Charmaine Shaw | Blackgirl Menopause Wellness

Menopause wellness education for Black women. Certified Menopause Coach | Speaker | Author | Founder, Blackgirl Menopause Wellness.

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Today is National Women’s Fitness Day — a reminder that movement is about so much more than appearance. During menopause, regular exercise can support mood, strength, stress management, energy, and overall well-being.

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Menopause often arrives during years when women are carrying deep professional experience, responsibility, and leadership.

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Menopause is a milestone, not the finish line. Post menopause can last for decades, and your heart, bones, brain, energy, stress, and overall well-being deserve continued attention.

#BlackgirlMenopauseWellness #PostMenopause #HealthyAging #MenopauseHealth #BlackWomenOver50

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Changes in well-being during menopause are a challenge on their own. Add chronic stress from work, generational trauma, caregiving, relationships, financial pressure.

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Body changes around menopause can be frustrating, especially when weight distribution changes around the midsection. Humor can help us name that frustration, but shame, punishment, and overly restrictive dieting are not the answer.

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Not every menopause symptom is talked about often. Heart palpitations, ringing in the ears, tingling sensations, and dizziness may occur during this life stage—but they can also have other causes.

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During perimenopause, I was told, "It can't be that bad," while feeling I was at a breaking point. Menopause can be a really difficult time for us Black women, and the support from where we expect it the most should not be "bear with it."

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Menopause is a life stage—not an expiration date. The end of periods and reproduction does not end your womanhood, creativity, relevance, talent, attractiveness, or value.

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Hot flashes and night sweats can be more frequent and disruptive for Black women. SWAN data found that during the transition from early to late perimenopause, about 80% of Black women reported hot flashes compared with about 65% of other ethnic groups.

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"Hot flashes and night sweats may last much longer than many women expect. In the SWAN study, Black women with frequent vasomotor symptoms reported the longest median total duration: 10.1 years.

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Fatigue, sleep changes, weight changes, and thinning hair can occur during perimenopause—but they can also overlap with thyroid concerns, a major issue for midlife Black women. Do not assume every new symptom is just menopause.

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Menopause is not only about reproductive hormone changes or hot flashes. It impacts sleep, mood, identity, confidence, relationships, productivity, and long-term health.

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Perimenopause and menopause are not the same thing. Perimenopause is the years before menopause, when hormones and periods may become unpredictable.

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Blackgirl Menopause Wellness is an education and support space created specifically for Black women navigating perimenopause, menopause, and post menopause. Here, we talk honestly about symptoms, hormones, sleep, stress, work, intimacy, identity, and self-advocacy.

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Hey friend! 💗 I’m Charmaine Shaw, a certified health and menopause coach, speaker, author, and founder of Blackgirl Menopause Wellness. My own perimenopause journey showed me how confusing this transition can feel when you do not have the language.

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Black women deserve menopause information that reflects what we are actually experiencing—and helps us advocate for better care. Research shows that Black women often report a heavier hot-flash and night-sweat burden and a longer symptom duration

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@kburton40 @marwilliamson I have always admired her work and continue to do so. Stay well

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@EinekleineTweet @marwilliamson Happy doesn’t always mean singing and dancing but a state of hopefulness without which you don’t have the opportunity to do the work ahead

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@TheBuddhaBear @marwilliamson Happy doesn’t always mean joy but hope, without which we can’t possibly do the work ahead

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@LucMartin8 @marwilliamson Why? Because her opinion is different from yours? Would you say that to your child or friend?