Menopause: The Middle — Navigating Your Hormones, Your Health and Your Workplace Resources
Welcome to the middle of life.
It’s a magical place where you are simultaneously at the peak of your career, managing a million moving pieces and suddenly waking up at 3:00 AM drenched in sweat, wondering if the thermostat is broken or if it's just you.
Nobody warned us (ahem, MOM) that perimenopause and menopause would feel like a second, incredibly unglamorous puberty, just with anger issues, joint pain and the fun addition of brain fog that makes you buffer mid-sentence.
If you are tired of being told to "just drink some chamomile tea and manage your stress," this session is for you.
We are skipping the vague wellness platitudes and hosting a highly practical conversation.
We’re bringing together a Doctor of Functional Medicine from Holistic Wellness Chicago and an Jordan Shea, Senior Vice President - Employee Benefits, Marsh McLennan Agency to talk about what is actually happening to our bodies, what we can do about it, AND - how to make your company’s insurance plan foot the bill.
What We'll Cover:
The "Why Am I Like This?" Hormonal Breakdown: A Functional Medicine expert explains exactly what your hormones are doing behind your back, why you are so exhausted and actual, root-cause strategies to fight back (that don't involve "just getting more sleep").
Cracking the Corporate Code: An insider’s guide from a corporate employee benefits broker on how to ask for what you need and hunt down the resources and care your employer actually offers. If you have to deal with this, you might as well make your benefits plan pay for it.
The Medical BS Detector: How to stop being dismissed by standard healthcare gatekeepers, ask the right questions and aggressively advocate for the care and testing you actually deserve.
Who This Is For:
Any woman who thinks they are or are in fact experiencing perimenopause and menopause symptoms, or if you want to prepare for what's to come.