Episodes
Emily Barclay – Your Perigodmother
Emily Barclay was training for and taking part in triathlons and iron man competitions when she was suddenly struck by debilitating fatigue, seemingly out of nowhere. She had no idea what had hit her and caused such a dramatic change in her physical (and consequently mental) capabilities and being. So she set about getting to […]
World Menopause Day 2022
A mini pod to mark World Menopause Day and a few reasons why some of the wonderful women I met at the rally outside the Houses of Parliament are supporters of the Menopause Mandate and are fiercly advocating for women’s health. With enormous thanks to Carolyn Harris, Mariella Frostrup and Diane Danzebrink for being instrumental […]
Gayle Stevens-White – I lost my mind and couldn't function: I want to talk about Menopause
Gayle Stevens-White has many wonderful strings to her bow. She comes from a teaching background and is currently a grass roots activist for Women’s Health and Menopause as well as running a business and a home. She had lost the ability to function, was suffering from debilitating fatigue, chronic overwhelm and for her, the toughest […]
Lee Chambers – The Trojan Horse of Menopause
Lee is a celebrated psychologist and wellbeing consultant, a radio host, award winning entrepreneur and proud dad. As a champion of Menopause awareness and education, Lee has been dubbed the Trojan Horse of Menopause – a moniker he is happy to adopt. In this episode, Lee opens up about how he has found triumph […]
Nicci Harvey – Know Your Menopause: from hysterectomy to Meno Warrior
Nicci is a married mum who was born here, grew up in South Africa and recently moved back to the UK. After her hysterectomy due to fibroids, she found herself barely capable of even the smallest daily tasks such as taking a shower and was totally unprepared for such a radical change to her character […]
Diane Danzebrink – Making Menopause Matter, Genuine Support and How Her Dogs Saved Her Life
#MakeMenopauseMatter Diane is the OG Menopause Warrior. After her own incapacitating experience of Menopause, she decided that nobody should ever have to go through what she and her loved ones had to endure. From this, MenopauseSupport and the MakeMenopauseMatter campaign were born. In this episode, she tells her story and all I shall say at […]
Carolyn Harris – Making a Difference to Menopause for Women Worldwide
Carolyn Harris is Menopause Royalty. As an MP she has orchestrated dramatic and ongoing change for the way Menopause is treated in the UK. HRT is already free in Wales and Scotland and a reduction in HRT prescription costs will come in for England in the near future. Undergoing her own Perimenopause was not simple. […]
Charlotte Cave – Great Hair, Disasters & Laughter – from blood stains to triumph in Menopause
Charlotte Cave is an exceptional hairdresser. She treats everyone as though they were a good friend and her best client, as do the rest of her team. When you leave her chair, you feel as though you could take on the world and all that it may throw at you…glamorously. She owns two salons in […]
Christine Legat-Conquy – A French Perspective on Menopause
Christine and her husband Christophe own a magnificent tourist estate that can accommodate 42 people and receptions for up to 100 and an adjacent restaurant in the South of France. It’s the sort of place that if you stay there, you can’t help but feel great by the time you leave. Between them they have […]
Helen Normoyle – The personal and professional experience behind My Menopause Centre
Helen’s credentials as Chief Marketing Officer for companies such as the Ofcom, the BBC, DFS and Boots mean that she has a keen understanding of people and what they need. Combining this with her own needs and following her motto of ‘Feel the Fear and do it anyway!”, she and her close friend Dr Clare […]