About Us

Midlife can feel lonely, but it doesn’t have to. At The WellPause Collective, you’ll join a supportive community of women who understand what you’re going through. This is a safe, judgment-free space to share, learn, and rise together.

Our Mission, Your Midlife Support

Empowering women through education, connection, and evidence-based care.

We created the WellPause Collective as a professional, supportive space where women can understand their changing bodies, access trusted information, and connect with others on the same path. Every session blends clinical insight with practical strategies for midlife health, guided by experts in menopause, mental wellness, and women’s health.

Expert Guidance and Reliable Education

Join monthly sessions led by certified menopause specialists and allied health professionals. Learn how to manage symptoms, optimize lifestyle habits, and make informed decisions about your care.

Community and Ongoing Support

Engage in a respectful, private community designed to promote understanding, encouragement, and shared experience. You’ll gain clarity, confidence, and connection, without misinformation or overwhelm.

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Meet Our Team

Our speakers represent every facet of midlife health. Dr. Esnielle Brooks is a physician and menopause specialist; Tara Fitch, a registered clinical social worker, focuses on mental health and relationships; Jen Pilon, a naturopathic doctor, provides integrative wellness care; Kelsey Moreau is a pelvic health physiotherapist; and Arnold Killian, a menopause coach, specializes in lifestyle and behavior change. Together, they offer practical, evidence-based strategies to help women navigate hormones, health, and life with confidence.

Dr Esnielle Brooks

Founder, The WellPause Collective

Dr. Esnielle Brooks is a family physician, menopause specialist, and the founder of the WellPause Collective, a community and educational platform created to reframe midlife as a powerful, informed, and deeply human transition.

Rooted in family medicine, Dr. Brooks has spent years caring for women across all stages of life. Like many physicians, her early medical training offered limited preparation for menopause care. It was through her own health journey, alongside the growing needs and unanswered questions of her patients, that she recognized how profoundly under-taught and under-supported menopause truly is. That realization sparked a deep commitment to learning, advocacy, and change.

She is currently completing a postgraduate certificate in Menopause through the University of South Wales and a postgraduate diploma in Sexual Health through the University of Alberta.

In 2024, Dr. Brooks founded The Menopause Clinic, a dedicated medical practice focused on evidence-based, compassionate menopause care. She is a sought-after speaker and educator, delivering professional education for physicians through pharmaceutical-sponsored programs, as well as community workshops, public events, and women’s health forums.

At the heart of Dr. Brooks’ work is a passion for education, empowerment, and helping women feel like themselves again, physically, emotionally, and relationally. She believes menopause care must be grounded in science, shaped by lived experience, and delivered with empathy and respect.

Beyond her professional roles, Dr. Brooks is a wife and a mother to three young children. She understands firsthand the complexity of balancing identity, caregiving, ambition, and self-care in midlife and brings that perspective into everything she builds.

Through the WellPause Collective, Dr. Brooks is creating a space where science meets sisterhood, and where women are supported not just to endure midlife, but to reclaim it.

Dr. Brooks completed her North American Menopause Society certification in 2021, followed by advanced training and education through:

The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)
Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) Menopause Course
International Menopause Society (IMS) IMPART Program
Mayo Clinic
Harvard University
International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH)
University of South Wales
University of Alberta

Meet the Team of Professionals

Tara Fitch

Tara Fitch is a Registered Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of experience. She helps women navigate midlife identity shifts and supports couples in strengthening communication and connection. Known for her warmth and humour, Tara will share how reclaiming identity in midlife builds confidence, resilience, and renewed purpose. She lives in Red Deer with her husband and children.

Registered Clinical Social Worker

Kelsey Moreau

Kelsey Moreau is a pelvic health physiotherapist with advanced training in incontinence, pelvic pain, colorectal disorders, prolapse, pessary fitting, menopause care, orthopaedics, and dry needling. She helps women through every life stage, focusing on education and empowerment. Outside work, she coaches her two daughters in sports and enjoys hiking, camping, and skiing with her family.

Pelvic Health Hysiotherapist

Jen Pilon

Jen Pilon, ND, supports women with evidence-based holistic care using herbs, nutrition, and mind-body techniques. She focuses on menopause, menstrual issues, fatigue, digestion, diabetes, and mental health. A Bastyr University graduate, she practices at Aspire Medicine in Red Deer, AB, and enjoys fantasy novels, fiber arts, her three kids, and her dog, Murphy.

Naturopathic Doctor

Arnold Killian

Arnold Killian, is a Certified Personal Trainer, Functional Medicine Health Coach, and Certified Menopause Coaching Specialist. He works with men and women over 40 to reduce stubborn belly fat, restore energy, and navigate midlife with confidence. His approach blends evidence-based strategies with holistic, sustainable care. He’s also the creator of…

Coach and Creative Director

WellPause is a midlife health platform built to support women through perimenopause and menopause with science-backed education, community, and practical tools for real life.