Episode145: Working through Menopause

The Broad Experience

Careers, Society & Culture, Business

5.0 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

You're commuting to work and you start overheating; you're suddenly feeling more anxious about everything; you can't sleep properly, and your colleagues and family are driving you nuts. Many women in their forties start feeling these signs of peri-menopause. And in the UK, some employers are actually moving to support their female staff as they go through this transition. But menopause still remains largely under-discussed, particularly in the youth-obsessed US (why would you admit you're menopausal when the workplace is already sexist and ageist?) In this show we meet a menopause coach and an employee who are both determined to bring more transparency to one of the last workplace taboos.

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0:10.8	Relax your shoulders. Take a deep breath in and out.
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0:33.8	No pressure.
0:35.0	Just help.
0:35.9	But for now, just relax.
0:37.8	I'm actually relax.
0:37.8	I'm Ashley Milntight.
0:55.6	This time, the first of a couple of shows on getting older in the workplace.
1:00.8	You know, it's crazy that the majority of women are going to go through menopause, and yet
1:04.8	it can seem like a really lonely place. It's not a topic that's discussed enough, even amongst
1:09.8	friends. At work, traditionally, menopause has been something to be born,
1:14.5	but not talked about.
1:16.1	But maybe that's part of the problem.
1:18.2	We play it being superhuman all the time.
1:20.8	And I think if more of us can have these honest conversations,
1:25.5	then there's less chance of us being discriminated against.
1:29.1	Coming up on the broad experience.
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