In Part 2, Anna Butterworth completes the five menopause archetypes with the Post-Menopausal Visionary and the Uninformed Endurer, then explores climate impacts on hormonal health, the VC funding problem in women’s health, and the curveball questions.
Key Topics:
• The Post-Menopausal Visionary: ageing as purpose, not decline
• The evolutionary argument: why humans and whales go through menopause
• Skin and vaginal dryness, muscle loss, osteoporosis in post-menopause
• Anti-ageing culture vs. embodying age
• Home health suites and at-home biomarker diagnostics
• The Uninformed Endurer: the forgotten consumer
• Low-barrier, affordable, stigma-free menopause solutions
• Why generic, scalable tools matter as much as personalised ones
• Upskilling primary care teams to identify menopause symptoms
• Environmental factors: PFAS, toxins, climate change and menstrual irregularity
• Why a one-degree temperature rise disproportionately affects women
• VC funding models and why they’re stunting women’s health innovation
• The Phase app and cycle-based productivity
• diana hagen Book recommendations: Invisible Women and Unwell Women
• Anna’s unusual habit: a lifelong fascination with Mormon culture
• Investing in your team earthquake now as the highest-return decision
References & Resources Mentioned:
• pk subban The Future of Menopause 2035 – Ultraviolet Agency report -
• Phase app (phaseapp.io) – cycle-based productivity tool
• Biohacking Eve earlier episode with Maggie McDaris, founder of Phase -
• Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
• Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn
• Iris Apfel – referenced as cultural example of ageing visionary
• Pamela Anderson – referenced as example of natural ageing in public life
Guest Links:
• Ultraviolet Agency –
• Anna Butterworth LinkedIn –
