Naomi is joined in Episode 10 by Emma Tranter of Salisbury Racecourse, and Suzanne Homewood, a non-exec director at British Dressage and Racing Home supporter.
We’ve talked a lot in previous episodes of the podcast about parenthood, work, the juggle and the balance of making it ALL fit together in life, however you choose to live it. But today I’ve got the pleasure of welcoming two fantastic women to talk about the latter end of women’s careers, and the spectre facing most of us at some point in our forties, fifties or beyond: the menopause.
Like periods, the menopause just used to fall under the bracket of “women’s issues” which were skirted around in the office and often mumbled about with embarrassment and shame. 14 million working days lost annually due to menopause-related symptoms. 63% women report being adversely affected at work by their experiences of the menopause, and 1 in 4 women consider leaving their jobs whilst going through it.
Now, in part thanks to Davina McCall, Meg Matthews and a slew of other women holding conversations on menopause and being open about their experiences, change is coming, and it’s happening fast.
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Listen via Spotify:
Follow Salisbury Racecourse on Twitter and check out their website here
Watch Davina McCall’s Channel 4 series on the menopause here
Listen to the award-winning menopause podcast ‘Effin Hormones and award-nominated podcast The Happy Menopause
Check out the Racing Home website here (there’s LOADS of useful info there)
Read the Women in Racing and Oxford Brookes research on working mothers in horseracing here
And finally, the Women in Racing website is here too!
