‘Small Achievable Goals’ embraces fact of life creators say is not talked about enough
“You hear about hot flashes, but then you actually experience it and you’re like, oh, my body is on fire,” said the 54-year-old actor, who started experiencing symptoms during the pandemic.
“Everything I learned about menopause was so relentlessly negative and depressing and there was such a lack of research, lack of medical training on it.” “We fought hard to put period blood in the show,” said MacNeill, who, like her character, has been experiencing perimenopause in real life. A University of British Columbia study conducted last year surveyed more than 1,500 women in the province and found that one-third reported menopause symptoms impacting their jobs.
“With anxiety, you tend to attach it to self-worth or your job or a relationship. The gift of menopause is you can say, ‘I can’t attach it to anything.’ It’s just a feeling that you’re having in your body.”
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