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Today we have a very special guest on the podcast, and a friend of ours, Diane Danzebrink. Diane is back talking to us this time as an author, her book, Making Menopause Matter, is an essential guide to menopause, it’s part memoir and part manifesto and it is brimming with practical help, it really is like having a Diane Danzebrink in your pocket!

Diane is the founder of Menopause Support, a purpose over profit organisation, she is a menopause consultant, public speaker, educator and grass roots campaigner her #makemenopausematter campaign and petition now has over 200,000 signatures.

We talk all things menopause, the menopause landscape, practical advice and the difficulties of running a not for profit organisation.

Making Menopause Matter Book https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Diane-Danzebrink/Making-Menopause- Matter--The-Essential-Guide-to-What-You-/29158173

Diane Danzebrink

I: @dianedanzebrink

W: https://menopausesupport.co.uk/

Petition: https://www.change.org/p/make-menopause-matter-in-healthcare-the-workplace-and-education- makemenopausematter

Menopause support Go Fund me page- https://gofund.me/7864cb7e

In the Book Collective: We continue reading, Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn, this week we read Chapters, 13 & 14, we look at the harrowing story of a 14 year old rape victim, and we find out why syphilis was considered a female problem (when it was the men that were spreading it) .

You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.

We chat about our week, Jinty introduces us to Henriette d’Angeville, a climber who climbed Mont Blanc in a feather boa, Lou has some breaking news, there’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a quote.

It’s another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.

If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/ womenkindcollectivepodcast

Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.

Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic

Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com

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Very occasionally in life, if you are lucky, you meet people that are so wise that you have to stop in your tracks and listen to them speak, and after listening you come away with your eyes more open and the world looks a little brighter than it did before. Today’s guest is one of those people, Molly Fenton, she is only 22 yet she is changing lives, she is the award winning founder of the campaign Love your Period, a UN Women UK Delegate and a Young Ambassador for the Brain Tumour Charity.

Molly founded Love your period whilst still at school, frustrated by the stigma and lack of education around menstruation, she wanted to act as the big sister that other young people might not have, stimulating conversations around periods and sexual health. Incredibly she has built a volunteer base to 75 people, alongside her own younger sister,Tilly.

At 16 Molly was told she had an inoperable brain tumour. Although benign, she describes how her life became ‘watch and wait’. Failing GCSE’s, and having to attend her schools behavioural unit and then being told to leave post sixteen, yet she continued helping the community, fighting for girls rights within the health care system.

Six years on and Molly lives with many debilitating chronic health conditions, yet she is a keynote speaker, giving talks around the country about her philosophy on life since her brain tumour diagnosis, speaking in Parliament about period stigma and poverty, she is passionate about helping others and is also an ambassador for them Every Woman Festival coming up soon. You can watch the full unedited interview on our Womenkind Collective YouTube channel.

The Book Collective: We continue reading, Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn, this week we read Chapters, 11 & 12, and find out why menopausal women have guinea pigs to thank for early treatment, again we meet some ground breaking women.

You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.

We chat about our week, there’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a quote.

It’s another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.

If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast

Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.

Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic

Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com

Molly Fenton:

I: @mollyfenton

I: @loveyourperiod

F: The Love Your Period Campaign

TT: @loveyourperiod

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We have two fierce and fun guests on the podcast today, Kate Duffy and Gayle Stevens-White, they are grassroot campaigners who have collaborated and founded, Bloody Negligence, a movement that is exposing neglect in women’s healthcare from menstruation to menopause and everything in-between, they want to empower women to have their say and ‘get shit done’!

We have met these incredible women many times before on the campaign trail and it is always an absolute treat to chat to them, we leave no stone unturned, we talk menopause and get absolutely furious at the bias in women’s health care.

Get the kettle on and get ready for this lively chat.

In the Book Collective we continue reading, Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn, this week we read Chapters, 9 & 10, we meet the extraordinary suffragettes and learn about the hideous suffering they went through and the extraordinary women that fought for women’s freedom. We also find out about ‘silent births’ and why the patriarchy didn’t think this was such a good idea.

You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.

We learn some new acronyms that might get you in a wordy spin and Jinty finds out how many swimming pools are closing in England and how it’s affecting women, she also talks avocados…. You may never look at one in the same way again!

It’s another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.

If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast

Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.

Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic

Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com

And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk

Bloody Negligence:

I: @bloodynegligence

Kate Duffy:

I: @meno.mavekateduffy2

I: @pmddrepresented

Gayle Stevens-White:

I: @rockandrebellion

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Our guest this week is the wonderful Author and Autism advocate Emily Katy. Emily’s book, Girl Unmasked: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life, is a powerful memoir where she shares her personal experiences with autism and mental health.

In this chat Emily highlights the challenges she faced in childhood and adulthood, emphasising the importance of understanding and acceptance.

We discuss the need for more resources and support for individuals with autism and mental health conditions. We also discuss the challenges of fitting in and masking autistic traits, and the misunderstanding of empathy in autistic individuals.

We learn the importance of recognising and understanding autistic traits in children, and how much better it would be if we could recognise Autism in people before they reach crisis point.

We chat about how autistic people have unique needs and experiences that should be acknowledged and respected.

In her book Emily has a list of Autism Myths, and Emily debunks a few of these for us, such as Autism is a condition that mainly affects boys.

We loved this conversation with the incredible Emily Katy (and loved the book too), an essential listen for everyone.

Emily Katy:

Book: Girl Unmasked. How Uncovering Autism Saved My Life. By Emily Katy. Published by Hachette UK

W: www.authenticallyemily.uk

I: @itsemilykaty

In the Book Collective we continue reading, Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn, this week we read Chapters, 7 & 8, once again we learn about the appalling treatment of women and why male physicians thought it was a good idea to remove women’s ovaries.

You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.

We catch up on your comments and you can find out what we’ve been up to this week. It’s another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.

If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast

Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.

Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic

Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com

And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk

You can watch the full unedited interview on our Womenkind Collective YouTube channel.

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Now, most people have heard of the body’s Circadian Rhythm but do you know what it means and how it affects our wellbeing and sleep? Well, someone who does is our guest today Dr Kat Lederle, who is a sleep and body clock scientist, a sleep coach and also the author of Sleep Sense.

Dr Kat is passionate about helping individuals sleep well and feel good. She sees sleep as an act of self-care, and her focus is on providing one-to-one therapeutic sleep coaching to women who experience insomnia and sleep problems. Her work combines sleep science with and learnings from Mindfulness, Acceptance Commitment Therapy and Compassion Focused Therapy. We chat about why women sleep differently to men.

You can watch the full unedited interview on our Womenkind Collective YouTube channel.

The Book Collective this week seems to be getting all of us furious as we continue reading Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn, we realise it’s no wonder women’s health is as dire as it is today with male medics taking charge of birthing and a really heinous man called Dr Isaac Baker Brown who insisted clitoridectomy was a way to cure women of pleasuring themselves.

You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.

We catch up on your comments Jinty asks a deep question from Gina Martin’s new book and Lou finds out about casting clouts! It’s another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.

If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast

Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.

Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic

Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com

And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk

Dr Kat Lederle

W: www.drkatsleep.com

L: Dr Kat Lederle

I: @drkatsleep

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This week we welcome back a friend of ours who was one of our very first guests back in 2021, sexual health and pleasure expert Sam Evans, who is the co-founder of Jo Divine, an online sex toy company which she set up with husband Paul in 2007.

We have been looking forward to chatting to Sam again and as usual Sam was full of practical and useful information about all things sex, intimacy, and pleasure.

Sam has a background in nursing, and has written hundreds of practical articles about sexual health and pleasure for Jo Divine and for leading websites, she has also featured in Radio fours women's Hour and the Channel 4 Documentary 'Sex, myths and menopause'

A fellow Menopause activist and campaigner, Sam works hard to ensure anyone going through the perimenopause, menopause and beyond can continue to enjoy good sexual intimacy and pleasure if they wish to. She says 'No one has to give up on enjoying pleasurable sex when there is practical advice, skin safe products and irritant free sexual lubricants and moisturisers that can transform your intimate health and sexual pleasure'

Sam has given our listeners a 10% discount code at Jo Divine: www.jodivine.com valid from 5.5.2024 - 9.6.2024

using the code: WKC2024

The book Sam talks about is Mind the Gap by Dr Karen Gurney.

In the Book Collective we continue reading Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn, we met two incredible women, in chapters 3 and 4, one who quite literally defied death twice.

