I talk about travelling to New York for my first big event on behalf of Hotflash inc.

And how I finally realized that I belong in the room.

The broad themes are connection, confidence and purpose.

But the main point, as it always seems to be, is loving and accepting yourself. And how to get there, even if it seems like it takes a lifetime.

I talks about the long, hard road to building the confidence to feel worthy of being there, and to keep confident while there, about the essential-ness of connecting with other people, and of the beauty in finding and having a sense of purpose – all essentials, and all things that it can feel like midlife and peri/menopause threatens.

But if you let them, they can be just the opposite.

I talk about the feeling of ALMOST entering menopause, meeting heroes, becoming your own hero, and what it feels like to start to see yourself, accept yourself, and BECOME yourself, after all this time.

Highlights:

• Not wearing heels when everyone else is + the beauty of proper hair and makeup
• How I got involved with Hello Perry the sisterhood for perimenopause
• Endocrinologist Dr Disha Narang, journalist and midlife influencer Tamsen Fadel, ob-gyn and menopause expert Dr Sharon Malone and most inspirational-in-midlife maven Rachel Hughes
• The Menopause mogul Dr Joy’El Ballard
• Coffee in Bryant Park with pro-aging advocate Skylar Liberty Rose
• Menopause Multiverse Cocktail Hour in Harlem hosted by Omisade Burney-Scott
• The hero’s journey of menopause and midlife
• Showing up for yourself