KEYNOTE • WORKSHOPS • ADVISORY
Where Women Thrive, Organizations Flourish.
Dr. Catherine Hansen — keynote speaker, OB/GYN, and passionate advocate for midlife women — brings the science and the strategy that helps both individuals and organizations reach their full potential.
Awareness, Agency, and Action™ equips leaders and the women they champion to lead with vitality, purpose, and lasting impact.
Board-certified OB/GYN • Certified Menopause Practitioner • Johns Hopkins-Trained • 25+ years clinical practice
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01 THE PROBLEM
Midlife is not a problem to manage.
It's a power most organizations haven't learned to use — and the women holding it are walking out the door.
Women in midlife lead teams, carry institutional knowledge, and sit at the peak of their professional power. They are — statistically, clinically, undeniably — among the most valuable people in any organization.
And yet the average workplace treats menopause like an inconvenience. Burnout like a personal failing. Midlife transitions like something to quietly endure rather than strategically support.
The cost is real: lost productivity, fractured leadership pipelines, and talented women disengaging at the exact moment they have the most to contribute.
$26.6B
An estimated 26.6 billion USD per year in the U.S. is attributable to menopause symptoms in combined medical costs and lost work time, including 1.8 billion USD in lost work time alone (Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2023).
4 in 10
Around four in ten women experiencing high levels of pain or symptoms related to menstruation, menopause, or fertility challenges work through them without taking time off, up sharply from the year before (Deloitte Women @ Work, 2024).
48 yrs
At the current rate, it will take nearly 50 years to reach gender parity for women in senior leadership in corporate America (McKinsey Women in the Workplace, 2024).
At the same time, unmanaged menopause symptoms are linked to billions in economic losses, reduced work participation, and lower earnings, suggesting they may intensify the mid-career leaky pipeline for women (Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2023; Menopause Foundation of Canada 2023; Stanford/SIEPR 2025)
This is not inevitable. It is addressable. And the organizations that get ahead of it will have a decisive advantage.
Dr. Catherine Hansen equips both the women and the organizations ready to do something about it.
02 THE STORY
What she heard in the room changed everything.
As a board-certified OB/GYN, certified menopause practitioner, and Johns Hopkins-trained physician, Dr. Catherine Hansen built her career at the intersection of women's health and human potential. Across two countries and decades of clinical and academic practice, she witnessed something the research confirmed but workplaces ignored: midlife women are not slowing down. They are stepping into the fullness of who they are — and they need the right support to do it.
That insight drove her from the clinic to the keynote stage, and to founding the Empowered Women's Circle — a global community advancing women's health, leadership, and connection across every life stage — and ultimately to her role as Chief Medical Officer at Effica Health, where she continues to bring the full weight of her expertise, experience, and insight to every stage she steps onto.
A RARE PERSPECTIVE
As the wife of Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen — part of the Artemis II crew that made history as the first crewed mission to orbit the moon in over 50 years — Catherine understands what it means to navigate the extraordinary alongside the everyday. To hold immense pressure and profound purpose simultaneously. To show up fully for your mission, your family, and yourself when the stakes are as high as they get.
It is not a metaphor she borrows. It is a life she lives.
On stage, she translates all of it — the science, the clinical experience, the personal stories — into something audiences can immediately use. Women feel seen. Leaders gain tools. Organizations shift.
03 THE FRAMEWORK
Awareness,
Agency, and Action.
Thriving at every life stage is not a matter of luck or circumstance. It is a practice — one Catherine has spent decades refining, teaching, and living.
Catherine's keynotes and workshops are grounded in her proprietary framework — a whole-person approach that integrates the science of women's health with the practice of authentic, embodied leadership. Each engagement is shaped around the specific needs of your organization, your audience, and the moment you are navigating together.
01
AWARENESS
Real Change Begins with Understanding.
Catherine gives leaders and teams the medical knowledge, cultural context, and human empathy to recognize what midlife women are experiencing — and why it matters to every person in the room, regardless of age or gender.
02
AGENCY
Awareness without agency is just information.
Catherine's work equips women with the tools to make aligned choices — for their health, their careers, and their relationships — while giving organizations the strategies to build cultures where those choices are genuinely supported.
03
ACTION
This is where transformation becomes tangible.
Women leave with personalized practices that sustain energy, confidence, and contribution. Organizations leave with concrete strategies to improve retention, productivity, and the wellbeing of their entire workforce.
04 FROM THE ROOM
Women feel seen.
Leaders gain tools.
Organizations shift.
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