You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.

We catch up on your comments and Lou asks why clothes models look so glum, and also do you have a noisy eating partner? Jinty ponders the question of why we name inanimate objects. It's another episode brimming with chat and all the usual shenanigans! So, settle in for this hourish) podcast full of meaningful chat.

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In this Episode we chat with the multi award winning founder of The Adeno Gang Tanya Simon-Hall about Adenomyosis, we catch up on your comments, discuss our book club book, there's also some Shakespeare and empty nest chat.

April is Adenomyosis awareness month so who better to talk to than the fantastic Tanya Simon-Hall, she is the multi-award winning founder of The Adeno Gang. We first met Tanya at the Cura-h Awards back in March.

Tanya is a UN Women U.K Delegate, a menstrual health educator, a women's health campaigner, a menstrual health consultant, a key note speaker, an ambassador for The Lowdown & the Eve appeal and an Adenomyosis & Endometriosis advocate!

Adenomyosis is thought to affect around 1 in 10 women in the UK. It happens when the cells from the lining of the womb are found in the muscle wall of the womb. It differs to the more well-known condition, Endometriosis, where cells similar to the ones in the lining of the womb are found elsewhere in the body.

Tanya has lived experience of both these conditions, but when diagnosed she was given no information, treatment or support and that’s why she started The Adeno Gang. Today, she runs workshops to help girls and women get ahead of this. She says, ‘We need to educate ourselves so we can see the right specialists and ask the right questions’.

The Book Collective gets us all worked up as we read chapters 1 and 2 of our book for series 10, Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn, there’s an awful lot to talk about and we’re only at the beginning! You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.

We catch up on your comments and Jinty discovers some west country Shakespeare that you never knew you needed to hear until now! And Lou talks empty nest syndrome. It’s another episode brimming with chat and all the usual shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.

If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast

Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.

Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic

Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com

And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk

Tanya Simons-Hall

W: https://www.theadenogang.com/

I: @theadenogang

F: The Adeno Gang

L: Tanya Simon-Hall

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We kick off series 10 with a fantastic guest, chartered psychologist and founder of The Psychology School, Serena Simmons. We’ve been looking forward to chatting withSerena since we met her at Therapy Expo where she blew us away with her talk.

Serena has worked in the area of psychology and mental health for almost 30 years, she has over 22 years’ experience working in the field and is a senior lecturer at NottinghamTrent University.

She is heavily involved in a variety of forensic based work too. Serena specialises in serial murder and she still advises on a consultation basis. Much of her work now however is in the capacity of profiling and media work, for example you may have seen her in the TV series ‘Cops Who Kill’.

Serena says, ‘many people struggle to see the link between forensic psychology and positive psychology and behavioural change.’

With her speciality in effecting change using positive psychology and with so many of us in midlife trying to negotiate so many changes we wanted to hear more. We find out why making healthy lifestyle changes can be so hard, we also discuss self-care, guilt, the importance of play and serial killers- not necessarily all at the same time!

You can watch the full unedited interview on our Womenkind Collective YouTube channel.

We discuss guilt, self care (& why it's not easy), the importance of play, boundaries and much more. You will come away with some ideas of how you can to implementing some positive changes into your life.

In the Book Collective we begin our book for series 10, Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn, it’s got us hooked from reading the introduction. You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.

We catch up on your comments and find out what we got up to on our Easter break, and Jinty tells us about the Bolivian Aymara women climbing Everest in traditional dress. It’sanother episode brimming with chat and all the usual shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.

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Serena Simmons:

W: https://thepsychologyschool.co/

I: @serenapsychologist

F: The Psychology School

L: @Serena Simmons

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Series 9 FINALE. This month it is Ovarian Cancer awareness month and do you know the four main symptoms of Ovarian Cancer which are Bloating, Stomach pain, weeing more and struggling to eat? Knowing this information could be lifesaving as an early diagnosis can make all the difference. Our guest this week is someone who understands this only too well, Sarah Myatt suffered from and recognised all the classic ovarian cancer symptoms for over two years yet was repeatedly sent away from her GP surgery and told to lose weight or that her symptoms were simply because she was fat. Sarah is a warm and open human being, she comes from Manchester and describes herself as a queer fat woman, she told us that it took a Dr that was fat like her to actually listen, and six hours later she learned that she had a mass measuring 20 x 20 x 19cm filling her abdomen and eight weeks later after over eight hours of menopause inducing surgery, they discovered Sarah had 2 primary cancers, womb and Ovarian, and that it was too advanced to cure.

