There are few certainties in life, but for women who reach their mid to late forties*, menopause is GUARANTEED to affect us in one way or another, and yet a large proportion of women don't know about it, don't talk about it and have very little idea of how it is going to affect their life. Recent statistics reveal (29%) of women never sought information about menopause before they experienced it. One-fifth (20%) of women surveyed had experienced symptoms for a year or more before being assessed by a healthcare provider and 34% had never been formally assessed or diagnosed as menopausal and most (73%) women reported that they were not currently treating their menopause. So we are revisiting this topic, with experience, insight, wisdom, stories and a good does of humour - because this topic NEEDS more conversation.Deirdre Farrugia - first time SheWorder - an athlete, an olympian, a wife and mother, is joined by Izzy Warrington who featured on the SHE Word before in the show Women and the Arts with Tez Saliba and Ira Losco, and Karen Schranz - fitness instructor, business woman, mother and wife, hosted by Trudy Kerr. Conversations that women rarely have but really should.
