Vicky Mose, Workplace Menopause Consultant at Imagine How, features in the latest episode of Dandelion Video Production’s What Do You Do? podcast – and the numbers she brings to the conversation are hard to ignore.
10% of menopausal women leave the workplace due to a lack of support. Sick days are 25% higher for menopausal women. Combined, this is costing the UK economy £1.5 billion a year in lost productivity.
In the episode, Mose argues that most workplaces have only addressed the visible symptoms – offering desk fans and open windows for hot flushes – while missing the psychological ones entirely. Anxiety, paranoia, and being no longer able to cope with pressure are just as common, and far less understood.
She also speaks candidly about her own experience, describing how she returned to her GP convinced something was seriously wrong – not realising her HRT had simply stopped being effective. It’s a gap in awareness, she argues, that affects both individuals and the managers trying to support them.
The full episode is available on Spotify, Amazon Music and Apple Podcasts. Visit Dandelion’s website for this episode and more.