EPISODE 52: MENOPAUSE AT WORK: CHANGING THE NARRATIVE | Hot Flashes & Cool Topics Podcast

Episode 52: Menopause at Work: Changing the Narrative

EPISODE SUMMARY:

As working midlife women, we face the challenge of having to cope with physical and emotional changes all while balancing working, kids, and more. With our careers, dealing with menopause in the workplace become extremely challenging. Hot flashes, brain fog, muscle aches; these menopause symptoms can’t be ignored, even at work. There has to be a balance between acknowledging symptoms while also performing our best. Lauren Chiren, a health and business coach, saw the affects menopause can have in the workplace when she herself went through it. After working as a personal trainer and sports therapist, Lauren decided to take her experience and knowledge and use it to help other working women. Through her coaching business, Women of a Certain Stage, Lauren helps working women dealing with menopause work and feel their absolute best. In today’s episode, we sat down with Lauren to talk about

Lauren Chiren

As a health and business coach, Lauren Chiren strives to help menopausal women in the workplace. She also strives to educate employers and employees on menopause and help them to implement systems that ensure women going through menopause can still flourish in the workplace. Her career started by adding operational systems to corporate organizations, then she worked as a personal trainer and sports therapist. As a keynote speaker, she delivers passion, motivation, and direction to her clients. With both professional and personal experience with menopause, Lauren understands not only how menopause affects the body but also how to maintain peak performance while going through symptoms.

She describes herself:

As the Principal Coach and catalyst for change, I lead female executives to maintain peak performance throughout their menopause. I educate large employers on the menopause and implement systems to retain and ensure top female talent flourish. My message and work with mindset and health, has woven throughout my career and spans celebrity circles to the executive suite. With my health and lifestyle businesses to date, I have impacted 1000’s of people across the globe through my TV and radio appearances, talks, courses and private sessions. I feel passionately about making sure women are fully supported. I provide current information and tools and techniques to stay well and symptom-free.

Women of a Certain Stage

Coaching and Mentoring
- Free Five-Day Menopause Mastery Challenge
  - Reveals how to use Lauren’s proven strategy to help understand menopause and master your symptoms
  - Ideal introduction for learning about menopause and starting Lauren’s system
- THRIVE Menopause Mastery: Get Your Sparkle Back
  - Teaches you about the core facts on menopause and how to manage symptoms
  - Groups typically range from 6-12 like-minded professional women often from different industries
  - Power allegiances are formed, and transitions made
- Get Your Sparkle Back
  - VIP days, mini retreats, personalized 1-2-1 coaching and mentoring
  - A get-to-know-you session where you can ask questions and figure out what specific issues you need addressed and if Lauren’s help is right for you