MenopauseTalk

Perimenopause Better Come Correct!

There comes a point in a woman's life when she looks at her hormones, her inbox, her bank balance and the people testing her patience and thinks, "One of us is going to have to change and I have already changed enough!"

Welcome to the Menopause Fight Club Challenge, where the hot flushes are uninvited, the brain fog has misplaced the agenda and your patience has apparently taken early retirement without consulting HR.

Remember puberty? 

We survived the spots, the mood swings and the mystery of our changing bodies. Then came decades of periods, careers, relationships, responsibilities and keeping everybody else's world turning. Now perimenopause arrives without an invitation, a timetable or the courtesy of explaining exactly what it's doing!

Breaking the Silence:

How Intergenerational Trauma and Cultural Norms Fuel Fibroid Disparities in Black Communities.

July is Fibroids Awareness Month, a time to shine a light on uterine fibroids, non-cancerous growths that affect millions of women, particularly those of African descent.

They Called It Burnout.

Many Women Are Actually Asking for Support.

The Silent Confidence Crisis

• Why do so many capable women suddenly begin doubting themselves during midlife?

Beyond the Hormone Headlines:

Reclaiming the Truth About Oestrogen, Progesterone and Menopause for All Women.

Menopause is not a sudden event. It is the culmination of a hormonal story that begins in childhood and unfolds across decades. Yet for too many women, particularly Black women and women of colour, that story has been fragmented, oversimplified or silenced altogether.

If your relationship with menopause has felt confusing, medicalised or even traumatic, you are not imagining it. Much of what we are told about hormones is incomplete and much of what is missing reflects who has historically been excluded from research, diagnosis and care.

What the Data Tells Us