What we discussed: 

• Colleen’s change-making work in the area of volunteerism, the non-for-profit sector
• How we traditionally interpret words like “volunteer” and “menopause” and why that must change
• Choosing to compromise vs what we will never compromise on when it comes to our  life’s work 
• How important paradigm-shifting language is for rethinking how we see the world 
• The power of language and the words we use 
• Continuing to do our work even when we know we won’t necessarily live to see the impact
• Being forward-thinking enough to ensure there is a way for others to continue the work we’ve started
• We explore the language of being a changemaker and how it makes us feel to use words like paradigm shift, social construct, and rhetoric 
• Why using phrases like “forest person” and “tree person” is a preferable way of describing big and small picture thinking 
• How things may be difficult or hard, but they don’t have to be impossible. 

BIG thanks to the following for sharing my passion for women’s health:

VICHY

Ferapro Iron

Feel Amazing Vulva & Vaginal Moisturizer

Intimate Wellbeing

Oh Boy Productions

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Shirley Weir is the founder of Menopause Chicks and a passionate advocate for women's health education. She's on a mission to change the narrative around menopause and empower women to become their best health advocates.