Niecy Nash actually does all of it. She’s an actress, creator, producer, director, TV recreation present host—the record goes on. And he or she does all of it with fashion, grace, and a singular humorousness that makes her unbelievably fabulous, but so approachable on the identical time.
Now Nash is dipping her toe into a brand new house—advocating for girls’s well being, particularly menopause education, in partnership with newly launched menopause platform Versalie. The 54-year-old renaissance girl says the collaboration is a pure tie into her present section of life, navigating the “large M” all whereas juggling a thriving profession.
“The factor that has stunned me probably the most is how uninformed I used to be,” she says. “Rising up, I had solely ever heard from my mother and aunties that menopause was all about scorching flashes.” And to her shock, it’s been so far more.
Spreading information, shedding stigma
Nash says the psychological well being results of menopause actually caught her off-guard. “I didn’t know concerning the temper swings being part of it,” she says. ” when you could have your interval each month, you may really feel a sure manner.” However when you do not have a predictable month-to-month cycle to tie these emotions to, she says, “you assume you’re simply upset and annoyed for no purpose. You don’t know that it may be tied to the hormonal imbalances in your physique.”
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It’s one thing Nash needs she knew earlier than her menopause journey began, and it is this sort of information she hopes Versalie can present for different folks going by way of it.
Versalie was created as a one-stop store for menopause. Backed by a panel of 12 credentialed specialists, the location goals to bust menopause myths and current the actual information about this stage of life. The specialists embody OB-GYNs, psychologists, intercourse therapists, endocrinologists, and menopause clinicians, all providing distinctive views on methods to deal with the modifications menopause brings to each day life.
You may additionally discover rigorously curated merchandise meant to enhance your menopause expertise, together with a storefront of holistic dietary supplements geared toward bringing menopause symptom reduction. And there is the Versalie Care function, which provides one-on-one telehealth appointments with menopause-trained clinicians who can present customized care plans, recommend prescriptions, and provide assist and details about menopause administration basically. It’s each an academic and empowering expertise for girls getting into a brand new chapter of their our bodies. “When you understand what’s occurring along with your physique, you know the way to higher advocate for your self,” Nash says.
“Generally it isn’t a lot about informing. It’s about sisterhood and being in a shared house and having group round one thing that all of us undergo.” —Niecy Nash, actress and producer
The sisterhood of menopause
The stigma round menopause implies that many individuals endure by way of it silently. Nash says she’s breaking these requirements by speaking about it brazenly with associates, household, and particularly her daughters. And there’s no place off-limits to have these conversations.
“I used to be simply on a pink carpet with two different celebrities and all of us began having scorching flashes on the identical time,” she remembers. Fairly than struggling by way of it alone, the three girls struck up a dialog about it, proper there on the carpet.
This sense of group is necessary, Nash says, and it is also her favourite half about Versalie, which provides sources to study menopause but in addition validation for those that they are not alone of their expertise.
“Generally it isn’t a lot about informing. It’s about sisterhood and being in a shared house…having group round one thing that all of us undergo,” Nash says.
Niecy Nash isn’t afraid to speak concerning the highs and lows of menopause. She’ll shout it from the rooftops (or the pink carpet), that menopause is nothing to be ashamed about or preserve secret.
“I’m my sister’s keeper,” she says. “I’m not egocentric with data. I don’t wish to hoard it. I wish to get it to the plenty so we will all be nicely.”
