The Second Bloom
La ménopause a transformé bien plus que mon corps.
Elle a changé le cours de ma vie.
Pendant plus de vingt ans, j’ai évolué dans les domaines de la communication, du leadership, de l’inclusion et de l’impact social, au sein d’organisations publiques comme privées.
Mon parcours m’a menée à travers différents pays, cultures et communautés, en accompagnant les organisations dans leurs transformations, en renforçant des pratiques plus inclusives et en créant des environnements où chacun pouvait s’épanouir.
AVANT THE SECOND BLOOM
The Struggle -
three shifts that collide
Senior women leaders in midlife are navigating three shifts at once, largely unspoken: biological, psychological, and structural:
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BIOLOGICAL- hormonal changes affecting sleep, cognition, and the nervous system's stress response.
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PSYCHOLOGICAL - a pull toward meaning and legacy, not just achievement.
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STRUCTURAL - the demanding job itself, often carrying family and caregiving alongside it, often alone.
This workshop series names these shifts and gives women in leadership a space to discover, share, and learn together — led by a psychotherapeutic counsellor and a menopause expert who understand the pressures of female leadership from the inside.
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Organisations that address menopause at leadership level see measurable gains in retention and decision quality.
Left unaddressed, menopause-related productivity loss costs an estimated $150 billion annually (Bloomberg/AARP-Astellas Ellenomics), and in Switzerland the gender pension gap reaches 37% (~CHF 20,000/year, OFS) — much of it tied to reduced working hours during midlife.
Leading Through the Load gives senior women shared language for what's happening, concrete tools to protect decision-making and retirement security, and organisations a way to keep their most experienced leaders.
The Future -What Changes
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Accompagner les femmes et les organisations pendant la ménopause grâce à du coaching, de l'art-thérapie et des conseils en matière de bien-être au travail, fondés sur la compassion, le bien-être émotionnel et des liens humains significatifs.
Accompagner les femmes et les organisations pendant la ménopause grâce à du coaching, de l'art-thérapie et des conseils en matière de bien-être au travail, fondés sur la compassion, le bien-être émotionnel et des liens humains significatifs.
AVANT LA SECONDE FLORAISON
Who's Behind This
Sandrine Desmares
Founder of Second Bloom,
Menopause Coach, Geneva
I support women through perimenopause and menopause, and help organisations understand what these transitions really mean for their people. Over 20+ years I worked across pharma, luxury, sports, finance, banking, insurance, and creative agencies — including Haleon, GSK, Richemont, Lloyd's of London, Novartis, and Merck — and saw the same pattern everywhere: midlife transitions misunderstood, barely discussed, quietly costing women their careers and companies their best talent.
Along the way: humanitarian work with NGOs, training in art therapy, a menopause certification, and a menopause-at-work webinar designed and delivered for the ILO, rolled out across 25 local offices with a focus on SMEs. Trained #IamRemarkable facilitator, part of a global coalition aligned with UNFPA standards, and building a network of medical and paramedical partners so this work stays complementary to medical care, never a substitute for it.
Fleur Jaworski-Richards
ICF-certified Executive Coach, Registered Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, Geneva
25 years in senior creative and UX leadership across Geneva's digital agencies and consultancies, including as a senior manager at Accenture.
MSc in Transactional Analysis (TA) Psychotherapy — the model most widely used in organisational and coaching contexts for understanding how people behave under pressure and how they change.
Relational and trauma-informed approach, working with the nervous system as well as the mind.
We've Worked With
Sources:
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Catalyst (2024). Women Call for More Menopause Support in the Workplace — enquête mondiale auprès de ~2 900 salarié·es dans 8 pays.
https://www.catalyst.org/about/newsroom/2024/menopause-workplace-support-global -
MenoSupport Suisse (2025). Enquête nationale sur la ménopause au travail — HWR Berlin, Inselspital Bern & The Women Circle, N=2 259.
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Office fédéral des assurances sociales (OFAS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS). Écart de rentes de vieillesse entre hommes et femmes en Suisse (Gender Pension Gap).
https://www.parlament.ch/centers/documents/fr/Rapport%20OFAS%20Ecart%20de%20rentes%20de%20vieillesse%20entre%20hommes%20et%20femmes%20en%20Suisse%20-%20Gender%20Pension%20Gap.pdf -
AARP / Astellas, Ellenomics. Menopause in the Workplace Has an Economic Impact — estimation mondiale de perte de productivité, citée via Bloomberg.
https://www.aarp.org/pri/topics/work-finances-retirement/employers-workforce/menopause-workplace/
Affiliations & références
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EMAS — European Menopause and Andropause Society - https://emas-online.org/
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CIPD — Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development - https://www.cipd.org/
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Menopause Mandate - https://menopausemandate.com/
Workshop Packages
Available in three formats, from a single half-day session to a full trimester-based programme
Half-Day Reset
For organisations that want
to start the conversation.
Naming the load.
Giving a senior-women cohort shared language for what's actually happening, and a first, real space to say it out loud together. An entry point into wider conversations.
Single half-day
up to 20 participants,
in-person.
Weekly Global
For distributed teams
who need this
to reach everyone.
Consistency over intensity.
A recurring hour, once a week for a month, gradually deepening understanding of self, situation, and others, as we work topic by topic. Light enough to sustain across a whole organisation, wherever people are.
1h weekly online sessions
Series of 4 in one month
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Full Programme
For organisations ready
to change the culture,
not just mark a day.
Retention, made visible.
The deepest format: a half-day, once a month, with the same cohort, building across four topics. This is where the pattern really shifts, and it's the format that speaks directly to what retention costs when this goes unaddressed.
4 half days, 1 per trimester
Up to 20 participants,
in-person
Accompagnement & Confiance
COACHING EN MÉNOPAUSE • RENFORCEMENT DE LA CONFIANCE EN SOI
Traversez les changements de priorités, les évolutions identitaires et les nouvelles perspectives avec plus de clarté, de confiance en vous et de sérénité.
Accompagnement en entreprise
BIEN-ÊTRE AU TRAVAIL • DIVERSITÉ & INCLUSION
Accompagner les organisations dans la création d’environnements de travail attentifs aux réalités de la ménopause, où chacun se sent écouté, compris et soutenu.
Accompagnement & Confiance
COACHING EN MÉNOPAUSE • RENFORCEMENT DE LA CONFIANCE EN SOI
Traversez les changements de priorités, les évolutions identitaires et les nouvelles perspectives avec plus de clarté, de confiance en vous et de sérénité.
Accompagnement & Confiance
COACHING EN MÉNOPAUSE • RENFORCEMENT DE LA CONFIANCE EN SOI
Traversez les changements de priorités, les évolutions identitaires et les nouvelles perspectives avec plus de clarté, de confiance en vous et de sérénité.