Most daughters were never told these could be symptoms of perimenopause and menopause.

Instead, many simply watched their mothers become quieter, more exhausted and emotionally withdrawn with age, believing it was just stress, ageing or something women were expected to tolerate without complaint.

According to Swati Singh and Reshma Tiwari, co-founders of India's pioneering perimenopause and menopause platform ResetWell Plus, one of the biggest failures in menopause awareness has been the silence passed down between generations of women.

"We teach daughters about periods," says Swati Singh, acclaimed author, menopause awareness champion, women's health advocate and co-founder of ResetWell Plus. "But almost nobody prepares daughters emotionally for what happens to women during perimenopause and menopause. As a result, generations of women continue entering this phase frightened, confused and isolated."

India is home to more than 100 million menopausal women, while globally an estimated 1.1 billion women are in perimenopause, menopause or post-menopause. Yet awareness around menopause remains limited across many homes, schools and workplaces.

Research increasingly shows that unmanaged menopause symptoms affect emotional wellbeing, sleep, concentration, mental health, confidence, relationships and workplace productivity. Yet in many Indian households, these changes are still dismissed as mood swings, emotional instability or simply "getting older."

"The tragedy is that many daughters only understand what their mothers were silently enduring after they themselves begin experiencing hormonal changes later in life," says Swati Singh. "By then, an entire generation of women has already suffered quietly."

For Swati, the issue became deeply personal during her own menopause journey while living in the United States.

"You suddenly begin revisiting memories differently," she says. "You look back at your mother, your aunts and the older women around you and realise how much they silently carried while continuing to nurture everyone else."

Standing beside her in this movement is Reshma Tiwari, corporate transformation strategist, women's wellbeing champion, leadership mentor and co-founder of ResetWell Plus, who is driving conversations around menopause across workplaces, leadership circles and communities.

For Reshma, menopause awareness is not simply a women's health issue. It is a conversation about families, workplaces and generations.

"In many Indian homes, mothers protected their daughters from discomfort by staying silent about their own struggles," says Reshma Tiwari. "But that silence also created ignorance. Daughters grew up without understanding what hormonal transitions can do emotionally, mentally and physically."

Raised by a physician father and having watched her own mother navigate menopause without awareness or emotional support, Reshma believes many Indian women accepted suffering simply because they believed there was no alternative.

"When we launched ResetWell Plus, my mother told me, 'I wish this had existed ten years earlier.' That one sentence captured the experience of millions of women who silently adjusted through one of the biggest transitions of their lives."

Through expert-led education, webinars, podcasts, community conversations, corporate programmes and personalised hormonal and non-hormonal wellness solutions, ResetWell Plus is working to normalise menopause conversations across families, workplaces and society.

Unlike conventional wellness platforms, ResetWell Plus approaches menopause not only as a biological transition but also as an emotional, social and intergenerational journey.

"At ResetWell Plus, we want mothers and daughters to start these conversations much earlier and without shame," say the founders. "Awareness should never arrive only after suffering."

As India witnesses growing conversations around women's health and hormonal wellbeing, Swati Singh and Reshma Tiwari believe the country's next breakthrough in menopause awareness will begin at home.

Because daughters who understand menopause today could become the first generation of women who no longer have to suffer through it silently tomorrow.