For decades, menopause remained one of the least discussed transitions in women’s health, despite affecting millions of women worldwide. Symptoms ranging from disrupted sleep and anxiety to fatigue, hormonal changes, and brain fog often arrive without warning, leaving many women struggling to understand what is happening to their bodies.
At the same time, access to meaningful support remains inconsistent.
As demand for menopause care rises, provider shortages, treatment accessibility concerns, and knowledge gaps within healthcare continue to leave many women searching for answers. Laurel Wilson believes this growing disconnect points to an urgent need for change.
A TEDx speaker, certified menopause practitioner, and international women’s health educator, Laurel has spent more than twenty five years helping healthcare professionals and families better understand women’s wellbeing. Now, through her twelve week program, Thrive During the Transition, she is working to help women approach perimenopause and menopause with greater confidence, clarity, and support.
The program, whose next cohort begins June 29, arrives during a time when menopause has increasingly become a broader public health and workplace conversation. With an estimated 750 million women worldwide experiencing menopause related challenges, awareness is growing around the impact hormonal changes can have on productivity, relationships, emotional wellbeing, and overall quality of life.
Filling the Gap Between Information and Support
For Laurel, one of the greatest challenges women face is not simply symptoms themselves, but confusion.
Research suggests nearly half of women experience symptoms for years before recognizing menopause may be contributing to the changes they feel. Many also report discouraging experiences when seeking medical support, often feeling dismissed or under informed.
Rather than relying on fragmented information, Laurel created Thrive During the Transition to combine evidence based hormone education with practical wellness strategies and compassionate guidance. The goal is not only to explain what women are experiencing, but to help them feel equipped to move through it with greater resilience and self trust.
Laurel’s experience adds credibility to the mission. Over the years, she has developed educational programs that have reached thousands of healthcare providers globally, including nurses, midwives, and lactation consultants, helping professionals strengthen their understanding of women’s health.
Shifting the Narrative Around Midlife
Laurel believes menopause should no longer be framed as decline.
“I want women to understand that menopause is not the beginning of the end, it is the beginning of a new chapter that can be just as vibrant, powerful, sensual, joyful, and fulfilling as the decades before it,” she says.
That perspective reflects a growing movement to redefine midlife not as limitation, but as transformation.
As conversations around menopause continue to evolve, Laurel hopes more women will feel empowered to seek information, support, and community that allows them to move forward feeling informed, energized, and deeply connected to their health.
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