says the next step is to acknowledge the needs of menopausal women, and to start that next step joanna schuberts. joanna, welcome. first define for me what the problem is. women have been a part of the marketplace -- or the workplace rather for decades upon decades upon decades and they've gone through menopause. what is the problem that needs to be solved? >> so the problem is that women don't know that they are experiencing things that are related to menopause or peri-menopause. so around age 35, women's estrogen levels start fluctuating and that leads to hot flashes, anxiety, mood changes, lack of sleep. we have a lot of things that are related to that, and research shows that a lot of women get derailed in their careers because they're experiencing these symptoms, and honestly they don't know that they can get treated for them. so a lot of women quit their jobs or don't apply for promotions because they're not feeling well, and that can be solved. >> but women have had, you know, general physicians and gynecologists for years. why do we need anything more than that? >> they're not trained i