Have you ever wondered how you can balance your career and menopause?

In this episode of All Things Menopausal, Mary chats with Rani MacInnes, a seasoned midlife coach and mentor, empowering women to reclaim their careers, embrace their strengths, and redefine their purpose.

Rani is a powerhouse of reinvention and a champion for midlife women. With a dynamic career spanning anthropology, digital project management with giants like Nike and Nintendo, and even running her own award-winning boutique, she’s seen and done it all. Rani has navigated the twists and turns of perimenopause while breaking down the walls of ageism in the workplace. 

Here are some key insights you’ll learn in this episode:

1. Importance of Menopause Education: the critical need for early and comprehensive education about menopause–educating both boys and girls from a young age to understand menopause can help demystify it and remove the taboo surrounding it.

2. Career Transition During Menopause: unique challenges and opportunities for women navigating career transitions during menopause. 

3. Impact of Ageism: particularly in the workplace, is a significant challenge for women over 50. Rani discusses how ageism intersects with sexism and how it impacts career trajectories, often pushing women out of traditional Employment roles.

4. Empowerment and Resilience through Coaching: overcoming limiting beliefs and embracing strengths as a midlife woman. 

5. Creating Supportive Work Environments: supportive workplace policies and environments to address menopause and ageism. Open discussions, educational initiatives, and better HR policies can help women feel supported and valued in their professional roles.

Resources:

• Learn more about Rani’s business, Live a Rebel Life on her website
• Connect with Rani on Instagram, LinkedIn, or Facebook
• Rani’s recommended read #1: Chocolat by Joanne Harris (not an affiliate link)

Rani’s recommended read #2: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi (not an affiliate link)

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Mary is a certified Menopause Doula and Licensed Menopause Champion with Menopause Experts Group. She supports high-achieving GenX women power through her transition – peri to post.

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Mary Helen Lee Licensed Menopause Champion, Menopause Doula

Mary is a retired veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces serving more than 24 years. Since retiring from service, Mary worked as a PR practitioner in numerous industries, including healthcare, education, aviation, government, mining, bio innovation, and life sciences.

She has an insatiable appetite for knowledge, especially in health and wellness. In fact, Mary has pursued fitness and wellness as a side hustle for close to 30 years. In this field, she has been in contact with many women experiencing the same issue - perimenopause. The story is always the same, complaints about weight gain, sleeplessness, brain fog, hot flashes, mood swings, and issues with digestion. It came to her that this is an area that sadly lacks information and support, and that more resources are needed to empower women in their journey.

Motivated by her own negative encounter with the misogynistic views and lack of knowledge and empathy for women's health issues, Mary has made it her mission to debunk the misunderstanding and mistruths about women’s health.

Mary haphazardly came across the Menopause Doula certification course and promptly enrolled with Doula Training Centre based in Toronto, Canada. Since completing the program Mary has continued in her learning journey with numerous other qualifications including Ayurveda Principles, Menopause 2.0 with Dr. Stacy Sims, Brain Health for Menopause with Dr. Fiona Lovely, Women’s Health Coaching Certification through Girls Gone Strong, and Yoga for Traumatic Brain Injury through the Love Your Brain Foundation.

Mary is the owner of Emme Elle Coaching and host of All Things Menopausal Podcast, a podcast that features guest experts in the field of menopause and hormone health - from the physical and mental to the emotional and spiritual.

You can find Mary at www.emmeellecoaching.com and on Instagram at @emme_elle_coaching