{"product_id":"duty-to-pause","title":"Duty to Pause - The Cost of Not Understanding Menopause","description":"\u003cp style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens when the people responsible for protecting families fail to understand the person holding that family together?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"\u003eShe opened her home and her heart to three siblings who needed safety, stability and love. Being a foster carer was never simply a job. It was a commitment to children whose lives had already been shaped by adversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"\u003eThen came menopause.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"\u003eBrain fog, exhaustion, disrupted sleep, emotional changes and a growing sense of losing herself began to affect everyday life. But rather than recognising the possibility of menopause-related difficulties, professionals responsible for supporting her and the children began interpreting her struggles through a very different lens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"\u003eQuestions became concerns. Concerns became judgements. And judgements had consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuty to Pause: The Cost of Not Understanding Menopause\u003c\/strong\u003e is an illustrated memoir that moves between warmth, humour, love and profound injustice. It tells the story of a woman trying desperately to hold her family together while navigating menopause, professional scrutiny and a system that did not always stop to ask what was really happening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"\u003eThrough deeply personal experiences, this book explores:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe often invisible and misunderstood effects of menopause.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pressures and emotional demands of foster caring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow assumptions can become accepted interpretations without sufficient understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe impact of professional decisions on carers, children and family relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy compassion, curiosity and menopause-informed practice matter in every profession carrying a duty of care.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"\u003eThis is not a medical textbook or a conventional menopause self-help guide. It is a lived experience, told through words and illustrations, that asks readers to reconsider how easily someone can be misunderstood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"\u003eFor women who have felt dismissed, carers who have struggled to be heard, and professionals whose decisions affect other people's lives, this book offers a powerful invitation to think differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore making a judgement, pause. Before reaching a conclusion, ask. Before changing someone's life, understand.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"\u003eBecause sometimes the greatest harm begins not with what we know, but with what we fail to understand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duty to Pause","offers":[{"title":"Case Bound - PPC","offer_id":68278923460912,"sku":"9798166562685","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/duty-to-pause","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}