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It’s time to change

Did you know that most OB/GYN residents only learn about menopause care for one to two hours during their four years of training? (That’s not a typo.)

For a biological life stage undergone by more than half of the population …

Who can experience symptoms — sometimes debilitating — lasting seven to 10 years.

There’s no standardized training for menopause care either, which leads to wide knowledge gaps among professionals. In one 2017 survey, only 12 of 177 OB/GYN residents surveyed reported feeling adequately prepared to manage women experiencing menopause.

Shocking, right? Well, not really: This is widely known among business leaders.

And here’s the thing: My experience with menopause is so ridiculously similar to something we think about all the time, which is how women engage with their money. That it’s an off-limits topic, something that we don’t talk about in polite company, something that is viewed as overly complex and complicated.

It’s time to change both. It’s time to talk about both.

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