Enough with the stigma around aging; enough with the taboo around menopauseits time to start talking about it.
Naomi Watts
Naomi Wattssays she began experiencing menopausal symptoms at 36 years old.
She continued, I was part of a cycle that desperately needed to be broken.
There was a lack of open conversation and resources to help women navigate the changes we go through.
Thats why Im now so passionate about raising awareness and encouraging more honest conversations.
The boobs grow a lot, she said during an appearanceonRed Table Talkin 2021,perPeople.
For some women, they get smaller.
And then in some of the cases, when you are in menopause they grow again.
And I just happen to be one of those women where it happened in every, single step!
She continued, A lot of people said that I had breast augmentation; I dont blame them!
My boobs were smaller!
So was the rest of my body, she said.
But they have just kept growing.
Many, many sizes.
And my back has been really suffering from it.
And not a lot of people talk about this.
I dont think its shameful.
She continued, You wonder, Will I be attractive, desirable, feminine?
What is [the] next chapter of life?
I want to reach out to women to encourage them to educate themselves about this time in their lives.
She even discussed an experience having hot flashes on Marine One during her husbands presidency.
I remember having one on Marine One.
It was just sort of like, Oh, well, turn the air conditioner on.
TheSex and the Cityactor took a more serious approach to the topic in an interviewwithCosmopolitanalso in 2014.
Playing that character really inspired me to be very open in accessing my feelings about what’s going on….
Millions of women are going through it; its part of nature.
But it can be very confusing and isolating.
Cattrall added that menopause is not shameful but a completely natural part of life.
Its as natural as having a childit really is; its part of life, she continued.
You wonder, Will I be attractive, desirable, feminine?
What is next chapter of life?
I want to reach out to women to encourage them to educate themselves about this time in their lives.
Oprah Winfrey
The legendaryOprah Winfreysaw menopause as an opportunity to focus on herself.
So many women Ive talked to see menopause as a blessing, she saidin her own magazinein 2019.
For two years I didnt sleep well.
Never a full night.
Restlessness and heart palpitations were my steady companions at nightfall.
This was back when I was 48 to 50, she said.
I went to see a cardiologist.
Wore a heart monitor for weeks.
I took it as a sign.
Gwyneth Paltrow
The queen ofGoopwants to rebrand menopause.
I think when you get into perimenopause, you notice a lot of changes.
Menopause gets a really bad rap and needs a bit of rebranding.
I dont think we have in our society a great example of an aspirational menopausal woman.
Bette Midler
Bette Midler has been telling women not to stress about menopause since 2001.
I dont suggest that anyone obsess over menopause or aging.
I see it all the time, especially in my business.
At my age, youre playing somebodys motherand there arent even a lot of those roles!
Admit, freely, that this is whats going on.
Perimenopause and menopause should be treated as the rites of passage that they are, she continued.
If not celebrated, then at least accepted and acknowledged and honored.
How is that possible?
she said in astandup routine.
It was like a chimney and came from the base of my spine.
I was doing this TV show calledMurder,and every take thered be, Stop!
Shes having a flush!
At the National, Id come offstage for a quick change and have to shout, Garth, thetray!
