70: An Intentional Pause

Yes , it has been 70 episodes today , which means I all , by my lonesome , have been pumping out weekly interviews , episode production , episode publishing for 70 plus weeks , because there's been some bonus episodes along the way there as well . And I love Dear menopause . I seriously do . I love everything that she stands for .

I love every guest that I have had on the show . I love every listener that I know is out there listening , those of you that reach out to me via email , through reviews on the different platforms , through my social media . I am so incredibly grateful for you and I am so happy to know that you have gained so much from listening to Dear Menopause .

I love her like a sister . Actually , I probably love her a little bit more , but , like everything in life , we need a little break from time to time , and I have decided that now is the time to take a little bit of an intentional pause from Dear Menopause . Now , this is not a permanent breakup . I want to assure you she will be back In your mind .

Perhaps she's taking a few weeks in Europe , like apparently everybody else . Perhaps she's taking a few weeks in Bali . Maybe she's just crawling up into the fetal position in her walk-in wardrobe and she'll come out when she's ready . She is just having a little break , like me . I want to make sure that you know when she is back , because she will be back .

To do that , you need to make sure that you are following the show , on whatever platform it is that you are listening .

If you are on Apple Podcasts , if you are on Spotify , if you are on one of those other smaller platforms , but following along every week , please make sure that you have hit follow for the show , because that way you will get a notification when the next episode of Dear Menopause is back . Now I do have something a little bit special lined up for you .

In the meantime , I am not leaving you hanging completely . I have been working away in the background on a little sub-series of Dear Menopause with a very good friend of mine . Over the next four weeks there will be a weekly episode drop of that sub-series . It will drop on a Wednesday as opposed to a Friday .

That is one thing that will be a little bit different with those episodes . If your schedule means that you listen to my episodes every Friday , you can stick with that schedule . That episode will still be there waiting for you every Friday morning .

If you just can't wait to get your hands on an episode a little bit earlier , it will be there for you on a Wednesday instead . Now , I'm not going to give away too much for you . I want you to have something to look forward to , but there will be four sub-series episodes dropping , starting next Wednesday .

So a little something there for you to look forward to and to look out for . Thank you so so very much for listening in to all these amazing episodes . Thank you to all of my incredible guests that I have had on . I am so beyond grateful and a little bit surprised at the quality of guests that I have been able to bring you over their past 70 episodes .

I have learned so much from having my guests on the show , so I know that you have learned so much from listening to them . I'm not somebody that is able to go through life doing the same thing day after day , week after week , year after year . That has never been a pattern of my life .

Just ask my husband , who just does not understand why I haven't been able to hold down the same job for the last five , 10 , 15 years . So it is very much in my nature not to be able to replicate the same role week after week . It is quite natural for me to reach this point with a project , to want to shape things up a little bit .

Absolutely , in my heart and in my gut know that this is not the end of Dear Menopause .

It is just time for me to hit pause , and intentional pause , whilst I create some space to work on what little tweaks I want to make so that when I bring her back she will be fresh , she will be sparkly and she will be bringing you something to revitalize and re-engage you all over again . I cannot wait to see what that is and what that looks like .

That's it . That's my big announcement . I hope that you enjoy the next four episodes that I have coming up for you of this subseries . Please send me feedback , let me know what you think , because this subseries is a bit of a tease of something new that is coming .

I would absolutely love to know your thoughts and get your feedback on the content that we are delivering through the subseries . Thank you , thank . You have an amazing few weeks . I look forward to being back in your ears very , very soon . Thank you for listening today . I am so grateful to have these conversations with incredible women and experts .

I'm grateful that you chose to hit play on this episode of Dear Menopause . If you have a minute of time today , please leave a rating or a review . I would love to hear from you , because you are my biggest driver for doing this work . If this chat went way too fast for you and you want more , head over to stellarwomen . com .

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