The Emergence Menopause Symposium: A New Midlife Conversation.
October 30, 2026 · 11AM–4PM The Soft Space by Mama Glow · Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Menopause is not the end of the story, it’s an emergence.
There is a new conversation happening around menopause—and you’re invited to be part of it.
The inaugural EMERGENCE Menopause Symposium by Mama Glow, is a bold new gathering bringing together culture-shapers, health experts, entrepreneurs, innovators, advocates, and thought leaders to explore what it means to thrive in midlife. Because menopause is more than hormones.
It’s health.It’s identity.It’s sexuality and pleasure.It’s beauty.It’s ambition. It’s relationships. It’s longevity. It’s the freedom to become more fully yourself.
EMERGENCE creates space for all of it.
A NEW KIND OF MENOPAUSE CONVERSATION
For too long, menopause has been defined by silence, stigma, and a narrow conversation about symptoms.
At Mama Glow, we're expanding the frame. Join us for an afternoon of honest conversation, expert insight, discovery, connection, and possibility—designed to help you ask better questions, discover new solutions, and imagine this next chapter on your own terms.
At EMERGENCE, we’ll explore the physical, emotional, sexual, professional, and cultural dimensions of midlife, bringing together the people shaping the future of how we understand and experience this transformative life stage.
Come curious. Leave connected, informed, and inspired.
YOUR INVITATION TO EMERGE
This is for the woman who wants more information—and more possibility.
For the woman navigating perimenopause, menopause, or life after menopause.
For the woman asking new questions about her body, her health, her relationships, her work, her sexuality, her identity, and what she wants next. For anyone who believes midlife deserves to be understood, supported, celebrated, and reimagined. This is not about going back to who you were.
It’s about discovering who you’re becoming.
THE EMERGENCE EXPERIENCE
On October 29, join us for an intimate Cocktail Reception presented in partnership with Perelel. On October 30, EMERGENCE takes center stage at The Soft Space by Mama Glow in Williamsburg for a half day experience, from 11am-4pm. One afternoon. Big questions. Real conversations. New discoveries.
EMERGENCE: The Inaugural Menopause Symposium by Mama Glow
October 30 | 11am-4pm | The Soft Space by Mama Glow
11:00-11:20 AM | Guest Arrival, Light Bites & Refreshments
Check-in, mingling, product discovery, light hospitality
Matcha Cart from Melu’s Cafe
11:20-11:30 AM | Welcome & Opening Remarks
Featuring Latham Thomas
Framing EMERGENCE and the broader landscape of menopause and midlife health
11:30 AM-12:00 PM | Keynote Speech & Fireside Chat
Featuring Dr. Maria Uloko
A strong clinical and cultural opening to establish why menopause care needs to expand beyond symptom management.
12:05-12:40 PM | PANEL
The Pleasure Principle: Reclaiming Desire, Intimacy & Rewriting the Rules of Sex in Midlife
Presented by Lovehoney Group
Moderator: Alyssa Shelasky
Panelists:
Justin Lehmiller
Dr. Kiarra King
Brittany Brathwaite
12:45-1:20 PM | PANEL
The Metabolic Shift: Rethinking Nutrition, Energy & Whole-Body Health in Midlife
Moderator: Latham Thomas
Panelists
Maya Feller
Dr. Kameelah Philipps
Dr. Robin Berzin
1:20-1:30 PM | The In-Between: A Ritual of Becoming, with KateMcLeod
A guided sensory ritual inviting guests to reconnect with their bodies through intentional touch, breath, and mindful presence, creating a restorative moment of reflection as they move through the day's programming.
1:30-2:00 PM | Break & Product Discovery
2:00-2:35 PM | PANEL
Unfinished Business: Rewriting the Rules of Work, Care & Ambition in Midlife
Moderator: Anjali Kumar
Panelists
Ann Shoket
Reshma Saujani
Kacy Fleming
2:40-3:15 PM | PANEL
The Hormone Reckoning: HRT, Evidence & the Future of Menopause Care
Moderator: Jamia Wilson
Panelists
Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens
Dr. Tiffany Lester
Anne Fulenwider
3:20-3:55 PM | PANEL
EMERGENCE | The Art of Emergence: Embracing Identity, Confidence & the Midlife Rebirth
Moderator: Tina Cartwright
Panelists:
Stacy London
Sade Muhammad
Genevieve Roth
3:55-4:00 PM | Closing Remarks
Featuring Latham Thomas
4:00-5:00 PM | Closing Cocktail Reception & Community Time
MEET THE BRANDS SHAPING THE EXPERIENCE
EMERGENCE is proud to partner with leading brands and innovators creating new possibilities for midlife wellness, beauty, health, sexuality, and self-care.
Perelel · Medicine Mama · Lovehoney · Maude · Dame · Momotaro Apotheca · Arrae · Oak Essentials · Little Words Project · Kate McLeod · Prima · Womaness · Reprise Health · Biologica
WHY EMERGENCE, WHY NOW?
Menopause is finally entering a larger intersectional and cultural conversation.
But there is still so much to learn, question, discover, and change. EMERGENCE brings the conversation into one room—connecting health and culture, science and lived experience, pleasure and wellness, entrepreneurship and identity. Because midlife is not a footnote. It is a new frontier.
JOIN US REGISTER
EMERGENCE Menopause Symposium
October 30, 2026 11:00 AM–4:00 PM
The Soft Space by Mama Glow
208 N. 8th Street Brooklyn, NY 11211
Come for the conversation. Stay for the connection. Leave ready for what’s next.