Navigating Your Career During Menopause
Tuesday 16th September 2025, 12:00pm
Online WebinarIn the last few years there has been a huge cultural shift in conversations about menopause, especially in the workplace.
With these increasing conversations and new knowledge has come greater understanding of how menopause can impact a person’s experience at work. From workplace stigma and unexpected symptoms shaking professional confidence to a lack of practical supports or not knowing how to ask for these when they exist.
While in the past this has led to some people taking career breaks or even quitting, it is possible to successfully navigate your career during menopause, and leverage the strengths that can emerge during this life stage, especially with the right workplace supports.
To talk more about this, we’ve invited expert on menopause in the workplace, Thea O’Connor, to lead an interactive and practical session focused on
- education and foresight into what the transition can involve
- how to prepare psychologically
- practical strategies for managing the symptoms and advocating for yourself at work
- some simple, smart moves that can help protect your career long term
As always, there will be plenty of opportunities to ask Thea your questions and connect with the other wonderful people tuning in! And if you can’t join us live, you can also register below to receive the recording after the session.
*Webinar time is AEST
Important note: This webinar is not intended to be medical advice – we know that many of you are subject matter experts in menopause research and clinical care! Rather, we’ll be discussing menopause in context of your experience in the workplace. Our sponsor is supporting us to bring you this conversation in an accessible way, and has had no input into the speaker choice or webinar content.
16th Sep 2025
From 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Tickets
Registration for this event closes at 23:59 on Sunday 14th September 2025.
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Our Guest Speakers
Thea O’Connor
Thea O’Connor
Thea O’Connor is health and wellbeing expert who has pioneered ground-breaking approaches to health in a range of settings. Throughout her career, Thea has been at the forefront of changing personal and cultural mindsets for the sake of our wellbeing.
- She helped change public health messages about weight management to prevent stigmatisation of larger people, well before diversity and inclusion was ‘a thing’.
- As a Naptivist she works to normalise the power nap in our non-stop culture to protect our personal sustainability.
- Thea broke new ground by bringing awareness about menopause to Australian workplaces five years ago. As Director of Menopause at Work Asia Pacific, she has helped many workplaces across diverse industries become menopause-friendly, and helped hundreds of women navigate their careers, and this life-stage, with confidence.
As a qualified health professional (dietitian), science graduate and winner of Adelaide University’s Prize in Genetics, you can rest assured all her work is evidence-based. Thea is also a TEDx speaker on menopause at work.