who we are

The 'Pause Institute

Most clinicians receive little formal training in menopause, yet they see midlife women every day. The Pause Institute exists to close that gap.

The ‘Pause Institute Menopause Course

A Whole-Patient Approach to Menopause:
Evidence, Protocols, and Practice

Our first educational course, The ‘Pause Institute Menopause Course, covers nutrition and exercise, supplements, sleep, stress and mood, labs, hormone therapy including testosterone, non-hormonal options, genitourinary syndrome of menopause, and GLP-1 therapy. It is built from the protocols and tools The Pause Wellness clinic has refined over five years of patient care.

One tool is never enough for a midlife patient,
so we teach the full toolkit.

You no longer have to piece-meal your
menopause education

We’ve put together all the pieces into one course. 

  • Video Content
  • Audio Content
  • Downloadable Textbook
Why Learn

Learn, Care, & Support

Midlife women arrive with symptoms that don't fit in one box: broken sleep, anxiety, weight changes, brain fog, hot flashes. Too often, she walks out with a single prescription, a referral, or simply the message that this is her new normal. Most clinicians simply weren't trained for this.
Only

of residents in a 2019 survey across 20 US programs felt adequately prepared to manage menopause.
Only

of OB/GYN residency programs reported a menopause curriculum in a 2023 national survey.
Centuries of women suffered in silence because the research was never done. That stops with us.

Dr. Mary Claire Haver

Why Choose Us

We Offer the Best Clinician Training Program

The 'Pause Institute curriculum isn't a theoretical framework repackaged as a course. Dr. Mary Claire Haver, MD, FACOG, MSCP, built it in her own clinic, drawing on real patient care and years of experience treating thousands of women.

A board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist and a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner, Dr. Haver takes a whole-person approach to menopause care. Each plan integrates medical history, symptoms, nutrition, exercise, supplementation, and hormone therapy when appropriate. She continues to be a pioneering voice in the menopause movement, and everything she teaches is grounded in science and research.

Our  Clinician Training Program

Most menopause CME is a conference, a lecture series, or a single-topic session. The ‘Pause Institute is a working system you keep.

Why a clinician wants this

  • Your patients are already asking. This gives you a confident answer.
  • One tool isn't enough. Hormone therapy, nutrition, or stress advice alone won't optimize a patient's health. The toolkit covers the whole picture.
  • You don't have to build it yourself. You get the intake packets, lab order sheets, and prescribing guides ready to use.
  • It works whatever your starting point. You may have had no menopause training, or you may have prescribed for years without a structured framework.
  • You earn CME credit for time you'd invest anyway.

How it's different

  • Clinic-tested, not theoretical. The protocols and tools come from real patient care.
  • The whole toolkit in one clinical sequence, from lifestyle through labs to hormone therapy, including testosterone.
  • A dedicated GLP-1 module on how these medications fit into a menopause plan, a question your patients are already raising.
  • Self-paced, where live courses like Harvard's Women's Health and Menopause course are taught live online and in person. Harvard
  • Open to any licensed clinician who sees adult women.

Easy to complete

  • Self-paced and online, so you start when you can and pick up where you left off.
  • Modules in clinical order, so each one builds on the last and you always know what's next.
  • Immediate use: each module gives you something to apply with your next patient. [Confirm module length.]
  • Quick-reference guide for the moments you need the answer in the room.
  • Includes a text book, downloadable and printable graphics and community support and interaction.

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Our Clinician Training Program

Most menopause CME is a conference, a lecture series, or a single-topic session. The ‘Pause Institute is a working system you keep.

Why a Clinician Needs & Wants This

  • Your patients are already asking. This gives you a confident answer.
  • One tool isn't enough. Hormone therapy, nutrition, or stress advice alone won't optimize a patient's health. The toolkit covers the whole picture.
  • You don't have to build it yourself. You get the intake packets, lab order sheets, and prescribing guides ready to use.
  • It works whatever your starting point. You may have had no menopause training, or you may have prescribed for years without a structured framework.
  • You earn CME credit for time you'd invest anyway.

How it's Different

  • Clinic-tested, not theoretical. The protocols and tools come from real patient care.
  • You leave with the documents, not just the knowledge: intake packets, lab order sheets, and prescribing guides.
  • The whole toolkit in one clinical sequence, from lifestyle through labs to hormone therapy, including testosterone.
  • A dedicated GLP-1 module on how these medications fit into a menopause plan, a question your patients are already raising.
  • Self-paced, where live courses like Harvard's Women's Health and Menopause course are taught live online and in person. Harvard
  • Open to any licensed clinician who sees adult women: OB-GYNs, family and internal medicine physicians, NPs, PAs, [RNs, pending credit type].The largest selection of physical education courses that are evidence-based from leading faculty around the world.

Easy to Complete

  • Self-paced and online, so you start when you can and pick up where you left off.
  • Modules in clinical order, so each one builds on the last and you always know what's next.Immediate use: each module gives you something to apply with your next patient. [Confirm module length.]
  • Quick-reference guide for the moments you need the answer in the room.
  • Includes a text book, downloadable and printable graphics and community support and interaction.