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Lauren Chiren
Founder & CEO, Women of a Certain Stage · Global Menopause Strategist · BSI/ISO Committee Member · Policy Advisor · International Keynote Speaker
“In 2013, I was sitting at the top of a financial services career — and falling apart. Brain fog. Memory failure. I was convinced I had early-onset dementia. Two years later, I discovered it was premature menopause. That misdiagnosis didn’t just change my life. It created this one.”
— Lauren ChirenLauren Chiren founded Women of a Certain Stage in 2014 after a personal experience of premature menopause that was initially misdiagnosed and left her without support in a high-performance professional environment. What began as a search for answers became a global mission.
Since 2014, she has educated over 350,000 people, certified 1,470+ practitioners in 36 countries, and advised more than 400 of the world’s most respected organisations. She served on the BSI/ISO committee that produced the world’s first formal Standard for menstruation and menopause at work, has given evidence to the UK Parliament, and was awarded the Freedom of the City of London. She is not a commentator on this field. She is the architect of its professional infrastructure.