Madeleine Shaw
Writer & Entrepreneur
I recently turned 57 and have been post-menopausal for 4 years. My background is as a social entrepreneur with a strong legacy in the menstrual health and equity space. Around 10 years ago I started realizing that I was developing an unhealthy relationship with one of my favourite things: wine. Long story short, going on 4 years fully sober today, I believe that being menopausal basically saved me, in that I could no longer tolerate night sweats and my diminishing ability to tolerate a 'couple of glasses' of wine a day. Today, I'm working on launching an event series called Autumn Collective for folks in the menopausal transition (includes peri- to post-) to explore, support and celebrate ourselves at this time in life.