Menopause support, sisterhood, and education

A soft place to pause, learn, and feel like yourself again.

It's a Pause...Not a Period is a welcoming community for women navigating perimenopause, menopause, and the life changes around it with grace, honesty, and care.

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Our mission

We make menopause less isolating and more understood.

Through community gatherings, expert-led education, practical resources, and compassionate conversation, we help women move through this chapter with confidence, language, and support.

Support offerings

Care that meets real life.

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Community circles

Small, welcoming gatherings where women can share honestly, listen deeply, and feel less alone.

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Expert education

Approachable learning on symptoms, wellness, advocacy, relationships, and emotional shifts.

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Resource guidance

Practical tools, checklists, prompts, and curated support for everyday menopause questions.

Community initiatives

Support that reaches beyond the meeting.

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Community Outreach

Bringing menopause education, encouragement, and conversation into churches, wellness spaces, and local community gatherings.

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Support Group Meetings

Creating safe, nonjudgmental rooms where women can connect, share experiences, ask questions, and feel supported.

Upcoming events

Gather, learn, breathe.

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It’s a Pause...Not a Period: Menopause Support Group flyer

It’s a Pause...Not a Period: Menopause Support Group

10:00 AM

Philadelphia Ministries, 3181 Destrehan Ave, Harvey, LA 70058

A safe space for women navigating menopause to connect, share, learn, and grow together.

Support Group Meeting with Vigorous Body Wellness Lounge flyer

Support Group Meeting with Vigorous Body Wellness Lounge

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Vigorous Body Wellness Lounge, 4729 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA

An evening of wellness, honest conversation, self-care, and community connection for women navigating menopause, perimenopause, and hormonal changes. Event admission is $25 and includes wellness discussion, refreshments, and community experience.

Tiffany Galmore, founder of It's a Pause...Not a Period

Founder

Tiffany Galmore

Tiffany Galmore is the founder of It's a Pause...Not a Period, a women's wellness and menopause support organization created to provide education, encouragement, and community for women navigating perimenopause and menopause.

With a background in healthcare and a passion for helping others, Tiffany created IPNP out of a growing need for safe, supportive, and nonjudgmental spaces where women can openly discuss the physical, emotional, and mental changes that come with this stage of life.

Through community outreach, support meetings, wellness events, and honest conversations, Tiffany's mission is to empower women with knowledge, connection, and compassion while helping remove the stigma surrounding menopause and midlife wellness.

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