About
Jane is a retired women's health nurse. We discuss the roles of specialist nurses and physiotherapists in women's health.
We also discuss the impact of pelvic floor exercise on pelvic and urinary health and much more.
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Conversations with a Friend – Sue
This Episode I talk with my Friend Sue on her Menopause Journey to understand how each person experiences it in different ways.
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Conversations with Ashley Costello
In this episode, we talk with Ashley Costello. Ashley is a psychologist by background, Founder of the Resilient Kid consultancy practice. She is an author and TEDEX speaker. We discuss her experience of endometriosis and how she managed her menopause with cold water swimming. She explains what resilience is and the potential for suicide during […]
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Conversations with Dr Sue Smith Pt 2
This is the second of two episodes with Dr Sue Smith. In this episode, we talk about all things integrated medicine, including what is is and what it can offer us. https://drsuesmith.com/ https://www.facebook.com/drsuesmithx/ https://www.flourishforlife.uk/our-team
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Conversations with Dr Sue Smith Pt 1
This is a two part episode as we speak with Dr Sue Smith. Sue is a GP and practitioner of integrated medicine. In this episode, we discuss the medical modal care and our expectations of our GP’s during menopause. We discussed red flags and when we need to see a doctor. https://drsuesmith.com/ https://www.facebook.com/drsuesmithx/ https://www.flourishforlife.uk/our-team
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Conversations with Jane Hough
Jane is a retired women’s health nurse. We discuss the roles of specialist nurses and physiotherapists in women’s health. We also discuss the impact of pelvic floor exercise on pelvic and urinary health and much more.
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Conversations with Karen Kelly
In this episode, we speak to Karen Kelly. Karen is a well-known podcaster with 2 successful podcasts: Bedtime Stories and Appetite for Life. She is also an Author, having written Lillian Whites Journeys Home (karenkellypodcasts.co.uk) Karen shares her journey through menopause and describes why she will be taking HRT for the rest of her life.
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Conversations with my Mum
This is an intimate conversation with the women who has shared my menopause coach! She explores her experience of the life before, during and after the menopause. She shares with us how complimentary therapy helped her menopause symptoms. The website referred to in the podcast is: https://www.jeanhailes.org.au/health-a-z/menopause
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My story
For me, the menopause couldn’t come quickly enough. While it was a challenge, it signaled a new phase of my life, free from the monthly hormonal highs and lows that I had experienced every month for thirty years. All our journeys are different, I didn’t want to take HRT as I just simply wanted my […]
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25 Simple Rules for Optimal Health, Wellness & Fitness over 50
This episode is sponsored by Bluesky CBD and Fatty15. Bluesky CBD: Get to sleep faster, experience more restorative sleep and save 30% with code FLIPPING50 at https://www.bluesky-cbd.com/discount/Flipping50. Fatty15 – Fatty15 is on a mission to optimize your C15 levels to help support your long-term health and wellness – especially as you age. You can get […]
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Toxins, Stress, and What They're Doing to Your Hormones with a Top Reproductive Endocrinologist
In this episode of unPAUSED, Dr. Mary Claire Haver continues her conversation with Dr. Natalie Crawford, double board certified obstetrician, gynecologist, and reproductive endocrinologist, and author of The Fertility Formula. In part two of this conversation, Dr. Crawford gets specific about the forces working against our hormones every day, chronic stress, disrupted sleep, inflammatory food, […]
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5 ways to beat cravings and food noise in midlife – with Kim Pearson
If you’re struggling to regulate food noise it might just be that you need to eat more – not less. Nutritionist Kim Pearson joins Liz to discuss how a few simple food swaps and easy lifestyle hacks can manage our appetite just as effectively as weight-loss jabs. They talk about the importance of muscle mass […]
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Rewind Time: Did Perimenopause Lead To My Divorce? – With Stacey Duguid
Today, we're looking back at our conversation with former fashion editor and columnist, Stacey Duguid. Stacey worked with the likes of Elle, Prada, Armani and more. She divorced her husband back in 2022. Since then, she has spoken openly about her turbulent experience navigating perimenopause – alongside living with ADHD – which inevitably led to […]
