11/15/2025
Sometimes I look back at the last few months and wonder how I’ve even kept up , and then I remember why I’m doing all of this.
Because midlife is hard.
Because women deserve better.
Because for too long, menopause has been misunderstood, minimized, or ignored.
And that has never been acceptable to me.
These past months have been a whirlwind, but a beautiful one.
I’ve spent countless evenings studying for my international postgraduate certificate in Menopause Medicine, fuelled by coffee, resilience, and the quiet belief that women deserve clinicians who show up fully prepared.
I travelled across Canada, to The Canadian Menopause Society conference , sitting in rooms filled with brilliant minds, and virtually attended The Menopause Society annual conference, taking pages of notes, asking questions, soaking up every piece of evidence I can bring home to my patients.
I’ve brought new technologies into the clinic — Emsella, ExoMind, not because it was easy, but because I believe women deserve access to tools that truly improve quality of life.
And somewhere in the middle of the late nights, the learning, the patients, the mom life…
I stood in a room with 140 women at our first WellPause Experience and felt something shift.
A spark.
A sisterhood.
A community.
A reminder that women are craving connection, education, and a safe place to land.
From that moment, The WellPause Circles were born, a community that I hope will carry women through midlife feeling supported, empowered, and never alone.
It has been a lot.
It has stretched me.
It has filled me in ways I didn’t expect.
And it has reminded me, again and again:
This is my purpose.
This is my heart work.
This is what I am meant to do.
To walk with women through a stage of life that is often overlooked , and help them reclaim their health, identity, and joy.
Thank you to every woman who has trusted me through this journey.
Thank you for your stories, your vulnerability, your strength.
You inspire me more than you know.
Here’s to midlife
Not as an ending,
But as the beginning of your most powerful chapter yet.
Dr. Brooks
