This is on point. I'm Magna Chakrabardi. Menopause. Millions of women go through it every year.

I was sobbing on the phone in rush hour traffic. I hadn't been sleeping. I was having these

weird mood swings and I called my OBGYN. He listened and basically said I'm not going to give you a pill for this.

Most of my friends have either gone through this transition or currently going through it and

they don't want to talk about it.

I had to ask the questions. I had to do the research. This aspect of my health feels completely ignored in the medical establishment. My mom never talked about it. Primary care never set me up for this. I feel like even

society hasn't prepared me for this. And what I'm going through, I feel absolutely

invisible.

On point listeners Lila Anna in Columbia, South Carolina, Andrea Hardy in Portland, Oregon,

Angela Everett in Arlington, Virginia,

Sarah Vanall in Portland, Oregon, and Mara Martinez in Indian Head Park, Illinois.

Well, today we are going to talk about Manapause.

Specifically, what the latest science shows us about how it affects women's brains.

Lisa Moskoni joins us.

She's a neuroscientist and director of the Women's Brain Initiative at Wild Cornell Medicine in New York, and she's author of the forthcoming book,

The Menopause Brain.

New science empowers women to navigate the pivotal transition with knowledge and confidence.

Lisa, welcome to Onpoint.

Hello, happy to be here.

So we have a lot of listeners, of course most of women listeners

who responded very positively to the fact that we were

going to have this conversation.

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