Karen Arthur on how to turn a breakdown into a breakthrough and #MenopauseWhilstBlack

The Shift with Sam Baker

Sam Baker Ltd

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.8 • 525 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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My brilliant guest for the first episode of this season is a very special one. You may not have heard of Karen Arthur, but you sure as hell will have done by the time she’s finished with you. Because Karen - the founder of Menopause Whilst Black - is a woman on a mission. In the few months since she launched Menopause Whilst Black on Instagram she has become a force to be reckoned with in the fast-growing “menopause community” (not sure what that is, but it will come as no surprise to you that it was very, very white…) and now she’s launched a podcast of the same name. For the first three decades of her working life, Karen was a teacher. Then she had a breakdown that caused her to rethink everything about her life (sound familiar?!). She recreated herself as a fashion designer, activist, campaigner, model and set about giving black menopausal women a much needed voice. Join Karen and me for an eye-openingly honest and generous conversation about what can happen when you hit a wall and don’t even know who you are any more. You can follow Karen on instagram @thekarenarthur and @menopausewhilstblack. Find Menopause Whilst Black podcast on spotify. The Shift - How I (lost and) found myself after 40 - and you can too is out now in hardback, and available to buy from Amazon and all good bookshops. The Shift (on life after 40) with Sam Baker is hosted by Sam Baker, produced by Emily Sandford. I’d love to hear what you think - please let me know on twitter @sambaker or instagram @theothersambaker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Jamie Lang and Sophie Haboo have arrived on Disney Plus.
0:04.5	We're having a baby.
0:05.5	We're having a baby.
0:07.2	I've always wanted to be mom.
0:09.4	And we're bringing you on our journey through everything.
0:12.4	I have no idea what we're doing.
0:13.6	Thank you. I have more of an idea.
0:15.6	I think of it like a Tamagocchi.
0:17.8	At the end of all of this...
0:20.0	We're going to have a little baby.
0:21.8	Raising Chelsea, a Hulu original series streaming exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:27.3	18 plus subscription required T's and T supply.
0:35.5	Hello and welcome to The Shift, the podcast that aims to tell the no-holds wild truth about being a woman post-40, created and hosted by me, journalist and author Sam Baker.
0:46.0	My guest to the first episode of this season is a very special one. You may not have heard of Karen Arthur, but you're sure as hell will have done by the time she's finished with you.
0:54.4	Because Karen, the founder of Menopause whilst Black, is a woman on a mission.
0:58.8	People fear at Menopause, they're worried about getting older, not being desirable,
1:04.1	not being seen as relevant, all of that stuff.
1:07.4	But that doesn't stop just because you hit Menopause.
1:10.0	If anything, it gives you the,
1:11.7	I'd say, the courage to really step out because you've got nothing to lose, you know?
1:17.4	For the first three decades of her working life, Karen was a teacher. Then she had a breakdown
1:22.2	that caused her to rethink everything about her life. Sound familiar? She recreated herself as a fashion designer,
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