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Menopausey is Trademarked! And Other News

It took more than two years (and two rounds of applications) to get to trademark land for various reasons. I applied without a lawyer and missed a couple of things the first time that resulted in office actions. While they were certainly addressable and resolvable, at the time, it just Read more

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The New and Improved Menopausey Guide is Live!

Our way better and more useful perimenopause and menopause resource directory launched this weekend. Search with text or audio for company or product names, by symptom, description, or category. Share a new resource or your feedback in an email to hello@menopausey.com.

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My Shrinking Period (of Life)

I took a solo day trip to Vail last weekend. In the Before Times, that would have been extremely ordinary; a regular occurrence. Not scary. Not a big deal. I’ve traveled solo to Europe, Mexico, Ecuador, India, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and Uganda, on multiple trips over the last few Read more

By becca, ago
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[Peri]menopause Research That Resonates

You likely won’t find it surprising that it’s difficult to find, sift through, and analyze meaningful research related to perimenopause and menopause. I face this two-fold, as a perimenopausal human looking to consume the actual science, and as a founder of a healthtech startup looking to research to inform what Read more

By becca, ago
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Menopausey’s AI Co-Founders

I, Menopausey’s human founder, Becca Williams, have been exploring a multitude of ways to accelerate my solopreneur/side project efforts, and that includes the use of a number of generative AI tools. I’ve created an entire AI-powered team of Custom GPTs using ChatGPT Plus that brings augmented expertise. “Crypto Legal Navigator” Read more

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New Stuff!

The following was written by a human, and augmented by ChatGPT. Menopausey will always be transparent about when/where generative AI is used in writings. Most of the visuals on the site have been generated by AI tools. Human: New experiments and new open-source content! I (Menopausey’s Founder, Becca Williams) have Read more

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