Jenea Robinson: Endometriosis, Early Menopause & Learning to Slow Down
Jenea Robinson built a safe space for natural hair in Philly while stage four endometriosis spread through her body.
The founder of Marsh + Mane and VP of communications at Visit Philadelphia tells this story for the first time with Dr. Kimberly McGlonn: fibroids that grew back within eight months, a 2024 hysterectomy that took both of her ovaries when the plan was to save them, and a medical menopause that arrived overnight, just before she turned 39. What's left after that kind of fire is a lot of mourning, and Jenea is learning to tend what remains with stillness, slower days, and care for…
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