It’s Time to Start Talking about Menopause at Work
Menopause is not just a personal issue but a significant business challenge that requires immediate attention and action.
1.1 B
1.1 billion women are in menopause as of 2025
25%
25% of women consider leaving their jobs due to severe menopause symptoms
63%
63% of women say menopause symptoms negatively affect their work
We are learning to discuss race, gender, neurodiversity, and generational differences more openly at work and we NOW need to put menopause on the agenda.
Supporting women through menopause is crucial for improving productivity, retention, and overall workplace well-being.
MPower: Empowering Women To Thrive At Work
With MPower, women take control of their journey, equipped with tools to manage symptoms and a community for backup. This shift in mindset empowers women to thrive personally and professionally, showing up stronger, clearer, and more powerfully at work and beyond.
The MPower Approach
Enlighten
Gain knowledge, acknowledge challenges, and create awareness.
Embrace
Reflect, share, and find support in a safe space.
Explore
Experiment with strategies and develop a personalized toolkit.
Envision
Define your leadership vision and create a personalized advocacy statement.
How MPower Can Help Your Business
When you break the stigma around perimenopause/ menopause you create a more inclusive organization and more empowered workforce. Armed with the confidence, community support and practical tools they need, MPower will enable your leaders to thrive in both their personal and professional life, uninterrupted by perimenopause/ menopause.
The fantastic benefits for your organization and your people include:
Support a culture of inclusivity
Increase employee retention
Increase employee performance
Lower absence and sickness
Reduce recruitment costs
3 Ways to MPower Your Workforce
Programs are mutually exclusive, complementary, and can be combined.
MPower Webinar Series
A virtual interactive, actionable series that will flip the script on Menopause at work. We’ll cover topics such as wardrobe/stylist, nutritionist, naturopath, personal rebranding, fitness, libido, etc. This series is customizable to your workplace’s needs.
Menopositivity Keynote
A highly interactive and energetic presentation that turns Menopause on its head. Together we will cover: the stages of menopause, debunking myths, how menopause shows up at work and tools to manage those interruptions, personal stories for inspiration, and reframing menopause as a stage to thrive.
MPower “Envision” Coaching
Coaching empowers female leaders by validating their experiences and emotions. It helps them recognize that menopause does not diminish their skills, capabilities, or value as leaders and encourages them to embrace new ways of creating impact.
Testimonials
Program Developers and Coaches
Salima Valji
Salima Valji is an internationally sought-after speaker, thought-leader and certified executive coach on leadership topics related to advancing women and people of color. Salima was recently awarded the 2023 recipient of The World of Difference award by The International Alliance for Women (TIAW), recognizing her impact to women’s economic empowerment. Additional awards include Top 100 Speakers 2023 by Women in Tech, and Global Women Power Leaders 2024 by White Page International.
Salima experienced menopause unexpectedly and realized there was a serious gap in resources and community support for executives navigating this life phase. She created MPower to fill that void, empowering leaders to thrive through menopause and beyond.
Lauren Glazer
lauren@laurenglazercoaching.com
Lauren Glazer is a leadership coach who helps emerging and experienced leaders become even more thoughtful, intentional and resilient—prepared to take on new roles and business challenges, capable of deftly navigating uncharted waters and poised to guide and empower their own people to do the same. Leveraging over two decades of experience in team and brand building, she helps individuals, teams and organizations with a multidisciplinary perspective, deep sensitivity and voracious curiosity.
Experiencing surgical menopause in her mid-40, she has seen the roller coaster ride of this journey first hand. She created MPower to help women take charge of "the change" so that they can continue to share their considerable skill and expertise while experiencing fulfillment and joy.