1.0Faculty of Arts & Social Scienceshttps://carleton.ca/fassAlyssa Tremblayhttps://carleton.ca/fass/author/alyssatremblay/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="W9EmEzJCmI"><a href="https://carleton.ca/fass/story/talking-about-menopause/">Talking About Menopause</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://carleton.ca/fass/story/talking-about-menopause/embed/#?secret=W9EmEzJCmI" width="600" height="338" title="“Talking About Menopause” — Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences" data-secret="W9EmEzJCmI" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://carleton.ca/fass/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://carleton.ca/fass/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2026/06/AB-and-JM-1-Web-Size-scaled.jpg25601707Looking back, Dr. Anne Bowker can now identify dozens of symptoms she experienced without ever realizing they were part of menopause. Insomnia, brain fog, emotional shifts that seemed to arrive without explanation. Like so many other women, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Carleton University largely navigated the experience privately, […]