Ep 461: The True Cost of Menopause: Your Health, Your Career & Your Wallet

HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

Jean Chatzky Her Money

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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This week, Jean sits down with Jill Herzig, Chief Brand Officer and co-founder of Midi Health, to discuss how perimenopause and menopause impact women’s careers, finances, and overall well-being. We break down the financial burden of menopause — lost productivity, medical costs, and workplace struggles — and explore real solutions, from hormone therapy to lifestyle changes. And in Mailbag: Should you consolidate multiple retirement accounts or keep them separate? What’s the best way to get out of a timeshare without ruining your credit? And—if you forget about an old 401(k)—will anyone actually remind you it’s there? (Spoiler: Probably not!) 🔗 Resources & Links: Learn more about Midi Health Previous episode: What Happens to Your Brain During Menopause with Dr. Lisa Mosconi Learn more about InvestingFixx, our women’s investing club where you can vote on stocks, build a model portfolio, and grow your financial knowledge. Take the next step in your financial journey with FinanceFixx, our money makeover program. Have a question for us? Write to us (or send us a voice note!) at [email protected]. While you’re at it, join the HerMoney community! For the latest episode drops and financial news-you-can-use, subscribe to our newsletter at Hermoney.com/subscribe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Doctors are wonderful service providers.
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0:50.4	Hey everybody.
0:51.4	Thanks so much for joining me today on Her Money.
0:53.7	I'm Gene Chatsky, and today we are going to talk about health.
0:59.4	You know that you love it when we talk about health. Our episode on what happens to your brain during menopause with Dr. Lisa Musconi was one of our most popular episodes of 2024.
1:11.8	We will link to that in the show notes if you haven't had a chance to listen to it yet
1:16.0	because it is truly fascinating.
1:18.8	So we are going to talk more about health and specifically more about menopause.
1:25.4	As all of you know, I have been there and I have done that and I know that
1:30.2	there are so many questions that come along with it, including what kind of a financial
1:35.3	toll is this going to take on your life? Research from Simply Health found that nearly a quarter
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