Menopause, Money & the Next 30 Years: The Two Kinds of Capital Women Need to Create Freedom

The Physiology of Ambition · Oct 21, 2026 · 48m

What if the woman you’re planning for isn’t the woman you’ll become?

When I was in my late twenties, I was involved in Middle Eastern dance. I loved the performances, the costume making, the rehearsals with friends, and the community around it. When I became pregnant, I set it aside temporarily. I had a half-finished costume and every intention of returning.

I never did, at least not in the way I had imagined. My priorities changed, my life took a different shape, and the future I’d pictured for myself changed with it.

I’ve thought about that unfinished costume many times when considering how…