At the peak of her CEO career, Fiona McKay—a high-level strategist running an international consultancy—was blindsided by surgical menopause. One day she was leading multimillion-dollar deals; the next, she was trying to remember her own brilliance through a fog of hormone crashes, identity shifts, and bone-deep fatigue.

But this isn’t a story about slowing down.

It’s about building a brand that refuses to.

On her Luxe Leap episode, Fiona shares how her personal reckoning led to a professional revolution—transforming her own experience into a premium positioning edge that now supports C-suite women navigating menopause without sacrificing their careers, companies, or capital.

Her message is clear:

“You don’t have to pause. You just need new tools.“

When Biology Meets the Boardroom

Let’s be honest: most branding advice doesn’t account for hot flashes, hormonal shifts, or the invisible emotional tax of midlife change. Fiona isn’t here to sugarcoat it. For her—and for many—menopause wasn’t gentle. It was a full-body, full-brand disruption.

But here’s what made her rise iconic:
She didn’t shrink to fit someone else’s timeline.
She created her own lane—and a market to match.

With the launch of The Menopause Maze and her signature NoPause Advantage framework, Fiona went from silent suffering to market domination, helping women reclaim control of their careers during the season society tells them to fade out.

The Power of Turning Pain Into Premium Value

Consultants know this better than anyone: every challenge is a catalyst for deeper insight. And when you’re a woman serving Champagne Clientele? That insight isn’t just intellectual—it’s intimate.

Fiona recognized that high-achieving women weren’t just losing sleep—they were losing deals, losing visibility, and losing their brand power during a life stage no one dared to discuss publicly.

So she built a diagnostic tool that helps women calculate exactly where menopause is costing them—personally and professionally—and created a methodology that gives them the tools to claim it back.

Her brilliance wasn’t in escaping the season.
It was in designing a brand that elevated through it.

Leading Without Limits Isn’t a Luxury. It’s a Legacy.

Fiona’s journey is a masterclass in what it means to build from the inside out. She didn’t rebrand to become someone else. She realigned to become more of herself—and packaged that clarity into a high-value, high-trust brand that now supports other women to do the same.

For the woman consultant reading this: you don’t need to reinvent yourself to be relevant.

You need to recognize the market power of your lived experience—and design a brand that mirrors the magnitude of your evolution.

Because women like you?
You don’t just break glass ceilings.
You build the damn penthouse.

🎙 Ready to hear Fiona’s full story and explore how your own transition could become your next positioning edge?

Listen to her Luxe Leap episode now—because what you’ve lived through has value.
And when your brand knows how to speak that fluently?
You won’t need to pitch. You’ll be the one they’re already watching.