Gayle O'Brien Kennedy

Freelance Writer

Gayle has years of experience as a writer and storyteller. She has a BA in English and Creative Writing and an MA in Creative Writing. She lives in the UK. When it comes to menopause, she says: "When I was in my twenties I had a mentor in her fifties. We were standing at a deli counter talking and she suddenly went very quiet. She then said, “Sorry, I was just having a hot flash. They make me so dizzy that I just have to stop whatever I’m doing and let it pass.” I remember thinking at the time that menopause was like other pain and inconveniences women experience, to be endured quietly."