Black Menopause & Beyond

Bonus Episode.

Within this episode, the host, Anita, reflects on a training event she project coordinated with Menopause Experts. Were Gyneogolists offered a full day of Menopause training to NHS Health Professionals? 

Within this episode, Anita expresses concern about the lack of male attendance but is impressed with the black representation of health professionals. 

Black Menopause and Beyond podcast look at Menopause from the eyes of a Black woman. Anita expresses her views and also interviews individuals and experts discussing the conversation of Menopause.

Are you fed up with not being included in the discussion of Menopause? If you are, this is the podcast for you. 

Anita Powell, the host, is the Co-founder of Black Women in Menopause with Nina Kuypers Online peer support group for Black women. She is also the Founder of the Menopause Alliance, a face-to-face peer support group in Bedfordshire. Also, Anita is a Community worker/advocate and a Menopause Activist and facilitator. In addition, She has worked in community radio for many years. Plus, in 2016 was awarded 'I am Inspiring.' by Evans Clothes, Garnier Skin Care and Marie Claire Magazine.

Anita uses her personal experience and experiences gained from her peers, profession and activism to explore the topic of Menopause.

The podcast aims to inform, explore, and educate the listeners. 

An episode will be broadcasted monthly with the occasional bonus episodes. In addition, the podcast will include individual and group interviews and personal views.

Social media: 

Twitter/Instagram: BlkMenoBeyond, 

Facebook: Black Menopause and Beyond.

Black Menopause and Beyond also work with Black Women in Menopause. 

Twitter/Instagram BlackwomeninMenopause 

Facebook: Black Women in Menopause

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Black Menopause and Beyond podcast look at Menopause from the eyes of a Black woman. Anita expresses her views and also interviews individuals and experts discussing the conversation of Menopause.

Are you fed up with not being included in the discussion of Menopause? If you are, this is the podcast for you. 

Anita Powell, the host, is the Co-founder of Black Women in Menopause with Nina Kuypers Online peer support group for Black women. She is also the Founder of the Menopause Alliance, a face-to-face peer support group in Bedfordshire. Also, Anita is a Community worker/advocate and a Menopause Activist and facilitator. In addition, She has worked in community radio for many years. Plus, in 2016 was awarded 'I am Inspiring.' by Evans Clothes, Garnier Skin Care and Marie Claire Magazine.

She has appeared on BBC Breakfast TV and interviewed with Kate Muir, the producer of Davina McCalls Menopause Documentary, BBC 3 Counties Radio, Magic FM and Marie Claire Magazine. Also, her Menopause Alliance ( prev. known as Bedford support group) appeared on Itv News.

Anita uses her personal experience and experiences gained from her peers, profession and activism to explore the topic of Menopause.

The podcast aims to inform, explore, and educate the listeners. 

An episode will be broadcasted monthly with the occasional bonus episodes. The podcast will include individual and group interviews and personal views.

Within this episode, the host Anita and Nina Kuypers, the founder of Black Women in Menopause, answers frequently asked questions about Black Menopause.

The questions asked during this episode are:

• Is the black menopause experience different from other ethnicities?

• Is Hrt designed for black women? 

• Are Natural remedies better than medicines?

• Why do you need black representation for black women to engage in the conversation of menopause?

Hope you enjoy it; please follow and subscribe to my podcast wherever you listen to your podcast episodes.

My social media:  Twitter BlkMenoBeyond, Insta: BlkMenoBeyond, Facebook: Black menopause and Beyond.

Guest    social media

Nina:  Insta/Twitter/facebook BlackwomeninMenopause

Awarded  6th UK black women podcast https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_black_women_podcasts/

My email address: [email protected]

https://linktr.ee/AnitaPowell

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Menopausal Loose Women - How to Feel good through the menopause

With Jolinda, Jenny, Nina and The host Anita

Within this episode, we explore the topic of how to feel good through menopause.

Bio's of interviewees

Jolinda Johnson  

Jolinda Johnson (M.S.Ed., CHHC) is an award-winning Certified Life Coach and Holistic Health Coach who specializes in burnout and perimenopause. She's obsessed with helping changemakers and revolutionaries get back their spark so they can go set the world on fire. She wants to change the narrative around perimenopause and give attention to the voices that are typically left out of the conversation, including BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and people under 45.

