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Transforming 45From “Is This Normal?” to “I Deserve Better” — A New Menopause Narrative with Shirley WeirIn this powerful conversation, Lisa sits down with Shirley Weir, founder of Menopause Chicks, to unpack what women truly need during perimenopause and menopause — not just hormone information, but clarity, critical thinking, and permission to advocate for themselves.
They explore why so many women ask “Is this normal?”, how workplace stress and caregiving intersect with hormonal change, and why menopause is not something to “fix” but a transition that invites us to meet ourselves honestly and compassionately.
What You’ll Learn:
Why menopause hormone therapy is important — and not the whole story
How to ident...
2026-02-0547 min
Beyond The Hot Flash PodcastMenopause Symptoms: Is Your Doctor Listening?In this empowering episode of Beyond the Hot Flash Podcast, Andrea van Niekerk hosts Shirley Weir, Canada's Menopause Chick and founder of Menopause Chicks. We dive into critical, evidence-based information to help you navigate perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause with confidence.Topics covered include:Understanding Menopause & Its Phases: Clarifying definitions of perimenopause (the transition before menopause), menopause (12 consecutive months without a period), and postmenopause (the time after menopause).Personal Menopause Experiences: Shirley shares her own early symptoms.Symptoms Beyond Hot Flashes: Debunking myths around fatigue, hair loss, and thyroid connections.The Importance of Bone & Heart Health: Why...
2025-08-2634 min
This Is Perimenopause: Menopause, Perimenopause and Women's Health in MidlifeGetting Fired Up with Shirley Weir: Women’s Health, Perimenopause and Menopause JourneyThe OG menopause trailblazer is back on The TIP Podcast to share what she’s been up to. And she’s been busy. In the last year Shirley Weir has launched a new platform called The Nest, a soft place for Menopause Chicks to land and her Facebook group hit 59,0000 members. Shirley worked with the Women’s Health Research Network in BC to support the HER-BC study, investigating the health experiences of midlife women and the impacts of menopause. She created Speak Menopause, to help us focus on the agency we each have when it com...
2025-06-2546 min
Old Chicks Know Sh*t Podcast137. The Language of MenopauseI'm a bit of a word nerd. I believe that words have energy and how we use them matters.
In this episode I sit down with Shirley Weir, the founder of Menopause Chicks, a community and menopause education platform, to talk about how the words and language we use can shape our menopause experience. In this enlightening conversation, we explore the transformative journey of menopause and how the right terminology can shift our mindset allowing us to embrace the changes, and step into this stage of life with confidence and power.
We also chat about:
🤝 Why having a supportive community is essen...
2025-02-0648 min
Soul NetEp 36: How to Speak Menopause (and feel amazing!) with Shirley Weir, founder of Menopause ChicksSoul Net is thrilled to welcome very special guest Shirley Weir, founder of Menopause Chicks, highlighting our Menopause series!
Shirley is a women’s health advocate, author, podcaster, and educator who helps women navigate perimenopause-to-postmenopause with confidence and ease.
Her mission is to ensure everyone understands how our hormones work when cycles are regular, so we can be in the best position to make health decisions for ourselves when cycles are no longer regular.
Join us as Shirley returns home from global travel for World Menopause Day, sharing an abundance of resources and wis...
2025-01-1929 min
Straight Up With StephEp 26: From Perimenopause to Hormone Therapy: What You Need to KnowIn this episode of Straight Up With Steph, we dive into the often-overlooked topic of menopause and its impact on women's health, especially for those balancing demanding careers like dentistry. I share my personal experience navigating menopause and offer insights into recognizing perimenopause symptoms, managing hormonal changes, and understanding treatment options like hormone replacement therapy. We also cover topics like genitourinary health, pelvic floor health, and breaking the stigma around women's health. Tune in to empower yourself with knowledge and proactive steps to thrive during this transition! About Shirley:...
2024-11-2957 min
Menopause Chicks: This Show is Not About MenopauseIt's About Women's Health at All AgesListen in and learn…How the negative language and dialogue around menopause leaves an impression on all women–especially younger womenHow my own experience with perimenopause affected the way I interacted with my family and made me realize I needed to take action & prioritize my healthHow Amy views her IUD (intrauterine device) as an investment in her quality of life and why she thinks it’s one of the best health decisions she’s madeHow the financial responsibility of contraception and birth control is inequitable for womenHow a business case led the province of British Columbia to make contrace...
