Shrivelled? Deficient? Mad, bad and dangerous? Kate and Rachel bust patriarchal myths about perimenopause, menopause and ageing and offer a feminist view of the change that gives evidence-based, pro-ageing, positive messages about the power of perimenopause to usher in the magnificence of your next chapter. Kate and Rachel will give you the low-down on what it’s all about, so you can be prepared, and not scared! At this 90-minute, interactive talk you will learn low-cost, do-able ways of creating well-being through your perimenopause transition and beyond, that are appropriate whether or not you take hormone therapy. You will also learn how pro-ageing, positive narratives will fuel your happiness and health in the second half of your life.
Both postmenopause Queens themselves, Kate and Rachel walk their talk and will share:
What perimenopause is
When it happens and how to prepare
Self-care for perimenopause
The history of gender-based ageism
The freedom of postmenopausal life
Building confidence and self-belief in an ageist society
Kate Codrington is a mentor, author, speaker, facilitator, artist and podcaster. The author of Second Spring: the self-care guide to menopause, which is part of the ‘menopause cannon’; according to the New York Times. Kate mentors people in perimenopause and beyond, 1-2-1 and in groups, is a nature-based Yoga Nidra meditation guide, hosts Life - An Inside Job podcast, has been a therapist for more than 30 years and creates multi-level art textile projects. When she’s not doing these things you’ll find her playing in her compost heaps. Her second book, The Perimenopause Journal, is out September 2024.
Rachel Lankester is an ageism disruptor, mentor, author, podcaster and gerontologist in training. She’s the author of Magnificent Midlife: Transform Your Middle Years, Menopause and Beyond, recommended in the New York Times as one of 7 top books about menopause. She’s the host of the Magnificent Midlife Podcast, editor of The Mutton Club online magazine for women 40+ and founder of MenoClarity, an educational forum for menopause. She’s passionate about challenging outdated, misogynistic, patriarchal narratives about what it means to be an older human.
This month, we were supposed to open an exhibition centring menopause. Owing to a lack of interest from arts and heritage funders, we've had to delay. Menopause: What's Changed? opens in February next year. We will be weaving together a rich tapestry of experience through history, and carving out a much-needed cultural space for menopause after millennia of silence.
We need your help to do this crucial theme justice. We approached more than 15 arts and heritage funders to support this exhibition. None of them saw menopause as a priority for a museum exhibition theme. So we've had to turn to you to support this programme. Any donation you choose to make helps us to bring you the best possible exhibition. Please give what you can and share our fundraiser far and wide!