In this episode of TayTalks, Taymeyah sits down with Raquel Riggle, creator of Menopalz, to talk about the messy, hilarious, and terrifying reality of navigating health scares and midlife in a world that won’t slow down. From waiting for an ablation only to see her doctor’s mugshot scroll past on TikTok, to being handed a single sheet of paper that casually declares “acute liver failure” and then sent on her way, Raquel shares the kind of medical moments that make you feel like you’re in a dark comedy rather than your own life.

They move between generations and geographies: kids who trick‑or‑treat as baby sharks and end up in the ER, growing up barefoot and “running the streets” without phones, and remembering when you had to choose between using the landline or the dial‑up internet. Taymeyah and Raquel talk about how technology has both di ...