We really have to stop using this word…


There’s something about using the word “reinvention” for women in midlife that doesn’t sit right with me. When I left my 30-year career as a news anchor, I wasn’t “reinventing” myself. I had been talking about menopause on social media for nearly five years. The more I opened up about my experience, the more I heard from other women who were dealing with the same frustrations I was. As the community grew, I quickly realized that menopause was still whispered about. Women weren’t getting the...