:<br />Karen Roy merges leadership coaching, menopause wisdom, and cutting-edge wellness strategies to help women reclaim their power in midlife. Through expert interviews, real-life stories, and actionable tips, this podcast is for every woman who wants to thrive—not just survive—through menopause.
Not Crazy Just Menopause
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:<br />Karen Roy merges leadership coaching, menopause wisdom, and cutting-edge wellness strategies to help women reclaim their power in midlife. Through expert interviews, real-life stories, and actionable tips, this podcast is for every woman who wants to thrive—not just survive—through menopause.
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June 22, 2026
Midlife Leadership: Three Drivers, One New Map - the shift nobody warned you about
When I was a little girl, I had three imaginary friends. Their names were Jance, Brince, and Since. Not Jennifer, not Sarah — Jance, Brince and Since. Years later I found the pages where I'd written out who they'd become as grown women, and it stopped me cold: they weren't imaginary friends at all. They were three parts of me. In this episode I introduce you to all three — the planner, the caregiver, and the dreamer — and the part nobody warns you about: in midlife, they stop politely taking turns and all start grabbing for the wheel at once. That's the rage, the 3 a.m. spiral, the "what's next?" restlessness. It isn't a breakdown. It's an identity shift — and there's a new map waiting on the other side of the chaos. It's funny, it's a little embarrassing (six-year-old me had imaginary friends with retirement plans), and it might be the most seen you've felt all week. What you'll take away Why midlife so often feels like three versions of you yelling at once — and why that chaos is a doorway, not a malfunction. The real reason a woman who was never anxious suddenly can't make a decision without three guarantees (hint: it's a hormone, not a personality flaw). Why "running on empty" shows up as the snap and the guilt that follows — and what to do with both. How to spot which "inner woman" is loudest on any given day, and how to start scheduling your life around your cycle instead of fighting it. The one question to sit with this week — and the honest answer that's allowed when it feels like nobody's driving. Subscribe + follow If this one made you laugh or feel a little too seen, follow the show so the next episode finds you — and send me a DM on Instagram telling me which one you are: Jance, Brince, or Since. Join us at Uncorked (September) Come spend a real day with women who get it — connection, wine, wellness, and the conversations you can't have anywhere else. Details + tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/uncorked-midlife-finally-out-loud-tickets-1991007710659 Get the tools Want more than the episode? Get on the list at karen@notcrazyjustmenopause.com and I'll send you the good stuff first.
May 11, 2026
When Perimenopause Hijacks Your Leadership Code
You almost flipped off the driver who took your parking spot this morning. By 10 a.m., the colleague clicking her pen in the boardroom is suddenly the worst person in the building. You've led teams for twenty years. None of this is who you are. So what changed? In this episode, Karen walks through the Personal Code of Honour she co-built years ago — the four-anchor leadership toolbox of Integrity, Excellence, Communication, and Passionate Intensity — and what happens to it when the hormone imbalance symptoms of perimenopause quietly arrive at the peak of a high-performing woman's career. She names the biology nobody told you about (estrogen decline symptoms running erratic, progesterone imbalance symptoms showing up first as nervous-system noise), pushes back on the 131-symptom overwhelm with her signature "I'm not here to teach you symptoms — I'm here to give you tools" pivot, and hands you the first tool: cycle mapping. The four-week map. The colour-coded calendar. The line that's becoming her trademark — schedule your life around your cycle. This is the leadership conversation menopause in the workplace should have been from the start. Honest, practical, zero filter, and built for the executive woman who's done with trouble concentrating at work and ready for a tool she can use on a Tuesday.
April 28, 2026
Brain Fog at Work: It's Probably Perimenopause
What it actually feels like when perimenopause comes for the part of you that built your career — and why nobody at work is allowed to see it happen. You walk into a meeting you used to run in your sleep. You say something with your usual confidence. And the woman across the table — ten years younger — corrects you. She's right. You were wrong. And the recall you've trusted for twenty years just didn't show up. This episode is about that moment. The one almost nobody at work talks about. The slow erosion of the professional self high-performing women built across two decades — happening quietly, around 47, with no warning, no language, and nowhere safe to name it. Karen walks through the lost-recall moment, the self-trust spiral, the timing cruelty of perimenopause arriving right at the peak of your career, and the silence that costs Canadian women $3.5 billion a year. Honest, practical, and zero filter. If this landed for you, the easiest next step is the email list — that's where I send the patterns, the scripts, and the resources I would've killed for at 47. Sign up at notcrazyjustmenopause.com o
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