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The Heart Doctor: 5 Warning Signs Your Heart Is in Trouble
This is a conversation we should have had decades ago, because we’re talking about a part of women’s health that’s been overlooked for too long: heart health. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women, but most don’t even know it. In this episode, Tamsen Fadal sits down with cardiologist and Chief Medical […]
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74 – The case for hormones: choice, health and longevity
For decades, women have been told to fear hormones. But what if understanding them is one of the most important steps you can take for your current and future health? In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by South African GP and functional medicine specialist Dr Mary Atkinson to discuss the vital role hormones […]
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The Best Career Advice for Right Now: The New Rules of Work, Confidence, and Success
If work feels shaky right now: If you’re being overlooked for a promotion or raise, If you’re changing jobs or looking for a job, If you’ve been feeling uneasy about changes in tech and AI, If the feeling at work is “anything could happen…” This episode is for you. The world is moving fast, companies […]
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Make Yourself Recession-Proof: The New Rules of Work, Confidence, and Success in Uncertain Times
If work feels shaky right now: If you’re being overlooked for a promotion or raise, If you’re changing jobs or looking for a job, If you’ve been feeling uneasy about changes in tech and AI, If the feeling at work is “anything could happen…” This episode is for you. The world is moving fast, companies […]
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Yoga! Shopping! Talks! DJs! How the Happy Place Festivals come to life
Are you coming to one of the Happy Place Festivals this year? We hope so! Have you been before and wondered how it all comes together? Maybe you’re unsure about coming and want to know what the vibe’s like… Fearne’s joined by Team Happy Place’s Nicky Darling – she heads up all the live events […]
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Thursday Thoughts – What Radio Station Are You Tuning Into?
On this week's Thursday Thoughts, Lucy and I are talking about radio stations. More specifically, what metaphorical radio station you are tuning into. Before you tune into a specific radio station, every single station is available to you. And it’s the same with life. Every day, we have a choice about what we want to […]
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205 | Want to Lose Weight? Start With This Mindset Shift First
Have you ever caught yourself thinking, “Maybe my body just won’t lose weight anymore”? If you’re a woman in midlife struggling to lose weight, feeling discouraged by the scale, or wondering why your efforts aren’t producing the results they used to, this episode is for you. Today, we’re talking about something that may be impacting […]
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Midlife Gets a Bad Rap: Margie Lachman on How Midlife is Your Primetime
This week we are discovering a fresh perspective on midlife with psychologist Dr. Margie Lachman, author of Primetime. Drawing on more than 30 years of research, Dr. Lachman challenges common myths about the so called “midlife crisis,” revealing that middle adulthood is often a period of peak well-being, personal growth, resilience, and life satisfaction. She […]
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The Menopause Information Gap: Susan Dominus, New York Times
The NYT journalist who broke open the menopause conversation — on hormones, risk, and what we’re still learning. Susan Dominus wrote what many call the defining article of the modern menopause conversation. In Part 1 of this two-part episode, she and Stacy go deep: the cultural bias baked into “significant symptoms,” how to actually think […]
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Episode 221 – Who controls what happens between women’s legs after menopause
Who controls what happens between women’s legs after menopause? It’s a confronting question, but one that sits at the heart of this episode. In this short, powerful conversation, I am joined by menopause specialist and sexologist Dr Angela Wright to explore why so many women — particularly those who have had cancer — are still […]
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Behind the Scenes of the Forever Young Documentary
This episode is sponsored by Bluesky CBD, Timeline and AquaTru Shower. Bluesky CBD: Get to sleep faster, experience more restorative sleep and save 30% with code FLIPPING50 at https://www.bluesky-cbd.com/discount/Flipping50. Timeline – Timeline’s clinically proven formula is now available at a new, lower price. Mitopure now starts at $99, with the exact same science and formula. […]
