Black Menopause & Beyond

By: Anita Powell
  • Summary

  • My name is Anita Powell. I'm a 50-year-old black female born in the UK I am suffering from the symptoms of perimenopause. A few years ago, I noticed that my body was responding different to how it used to be. Conversations with my peers and they too were noticing changes. I felt my overall health was deteriorating. As a 40 something year old woman I never really explored the topic of my health; I just lived it but not optimised on my health. After research I realised that I need to rethink my behaviour and take care of me.

    Within the podcast I will be discussing the Menopause, Midlife, and Beyond, looking at life from my perceptive, a black female, exploring health and lives of women.

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/black-menopause-and-beyond.


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    @AnitaPowell
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Episodes
  • A Certified Women's Health Coach, Pamela Windle, talks about all things menopause.
    Nov 29 2023

    In today's episode, Pamela Ann Windle

    A Certified Women's Health Coach, Pamela Windle, talks about all things menopause. She advises forward-thinking organisations to support their employees to thrive in menstruation and menopause in the workplace/BSI Advisor/ certificate from IMS & IWHI/ Helping stressed-out women to reset hormonally.


    Black Menopause and Beyond podcast look at Menopause from the eyes of a Black woman. Anita expresses her views and also interviews individuals and experts discussing the conversation of Menopause.


    Please support my podcast and help support the peer support group I run in my home town. 

    Donations go towards equipment, meeting space and resources. 


    https://ko-fi.com/anitapowell



    Are you fed up with not being included in the discussion of Menopause? If you are, this is the podcast for you. 


    Anita uses her personal experience and experiences gained from her peers, profession and activism to explore the topic of Menopause.

    The podcast aims to inform, explore, and educate the listeners. 


    Anita Powell, the host, is the Co-founder of Black Women in Menopause with Nina Kuypers, an Online peer support group for Black women. She is also the Founder of the Menopause Alliance, a face-to-face peer support group in Bedfordshire. Also, Anita is a Community worker/advocate and a Menopause Activist and facilitator. In addition, She has worked in community radio for many years. Plus, in 2016 was awarded 'I am Inspiring.' by Evans Clothes, Garnier Skin Care and Marie Claire Magazine. 

    She has appeared on BBC Breakfast TV and interviewed with Kate Muir, the producer of Davina McCalls Menopause Documentary, BBC 3 Counties Radio, Magic FM and Marie Claire Magazine. Also, her Menopause Alliance ( prev. known as Bedford support group) appeared on ITV News.

    The podcast will include individual and group interviews and personal views.

    I hope you enjoy it; please follow and subscribe to my podcast wherever you listen to your podcast episodes.

    Black Menopause and Beyond works with the Peer Group Black Women in Menopause Insta/Twitter/Facebook BlackwomeninMenopause.  https://www.instagram.com/blackwomeninmenopause/

    Email address: BlackMenoBeyond@yahoo.com  

    https://linktr.ee/AnitaPowell.

    https://www.instagram.com/blkmenobeyond/

    https://twitter.com/blkmenobeyond

    https://www.facebook.com/blackmenopausebeyond/

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/black-menopause-and-beyond.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    39 mins
  • Belinda explains why she had to leave her job, rethink her life and value selfcare
    Aug 29 2023

    In today's episode, Belinda Ajayi, a 55-year-old post-menopausal woman, explains why she left her job and had to rethink her life and the need for self-care. Belinda has worked as an educator for many years, and she recently decided to give up her daytime full-time job and work in the evenings because she struggled in the mornings with her osteoarthritis.


    Belinda has spent much time with her GPs over the past 10-plus years; however, her GP has never mentioned the word menopause to her. The doctor has told her she has to lose weight, look after herself, prescribed antidepressants and told her she needs to take care of her knees because she suffers from osteoarthritis. Still, the doctor has not once mentioned that her menopause could also impact her health, even though she suffers from night sweats and other possible menopause symptoms.


    Black Menopause and Beyond podcast look at Menopause from the eyes of a Black woman. Anita expresses her views and also interviews individuals and experts discussing the conversation of Menopause.

    Please support my podcast and help support the peer support group I run in my home town . 

    Donations goes towards equipment, meeting space and resources. 

    https://ko-fi.com/anitapowell

    https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/LetstalkMenopause?utm_term=KvMBjEeqn

    Are you fed up with not being included in the discussion of Menopause? If you are, this is the podcast for you. 

    Anita uses her personal experience and experiences gained from her peers, profession and activism to explore the topic of Menopause.

    The podcast aims to inform, explore, and educate the listeners. 

