Career Survival Through the Menopause Years: Women's Health, Perimenopause and Menopause Journey

Each episode will share life stories and expert insight into women's health and your perimenopause and menopause journey.

Is perimenopause threatening to derail your career just when you're hitting your stride? Time to flip that script. Today's guests, Lauren Glazer and Salima Valji, are executive coaches who discovered a troubling pattern: successful women at their career peak were being derailed by perimenopause and menopause symptoms, often suffering in silence and leaving the workforce as a result of their symptoms.

Their response? Creating M Power, a revolutionary platform helping women thrive through "the change" while staying at the top of their game.

Whether you're navigating hot flashes during presentations or dealing with brain fog in the boardroom, their insights will help you reclaim your confidence and power.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How to maintain your executive presence while managing symptoms
• Why silence is NOT the best strategy (and what to do instead)
• The "FLIP" method for having difficult conversations at work
• Tools for advocating for yourself and others in the workplace
• The four-phase approach to becoming "uninterrupted" in your career
• Plus, Lauren and Salima share their vision for creating menopause-friendly workplaces and why this life stage can actually be a period of renewed energy and growth.

Links for this episode

MPower Resource Guide

Menopositivity Keynote

MPower Coaching Program

MPower for Businesses

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Lauren Glazer Bio

Lauren Glazer is a leadership coach who helps emerging and experienced leaders become even more thoughtful, intentional and resilient—prepared to take on new roles and business challenges, capable of deftly navigating uncharted waters and poised to guide and empower their own people to do the same. Leveraging over two decades of experience in team and brand building, she helps individuals, teams and organizations with a multidisciplinary perspective, deep sensitivity and voracious curiosity. Having experienced surgical menopause in her mid-40s, Lauren has firsthand knowledge of this roller coaster journey. She created MPower to help women take charge of “the change” so they can continue to share their considerable skills and expertise while experiencing fulfillment and joy.

Salima Valji Bio

Salima Valji is an internationally sought-after speaker, thought- leader and certified executive coach on leadership topics related to advancing women and people of color. Salima was recently awarded the 2023 recipient of The World of Difference award by The International Alliance for Women (TIAW) recognizing her impact to women’s economic empowerment. Additional awards include Top 100 Speakers 2023 by Women in Tech, and Global Women Power Leaders 2024 by White Page International. Salima experienced menopause unexpectedly and realized there was a serious gap in resources and community support for executives navigating this life phase. She created MPower to fill that void, empowering leaders to thrive through menopause and beyond.