Amy Alkon Menopause and Cognitive Performance: Protecting Your Professional Edge Through Science

Menopause and cognitive performance for professional women: when brain fog, fatigue, and memory loss threaten your career edge, the problem is medical science, not you. 

Amy Alkon is an award-winning investigative science writer and author of Going Menopostal. She exposes the gap between what medical research knows about menopausal care and what most doctors actually provide, leaving accomplished women to mistake a solvable physiological issue for burnout or professional decline. 

Amy explains why self-advocacy matters when the medical system fails to connect menopause with cognitive symptoms, and what the science actually supports for protecting your mind during this transition. 

For experienced professional women whose accumulated expertise depends on cognitive sharpness, this episode reframes menopause from career threat to manageable physiological event. 

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Resources Mentioned

• Amy Alkon's Book: Going Menopostal: What You and Your Doctor Need to Know About the Real Science of Menopause and Perimenopause
• Amy's website: https://www.amyalkon.net/
• Amy Alkon's subscriber list: Get updates from Amy at subscribers@amyalkon.net
• Amy Alkon on LinkedIin: https://www.linedin.com/in/amy-alkon-286691/
  
  Names Mentioned on this podcast
  Scott Alexander, Zoe Harcombe, Mike Eades, Mary Dan Eades, Albert Ellis, Catherine Eban, Richard Dawkins, Maryanne Demasi, Amy Dresner, Epictetus, Freud, Dr. Helen (Helen Smith), Stephen King, Jack London, Carrington McDuffy, Jerilynn Prior, David Buss, Gary Taubs, Nina Teicholz, Rudy Voldman