories of women and what they were dealing with and suffering. And I will say this, the brain in all of this is such an important part. There's the physical symptoms, there's the hot flashes, there's the night sweats, but when our brain takes that hit, that lack of confidence is what we're talking about. So when women get on the other side of this and they start to get that back, I feel like it's triple of what they had before. And I think there's a real gift in all that. And the fact that we're gonna live a long time and we have got to do it the right way. And taking care of yourself early when it comes to perimenopause and menopause helps in 3 different areas, helps with brain health, bone health, and health.
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