TLD Women’s Series Part 1 – The Menopause Connection

TLD Women presents The Menopause Connection: Finding Strength and Meaning During Change

The first step in living your legacy is taking care of yourself with the understanding that you must help yourself to better help others. TLD Women is kicking off its 2019-2020 series with a topic that is all about self-care and that also connects women: menopause.

At some point in their lives women experience internal changes to their reproductive system that not only have been taboo but also are known for causing a host of challenges from insomnia to weight gain, among others. During this time, women are often also reaching a point in their lives and careers where they question what else is there for them to explore. This can mean looking for a career change or shifting their energy from raising a family to doing things for themselves and for causes that are important to them.

This dialogue is about how connecting with other women can help us conquer the physical and emotional challenges we face during menopause. The dialogue will be sparked by Lynnette Leidy Sievert, professor of anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Professor Leidy Sievert specializes in reproductive ecology, human variation, and women’s health. As a biological anthropologist she has focused on age at menopause and symptom experience at menopause as two aspects of human variation. She is also interested in the evolution of menopause and post-reproductive aging as a human trait. Fieldwork on the topic of menopause has taken Professor Leidy Sievert from western Massachusetts to Mexico, Paraguay, Hawaii, Bangladesh, and the UK.

This is an invitation-only event. If you are interested in TLD Women or other TLD programs, please contact us.