Episode 20: The magic of menopause with Darcey Steinke
I was so excited to interview Darcey Steinke, author of Flash Count Diary. I loved her book and so many of her thoughts about menopause are similar to mine. It was wonderful to find a kindred spirit whose overall impression of menopause is so positive.
In this fascinating and very uplifting interview we talk about:
- Darcey’s fascination with her hot flashes
- How the book is about so many different things about midlife and menopause
- How menopause can be a struggle but there is lots of richness to gain
- Darcey’s startling realizations about the menopausal transition
- How Darcey managed her own menopause symptoms and what helped most
- How we may be more like our pre-pubescent selves post menopause
- How we may live more of our lives being infertile than fertile
- The tyranny of estrogen and what it’s like to finally be free of it
- Fertility, menopause and the patriarchy
- Appearance, visibility and the power of female friends
- Calling out ageism especially at work
- Anger and the lifting of the complicity veil
- The marvels of whales and menopause
- The evolutionary reason for menopause
- How misogyny has lots to answer for on how we view menopause
- How rethinking menopause and ageing can re-frame our experience of both
And lots more!
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