Talking Menopause at Work
Bossed Up
Symptoms Beyond Hot Flashes
Jen outlines irregular periods, brain fog, depression risk, joint pain, and vaginal dryness and their treatability.
How much do you know about menopause? Though it’s as natural as puberty and affects almost everyone with a uterus, this life stage has long been a taboo subject in polite society. In recent years, though, the conversation has gotten a lot louder.
Dr. Jen Gunter has been a leader in this conversation as an obstetrician and gynecologist with more than three decades of experience. Dr. Jen is the author of multiple bestsellers and a popular blog, and the host of the Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter podcast. In our conversation, Dr. Jen and I dig into the myths and symptoms of menopause and how this transition affects women in the workplace.
Learn more about this critical transition and its impacts in the workplace, including:
- Why we are only recently starting to talk about this stage of life;
- Some misconceptions debunked by the facts about menopause;
- The complicated history of menopausal hormone therapy;
- How changes in the workplace could improve this sometimes chaotic experience.
Related Links:
- The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism by Dr. Jen Gunter - https://bookshop.org/book/9780806540665
- Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation by Dr. Jen Gunter - https://bookshop.org/book/9780806540689
- The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina: Separating the Myth from the Medicine by Dr. Jen Gunter - https://bookshop.org/book/9780806539317
- The Vajenda, Dr. Jen’s blog - https://vajenda.substack.com/
- Jensplaining with Dr. Jen Gunter - https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/program/jensplaining
- The 2024 Deloitte Women @ Work Report - https://www.deloitte.com/content/dam/assets-shared/docs/collections/2024/deloitte-women-at-work-2024-a-global-outlook.pdf?dl=1
- Episode 469, Surprising Trends Impacting Women at Work - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode469
- Episode 414, New Rights for Pregnant Workers - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode414
- Dr. Jen on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drjengunter
- Dr. Jen on X - https://twitter.com/DrJenGunter
- Dr. Jen on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DrJGunter/
- Take Action with Bossed Up - https://www.bossedup.org/takeaction
- Bossed Up Courage Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/927776673968737/
- Bossed Up LinkedIn Group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7071888/
- Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/emiliearies
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