Episode 136: Midlife update, solo with Rachel
Rachel’s back with a solo update on what’s been happening in her world and the exciting launch of MenoClarity.
She talks about:
- An update on her mum post breaking her hip
- Adapting to a new way of living
- The fluctuation of mental capacity
- Digital exclusion and Internet upgrade issues
- Levels of customer service for older people and how those need to change
- The wonders of the Amazon Alexa Show
- Her trip to the Philippines
- Working remotely and more wonders of technology
- Setting up MenoClarity – who the team is and their aims
- Creating unbiased balance when it comes to menopause
- Stopping the climate of fear and creating better narratives for all women especially young ones
- Questioning the over promotion of hormone therapy and especially as a preventative medicine
- The original source of the menopause as a hormone deficiency narrative – the 1966 book Feminine Forever, financed by HRT manufacturers
- How the women in the Blue Zones do not owe their long healthful lives to hormone therapy
- Use of the phrase medical gaslighting to shut down discussion
- International Women’s Day and what older women need to thrive
- Equity versus equality
And more!
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