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The Truth About Your Biological Clock: Egg Quality, AMH and Fertility with Dr. Natalie Crawford
In this episode of unPAUSED, Dr. Mary Claire Haver sits down with Dr. Natalie Crawford, a double board certified obstetrician, gynecologist, and reproductive endocrinologist, and author of the new book The Fertility Formula. Both physicians open by sharing their own fertility journeys, including pregnancy losses and dismissal from the medical system, before turning to the […]
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Ep. 222 – Protein, Aminos, and Creatine for Midlife with Liz Baker Plosser
If you have ever stood in front of your refrigerator wondering how on earth you are supposed to eat 100 grams of protein a day without turning mealtime into a second job, this episode is for you. In this conversation, Dr. Fiona Lovely welcomes Liz Baker Plosser, former Editor-in-Chief of Women’s Health magazine and author […]
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Ep 531: The Power of Saying Yes to Yourself in Menopause
You know what you need to do, but something keeps stopping you from taking action. In this episode, I share two client stories that reminded me how powerful it is when women finally trust their own inner knowing. One client described her experience as moving from black and white to Technicolor. Another came to […]
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My Secret Weapon for Anxiety, ADHD and Life's Biggest Challenges with Lisa Clarke
In this week's episode of Take a Breath, I'm joined by chef and chocolatier Lisa Clarke, a member of my breathwork community, who shares her honest and inspiring story of how breathwork helped her through one of the most difficult periods of her life. Within the space of just six days, Lisa experienced a series […]
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73 – Hormone treatments after 70: why you don’t need to stop
So many women are wrongly told they need to stop taking hormone treatments when they reach a certain age, yet there is no evidence-based age limit for natural hormone treatments. In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by Paula Keats, who has been taking hormone treatments for 33 years and is still benefiting from […]
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Alcohol 101: Belly Fat, Bad Sleep and the Long-Term Cost of Drinking
One glass of wine at dinner. That’s all it takes now to wreck your sleep, spike your anxiety, and leave you feeling like garbage for two days. It’s not in your head, and it’s not about willpower. Your body processes alcohol completely differently now, and almost nobody has explained that to you. This episode is […]
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The Hidden Reason You Feel Exhausted & How to Feel Better Now
If you’ve been feeling exhausted, tired, bloated, anxious, in pain, or just not like yourself, you need to hear today’s episode. Today, Mel sits down with one of the most respected medical researchers in the world, gastroenterologist Dr. Brennan Spiegel, to uncover the overlooked, invisible force that’s having a shocking impact on your energy, strength, […]
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Ashley Roberts: If you don’t scream your body will! Anxiety, insomnia, and Pussycat Dolls' comeback
For Ashley Roberts, dance was her self-expression and meditation. Then, at the height of her Pussycat Dolls fame the art she loved became tangled up in extreme burnout and body shaming. In this chat with Fearne, Ashley explains how discovering breathwork brought her back to herself after a period of intense anxiety and physical ill-health. […]
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Simple ways to future-proof your joints
If your joints feel stiffer than they used to, midlife hormone fluctuations might be at play- declining oestrogen can affect connective tissue, joint lubrication and bone health. Liz talks through the supplements and exercises that will help keep joints strong and flexible for longer, and why HRT could make a difference. Plus: gentle skincare after […]
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Why Am I Allergic To EVERYTHING In Menopause? (and how to stop it)
Why are my allergies suddenly worse in perimenopause? 🤝 Get your own personalised menopause support from Dr Naomi Potter and her team: https://www.menopausecare.co.uk/what-to-expect-ihih Have you suddenly developed hay fever, itchy skin, rashes, food sensitivities or reactions to things you've tolerated your whole life? In this week's solo episode, Dr Naomi Potter explores the surprising connection […]
Otrera Aromatics Menopause Conversations
Conversations with real women about their experience with menopause. We aim to offer practical advice with hints and tips.