Menopause Education & Workplace Consulting
Midlife Works gives employers what they are missing: evidence-based education for employees, practical training for managers, and the HR playbook to support people through perimenopause and menopause — without guesswork, stigma, or clinical overreach.
Evidence-informed
Built on The Menopause Society, NIH and peer-reviewed workplace research — cited, dated and reviewed.
Workforce-first
Designed by a workforce development executive, not adapted from a wellness talk.
Inclusive by design
For every employee and every manager — because support is a team responsibility.
The workforce issue
Perimenopause and menopause usually arrive during the most experienced, highest-responsibility years of a career. Symptoms vary widely — many people have few, some have many — but when they do affect work, silence makes it worse. Education and manager skill are the most practical place for an employer to start.
Read the evidence$1.8B
Estimated annual cost of workdays missed because of menopause symptoms in the United States.
13.4%
Of 4,440 employed women aged 45–60 reported at least one adverse work outcome from symptoms.
7 yrs
Median duration of hot flashes in a multiethnic U.S. cohort — this is not a brief phase.
Avis et al. (SWAN), cited in The Menopause Society consensus, 2024
2 in 5
Women who had considered or found a new job because of symptoms, in a Society for Women's Health Research survey.
Programs
Employee education
For employees
Evidence-based, inclusive education for the whole workforce — what perimenopause and menopause are, how they can affect everyday working life, and how to find credible care and workplace resources.
Manager & leadership training
For managers & leaders
Practical training for supervisors and executives: how to have respectful conversations, protect privacy, avoid assumptions, and use the flexibility your organization already has.
HR & employer consulting
For hr & benefits leaders
Organizational readiness assessment, policy and benefits education, the Midlife Works Playbook, and implementation support that turns a workshop into a lasting workplace practice.
Clinically reviewed curriculum
For health systems & educators
Audience-appropriate menopause health literacy and patient-communication curriculum for nurses, CNAs, medical assistants and allied health teams. Available by proposal.
How we work
A workshop is a start. Our four-step framework is how an organization turns one good session into a workplace that handles midlife health well — and knows it.
01
Understand organizational readiness, existing resources, and what your workforce actually needs to know.
02
Deliver audience-specific learning for employees, managers and HR — evidence-based, inclusive, and built for adults at work.
03
Support resource navigation, manager practice, and action planning so the learning becomes workplace practice.
04
Measure knowledge, confidence, and perceived support — honestly, without overclaiming business impact.
Founder
Educator. Public health professional. Workforce strategist.
Dr. Sorrells founded Midlife Works after a career spent building training pathways and employer partnerships at a national scale. She holds a doctorate in educational leadership and a Master of Public Health in health education, served as university faculty in health education, and has led workforce development initiatives with employers across the country. She is also the co-founder of a separate women's wellness company — experience that keeps her close to the research, and clear about the line between education and medical care.
Midlife Works exists because the most reliable way to improve how a workplace handles menopause is to teach people well — employees, managers and HR alike.
About Midlife WorksStart a conversation
Whether you want a single lunch-and-learn or a year-long partnership, we start the same way: a short discovery call to understand your audiences, timing and goals. You will receive a written proposal within a week.
Start with a 20-minute discovery call. We will talk through your audiences, timing and the right first program — no pressure, no jargon.