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POST-MENOPAUSE

Anita & Tamula’s Story

There was immediate heat when Tamula, 54, who loves to dance, and Anita, 56, who loves to watch Tamula dance, met at a club ten ...
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EARLY ONSET MENOPAUSE

Asia’s Story

Asia Kaleem, now 42, is a vivacious, gregarious mother of 3 — thrust into early menopause eleven years ago. Now, she’s happy to be in ...
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POST-MENOPAUSE

Geegee’s Story

Geegee, 52, knows how to switch things up. Working at clinics and hospitals through the pandemic, she lost her way – and her sexual drive ...
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EARLY ONSET MENOPAUSE

Jade’s Story

Jade, 36, has been in menopause for over a year. A series of surgeries have left her without the children she had hoped to birth ...
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EARLY ONSET MENOPAUSE

Javi’s Story

Javi Osei, 39, has been “officially” diagnosed as being in premature menopause. It took a lot of time, stress — and countless medical interventions for ...
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PERIMENOPAUSE

Jeannie’s Story

Jeannie Ferguson, 48, has been going through perimenopause for the last two years. Her difficult mood swings caused a separation from her wife, 15 years ...
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PERIMENOPAUSE

Kaneez’s Story

Kaneez, 53, is making her way through menopause transition.   At 49, she was awarded Chairman of her department at Monroe College — just as ...
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POST-MENOPAUSE

Lisa’s Story

Lisa M. Griffith-Fleming, a 56-year-old frank, hilarious hair stylist and actor, has been experiencing menopause transition for the last 11 years. Now, post-menopausal, she’s got ...
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PERIMENOPAUSE

Riti’s Story

Riti Sachdeva, 51, is “just rolling with perimenopause,” even when that means months between visits from her period. “It is always a relief when my ...
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EARLY ONSET MENOPAUSE

Salimah’s Story

Salimah Abdul, now 37, endured several traumatic surgeries by age 32 — removing cysts, fibroids, endometriosis. With each year, the complications — psychological and physical ...
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PERIMENOPAUSE

Steffanie’s Story

Steffanie Lopes, a 48-year-old dancer and teacher, has been experiencing perimenopause for the past five years — and fighting the blues with music and dance… ...
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PERIMENOPAUSE

Susan’s Story

Susan Torres, 51, is a casting agent and survived being told “absolutely nothing” from her mother about her body. Of Venezuelan and Puerto Rican descent, ...
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POST-MENOPAUSE

Victoria’s Story

Victoria, 57, is an artist and actor — both solo activities. The isolation of her work, going through perimenopause, and living with a partner not ...
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