When Women Get Sick

When Women Get Sick

From The Uplifters by Aransas Savas

May 21, 2026 · 48 min

About this episode

This episode discusses the financial impacts of menopause on women's careers and retirement savings with Dr. Kim Derezil.

Did you know the average professional woman loses 20 to 25% of her annual income to menopause? Not from medical bills alone, but from invisible career costs and compounding retirement losses that most women never see coming. If you're a woman over 40 navigating perimenopause, midlife career decisions, or a second act reinvention, this conversation will change how you think about menopause, money, and your future. Dr. Kim Derezil is a double board-certified physician and certified wealth manager, and the only practitioner in the country combining medical expertise with financial planning specifically for women in menopause. In this episode, you'll learn how menopause affects your career decisions, retirement savings, and long-term financial health, and what to do about it right now, whether you're 25 or 65. Dr. Derezil began her career treating women through the menopause transition and watching them describe, visit after visit, how their symptoms were affecting their work and their money decisions. It wasn't until she went through the transition herself and turned down a contract that cost her $121,000 in retirement savings that she understood what her patients had been telling…

People in this episode

Host: Aransas Savas

Guest: Dr. Kim Derezil

Topics covered

  • menopause
  • financial health
  • career decisions
  • women's health
  • midlife transitions

Keywords

  • menopause
  • financial planning
  • career impact
  • women over 40
  • retirement savings

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Menopause Tax

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