Menopause Whilst Black

Karen Arthur
Menopause Whilst Black

Opening a well overdue conversation about diversity in Menopause. Placing the menopausal experience of Black UK based women front and centre by sharing their stories. Giving a hug, a hand or a high five to those supporting, dreading, suffering or thriving through menopause. Because, believe it or not, there's a lot to celebrate too!  Hosted by Karen Arthur. Menopause Whilst Black  favourite tunes Spotify playlist Join the  @Menopause Whilst Black conversation on Instagram.  Artwork: Kareem Arthur Music: The Garden State by @audiobinger

  1. EPISODE 1

    Getting the Right Care is a Lottery!

    FRESH!  Menopause Whist Black Season Eight! Our guest for Episode ONE of our new season is Cordelia Asamoah 'Getting the Right Care is a Lottery!" 'Dee' Asamoah is Founding director of Cabot Theydon, a procurement consultancy which helps organisations develop processes and procedures to streamline buying activities and optimise spending power. She is also a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply.Having recently completed a pioneering double masters degree in reparatory justice, this makes Dee one of 5 graduates in the world with a joint MSc/MA masters resulting from a collaboration between the University of Glasgow and The University of the West Indies. Dee is currently developing a reparations consultancy that encourages organisations with historical links to the Transatlantic slave trade to engage with communities descended from enslaved Africans and to agree reparative solutions - focussing more towards generational healing. We talk about: >  stress and it's affect on menopause symptoms > joint pain that went 'too far'. > maintaining normality when not else much is. > the power of Black sisterhood and so much more. NOTES: Botanicals for a healthy bladder at Jude  British Menopause Society Menopause Care at St Helier   About the NHS UK 'Right to choose' Weights for YOUR Menopause = Instagram LIVE catch-up with former MWB guest Michelle Griffith Robinson Olympian  Watch 'Mental Health and Menopause' by BMJ Learning (British Medical Journal) 10K run for 'Fight Bladder Cancer UK is on Sunday 6th April! Donate here Karens first childrens book 'Grandmas Locs' Final call join us on The Joy retreat Barbados, April 28th - May 5th 2025 - the world’s first retreat solely for Black women in any stage of menopause. Doors close on 31st March 2025. Always remember that each guest is one human having their own unique menopause experience, opinions are their  own and no two journeys will be exactly the same. Please use these epsiodes to do your own research. If you love this podcast please support us by following Menopause Whilst Black on Facebook and Instagram, leaving a glowing wordy review on any platform and like, subscribe and comment on YouTube. Keep talking about menopause with your family, friends and work colleagues of all genders. Together we are gradually breaking this taboo to ensure that every person in menopause gets the care that they need.  Jiggle your bits to our Season 8 Spotify playlist. Who would you love us to interview next season? Email the show: hello@menopausewhilstblack.com Viait our website at menopausewhilstblack.com Karen Arthur is a broadcaster, artist, author and menopause activist.  She is also host of bi-weekly weekend radio show on Golddust radio 'Can We Talk'. Thank you to  @beyongolia and @yaa___studio who are bloody amazing.  *we recognise that inclusive language is important in ensuring that ALL who experience menopause are seen and heard. The term women is used whilst mindful of this.

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Opening a well overdue conversation about diversity in Menopause. Placing the menopausal experience of Black UK based women front and centre by sharing their stories. Giving a hug, a hand or a high five to those supporting, dreading, suffering or thriving through menopause. Because, believe it or not, there's a lot to celebrate too!  Hosted by Karen Arthur. Menopause Whilst Black  favourite tunes Spotify playlist Join the  @Menopause Whilst Black conversation on Instagram.  Artwork: Kareem Arthur Music: The Garden State by @audiobinger

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