Welcome to Black Menopause & Beyond — a warm, honest, and empowering space created by me, Anita Powell. I’m a menopause advocate, co-founder of Black Women in Menopause, founder of Menopause Alliance CIC, and a proud Black woman navigating midlife with intention.

This podcast is for every woman who’s ever been told to keep quiet, who’s felt unseen or unheard during her menopause journey, and who’s now ready to speak up.

Each episode dives deep into the physical, emotional, and cultural aspects of menopause, midlife, and beyond. Expect conversations with health experts, lived-experience stories, myth-busting, laughter, reflection — and yes, real talk about what it’s like to be a Black woman in midlife today.

Whether you’re perimenopausal, post-menopausal, or supporting someone who is — this podcast is your community. Together we’ll explore topics like symptom management, mental health, identity, body confidence, relationships, and purpose.

Where to Listen & Connect:

🎧 Available on all major podcast platforms — Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more

📸 Instagram: @blkmenobeyond

📧 Email: Hello@menopausealliance.org

💖 Support the podcast & our peer-support work: ko-fi.com/anitapowell

Why This Podcast Matters:

Too often, Black women’s menopause experiences are left out of the mainstream conversation. I’m changing that. With every episode, we create space for truth, advocacy, and sisterhood — because menopause isn’t the end of the story. It’s the beginning of a powerful new chapter.

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In today's episode, Pamela Ann Windle

Black Menopause and Beyond podcast look at Menopause from the eyes of a Black woman. Anita expresses her views and also interviews individuals and experts discussing the conversation of Menopause.

Please support my podcast and help support the peer support group I run in my home town. 

Donations go towards equipment, meeting space and resources. 

https://ko-fi.com/anitapowell

Are you fed up with not being included in the discussion of Menopause? If you are, this is the podcast for you. 

Anita uses her personal experience and experiences gained from her peers, profession and activism to explore the topic of Menopause.

The podcast aims to inform, explore, and educate the listeners. 

Anita Powell, the host, is the Co-founder of Black Women in Menopause with Nina Kuypers, an Online peer support group for Black women. She is also the Founder of the Menopause Alliance, a face-to-face peer support group in Bedfordshire. Also, Anita is a Community worker/advocate and a Menopause Activist and facilitator. In addition, She has worked in community radio for many years. Plus, in 2016 was awarded 'I am Inspiring.' by Evans Clothes, Garnier Skin Care and Marie Claire Magazine. 

She has appeared on BBC Breakfast TV and interviewed with Kate Muir, the producer of Davina McCalls Menopause Documentary, BBC 3 Counties Radio, Magic FM and Marie Claire Magazine. Also, her Menopause Alliance ( prev. known as Bedford support group) appeared on ITV News.

The podcast will include individual and group interviews and personal views.

I hope you enjoy it; please follow and subscribe to my podcast wherever you listen to your podcast episodes.

Black Menopause and Beyond works with the Peer Group Black Women in Menopause Insta/Twitter/Facebook BlackwomeninMenopause.  https://www.instagram.com/blackwomeninmenopause/

Email address: BlackMenoBeyond@yahoo.com  

https://linktr.ee/AnitaPowell.

https://www.instagram.com/blkmenobeyond/

https://twitter.com/blkmenobeyond

https://www.facebook.com/blackmenopausebeyond/

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/black-menopause-and-beyond.

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In today's episode, Belinda Ajayi, a 55-year-old post-menopausal woman, explains why she left her job and had to rethink her life and the need for self-care. Belinda has worked as an educator for many years, and she recently decided to give up her daytime full-time job and work in the evenings because she struggled in the mornings with her osteoarthritis.

Belinda has spent much time with her GPs over the past 10-plus years; however, her GP has never mentioned the word menopause to her. The doctor has told her she has to lose weight, look after herself, prescribed antidepressants and told her she needs to take care of her knees because she suffers from osteoarthritis. Still, the doctor has not once mentioned that her menopause could also impact her health, even though she suffers from night sweats and other possible menopause symptoms.

Black Menopause and Beyond podcast look at Menopause from the eyes of a Black woman. Anita expresses her views and also interviews individuals and experts discussing the conversation of Menopause.

Please support my podcast and help support the peer support group I run in my home town . 

Donations goes towards equipment, meeting space and resources. 

https://ko-fi.com/anitapowell

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/LetstalkMenopause?utm_term=KvMBjEeqn

Are you fed up with not being included in the discussion of Menopause? If you are, this is the podcast for you. 

Anita uses her personal experience and experiences gained from her peers, profession and activism to explore the topic of Menopause.

The podcast aims to inform, explore, and educate the listeners. 

Anita Powell, the host, is the Co-founder of Black Women in Menopause with Nina Kuypers, an Online peer support group for Black women. She is also the Founder of the Menopause Alliance, a face-to-face peer support group in Bedfordshire. Also, Anita is a Community worker/advocate and a Menopause Activist and facilitator. In addition, She has worked in community radio for many years. Plus, in 2016 was awarded 'I am Inspiring.' by Evans Clothes, Garnier Skin Care and Marie Claire Magazine. 

She has appeared on BBC Breakfast TV and interviewed with Kate Muir, the producer of Davina McCalls Menopause Documentary, BBC 3 Counties Radio, Magic FM and Marie Claire Magazine. Also, her Menopause Alliance ( prev. known as Bedford support group) appeared on ITV News.

The podcast will include individual and group interviews and personal views.

I hope you enjoy it; please follow and subscribe to my podcast wherever you listen to your podcast episodes.

Black Menopause and Beyond works with the Peer Group Black Women in Menopause Insta/Twitter/Facebook BlackwomeninMenopause.  https://www.instagram.com/blackwomeninmenopause/

Email address: BlackMenoBeyond@yahoo.com  

https://linktr.ee/AnitaPowell.

https://www.instagram.com/blkmenobeyond/

https://twitter.com/blkmenobeyond

https://www.facebook.com/blackmenopausebeyond/

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/black-menopause-and-beyond.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.