Oprah goes through menopause - again
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One of the reasons I believe that I am waist-deep in menopause these days, professionally I mean, is because of Oprah Winfrey.
Before The Oprah Winfrey Show went off the air in 2011, Oprah spent a lot of time talking about menopause. She had her doctor, American ob-gyn and best-selling author Dr Christiane Northrup on her show (and also on Super Soul Sunday) a total of 10 times. I was watching one of those times, and I thought to my 30-something self, I want to interview both of these women when I’m going through menopause.
Of course back then that seemed like it would never happen. And seeing as it took more more than five years to realize I was in perimenopause in my 40s, I clearly filed that one deep in my brain. Flash-forward to launching Hotflash inc and I did interview Dr Northrup, in 2021 when she launched a new edition of The Wisdom of Menopause, and it was very informative. (Dr Northrup of course had been cancelled by then for her unique post-retirement views, bu…
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