Meet Dana Lawson

I had the privilege of being the guest speaker at the EmpowerHer Entrepreneurs Summit and Expo this past Thursday, March 6, 2025. During my address to the 150 women guests in the audience, I referenced certified health coach, Dana Lawson, and quoted her research that at the age of 40, 1 in 4 women drop out of the workforce or shut down their businesses due to symptoms they have never experienced before – including extreme depression, leg and back pain, memory loss, insomnia, hair loss, irritability and brain fog. The women were astounded [as was I] to learn that the culprit was MENOPAUSE!

"Imagine that," says Dana, "women who are only halfway through their lives just choosing to drop everything." 

Since 2011, when Dana began experiencing some of these symptoms herself, she has dedicated her professional life to educating women and assisting them through navigating this “change of life.” She is the first woman of 4 that we will celebrate this month for Women In History.

In 2018, Dana enrolled in school again to become a certified health coach with a specialty in perimenopause and menopause.

“My mission now,” says Dana, “is to educate as many women as possible about this inevitable and often misunderstood life transition.”

More specifically, Dana shares that she seeks to guide women towards a symptom free, healthy life with an easy and sustainable approach. 

I can’t stress enough how important Dana's services are in preventing other serious health conditions such as type 2 diabetes. Dana emphasizes, "With menopause, you become more insulin resistant due to a decrease in estrogen." Type 2 diabetes, when uncontrolled, leads to serious health situations including loss of limbs and even death.

At the EmpowerHer Entrepreneurs Summit and Expo I stressed to women that instead of focusing primarily on wealth building, our focus needs to be health building. We need to take control of our personal lives before we begin our entrepreneurial journey, because dysfunction personally is sure to dominate professionally. Act now to heal and maintain ladies! 

Through her website, alignandshinenow.com, Dana offers a step-by-step signature process that she ensures will align with your life and circumstances. She provides a holistic approach that targets 5 critical areas, including nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress management, and hormone support. Please go to her website alignandshinenow.com to register for a free consultation.

Dana Lawson will be among a group of women who will be featured in an upcoming podcast – Coping With Menopause and Restoring Good Health. Stay tuned.

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