    Anita Powell, the host, is the Co-founder of Black Women in Menopause with Nina Kuypers, an Online peer support group for Black women. She is also the Founder of the Menopause Alliance, a face-to-face peer support group in Bedfordshire. Also, Anita is a Community worker/advocate and a Menopause Activist and facilitator. In addition, She has worked in community radio for many years. Plus, in 2016 was awarded 'I am Inspiring.' by Evans Clothes, Garnier Skin Care and Marie Claire Magazine. 

    She has appeared on BBC Breakfast TV and interviewed with Kate Muir, the producer of Davina McCalls Menopause Documentary, BBC 3 Counties Radio, Magic FM and Marie Claire Magazine. Also, her Menopause Alliance ( prev. known as Bedford support group) appeared on ITV News.

    The podcast will include individual and group interviews and personal views.

    I hope you enjoy it; please follow and subscribe to my podcast wherever you listen to your podcast episodes.

    Black Menopause and Beyond works with the Peer Group Black Women in Menopause Insta/Twitter/Facebook BlackwomeninMenopause.  https://www.instagram.com/blackwomeninmenopause/

    Email address: BlackMenoBeyond@yahoo.com  

    https://linktr.ee/AnitaPowell.

    https://www.instagram.com/blkmenobeyond/

    https://twitter.com/blkmenobeyond

    https://www.facebook.com/blackmenopausebeyond/

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/black-menopause-and-beyond.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    55 mins
  • Allyship in the Menopause space talking to Lucinda part 3
    Aug 28 2023

    Part 3 of 4.  Part 4 will follow in a few weeks.


    Today's episode discusses 'Allyship in the Menopause Space'. Anita Interviews Lucinda, Lucinder is a Menopause Awareness Advocate who has been delivering menopause awareness sessions since 2017. Lucinda works independently at the local/community level and also works as an Associate Trainer with the industry-leading menopause awareness provider, where she delivers sessions in a wide range of organisations to a wide range of audiences, including large corporate organisations and many of the various NHS divisions.    Lucinda lives in a small village in Kent, and her friendship circles have always lacked diverseness. 


    Lucinda's Instagram under the tag @peri_meno_mentor, or via her website https://peri-menomentor.co.uk/.


    Topics in this interview:

    What is a good Ally?

    People who don't see colour?

    I am black and British.

    Some black people only identify with their colour, not Africa or the Caribbean.

    Mixed Heritage and Allyship

    Some women of colour are oppressed by misogyny and not ethnic culture.

     

    Black Menopause and Beyond podcast looks at Menopause from the eyes of a Black woman. Anita expresses her views and also interviews individuals and experts discussing the conversation of Menopause.


    Anita uses her personal experience and experiences gained from her peers, profession and activism to explore the topic of Menopause.

    The podcast aims to inform, explore, and educate the listeners. 


    PLEASE support my work, Podcasting, funding my peer face-to-face support group, and my work with black women in menopause. Please donate to https://ko-fi.com/anitapowell

    Anita Powell, the host, is the Co-founder of Black Women in Menopause with Nina Kuypers, an Online peer support group for Black women. She is also the Founder of the Menopause Alliance, a face-to-face peer support group in Bedfordshire. Also, Anita is a Community worker/advocate and a Menopause Activist and facilitator. In addition, She has worked in community radio for many years. Plus, in 2016 was awarded 'I am Inspiring.' by Evans Clothes, Garnier Skin Care and Marie Claire Magazine. 

    She has appeared on BBC Breakfast TV and interviewed with Kate Muir, the producer of Davina McCalls Menopause Documentary, BBC 3 Counties Radio, Magic FM and Marie Claire Magazine. Also, her Menopause Alliance ( prev. known as Bedford support group) appeared on ITV News.

    The podcast will include individual and group interviews and personal views.

    I hope you enjoy it; please follow and subscribe to my podcast wherever you listen to your podcast episodes.

    Black Menopause and Beyond works with the Peer Group Black Women in Menopause Insta/Twitter/Facebook BlackwomeninMenopause.  https://www.instagram.com/blackwomeninmenopause/

    Email address: BlackMenoBeyond@yahoo.com  

    https://linktr.ee/AnitaPowell.

    https://www.instagram.com/blkmenobeyond/

    https://twitter.com/blkmenobeyond

    https://www.facebook.com/blackmenopausebeyond/

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/black-menopause-and-beyond.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    32 mins

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very informative

I really needed to hear your different points of view, especially when in comes to back people and our routes and how we may differ.
I will definitely be following you.
the 1st I've heard that I can relate to!

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