2023-10-0828 min
The Pelvic Floor Project79. This isn’t about menopause, it’s about your health with Shirley WeirIn this episode, I sit down with women health advocate and self proclaimed menopause chick, Shirley Weir to discuss: The negative stigma around the term ‘menopause’The relationship between perimenopause, menopause and post menopauseSymptoms commonly experienced in these stagesIs women’s health support experiencing a wave of momentum?What Shirley learned on her personal journey with menopause and the 50,000+ member women’s health community she has created to help othersThe very popular vaginal moisturizer Shirley and her team have createdImportant take home messages for listeners as well as practitioners Shirley Weir introduces herself as a Menopause Chick. Now 56, he...
2023-10-0258 minMenopause Chicks: This Show is Not About MenopauseIt's About Navigating Health Decisions While Drowning in BSAre you ready to change the conversation around menopause? Listen in and find out…How my first experience with AI (artificial intelligence) was when my name was printed beside words I didn’t writeHow throwing every adverse health concern into a bucket and labeling it “menopause symptoms” is not only setting women’s health back; it is dangerous to women’s future heart health, brain health, bone health, vulva & vaginal health and urinary/bladder health.How vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes) are like the “check engine light” in our car, and why they are dangerous to ignoreHow misinformation ab...
2023-09-1712 minMenopause Chicks: This Show is Not About MenopauseMenopause is one day–so that would make for a pretty short show!Welcome to the very first episode of This Show is Not About Menopause!I’m your host, Shirley Weir. I'm 56 years old. I reached menopause when I was 49, and I am the founder of MenopauseChicks.com, an online educational platform, trusted for quality health information and designed to remind everyone: WE DESERVE to FEEL AMAZING!In this welcome episode, I talk about the meaning behind the name of my show and all the aspects of women’s health I’m excited to dive into with you and my guests in future episodes. Sexual health...
2023-09-1702 minMenopause Chicks: This Show is Not About MenopauseIt's about Starting to ROAR! (with Dr. Nathalie Gamache)Ready to Feel Amazing? Listen in & learn…Why the Women’s Health Initiative Study set women’s health care back in 2002, and why we don’t need to be afraid of hormone replacement therapy as a treatment for the most common symptoms of hormone decline. Why your family doctor might not have the answers you’re looking for, and may feel as frustrated about that too, and what you can do about it. How women can take well-being into their own hands with a “self-contract” to live fully and stay healthy through midlife and beyond. Why we need to be advo...
2023-09-1749 min
Between Two LipsFeel Amazing in Menopause with Shirley WeirShirley Weir is on a mission to empower women to navigate perimenopause-to-menopause-to-postmenopause with confidence and ease. She is fierce women's health advocate, the expert behind MenopauseChicks.com, she hosts a private online community with over 50K members on Facebook, she's a speaker & author, and the co-creator of a hyaluronic acid vulva & vaginal moisturizer called FEEL AMAZING! www.MenopauseChicks.comwww.MenopauseCommunity.comwww.moisturizeyourvagina.comwww.instagram.com/MenopauseChickswww.tiktok.com/menopausechickswww.youtube.com/menopausechicksRejuve is a line of pelvic health and w...
2023-08-0249 min
The Papaya PodcastThe One Where We Learn About MENOPAUSE With Menopause Chicks, Shirley Weir!I’ll never forget when a doctor said to me that my symptoms COULD be signs that menopause is coming. I was floored. And clueless. When exactly does menopause start? What does it look like? What do I need to be aware of? Is my sex life DOOMED when it comes? We breakdown all the common questions, the unknowns and the new ways we can look at menopause, understand it, and even find community in this seemingly taboo topic (because why aren’t we talking about it?) Follow Shirley & her community @MenopauseChicks Co...
2023-06-1250 min
Cynthia and Josie's UnmentionablesHot Flashes & Dry Vaginas: Is This Misery or Menopause?We don’t know about you, but we got about as much information about menstruation as we did about the flip side, menopause. Why is this stuff that is so inevitable for women, also so shrouded in shame and mystery?? We sit down with Shirley Weir who is an author, women’s heath advocate and creator of Menopause Chicks, to answer all of your burning questions about hot flashes, hormone replacement and sex during and beyond, “the change.” For more information on Shirley Weir, follow her @menopausechicks Or visit her at: https://www.menopausech...
2023-06-0628 min
The X PodcastAdvocating for Women’s Health Through Menopause with Shirley WeirThis week on The X Podcast is Shirley Weir is an author, TedX Speaker and advocate for women's health.
Now 55, her perimenopause journey began in her 40s. Sore boobs, sleep deprivation, depression and brain fog led Shirley to her doctor’s office, the book store and “Dr. Google,” but she was left feeling confused, overwhelmed and alone. Ten years ago, she launched MenopauseChicks.com onto the world stage to empower women to get curious about their health—and with a reminder that we all deserve to feel AMAZING!
