Menopause Is More Than Just Hot Flashes

Niecy Nash actually does all of it. She’s an actress, writer, producer, director, TV sport present host—the listing goes on. And he or she does all of it with fashion, grace, and a singular humorousness that makes her unbelievably fabulous, but so approachable on the identical time.

Now Nash is dipping her toe into a brand new area—advocating for girls’s well being, particularly menopause education, in partnership with newly launched menopause platform Versalie. The 54-year-old renaissance lady says the collaboration is a pure tie into her present section of life, navigating the “large M” all whereas juggling a thriving profession.

“The factor that has shocked me essentially the most is how uninformed I used to be,” she says. “Rising up, I had solely ever heard from my mother and aunties that menopause was all about sizzling flashes.” And to her shock, it’s been so way more.

Spreading information, shedding stigma

Nash says the psychological well being results of menopause actually caught her off-guard. “I didn’t know in regards to the temper swings being part of it,” she says. “You already know when you will have your interval each month, you’ll be able to really feel a sure method.” However when you do not have a predictable month-to-month cycle to tie these emotions to, she says, “you assume you’re simply upset and pissed off for no motive. You don’t know that it may be tied to the hormonal imbalances in your physique.”

It’s one thing Nash needs she knew earlier than her menopause journey began, and it is this type of information she hopes Versalie can present for different individuals going via it.

Versalie was created as a one-stop store for menopause. Backed by a panel of 12 credentialed consultants, the location goals to bust menopause myths and current the actual info about this stage of life. The consultants embody OB-GYNs, psychologists, intercourse therapists, endocrinologists, and menopause clinicians, all providing distinctive views on deal with the adjustments menopause brings to day by day life.

You may additionally discover fastidiously curated merchandise meant to enhance your menopause expertise, together with a storefront of holistic dietary supplements aimed toward bringing menopause symptom reduction. And there is the Versalie Care characteristic, which provides one-on-one telehealth appointments with menopause-trained clinicians who can present customized care plans, recommend prescriptions, and provide assist and details about menopause administration normally. It’s each an academic and empowering expertise for girls getting into a brand new chapter of their our bodies. “When you understand what’s occurring along with your physique, you understand how to raised advocate for your self,” Nash says.

“Typically it isn’t a lot about informing. It’s about sisterhood and being in a shared area and having group round one thing that all of us undergo.” —Niecy Nash, actress and producer

The sisterhood of menopause

The stigma round menopause implies that many individuals endure via it silently. Nash says she’s breaking these requirements by speaking about it overtly with associates, household, and particularly her daughters. And there’s no place off-limits to have these conversations.

“I used to be simply on a purple carpet with two different celebrities and all of us began having sizzling flashes on the identical time,” she recollects. Moderately than struggling via it alone, the three girls struck up a dialog about it, proper there on the carpet.

This sense of group is vital, Nash says, and it is also her favourite half about Versalie, which provides assets to find out about menopause but additionally validation for those who they don’t seem to be alone of their expertise.

“Typically it isn’t a lot about informing. It’s about sisterhood and being in a shared area…having group round one thing that all of us undergo,” Nash says.

Niecy Nash isn’t afraid to speak in regards to the highs and lows of menopause. She’ll shout it from the rooftops (or the purple carpet), that menopause is nothing to be ashamed about or hold secret.

“I’m my sister’s keeper,” she says. “I’m not egocentric with info. I don’t wish to hoard it. I wish to get it to the plenty so we are able to all be effectively.”