Workshops That Empower Women Through Menopause
At Positive Menopause, we believe that understanding menopause shouldn’t be a luxury—it’s necessary for every woman. That’s why I’ve been leading workshops in diverse community settings, from church organisations to language schools, fitness centres, and International Women’s Day events. These workshops inspire, inform, and equip women to take control of their menopause journey.
Delivered in a warm and engaging style, these sessions create a safe space for women to learn, laugh, and share their experiences. Whether you’re just starting to navigate menopause or supporting others through it, these workshops offer practical advice and empowering insights to help you thrive. Each workshop is tailored to the audience’s unique needs, ensuring every woman leaves feeling informed and uplifted.
Because menopause is something we all experience differently, these workshops celebrate the diversity of our journeys. Together, we explore menopause, how it affects us physically and emotionally, and—most importantly—how to regain control and embrace this transformative stage of life.
Breakdown of What My Workshops Cover
Each workshop is designed to be interactive and empowering, demystifying menopause while providing actionable strategies that women can use daily. Here’s a glimpse into what you can expect:
Understanding Menopause
- Explore what menopause, peri-menopause, and post-menopause mean.
- Bust common myths and misconceptions about menopause.
- Understand the science behind the changes—why they happen and what to expect.
Symptoms and Their Impact
- Gain insights into physical, emotional, and cognitive changes.
- Learn to recognise the early signs and understand their effects on daily life.
Taking Control of Your Journey
- Discover practical tips for managing symptoms effectively.
- Understand the lifestyle changes that make a real difference, focusing on diet, exercise, and stress management.
- Explore available treatment options, including Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), and how to make informed decisions about what’s right for you.
Menopause in the Workplace and Beyond
- Learn how to create supportive environments for women navigating menopause.
- Develop strategies to advocate for yourself and others in both professional and personal settings.
Q&A and Open Discussion
- Engage in a safe space to ask questions, share experiences, and learn from one another in a supportive and inclusive environment.
Menopause support is about understanding and addressing the physical, emotional, and mental challenges of this natural stage of life. With approximately 13 million women in the UK currently navigating either peri-menopause or post-menopause, it’s clear that this is a significant life phase affecting a substantial portion of the population.
Symptoms of menopause can begin as early as the late 30s and last for up to 15 years. Over 60% of women report symptoms that affect their behaviour, and one in four women experience symptoms so severe they interfere with daily life. Despite this, many women feel unsupported. Nearly half of menopausal women say they struggle with feelings of depression, yet one-third of women visiting their GP are not informed about treatment options like Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).
The workplace is no exception to these challenges. Women over 50 are the fastest-growing demographic in the workforce, and with more women in employment than ever before, menopause has become an essential conversation for both individuals and employers. Menopause support can make a profound difference—not just in managing symptoms but in empowering women to thrive during this transitional period.
What Our Workshops Include
Working Environment
Small changes make a massive difference to menopause symptoms. These environmental adjustments are often overlooked. We can visit your offices, review your current layout and facilities. Structure and offer solutions that will aid to a better working day for those involved.
Menopause Wellness Campaign
Nothing gets people talking more than a campaign. And one that demonstrates productive action is beneficial not only to a company’s morale but also to building interpersonal relationships. It opens the door to better communication and a far more relaxed and productive working day.
We can work with you by designing a bespoke day event, weekend away, or a presentation with interactive questions and answers.
Male only workshops and presentations.
All too often, men are not included in conversations surrounding menopause. Yet 100 per cent of men will meet a woman who is menopausal at one point or another during their lives.
Quite often, men are afraid to speak out and express their thought through fear of being judged.
We offer specific training and education surrounding language barriers, gender respect and open discussions to ensure balanced working relationships.
Menopause Training for Employees, Line Managers, HR and Occupational Health
All businesses are built on connections and working relationships. Educating all members of the company can mean a better understanding and better working relationships. Quite often, listening to other peoples experiences can make a world of difference to our attitude to one another. For a company to progress and develop, there needs to be mutual respect between departments. For a business to be profitable and grow, employees should be willing to help one another through times that they may find challenging.
Menopause Education
With the rise of remote working, it is now possible to give presentations online. These presentations can be linked from anywhere. No one can feel excluded as individuals can either join the link at their desk or in their own homes, open conversations become more prevalent.
Menopause education is not just for management, but it is also for every woman regardless of age. Many women have no knowledge of what to expect, if their symptoms are normal or where they can go for help and guidance. So our presentations make all of this simple and easy to understand so that women can make better and more informed choice.
Menopause Policies
Ensuring that there are policies in place to protect women in menopause is vital to any company. However, all too often, this necessity is put to one side. We will therefore review your current policies are work alongside you to incorporate additional structure.
How Our Workshops Benefit Employers
- Educating your line managers and staff helps break the taboo of Menopause being discussed openly within the workplace.
- Giving support to your employees can help their well-being not only in the workplace but also in their personal lives, which will bring greater positivity within the workplace.
- By valuing your employees, they will give loyalty and commitment to their employers.
- By providing the correct type of training and support, you will retain your staff, which will reduce retention and recruitment costs.
- With the rise in retirement age, women are working a lot longer. They are only 75% into their career when the menopause transition period takes place.
- Bottom-line profits are reduced due to sickness and leave because of debilitating menopause symptoms.
Sarah helped us start the conversation about Menopause in the workplace by delivering a menopause presentation. The feedback we received was excellent. Colleagues felt Sarah’s session was both informative and engaging. For some colleagues, it was liberating to talk so openly about something that had impacted them so much yet had gone unmentioned.
Sarah’s session led to the development of a Menopause Policy and Guidance to support colleagues experiencing menopausal symptoms impacting them. The session highlighted the importance of a supportive environment that normalises talking about menopause.
When Sarah delivered a second menopause workshop, we were delighted to see both men and managers attend so that they could learn more about the symptoms and how to support colleagues in the workplace. Based on the great feedback, Sarah’s workshop is something we aim to repeat annually.
“Sarah is a very informative and personable speaker who listened carefully to our needs and tailored her talk for our audience of professionals with interest in mental wellbeing. She made it easy for attendees to understand perimenopause and menopause, smoothly delivering the content. It generated a lot of discussion within the conference chat, and we had some lovely feedback from attendees about the talk. The male and younger female attendees stated they found it particularly enlightening.”
It was a good talk and very professionally delivered.
Through collaboration on our Trailblazer Talks Series, Sarah has added great value to Harper Fox Partners and our clients.
Sarah is extremely knowledgeable on the topic of Menopause and the impact it has on both women and men. She provided great insight into the implications of menopause in the workplace and provided real, actionable suggestions to make positive change.
The team and I found Sarah to be personable, open and approachable; she is excellent at engaging an audience. The topic of menopause can be quite taboo however, Sarah approaches the subject in a way that makes everyone in the room feel safe to speak and ask questions.
I would highly recommend Sarah and the services she offers through Positive Menopause, event speaking and training.
Feedback was all positive, thanking you for sharing your personal story and how informative the session was.
This feedback really stood out to me: “so so helpful, I related to so much spoken about here and got some fab information to help, talking is key, now I don’t feel I’m going mad, thank you.”
Thanks a mill again from all of us!
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