....If we do say so ourselves! Literally. For some of us the internal furnace has been lit and it kicks on at any given moment!

Stephanie Bastin-Wells joins me to talk about one of our favorite topics, menopause! Stephanie is a Human Resources leader who discovered while vacationing with girlfriends, just how little American women are talking about this life change and how challenging it is to find resources.

If you were born with a uterus, this WILL happen to you, and it happens right around the time you're at the peak of earning potential and in board rooms. Then come the symptoms that are so wide ranging and while different for everyone, profoundly impactful: brain fog, anxiety, hot flashes, fatigue - just to name a few. No, we haven't lost our mojo but we may be in this stage for 10 years before menopause actually happens. With the next half of our lives in front of us and 20+ years left in the workplace, how do we shift the conversation, adapt in the workplace and create protections for women in this stage of our lives and careers? As Stephanie says so well, "women who are no longer buying tampons are running countries, leading companies and writing award winning novels!"

Stephanie and I talk about just that. Even if you don't have a uterus, you know someone who does, and this conversation also should include YOU!

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Leila Starwich, Director of People Operations at Sprague Pest Solutions, has a background in education with a high ratio of creativity that runs through her veins.

She's also a problem solver which has been an important trait when the candidate pool went shallow and the world as we know it changed. Leila shares commonsense and creative strategies for Human Resources but also challenges us to set aside "what we've always done". 

If you haven't changed it up, you're behind the ball. Take a listen and share your creative ideas with your HR community! 

Brandon Steele is with Mainsail Financial and puts a lot of effort into making financial education accessible and less intimidating. He visits The Checkup to talk with us about everything from tackling your budget, bringing education to employees, how to bridge employee benefits with retirement, his weekly financial updates and inflation. It's never too late to learn!