Sylk Talks Menopause with Meg Mathews

“I just wanted to give information that wasn’t there for me.”

Sylk Talks Menopause on 23rd January 2018 saw our first Sylk Talks event in central London.

And what a night! Hosted by Red columnist and menopause entrepreneur Meg Mathews, we welcomed 60 women from all walks of life to the House of St Barnabus in the heart of Soho for an evening devoted to all things menopause.

Vaginal dryness, loss of libido, anxiety and night sweats

Meg has been such a great advocate for menopause, and it was a privilege to hear her story first hand. Her story is sadly typical of lots of women in midlife. Suffering from 32 out of the 34 symptoms of the menopause including vaginal dryness, loss of libido, anxiety and night sweats, Meg was left feeling bewildered, isolated and alone.

But on discovering that her symptoms were down to the menopause after taking matters into her own hands and doing her own research, she was able to get her life back on track again. Her new open-source website www.megsmenopause.com has been designed to help women who are going through something similar. It’s a great resource, and we strongly recommend you take a look.

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The scrummy mummies sang us to tears

Meg’s opener was followed by the incomparable Scummy Mummies. There were quite a few ‘Tena Moments’, not least for their hilarious new song ‘Dry Vagina’ to the tune of ‘Eye of the Tiger’! When later asked a question on how to talk to young women about what’s to come, their answer was quite simply to be funny.

Their funny, extremely honest and hugely relatable approach to the menopause, from saggy boobs to vaginal dryness, night sweats to low libido had everyone in stitches, and we were reminded how important laughter is in dealing with this often trying time. What better way to feel a bit better than have a good laugh with a group of girls?

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A great event for women suffering in silence

We heard questions from so many of our guests who had been going through some really terrible experiences, and it really felt as though they desperately needed to be heard. Women are ready to tell their stories, and this Sylk Talks Menopause event offered a wonderful platform for women to tell them.

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