Women’s History Month: Supporting the Woman Who Supported Me

By Guy Rocourt.

LOS ANGELES-March is Women’s History Month, and with International Women’s Day celebrated earlier this month, it’s a good moment to reflect on the women whose strength, leadership, and resilience shape our lives and our work.

For me, that reflection is deeply personal.

For years my wife, Anea Bogue, supported me while I built my career in the Cannabis and plant-medicine world. Anyone who has built companies knows the reality: long hours, big risks, and constant uncertainty. Entrepreneurship demands a lot from founders, but it also demands a lot from the people who stand beside them.

(Image: Anea Bogue)

Through all of it, Anea was there.

Anea has always dedicated her career to supporting women and girls. She is an author and speaker whose book, Nine Ways We’re Screwing Up Our Girls and How We Can Stop, helped spark the development of California’s consent education program that is now implemented throughout high schools across the state. Supporting women and helping them find their voice has been central to her life’s work long before CLEA Midlife.

She believed in the mission of plant medicine. She believed in the potential of Cannabis to help people live healthier lives.

And she supported me through the journey of building Papa & Barkley, the company I co-founded, which was eventually acquired by Mammoth Distribution.

She also stood beside me through my broader work in plant medicine — including the mission we continue today through Spiritual Plants, which focuses on honoring the deeper relationship between people and plant medicines.

What I didn’t fully appreciate at the time was how much strength and patience that kind of support requires.

Today the roles have shifted.

Now I have the privilege of supporting Anea as she builds something that grows directly out of the work she has always done supporting women: CLEA Midlife.

CLEA Midlife was born out of Anea’s personal experience navigating perimenopause and menopause — a stage of life that millions of women experience but that has historically received far too little thoughtful attention from the health and wellness industry.

(Image: Anea Bogue)

Instead of accepting that gap, she decided to build solutions for it.

In many ways, CLEA Midlife represents the intersection of our two passions. Anea has spent her career supporting women, while my work has focused on plant medicine and cannabinoid science. Navigating her own midlife experience brought those two worlds together in a way that felt both natural and necessary.

CLEA Midlife develops plant-based cannabinoid wellness products designed specifically to support women during midlife transitions — addressing issues like sleep disruption, stress, inflammation, and overall balance.

What makes CLEA Midlife special is that it comes from lived experience. Anea understood the problem firsthand and approached it not just as a founder, but as someone who has spent her life advocating for women.

My role now is simple: support her.

After decades working with plant medicine and developing Cannabis products, I’m able to contribute my experience in formulation and product development while Anea leads the vision and direction of the company.

But the most meaningful part of this story is not the business itself.

It is the reversal of roles.

For years, Anea supported my entrepreneurial journey. She stood behind the scenes while I pursued my work in Cannabis innovation and plant medicine. Now I get to stand behind her — cheering her on as she builds a company dedicated to helping women feel stronger, healthier, and more supported during one of life’s most profound transitions.

Women’s History Month, and the spirit of International Women’s Day, should celebrate women who lead companies, build movements, and challenge outdated assumptions about health and aging.

Anea Bogue is one of those women.

She has always been a leader supporting women. One of the privileges of my life has been learning from that leadership.

So this month I celebrate her, and all the women who are redefining what midlife looks like.

Stronger.
Wiser.
More powerful than ever.

And finally receiving the attention, respect, and innovation their health deserves.

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Copyright © 2026 Guy Rocourt and Highly Capitalized Network. All Rights Reserved. For more information about Anea Bogue, her brand, her speaking engagements, her writing and tcoahcin  click this link. Anea Bogue is an author, women’s empowerment and menopause coach, speaker, and educator with more than 20 years of experience guiding women through major life transitions. She holds a Master’s degree in Women’s Spirituality and brings a deeply holistic, soul-centered perspective to her work.

Through her coaching, writing, and teaching, Anea blends evidence-based practices, somatic wisdom, and spiritual psychology to help women reconnect with their vitality, purpose, and authentic selves. Her approach encourages women to reclaim their sovereignty and move through life’s changes with strength and clarity. She is the creator of the Menopowerment Method and the Four Bodies Framework, programs designed to support transformation by honoring the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of being. Anea’s work is grounded, intuitive, and rooted in the belief that wholeness is not something we earn—it is something we return to.

About the Author: Guy Rocourt is the CEO of Spiritual Plants, Co-Founder of CLEA Midlife, and Founder of Papa & Barkley. A veteran entrepreneur in the Cannabis and plant-medicine industry with more than 25 years of experience, Rocourt is widely recognized as a leader of the Cannabis Clean Label Movement, advocating for transparency, solventless extraction, and whole-plant wellness. Guy built Papa & Barkley into one of California’s leading Cannabis wellness brands before its acquisition by Mammoth Distribution.

Today, through Spiritual Plants and CLEA Midlife, Rocourt continues to focus on plant-based wellness, education, and advancing the responsible use of Cannabis and other plant medicines. Rocourt is a U.S. Navy veteran and graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology, and remains an active voice in the industry promoting clean-label standards and a deeper understanding of the therapeutic potential of plant medicine.  Need help with formulating your products? Reach out to Guy Rocourt Consulting by clicking this link.