Wednesdays, March 4th -25th • 6PM-7:15PM

Join Dr. Erin Kunkel, MD for a much needed cultural moment around perimenopause and menopause. After a 2002 study effectively halted all prescribing of hormone therapy, women have been suffering unnecessarily and largely in silence, their menopausal concerns being minimized or ignored entirely. We are now finally rising up out of the rubble of this decades long embargo on menopause medicine and hormone therapy, but the information out there is boundless and confusing to say the least. 

Frenetic, urgent, and at times catastrophic declarations about your health in midlife abound on social media, and it's hard to know where to turn.  

Each week, take a deeper dive into four areas of this transitional phase:

Week 1 (March 4th) -- Menopause + Myth-busting

Week 2 (March 11th) -- Mood and Cognition

Week 3 (March 18th) -- Hormones and Weight

Week 4 (March 25th) -- Sexual and Pelvic health

Dates: March 4th-March 25th

Format: Weekly in-person small group sessions + recording

What to Expect:

• Learn about each of the four topics above in more detail as they relate to perimenopause and menopause.

• Ask your questions and get your answers from an MD who specializes in gynecology and working with women* in menopause.

• Receive several resources each week with information to support yourself during this transitional time.

• Get exclusive access to the recording each week to watch before the next session in case you missed any key notes or come up with more questions.

• Leave feeling better informed about what peri-menopause, menopause, and post-menopause actually are and how you can best support yourself before, during, and after this transition. 

Who it's for*: Any person with a female reproductive system who will be going through menopause, is in perimenopause, or is already postmenopausal. 

📅 Class Details

Dates: Wednesdays March 4th - 25th

🕙 Time: 6:00PM – 7:15 PM 

📍 Location: JG Fitness Annex 

7704 Post Road, North Kingstown

Directly next to Chief Mower's & Uhaul

💰 Cost: $150 for the full 4-week series

Registration closes Monday March 1st

Dr. Erin Kunkel is a general gynecologist and a menopause and obesity medicine specialist practicing at Direct Doctors in East Greenwich, RI. She grew up in the DC metro area in Maryland. She received a BA in Theater from Middlebury College. She subsequently completed her premedical postbaccalaureate training at Columbia University, received her medical degree from Brown University, and completed a residency in OBGYN at Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. 

Dr. Erin returned to RI after residency and spent 7.5 years practicing as a board-certified general OBGYN. Throughout her time in that practice, she fell in love with working with women in midlife, supporting them through the unique challenges posed by the late reproductive years, perimenopause, and through to postmenopause. It became abundantly clear that women needed a more comprehensive and holistic approach to their health during these years, as not only do our bodies change, but our minds and our emotional landscapes shift in response to the unique demands of midlife. 

To better support these women, she completed a professional training certification in Women’s Integrative and Functional Medicine, became a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner (MSCP), and attained board certification in Obesity Medicine (DABOM). Her areas of expertise include general gynecology, PCOS, abnormal uterine bleeding, perimenopause and menopause, and weight management. 

When not working, she can be found exploring new parks and hikes with her husband and daughter, browsing plant nurseries with aspirational garden visions in mind, cooking, or just drinking coffee with a good book or a good friend.