The Shift Nobody Talks About: Menopause & Relationships

Nobody warns you that menopause doesn't just show up in your body, it shows up in your marriage, your friendships, your sex life, and your relationship with yourself.

The mood shifts your partner doesn't understand. The intimacy that's changed. The conversations you keep avoiding because you don't even know how to start them.

Join menopause advocate Karen Cerezo, Dr. Jasmonae Joyriel (licensed clinical psychologist, and Simon Salt (Certified Menopause Coach) for an honest, practical conversation on how menopause reshapes intimacy, communication, and connection and what to actually do about it.

This event is for women, men, and couples. Whether you're the one going through it, the one loving someone who is, or both, this conversation is for you.

You'll walk away with:

• A clearer understanding of why desire, mood, and communication shift during perimenopause and menopause
• Language for talking to your partner about what's changing without a fight
• Tools for rebuilding intimacy and connection, from the bedroom to the boardroom
• Permission to stop apologizing for a transition that isn't your fault

Come solo. Come with your partner. Come with questions you've never said out loud.

📍 The Concord Cafe & Dispensary, 2501 East 5th Street

#Suite 420 Austin, TX 78702

🗓️ August 22, 2026 · 10:00 AM

🎟️ Early Bird: $35 single / $60 couples | After Aug 7: Standard: $40 single / $70 couples

Bring your partner — this conversation is for both of you.

Speaker Bios

Karen Cerezo is a TEDx speaker, nationally board-certified health coach (NBC-HWC), certified personal trainer, and menopause expert. She's the author of Navigating Menopause. Karen helps women understand what's actually happening in midlife and how to move through it with strength instead of shame.

Dr. Jasmonae Joyriel, PsyD is a licensed clinical psychologist, SXSW speaker, and founder of Ignite Anew. With over a decade of experience, she helps individuals and couples reimagine intimacy, desire, and connection. Bringing a calming, grounded presence and an embodied, evidence-based approach, Dr. Joyriel helps people move from avoiding connection to fully embodying it, from the bedroom to the boardroom.

Simon Salt is a writer, speaker, and Certified Menopause Coach whose work explores how menopause shapes relationships, communication, and workplace wellbeing. Through The Quiet Transition, he helps couples and organizations navigate one of life's most overlooked transitions.