As a fierce advocate for women’s health, Shirley teaches women hormon...
2023-03-0722 min
Bubbles of WisdomIs Menopause Making You Miserable?Do you suffer from foggy-brain or are you sleep deprived? A number of women may attribute these symptoms to aging but that may not be the case. This episode will provide some viable solutions to help alleviate your discomfort. Shirley Weir is the founder of Menopause Chicks, an online community where women “crack open” the conversation about menopause. She is the author of Mokita, and she is a true advocate for women’s Health. She shines the light on the symptoms and the tools available to alleviate them. Shirley empowers the members of her community to make informed decisions about...
2022-05-0638 min
Bubbles of WisdomS4 E2: Is Menopause Making You Miserable?Do you suffer from foggy-brain or are you sleep deprived? A number of women may attribute these symptoms to aging but that may not be the case. This episode will provide some viable solutions to help alleviate your discomfort. Shirley Weir is the founder of Menopause Chicks, an online community where women “crack open” the conversation about menopause. She is the author of Mokita, and she is a true advocate for women’s Health. She shines the light on the symptoms and the tools available to alleviate them. Shirley empowers the members of her community to make informed decisions about their...
2022-05-0638 min
Discovering Alternative HealingEpisode 11 Menopause:"You Deserve To Feel Amazing!"Episode 11: Menopause: "You deserve to feel amazing!" are words from Menopause Expert Shirley Weir (@menopausechicks). Shirley believes “menopause conversations are becoming more mainstream, but more conversations won’t work if they continue to perpetuate outdated myths and misinformation. It’s important that all women (and men!) know that menopause is not a synonym for suffering; it’s not only about symptom management. We need to remind women that WE DESERVE to FEEL AMAZING! And even when the journey towards AMAZING runs through a tiny little place called “Not-Yet-Amazing,” we are smart and we can learn to navigate this journey with confide...
2022-04-1951 min
The Word On The SleepCracking Open The Menopause Conversation with Shirley Weir from Menopause ChicksGet ready to crack open the conversation with Shirley Weir, Women’s Health & Menopause Advocate and Creator and Founder of Menopause Chicks, an online community that connects and empowers women on their menopausal journey. In this podcast episode, we talked about: Signs you might be suffering, unnecessarily How you can change the trajectory of your own menopausal experience - regardless of your age or current life stage And fun stuff, like vaginal dryness (and how to treat it!), sleep and sex! Shirley also shared her own experience of navi...
2022-04-1255 min
The Hormone Puzzle Podcast - Learn How to Solve Your Infertility Puzzle to Get and Stay PregnantRocking Menopause Symptom-Free with Shirley WeirIn episode #133 of The Hormone P.U.Z.Z.L.E Podcast, our guest Shirley Weir talks about Rocking Menopause Symptom-Free. More about Shirley Weir: Shirley Weir is on a mission to empower women to navigate perimenopause & menopause with confidence and ease. She is the founder of the popular MenopauseChicksCommunity.com and her book, MOKITA, is an Amazon bestseller in women's health. Thank you for listening! Follow Shirley on Instagram: @MenopauseChicks Get a copy of her ebook MOKITA: How to naviagate perimenopause with confidence & ease HERE. ...
2021-11-3026 min
Sexy Ageing: Embracing Life beyond 40MIND: Chicks and ChatShirley introduces herself as a Menopause Chick. Now 52, Shirley's perimenopause journey began a little over 10 years ago. Sore boobs, sleep deprivation, depression and brain fog initially led Shirley to her doctor’s office, the book store and “Dr. Google,” but she was left feeling confused, overwhelmed and alone.
At 46, she created MenopauseChicks.com, a mission-based platform that empowers women to talk openly about perimenopause and menopause, navigate midlife health information and connect to professionals who can support their journey.
Shirley was a featured TEDxGastown Women speaker in 2016. Menopause Chicks has been featured by ShareCare (a Dr. Oz...
2021-09-0625 min
The Connected Yoga Teacher PodcastMenopause Myths and Facts with Shirley WeirThe Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast 212: Menopause Myths and Facts with Shirley Weir Description: A topic some people might not feel comfortable talking about is menopause, yet this is something that concerns not just people who menstruate (about half the world’s population!) Chances are, even people who don't menstruate live with or support people who do. However, a lot of menstruating people often start perimenopause and reach menopause with no idea about the changes their bodies are undergoing and how to deal with them. Shirley Weir, Menopause Chick, is ready to bus...
