International Women’s Day Special: The Menopause Café – From Light Bulb Moment to Global Movement
Season 1 • Episode 14
Rachel Weiss, Counsellor & Menopause Champion
International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. It’s all about getting the message out there and enabling and empowering women to make a difference to their lives. So I thought it was the perfect opportunity to interview Rachel Weiss, the founder of the Menopause Café, a grassroots project to support women in midlife and raise awareness in local communities. It’s an inspirational tale of how a light bulb moment can become a global movement!
Rachel is an accredited counsellor, coach and entrepreneur, plus full-on menopause champion. Her work has made a tangible difference to women in midlife when she was inspired to start Menopause Café after watching a TV programme about the menopause in 2017. It’s taken off in a big way, expanding across the UK and a whole range of countries, helping to support women in local communities. She’s also founded the annual Menopause Festival (aka #FlushFest2020), a celebration of women in midlife which features everything from health and well-being workshops, arts and crafts activities and midlife-themed cabaret and stand-up comedy. Tune in to find out more about this incredibly dynamic woman and to hear the Menopause Café story.
Show Notes
Find out more about Rachel and her counselling work at Rowan Consultancy.
Check out the Menopause Café website to find your nearest event or details of how to organise one in your local community.
See the schedule for this year’s Menopause Festival and buy your ticket.
Useful Resources & Products
Here are some of the websites and services that we discussed or that are relevant to the theme of the podcast.
Menopause Matters – a resource website
The Pausitivity Poster Campaign and their podcast episode
Positive Pause information site and their podcast episode
Pre-order my new book: The Happy Menopause: Smart Nutrition to Help You Flourish