Hot flashes aren’t the problem—gaslighting is. Hilary takes aim at the menopause conversation and asks the question no one else is asking: What if this isn’t your downfall, but your awakening? In this episode, she breaks down the cultural scripts, conditioning, and quiet misogyny wrapped in every “crazy menopausal woman” meme, and replaces it with truth, clarity, and power. This is not a hormonal crisis. This is your moment. Episode Highlights: Why blaming hormones keeps women stuck The myth of the “crazy menopausal woman” What really causes women to question their marriage at midlife Why losing your cool isn’t the issue—losing yourself is The gift of finally putting yourself first (and meaning it) Episode Breakdown: [00:00] Challenging the Menopause Narrative [01:05] The Gaslighting of Women's Health [02:10] Menopause and Divorce: What’s Really Going On [05:05] Midlife Awakening vs. Hormonal Blame [07:04] Cultural Conditioning and Losing Ourselves [08:06] Why the “Crazy Menopausal Woman” Trope is So Dangerous [11:11] Menopause Isn’t a Crisis—It’s a Revolution [12:32] Reclaiming Your Power in Midlife 💥 Midlife isn’t the end. It’s the turning point. Ready to stop tolerating and start owning it? Hit play. 💫 Subscribe to Hilary's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@HilarySilver?sub_confirmation=1 🔥 Grab Hilary’s FREE training, This Changes Everything (and other free resources!): https://hilarysilver.com/guides/ 👉 Follow Hilary on Instagram: @hilarysilver 🚀 What’s been your biggest midlife realization? Drop it in the comments!
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So if you haven't already figured this out about me, I can be a little contrarian. This isn't something that I do on purpose, like, ooh, let me be edgy just for the sake of it. I'm not interested in being provocative for shock value. I'm just interested in telling the truth, the kind of truth that most people don't want to talk about.
And quite honestly, the kind of truth that can sometimes make people a little uncomfortable at first. But wildly excited and hopeful once they hear it. I question everything. And today, I am questioning the entire menopause media machine. Right now, menopause is having a moment. Everyone's talking about it. There are new products, new drugs, new experts popping up like daisies.
And of course, now even celebrities are entering the conversation. Here's the thing. Don't get me wrong. I'm glad that women's health is finally being acknowledged. It is way overdue. Think about it. Viagra came to market in 1998 because of course, all hail the penis. And meanwhile, women have been suffering through hormonal shifts and perimenopause and
and chronic conditions with little to no support for decades. The world sees men's pain as urgent and real, while women's pain is brushed off, minimized, dismissed, and ignored because of our hormones or our cycles or our moods. We're emotional, hysterical, dramatic, and overreacting. You've all heard it. How many times have you heard it? You must be PMSing. Is it your time of the month?
You must be hormonal. as a way to dismiss our experiences, our very reality, and rendering our perspectives or experiences invalid. That is just a part of the gaslighting of women that we have been experiencing for generations. We've been left to just deal with symptoms and pain. as if it doesn't matter, as if we don't matter. If you've ever had an IUD put in, you know what I'm talking about.
It is painful. It is literally a medical procedure. And we are having this done with no pain medication. It's assumed we can just tolerate the pain. So I'm glad we are finally talking about menopause and other women's health issues without shame. But I don't like some of what I'm hearing.
Menopause has now become the latest playground for dismissing women's experiences, our voices, and even the patriarchal conditioning that we've been subjected to and is so deeply entrenched that we can often miss it. We don't even notice it. And even women are perpetuating it without realizing it.
So today I'm sharing three of the questionable themes so that you too can begin to detect the subtle BS that contributes to dismissing our experiences. You have to let me know if you agree with these or not. Hi, it's Hillary. Welcome to the Hillary Silver Podcast. Thanks for tuning into the conversation today.
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