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
Resilience, Joy, Resistance “You’re just in a period of low resilience,” a very wise and kind-hearted friend told me last summer. Perimenopause sometimes feels like a persistent near-death experience, given its multitude of scary symptoms, so I think about what it means to build resilience often. That’s further compounded by Read more
This is going to be a long one. Thanks, in advance, for getting to the bottom with me. A curious and scary collection of symptoms coalesced about a month ago. I woke up with vertigo one morning (room spinning). I felt pronounced numbness and tingling in my hands and face. Read more
Posting something a little more vulnerable this time to see if it resonates. In honor of me, Becca Williams, being one and the same as the Menopausey brand for now, which has come up in a couple of different conversations lately, I figured I’d share a little bit more of Read more
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
I am continuing to test the boundaries of the Custom GPT I made, FlashyAF, seeing how helpful she is on a regular basis, and I’ve found myself organically making my second request in as many days. And I’m appreciating her responses so far. So, I’m sharing them here. *Note that Read more
I caught a glimpse of an elevated heart rate on my Apple Watch this morning, while sitting at my desk, which was quickly followed by a personal heat wave. I proceeded to closely monitor my heart rate for the next hour. My office has south-facing windows, so feeling warm while Read more
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