Author: The Menopause Whisperer
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ME.NO.PAUSE: Reclaim 2022 and Claim 2023
Queens, No matter what your menopause experience has been this year, I encourage you to carve out some time for yourself before the end of the year to PAUSE. This period of respite will provide you with the much needed time to reboot and reset your intentions for 2023. Do not permit outdated stereotypes write…
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Menopause and Summer
Chronicles from the Menopause Whisperer® Hello ME.NO.PAUSE Bosses, do YOU have summer plans in store? Planning to see your kids or grandkids, attempting to travel around the states, getting into gardening, rejoining an aerobics class perhaps? Well have no fear because the Menopause Whisperer is here to make sure your trip is as successful as…
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Black Women’s History Month
Hey menopause bosses, did you know that April is Black Womens’ History Month? As a society, we don’t glamorize or tell tall tales about the inspirational lives of women, especially women of color, who are relegated to the shadows. I often think of how womens’ stories are never at the forefront. Making legends seemed squarely…
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My Vaccine Experience
I’m fully vaccinated and I’m feeling free at last. Thanking God Almighty, I am feeling free enough to move around in my community. I know of others who are no interested and/or willing to get the vaccine, especially given the not-too-distant reality of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. I can understand their skepticism towards needles and…
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Pivot: Self-Care Strategy
Hey Whisperers, it’s been a minute since we caught up. On my end it has been an eventful week; I was blessed with the gift of reaching my 66th birthday and year of life. Reflecting back, I feel immensely grateful for making it to this point in my life. I have now outlived a majority…
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Reflections: Achievements and Lessons Learned
ME.NO.PAUSE CEO, we have finally arrived at the finish line. Winding down 2020, it is time for some much-needed reflection on what hard-earned lessons and victories this year has brought. Yes, I said it. Victories. Although this year was wracked with COVID-19, the fires of racial injustice, and the deep isolation of a long quarantine,…
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Celebrate the 2020 Holiday Season as a ME.NO.PAUSE CEO
We’re officially days away from the big day and predictably, this year will be looking rather different compared to the years prior. It has been a long road to the holidays. For some families, it may be extra painful this particular year without certain family members or friends around. There have been many casualties of…
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Choose Wisely When Playing the Long Game
Over the last week, the number of COVID-19 cases has surged all across America in what is now the previously predicted second wave of the pandemic. This means that the world will once again be going into lockdown mode to weather the storm. The thought of being housebound for another few months is an understandably…
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Thanksgiving and the Season of Gratitude
It’s turkey, cranberry sauce, and stuffing season — and this year the table may have looked a little smaller. In the wake of the second wave of COVID-19, people have canceled their journeys home in favor of quarantining to prevent further disease spread and protect their loved ones. Many may have found themselves either celebrating…
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Breaking the Menopause Glass Ceiling
Wow. It has been quite a momentous election cycle. What initially started off as an anxiety-inducing race ended with a major political upset and a shining moment in history for women. Kamala Harris has become the first black and Asian female Vice-President of the United States. In addition to breaking race barriers, Kamala serves as…
