MPower - Menopause Literacy Resource Guide
The first step in getting empowered is enlightenment. Here are some resources to inspire you.
One of the best ways to handle any situation is with music. It might seem simple, but the best rituals are! Here’s a playlist designed specifically for you to handle all of your perimenopause/ menopause symptoms.
If you are just getting started in your Perimenopause/ Menopause Journey
We have included different options so you can choose the media that you prefer most. You don’t need to read all of these resources.
📖 We Need to Talk About Menopause Guide by Chatelaine - everything from the basics, how to tell if you are in perimenopause, addressing common Menopause fears, how to make workplaces meno-inclusive, debunking myths
📖 Empowerment Guide by Dr. Mary Claire Haver - read this before you go see your doctor. Tests you can ask for, types of hormone therapy, USA virtual menopause clinics and so much more.
📖 (Peri)Menopause Confidential - by Tamsen Fadal (Creator of the MFactor Documentary) menopause basics, 34 symptoms, hormone therapy myths, insider secrets to advocating for your health.
📖 How Does Your Race and Ethnicity Affect Your Menopause Experience? - Menopause can present different symptoms and challenges depending on your race and ethnicity. Most of what we know about menopause is from scientific studies of large groups of white women. So the story we have of the average menopause experience —- you’re 51 years old with hot flashes, vaginal dryness and brain fog that last for about 6.5 years — is based on what menopause looks like for a white woman. In some studies, Latina and Black women were specifically excluded.
📖 Tamsen Fadal’s Guide to Menopause - Download this free guide to learn how to thrive in menopause so you can feel your best.
🎥 Halle Barry discusses Menopause - (Good Morning America)
📖 How Does Your Race and Ethnicity Affect Your Menopause Experience? - Menopause can present different symptoms and challenges depending on your race and ethnicity.
📖 What is Millenopause? - Millennials, meet menopause.
📖 Oprah’s Menopause Class - Half of the human population goes through this seismic hormonal shift, yet women are still fumbling through it alone. That ends here. Read on for expert advice on recognizing and treating symptoms, weathering the mental and emotional storms, and protecting your health for decades to come.
🎤 The #1 Menopause Doctor: How to Lose Belly Fat, Sleep Better, & Stop Suffering Now (Great Menopause 101) - Mel Robins & Dr. Mary Claire Haver
🔎 Find Menopause certified practitioners in Canada and the US - The Menopause Society Certified Practitioners (MSCPs)
🤝 MPower Facebook Group - This group will be your community to connect with other women going through the perimenopause/ menopause journey. It's a place for sharing resources, understanding what questions you have and what topics matter to you, and finding tools that are needed for going through this stage of life.
Share with your fellow group members, and welcome to the MPower community!
Other women’s stories
📖 Early menopause: What to know about symptoms as Naomi Watts opens up — 'I left the doctor's office in pieces' (Yahoo! Life) One Canadian shared her experience with early menopause and here's what experts have to say about it.
📖 ‘I started to unravel’: Why do so many women over 40 struggle with stress? (The Guardian) Lorraine Candy’s personal experience and impact at work. Lorraine is the author of What’s Wrong With Me?: 101 Things Midlife Women Need to Know.
📖 ‘Early menopause transformed me from corporate boss to anxious, jibbering wreck. But it doesn't have to be like this'. (Women’s Health Magazine) One woman who's been there tells all + offers her blueprint
Menopause at work
🎤 Leading Through Menopause: Strategies for Success by Medcan with panelists Janet Ko, President & Co-Founder of The Menopause Foundation of Canada and Salima Valji, CEO of Unleash Forward Inc.
📖 What Could a Menopause-Friendly Workplace Look Like? (New York Times)
🎤 Working Through Menopause (at Work) (Harvard Business Review)
📖 Menopause Friendly Accreditation is the only independent accreditation for menopause at work.
📖 9 Companies Offering Menopausal Benefits in 2024 - Menopausal benefits are a new perk that can draw in top talent. But how many companies are actually offering it?
📖 Newson Health Menopause Society - Mood and mental health in menopause
📖 Burnout - Burnout and how it presents
📖 Research reveals women take ‘substantial’ earnings hit during menopause (Stanford)
📖 Research: Workplace Stigma Around Menopause Is Real (Harvard Business Review)
👭 The Menopause Works Here™ campaign champions menopause inclusive workplaces in Canada, and encourages employers to demonstrate their support for the wellbeing of employees experiencing menopause. Menopause workplace movement by Menopause Foundation of Canada
🎥 What women should know about menopause and brain fog (International Menopause Society)
📖 5 employers that aren’t afraid to talk menstruation & menopause (Work180)
📖 The Menopause Society leads the conversation about improving women’s health and healthcare experiences during the menopause transition and beyond.
📖 HSBC UK, first direct and M&S Bank are the UK’s first accredited Menopause Friendly Employers (HSBC)
📖 Menopause and Work in Canada - The Menopause Foundation of Canada released a groundbreaking report on October 16, 2023 showing the staggering $3.5 billion cost of unmanaged symptoms of menopause to the Canadian economy.
If you want to dig in deeper and learn more
📘 The Menopause Brain - Dr. Lisa Mosconi
📘 The New Menopause - Dr. Mary Claire Haver
📘 The Menopause Manifesto - Dr. Jen Gunther, The OG!
📘 How to Menopause - Tamsen Fadal
📘 Hormone Intelligence - Dr. Aviva Room
📘 Menopausing - Davina McCaul
🎥 The #1 Menopause Doctor: How to Lose Belly Fat, Sleep Better, & Stop Suffering Now (Great Menopause 101) - Mel Robins & Dr. Mary Claire Haver
🎤 The Dr. Louise Newson Podcast - Dr. Louise Newson
🎤 Everything is Fine - Jennifer Romolini and Kim France
🎤 Wiser than Me - Julia Louis Dreyfus
🎤 On Health Podcast - Dr. Aviva Room
🎥 MFactor - PBS Documentary - THE (M) FACTOR is the first documentary film that addresses the marginalized or ignored health crisis faced by millions of women as they go through menopause. {not yet available in Canada}
🎥 How Menopause Affects Your Brain - TedTalk by Lisa Mosconi
🎥 The link between menopause and gender inequity at work - TedTalk by Andrea Berchowitz
🎥 What really happens to your body during menopause - TedTalk by Jen Gunter
📖 Women Have Been Misled About Menopause - Hot flashes, sleeplessness, pain during sex: For some of menopause’s worst symptoms, there’s an established treatment. Why aren’t more women offered it?
Menopause Influencers:
📲 Tamsen Fadal - Empowering women in Midlife and Menopause
📲 Dr. Mary Claire Haver - OBGYN,Author The New Menopause
📲 Dr. Jen Gunter - Canadian OBGYN, Author The Menopause Manifesto
📲 Dr. Kelly Casperson - Urologist
📲 Dalyce Radtke - Menopause workouts
📲 Aviva Room, MD - Author of Hormone Intelligence
📲 Dr. Lisa Mosconi - Neuroscientist. Author of The Menopause Brain and Brain Food
📲 Carol - 10 Year Perimenopause Warrior🌼 90 Menopause Symptoms List🌼 Menopause Support Group🌼
📲 Dr. Shafeena Premji - Board member Canadian Menopause Society
📲 Salima Valji - Menopause in the workplace
📲 Lauren Glazer - Menopause in the workplace