59: Menopause in Business - Reclaiming Work and Relationships with Kate Usher

Kate Usher is an experienced Menopause Coach and Change Strategist with a specialism in gender equality. She works with women and organisations to create simple strategies that enable modern and supportive Menopause conversations. This increases awareness of this life phase, its pivotal impact on equality across the workforce and representation in senior and executive positions. It also drives up employee engagement, staff retention and creates an inclusive and positive place to work.
 
She is an internationally published author, her book ‘Your Second Phase – reclaiming work and relationships during and after Menopause’ was shortlisted for the Business Book of the Year Award 2021.

In this episode, Jo talks to Kate about ...

• How our perception of Menopause is bound up in outdated and negative stereotypes and bias. If you google Menopausal woman, the images you are given are of women in their mid-60s and 70s, that’s 20 to 30 years older than the average age women start to experience symptoms. Realistically no woman wants to be represented in this way, it’s offensive. 
• Menopause is incredibly variable which is one of the core issues. Nothing is standard. In fact, every woman’s experience is as unique as her fingerprint. Some will experience virtually no symptoms and others will be utterly devastated by them. This podcast will arm you with the awareness you need to take control, whether that’s at home or at work.
• At a time in life when many feel isolated and lost, we will discuss how to feel in control and powerful. This is an opportunity to think about Menopause from a new perspective, to understand why we feel the way we do about it and how to break the stereotypes for good.
  
  

You can connect with Kate below:

Website: www.secondphase.co.uk
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kateusher/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTPbWpnBUw7bXmlm6wSIZvA
Twitter: https://twitter.com/2ndPhaseWomen

Kate has 5 free copies of her book 'Your Second Phase: Reclaiming work and relationships during and after Menopause' to give away to the first 5 people who email her at kateusher@outlook.com

Or you can buy a copy here of her book here 

Go download Kate's 5 easy steps to successful Menopause conversations at work here.

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