10/10/2025
"We are taught that money is a male responsibility, that it has a male energy about it. Bo****ks. It doesn’t feel so male when you can’t pay your bills or feed yourself or your children. It is time to take that money bull by the horns and tame it. Make that money that you worked so hard for, now work hard for you. Money is simply an enabler that we need to pay for things to help us live. Yes, the more you have, the more luxuriant those things are, but let’s not get hung up on the moral argument around money. You worked for it. You earned it. You look after it."
A quote from Kate Usher, in our book The Potent Power of Menopause: A Culturally Diverse Perspective of Feminine Transformation.
https://geni.us/menopause
There was a little back and forth between the contributors as to whether this quote was kept in the book, with one co-author stating, "Needs to be deleted"
My response? "This stays in. It is too powerful to lose and a great wake-up call for women"
During the years, we women go through the delights of and menopause, we experience a wide range of issues, such as reduced brain function, deteriorating eyesight, loss of patience with the idiots of the world, multiple clothing changes throughout the day due to hot sweats and unexpected arrivals in our panties.
Our ability to perform our work is also affected, and those lucky (or crazy enough) to work for ourselves find the journey easier in many ways to continue receiving money; employees, not so much.
As women, we've inherited a lot of 🐂 💩 narratives, which many of us are declaring, "This stops with me!"
In The Potent Power of Menopause, 10 ladies and one man share their stories of dismantling the various social, cultural and religious conditioning with real-life stories, fantastic humour, candid transparency, and expertise from a wide range of lifestyle choices and sectors.
If you're looking for science drier than the Sahara Desert or a miserable, angry rant from the likes of Davina McCall, then you will be disappointed. Nor will you find a 'one size fits all' solution from those funded by Big Pharma.
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