She is a sought after guest on podcasts, has been featured on the cover of Inspired Coach magazine, and was the recipient of the Beautiful You Coaching Academy CEO Shine Award in 2021. She’s also taken to the stage as a motivational speaker for other life coaches and can be found on the popular website Healthline.

Jolinda's originally from Detroit, Michigan but earned her B.A. from Columbia University in New York City and completed her Master's of Science in Education as part of the NYC Teaching Fellows program at Pace University in 2006. For the last fourteen years she's made her home as a single mother in Barcelona, Spain

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Jolinda Johnson, Award-winning Life Coach, Holistic Health Coach, Mentor + Priestess

www.jolindajohnson.com

Mobile: +34 663 615 033

Facebook: @coachjolinda

Instagram: @coachjolinda

Jennifer Stoute

Jennifer, Post Menopause, was born on the 16th of April 1965 in Bradford after spending some teenage years in Barbados. She was discovered aged 16 years old and went to represent Great Britain over 20 times, including two Commonwealth Games and two European games, where she won both gold and silver medals. The pinnacle of her athletic career came in 1992 in the Barcelona Olympics, where she took home a bronze medal distinguishing herself as one of Britain's finest sprinters. In 1996, she found herself in the limelight again on the hugely popular show the gladiators; she took on the role of Rebel for four years. Jennifer now runs a sports agency, as well as some modelling too. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/gorgeousfifties/

My social media:  Twitter BlkMenoBeyond, Insta: BlkMenoBeyond, Facebook: Black menopause and Beyond.

Awarded  5th UK black women podcast https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_black_women_podcasts/

Nina Kuypers

Founder of Black women in Menopause ( Insta:  BlackwomeninMenopause) with her co-founder Anita Powell ( the host of the podcast)

My email address: [email protected]

https://linktr.ee/AnitaPowell

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Within this podcast, Anita explores with Psychodynamic Psychotherapist Marlene Daley the topic of Black Menopause and Mental Health.

Topics discussed in the podcast.

Racial Weathering, 

No longer feeling sexy

A loss of self and identity

Work struggles and menopause

Being single while going through menopause,

The childless menopause

The feeling that no one wants me anymore 

Importance of talking to family and partners

Feelings of grief and loss.

Marlene is a Child, Adolescent and Family Psychodynamic Psychotherapist, (see www.integratedthinkingtherapies.co.uk)

specialising in working with looking after children suffering from trauma arising from early attachment disconnect. She has over 30 years experience of working with young people with behavioural and special needs including autism; vulnerable and disadvantaged families, victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse and those who are ‘stuck’ as a result of traumatic experiences. Marlene also specialises in supporting women who are struggling with the psychological impact of Menopause.

Marlene is passionate about empowering women who have ‘lost their voice’, and for many years she has specialised in facilitating interactive thought-provoking workshops and ‘healing’ groups under her ‘W is for Woman’ umbrella at her sanctuary in South East London.  (See Therapeutic Healing Sanctuary at www.talkingaboutfeelings.com)

Specialist workshops/groups facilitated by Marlene Daley

Menopause Support Group -   a therapeutic space for Women going through the different stages of Menopause. 

Healing the Mother Wound  -  for daughters living with toxic relationships with their mothers.

Sibling Wound Sanctuary 

A group where individuals can process sibling relationships.

Contact:   [email protected] for more details on any of the above  

My social media:  Twitter BlkMenoBeyond, Insta: BlkMenoBeyond, Facebook: Black menopause and Beyond.

Awarded  5th UK black women podcast https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_black_women_podcasts/

My email address: [email protected]

https://linktr.ee/AnitaPowell

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Anita Elawure entered early menopause entered menopause at the age at 15 years. This is called Premature Ovarian Failure – Menopause before the age of 40.

She was told she had premature ovarian failure and told she will never be able to have children when she was only 19.  She was all alone when she was diagnosed, and she was given no information on her condition.

Her menopause impacts her health mentally, physically, emotional as well as Her fertility.