2021-03-221h 07
That Expert ShowPerimenopause & MenopauseWhat is normal when it comes to perimenopause & menopause? All women will experience these. Yet most women have no one to talk with about them. That Expert Show host Anna Canzano interviews Shirley Weir, founder of MenopauseChicks.com and its popular private online community. WATCH THIS EPISODE http://bit.ly/MenopauseWEB GET TIPSHEET FOR THIS EPISODE http://bit.ly/MenopauseTIPSHEET CONNECT Facebook http://Facebook.com/AnnaCanzano Twitter http://Twitter.com/Anna_Canzano Instagram http://Instagram.com/AnnaCanzano LEARN MORE htt...
2021-01-1928 min
Me Time Midlife PodcastNavigating Menopause With Confidence & Ease - Guest Expert Shirley WeirShirley Weir is on a mission to empower women to navigate perimenopause & menopause with confidence and ease. She is the founder of MenopauseChicks.com and its popular private online community, and she recently published her first book, MOKITA, which reached #1 on Amazon.ca in women’s health in October 2018.
Connect with Shirley at the following sites:
Website - http://www.menopausechicks.com/
Private Online Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/MenopauseChicks
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MenopauseChicks
Instagram - @MenopauseChicks
Twitter - @MenopauseChicks
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2019-10-2430 min
Talk! with AudreyModernizing MenopauseOne third of a woman’s life may be spent in menopause, yet few people talk about it. Silence around menopause can make women feel invisible, but it’s time to have this new era of voices heard. Lets change that by having a frank conversation to remove the stigma and empower the current and next generation of women to continue to be seen and heard as they experience menopause. My guests are Dr. Sheryl Kingsberg, PhD, chief of the division of behavioral medicine at MacDonald Women's Hospital/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Shirley Weir, Founder of Menopausechicks dot com and...
2019-09-2107 min
Talk! with AudreyModernizing MenopauseOne third of a woman's life may be spent in menopause, yet few people talk about it. Silence around menopause can make women feel invisible, but it's time to have this new era of voices heard. Lets change that by having a frank conversation to remove the stigma and empower the current and next generation of women to continue to be seen and heard as they experience menopause. My guests are Dr. Sheryl Kingsberg, PhD, chief of the division of behavioral medicine at MacDonald Women's Hospital/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Shirley Weir, Founder of Menopausechicks dot...
2019-09-2107 min
SISTERHOOD OF SWEAT - Motivation, Inspiration, Health, Wealth, Fitness, Authenticity, Confidence and EmpowermentShirley Weir - How To Conquer Midlife Menopause MadnessAre you ready to understand menopause? Have you been worried about menopause? In this episode, we dive into learning the truth about menopause, perimenopause, and post-menopause. Today's episode aims to give women the correct information in order to help more women embrace these changes, instead of fearing them. In this episode, I talk with Shirley Weir, author and menopause expert, joins us to discuss the importance of navigating menopause with knowledge. She talks about her own experiences dealing with perimenopause and nutrition. She discusses why women don't need to be afraid of menopause. We also discuss what...
2019-08-2851 min
The Heavy Flow PodcastTHE CHANGE: Perimenopause and Menopause with Shirley WeirToday I'm talking to Shirley Weir, founder of MenopauseChicks.com, all about THE CHANGE! Shirley and I talk about what perimenopause and menopause really mean, the way our culture treats older women, hormone therapy and what we can do in our thirties and forties to set us up for great health during perimenopause and beyond. This episode of Heavy Flow is supported by bebo mia inc, a training and mentorship organization for women in the maternal health field. Register for their new Fertility Specialist Certification and support the 1 in 10 that struggles with fertility. Full Shownotes
2019-01-171h 02
To 50 and Beyond podcastCracking Open The Menopause Conversation with Shirley WeirEPISODE #47 Cracking Open The Menopause Conversation with Shirley Weir In this episode, I have the pleasure to talk to Shirley Weir, Founder of Menopause Chicks. Menopause Chicks empowers women to talk openly about perimenopause and menopause, to navigate midlife health information and to connect to women's health professionals. Since launching Menopause Chicks, Shirley spoke at TEDx Gastown Women, Pecha Kucha, received a YWCA Vancouver Woman of Distinction Award and Menopause Chicks has been featured in the National Post, Toronto Star, and OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network.) In 2018, her first book, MOKITA: How t...
2019-01-0854 min
Midlife Schmidlife009: Cracking Open the Conversation on Menopause with Shirley WeirHost Liz Applegate interviews the founder of MenopauseChicks.com, Shirley Weir. Shirley is passionate about having real and informative discussions about perimenopause and menopause. This interview not only shares her inspiration in starting Menopause Chicks but also valuable advice to building a healthcare team.
2016-08-1047 min