Workplace training
Wellbeing sessions for your organisation
Menopause and midlife sessions for employees, managers and allies, delivered online or in person.
Demystifying Menopause
60 minutesNo size limit on group if delivered online
What we cover
- Perimenopause, menopause, post-menopause: understand the difference
- How early can it start
- What are the symptoms, both well-known and more surprising
- How might this impact on someone in a work context
- Overview of HRT
- Non-HRT symptom management
- How can you help yourself to thrive and access the right care and support using the SENSE Model
- How to prepare, plan, and approach your GP for help
- How to approach your line manager for support
Outcomes
At the end of this session, attendees will understand the various stages of menopause, possible symptoms, and available treatments. They will feel comfortable advocating for themselves with their GP (if needed) and discussing any support they might need from their line manager.
Course resources included
Guide to approaching your GP + Symptom checklist (PDF)
Our clients say
Emma ran a very informative, clear and compassionate session for our colleagues. She was happy to tailor the session to meet our specific brief, and we’ve had excellent feedback from colleagues who attended the session. Her work has helped us to continue to create a more inclusive and informed workplace.
Working with Emma and Beth has been such a great experience: from their willingness to design bespoke sessions that fit our needs as an organization, to their flexibility around scheduling, plus the quality content of the sessions, which have been extremely well received.
Ask the GP
60 minutesDr Beth Thomas (GP and BMS-trained Advanced Menopause Specialist) can answer general questions about peri/menopause, HRT, non-HRT treatments and lifestyle changes to manage symptoms. This session can also be delivered with a broader focus on female health/menstrual health/menopause, depending on your demographic. She can also advise on how to get the best out of your GP appointment, and how to approach resistance from GPs if their menopause/HRT knowledge is not in line with current best practice.
Sessions are facilitated by Emma, and we offer the option to submit questions anonymously in advance, as well as during the session. This session can also run as a broader ‘female health’ session that includes menstrual health, endometriosis, adenomyosis, PMDD, and more, in addition to peri/menopause, or the equivalent session for men’s health.
Longer 90 minute sessions are available, please enquire for more details.
Our clients say
So many things I just didn’t know! I felt quite emotional during the session because menopause symptoms (and women’s issues, generally) are so often shameful or the butt of a joke. To have an informed, direct and honest session felt amazing. I now feel empowered to go and talk to my GP. Whereas, prior to the session, I felt much more reluctant about that and felt like I would be shooed out without being listened to. Well, they’re going to listen to me now! Thank you so much to Dr Beth. Absolutely amazing. Life changing stuff.
We worked with Emma and ‘Managing the Menopause’ to run an “Ask a GP” menopause session with my company Springer Nature. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive and the session was so informative and beneficial for everyone who joined. Behind the scenes, Emma’s communication and fantastic organisational skills helped to ensure that I always knew what was happening and the event itself ran smoothly on the day. Was a pleasure to meet Emma and work together!
Menopause for Managers
60 minutesWe recommend smaller groups of 10–12 for this session
What we cover
- Perimenopause, menopause, post-menopause: understand the difference
- How early can it start
- What are the symptoms, both well-known and more surprising
- How might this impact on your team members
- What kind of support and workplace ‘reasonable adjustments’ are helpful
- Why is it so important to understand and support menopause in the workplace (including legal framework in UK law)
- How to approach the conversation with a team member
- Signposting additional support
Outcomes
At the end of this session, attendees will understand the various stages of menopause, including the full range of symptoms that can impact on a colleague’s physical and psychological wellbeing. They will have an overview of how to discuss and meet an individual’s needs for support and understand the legal requirements that make this vitally important from a risk mitigation perspective.
Our clients say
I am not currently perimenopausal, but I am educating myself around the topic as obviously I may well go through many of the symptoms and experiences you have discussed. I’m still stunned by how little info young women are given around something that they will all go through, to a lesser or greater extent. However, I do have two women in my team who are perimenopausal, it’s a topic we’ve talked about openly, but these tips are really super helpful. Thank you.
Men[o]pause
60 minutesWe recommend keeping groups below 20 attendees
Aimed at partners, male allies and male managers: we recommend keeping groups below 20 attendees to ensure a more conversational atmosphere. Creating an environment of psychological safety, where there is no such thing as a ‘stupid question’, we cover many of the topics included in the Basics course, but also look at relationship dynamics, how to support a partner/team member, and how to access support outside the workplace (depending on the composition of the group we will work with you to tailor the content appropriately).
Our clients say
Would 100% recommend this to colleagues. It is absolutely imperative that men engage with this and become better, more educated and aware allies to our female colleagues at all levels.
I’d definitely recommend this session to a colleague: I found it very informative and actually my wife went through a period of anxiety and panic attacks when she was driving a few years back and we never linked it to the menopause until discussing your course with her.
Thriving Through the ‘Midlife Collision’
60 minutesNo size limit on group if delivered online
What we cover
- What is the ‘midlife collision’?
- Ageing populations, ‘carenting’ and the mental load
- Impact of caring on peri/menopause symptom severity
- Anticipatory grief: naming the invisible loss
- Communications, family dynamics, and boundary setting: tips on navigating the “new normal”
- Putting your own oxygen mask on first (it’s a cliché for a reason!): understanding the ‘stress cycle’ and building your own stress mitigation toolkit
- Practical advice for negotiating changing responsibilities (inc finances and legal issues)
- Signposting to further help and resources
The session also comes with a range of supporting materials which are yours to keep on your intranet.
Our clients say
Emma’s session has been the single most useful and supportive hour I have experienced in years (of therapy, coaching). To the point, delivered clearly, addressing difficult topics with compassion and confidence. Completely relevant for me and I feel a lot less alone as a result. Thank you.
I only have “carenting” responsibilities, but having three younger brothers also makes me feel like I’m experiencing a midlife collision of my own. I found the session very helpful and relatable. The most valuable takeaways for me were the practical tips on learning to say no and setting boundaries, as well as the exercises we can do to reduce stress and manage the demands of caregiving. The session was a great reminder of the importance of taking care of ourselves while caring for others.
About your facilitator
Emma Thomas
Emma Thomas is an executive coach, trainer, and facilitator (PCEC Henley Business School, EMCC accredited). She has experience of leading large-scale change in global organizations and led the John Wiley & Sons women’s ERG for two years (tripling engagement to over 1,000 members), setting up the group’s Menopause provision.
Since 2021 she has hosted a successful podcast on the topic of peri/menopause and midlife at www.middlingalong.com, ranked top 5% globally and named as one of the Top 25 podcasts in the field, with over 125 episodes and 57,000+ downloads.