Speaker, Licensed Menopause Specialist, Host, and Healthy Aging Advocate
Tafiq Akhir is a Licensed Menopause Expert, Speaker, Host, Author, and Healthy Aging Advocate passionate about helping midlife women regain control of their bodies by repairing the menopause, health, and weight management issues they have struggled with for years. For over 20 years, he's been one of LA's most trusted health and fitness professionals. For over 15 years, he's been helping midlife women reverse illness, shed fat, get fit, and feel amazing. For companies and organizations, I provide menopause in workplace training, I offer customized menopause policy services, healthy aging workshops, lunch and learns, and more. Tafiq is a talented educator and orator who uses his gift to share his knowledge of menopause, nutrition, fitness, and healthy aging with corporations, organizations, women’s groups, couples, and individuals. Tafiq offers keynote speeches, workshops, lunch and learns, webinars, wellness retreats, and training programs. His passion for women’s health led to the creation of Tafiq’s Physiques Women’s Health Initiative focused on providing education, support, resources, and training specific to the hormone, health, and weight problems women struggle with most during midlife.
CEO
Tafiq's Physiques (April 4, 2002 - Present)
Tafiq's Physiques is a wellness company specializing in menopause, health, and weight management specifically for individuals over 40.
Licensed Menopause Expert and Host
Mr. Menopause (November 2, 2022 - Present)
As Mr. Menopause, I specialize in menopause awareness and policy for companies. I help menopausal moms eliminate the root cause of the menopause-related hormone, health, and weight management issues they have struggled with, as well as menopause in relationship coaching for women and their significant others. I am also the host of The Mr. Menopause Show, streaming on Roku, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Apple TV.
Nutrition, Health and Fitness Expert
Balance By Nature (July 1, 2017 - March 15, 2023)
Provide wellness webinars, workshops, and lunch and learn presentations for a variety of corporate clients including LAX, Edmunds, Westfield Mall Century City, and more. Also providing weekly fitness classes for corporate partners.
Licensed Menopause Specialist
Menopause Experts Group
2021 - 2023
Certified Online Trainer
Online Trainer Academy
2020 - 2021
Personal Fitness Chef
Spencer Institute
2015 - 2017
Understanding Hormones
IDEA Health & Fitness Association
2015 - 2016
Nutrition & Wellness Consultant
American Fitness Professionals & Associates (AFPA)
2012 - 2014
Health Coach
The Dr Berg Method
2012 - 2013
Making Menopause Work In The Workplace (March 2, 2023)
This book is for CEOs, managers, HR directors, and colleagues of women between the ages of 40-60, which is prime time for menopause. These women are the fastest-growing workforce demographic, and at this stage of life, they also tend to excel in their careers and are highly valued assets on the job. In the book, Tafiq brilliantly simplifies what employers and colleagues should know about menopause in the workplace and how they can help.
Delicious & Nutritious Plant Based Recipes I Love (November 29, 2021)
In his 2nd published cookbook, Tafiq shares 30 of his favorite plant-based recipes.
Simple, Delicious & Nutritious Recipes (January 1, 2014)
Tafiq shares great tasting recipes that are also great for the bodysome of his favorite