Lau­ren Teten­baum, LCSW, JD, PMH‑C, MSCP is a licensed clin­i­cal social work­er cer­ti­fied in peri­na­tal men­tal health and as a Menopause Soci­ety Prac­ti­tion­er, women’s rights advo­cate (and for­mer lawyer), and writer ded­i­cat­ed to sup­port­ing and empow­er­ing women through life tran­si­tions. Lau­ren lives with her fam­i­ly out­side of her native New York City.