She found and joined an online community of women suffering from the same condition, and she has made important friendships with women who understand her have helped her through her menopause journey. 

She started taking HRT when she was 19 and she will stay on HRT till she hits menopause age of 50, at 50 she the doctors will reassess if she needs HRT.

Her Menopause impacts her Romantic relationships and Work too. 

Anita works to educate sufferers and non-suffers, as compassion and understanding are needed to help the sufferers of the condition. Also, Anita wants to show black female representation with the condition to help black female suffers as black women suffer with I too.

#Fertitlity #childlessness

[email protected]

Connect with Anita Elawure: 

Instagram: Blossomlivingwithpoi 

YouTube: BlossomLivingWithPOI 

The Menopause Charity: www.themenopausecharity.org

And my Book: POI/EM Journal: Premature Ovarian Insufficiency / Early Menopause Journal. Now available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3HZx4Cr 🌸

My social media:  Twitter BlkMenoBeyond, Insta: BlkMenoBeyond, Facebook: Black menopause and Beyond.

Working in Partnership Nina from Black Women in Menopause 

Insta:  BlackwomeninMenopause

Awarded  6th UK black women podcast https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_black_women_podcasts/

My email address: [email protected]

https://linktr.ee/AnitaPowell

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Menopausal Loose women 

Within today’s episode, Anita talks about black menopause and beyond with 3 women. #MenopausalLooseWomen will be a regular slot within the podcast.

Stars of the Podcast:

Jennifer – perimenopause, on the Merina coil, poet, and author. 

Nina - Post menopause, on HRT and Testosterone, background in health and nutrition, Founder of Black Menopause. 

Leesh - Post Menopause, has never used medication or visited her GP regarding her menopause, childless menopause, Engineer apprentice, Author, and speaker.

Host Anita - Perimenopause, Original wanted to manage her symptoms naturally but after many years of research and trial and error of natural remedies, she now wants to try HRT.  Community engagement advocate, Radio Presenter and Podcaster.

Within the podcast, the women explore Menopause and Beyond.

Areas Discussed:

Their own Menopause journey’s,

Their lifelong goals and plans,

Their views on Aging,

Life does not stop because you are menopausal,

Do you think that being black influences your menopause experience?

Doctors/ health care industrial dismissive because you are a strong black woman, 

We are stigmatised for being strong black women apparently, 

we don’t need help,

We can do and deal with everything.   

We are generally dismissed,

not seen as the fairer sex, 

we are only heard when we complain or vocalise our views. 

Does society nurture black women?

Men do not have a clue. 

relationships would improve if men tried to understand.

Black women and love,

Intersectional racism within the black community,

Are Men scared?

Enjoy your own company,

Relationships are not the be-all and end-all,

Know how to love yourself.

Self-care is important,

Feel sorry for men, 

menopause can make and break relationships.

Men and male friendships are needed and are special and unique.     

My social media:  Twitter BlkMenoBeyond, Insta: BlkMenoBeyond, Facebook: Black menopause and Beyond.

Guest    social media

Nina:  Insta:  BlackwomeninMenopause

Leesh:            https://twitter.com/NatrelMystic

Awarded  6th UK black women podcast https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_black_women_podcasts/

My email address: [email protected]

https://linktr.ee/AnitaPowell

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Menopause and over a year dealing with Long Covid has left me feeling very tired and unfit. I have decided to join a gym, however the whole experience of looking for gym has created anxiety and I realise I might have slight Gymphobia - the fear of joining a gym. Within the show I explore the topic of my gymbhobia and ways that I can overcome the fear.

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Thank you Leesh aka Natrel Mystic  contact details https://twitter.com/NatrelMystic

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Anita explores being a menopausal strong black women and how it hinders seeking help from others; strong women struggle to let go; asking for help is not a weakness, how always giving and not receiving can lead to tiredness and resentment; the need to sometimes let go and not be strong and independent is part of good self care.

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Anita explores being a menopausal strong black women and how it hinders seeking help from others; strong women struggle to let go; asking for help is not a weakness, how always giving and not receiving can lead to tiredness and resentment; the need to sometimes let go and not be strong and independent is part of good self care.

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