I've never loved public speaking, but since hitting perimenopause, it's turned into a full-blown phobia. How do I navigate this with a job that requires me to present to my team from time to time? 

I hear you! The other day, I was trying to impress a handsome fellow Scandinavian, telling him I regularly go skiing in Norway and when he asked me where, I went bright red and simultaneously felt an icy wind blowing in the empty space between my ears. The word Hemsedal had temporarily completely disappeared… despite visiting the resort twenty times over the last two decades.

It's actually yet another example of female resilience that we continue to show up and speak up during the menopause transition. It's a sad and oft-cited fact that one in ten women leaves their job during menopause, and t

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