I Wasn't Feeling Down. I Just Wasn't Feeling Right!

Menopause Whist Black Season SEVEN Episode ONE! We're BACK!

Our guest for Episode ONE of the NEW Season Seven is Rebecca Orleans. Rebecca is a neurodivergent multi disciplinary administrator and photographic artist of Ghanian and Nigerian heritage. She has had some of her photography published in a photobook called ‘The Traveling world is not arriving’ by @ReFramed.uk based in the midlands UK, exhibited at Format festival online and been part of an award winning exhibition called Living the dream in London with 50 other Black female photographers. Rebecca also has other creative passions in knitting, crochet, and sewing. She is incorporating stitching into her photography centering her menopause journey through self-portraits and has written blog posts called ‘The open journal of a Perimenopausal woman’. 

We talk about:

> Rebeccas struggle with Endometriosis and Adenomyosis

> Losing and rediscovering her creative passion.

> Dietary changes that helped her.

> The Joy Retreat Barbados - why she can't stop talking about it.

> How has chosen to look for joy in her life

...and so much more.

Notes:

Pamela Windle Womens Health Coach

Calm app

Jasmine Evelyn @mindfulmovement246

Sharon Walters 'Seeing Ourselves'.

Rebecca’s Blog: https://rebeccaorleans.wordpress.com/

https://rebeccaorleans.myportfolio.com/poppybead-by-rebecca-orleans

@rebeccamorleans instagram 

 

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Karen Arthur is a broadcaster, artist, author and menopause activist.  She is host of bi-weekly weekend radio show on Golddust radio 'Can We Talk'.

Karen  hosts The Joy Retreat Barbados, the worlds first retreat for Black women in any stage of menopause. Bookings for April/May 2025 open shortly. Email thekarenarthur@mail.com 

Karens first childrens book, 'Grandmas Locs', illustrated by Camilla Ru, on celebrating natural Black hair through the relationship between a grandmother and her grandson, will be published by Tate publishing on 24th October 2024. Preorders open.

*we recognise that inclusive language is important in ensuring that ALL who experience menopause are seen and heard. The term women is used whilst mindful of this.