We can and must do more to support women during menopause

By Justine Elliott 2022-10-18T08:46:00

Justine Elliott, National Sales Director, Lovell

On Menopause Awareness Day, Justine Elliott of Lovell discusses its impact on women’s careers and what is needed across all industries to better support them at this time

I have been a group sales director for a long time and I am as comfortable in this role as I am being a mum and a wife. But last year I found my tipping point, which seemed to creep up on me from almost nowhere.

I was driving home from a regional meeting in the north of England. The meeting had been long, and mostly positive, but I had this really strange sensation of feeling overwhelmed and my heart began racing. It was an isolated incident, but that same feeling came back several days later. And then it became an almost daily event.

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