There’s No Shame in Menopause w/ Naomi Watts & Pat Duckworth

Go Ask Ali

Shondaland Audio and iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Actress and entrepreneur Naomi Watts shares why she created her menopause brand Stripes, then menopause expert Pat Duckworth tells us why we should be getting menopause support from our bosses.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Go Ask Alley, a production of Shondaland audio and partnership with iHeartRadio.
0:08.1	When I have been with friends and that happened and I peed my pants, I did lose the room.
0:13.3	They did leave.
0:14.3	I saw her light up and I was like, I'm just going to work, but we are here until one of our
0:19.4	last reps.
0:20.4	Yeah, I was just the one that was meant to take care of Mama.
0:22.8	It's for me to remember every single day is that I always have a choice.
0:27.2	Everyone always has a choice.
0:29.2	Whenever somebody says, no, you can't, or there's no rules for you, or you have to look
0:34.8	like this, I go, I'll show you, I'll show you.
0:42.5	Welcome to Go Ask Alley, I'm Alley Wentworth and today we are talking about menopause.
0:49.0	It should be called womenopause, but it is called menopause.
0:53.0	We're talking about it in business and the workplace.
0:56.9	If you've noticed lately, menopause has become a subject that we're seeing more and more
1:01.9	at magazines and newspapers on the internet and chat shows because slowly women are starting
1:07.9	to ignite this conversation to normalize menopause, to no longer make it the secret, dark,
1:15.9	awful, embarrassing thing that we all go through, yet can't hide from menopause.
1:23.4	So today, I have two dynamic women who are going to talk to you about menopause.
1:31.5	I have Naomi Watts, not only the acclaimed actress, but now also an entrepreneur who created a
1:36.6	menopause brand called Stripes, as in you've earned them. Stripes was created to make change,
1:42.3	inspire confidence, and offer holistic solutions. And later you'll hear from Pat Duckworth,
1:48.6	a trailblazing advocate in the UK for educating people and their bosses about menopause,
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