They told Sarah that she should see four years, she was only 42 years old. Now five years on, Sarah shares her lived experience to, not only raise awareness of these cancers but also to shed light on the medical weight stigma and bias she has experienced, the medical gaslighting, the unhelpful assumptions made by Health care professionals about her sexuality and how surgery and a gynaecological cancer diagnosis can change how we feel and experience pleasure and intimacy.

So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.

Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Sarah-Jane Myatt I: gamingnorthener77 Ovarian & Womb Cancer Support UK: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/ovarian-cancer https://eveappeal.org.uk/gynaecological-cancers/womb-cancerYou can watch the full unedited interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Our guest on the podcast this week is Louise Butcher, who is not only a breast cancer warrior, she is a topless marathon runner, body positivity icon, a musician, a mum and a bloody lovely person. We ran with Louise in our underwear through her home town in North Devon and got to see the love and support that she has from all the people who meet her.Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in the UK. The risk increases with age and most (but not all) women diagnosed with breast cancer are over the age of 50. About 1 in 7 women will have breast cancer during their lifetime and there is a good chance of recovery if it's detected early.Louise was training for the virtual London marathon when she was diagnosed with Lobular Breast Cancer in 2022. Lobular Breast Cancer is a distinct type of breast cancer that has different characteristics and growth from the more common Ductal Breast Cancer.After a double mastectomy, Louise runs topless, showing her mastectomy scars to help remove the stigma of flat closure surgery, promote body positivity and to raise awareness of Lobular Breast Cancer.In April she will make history and become the first woman ever in the world to run a marathon topless, and raising funds for Breast Cancer Now charity. Breast Cancer Now. Donation Page: https://2024tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/louise-bucher?utm_medium=whatsappIn the Book Collective we continue with Caitlin Moran’s, What About Men? We read chapter 14 The Oldness of Men and discuss how men miss out on many things in life as they age, and is there such a thing as a mid-life crisis?. You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book. Jinty de-bunks a Florence Nightingale myth and Lou looks at how throughout history men have stolen female inventions. Plus what do you do with sports bra padding, in or out? It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Louise Butcher:Breast Cancer Now. Donation Page: https://2024tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/louise-bucher?utm_medium=whatsappI: @louisebutcher39F: Louise Bernadette ButcherTT: @louisebernadettebYou can watch the full unedited interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Our topic today is sleep disturbances, and studies consistently show an increased likelihood of sleep problems during the menopausal transition. There are different types of sleep disturbances with many causes but have you ever thought about Sleep Disordered breathing? Did you know for instance that in Menopause we are 2-3 times more likely to have sleep disordered breathing and in post menopause this rises to 6 x more likely. Sleep disordered breathing, snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea negatively affects us, both mentally and physically and can also impact our long term health. The women’s health concern tell us that obstructive sleep apnoea is not just about loud snoring and gasping. Sleep apnoea in women can also manifest itself in other ways including headaches, insomnia, depression or anxiety and daytime fatigue. Not every woman with OSA will snore or snort loudly whilst asleep. Our guest this week is passionate about spreading awareness of the importance of breathing well at night, and says that a huge ‘ 90% of women with sleep apnoea go undiagnosed’. Jo Ingleby has worked in Community, University and Hospital Services and general dental practice since graduating over 30 years ago and has been in the same general dental practice for over 26 years. Over the past 15 years she has developed her interest in dental sleep medicine, making her first appliance for her very noisy snorer husband who she now no longer wants to throttle when he’s asleep. Jo receives referrals from local dentists, sleep clinics, and referring specialists such as ENT consultants and has made hundreds of mandibular advancement appliances. Jo now tries to explore a patients individual risk factors and together they examine how to improve their breathing whilst asleep with options such as lifestyle, nasal breathing and mouth/ throat exercises. Jo earned the Masterclass Certification from the Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine in 2023 ,and teaches other dentists in how to identify and treat patients with sleep disordered breathing. She is on the Board of the British Society of Dental Sleep medicine. In the Book Collective we continue with Caitlin Moran’s, What About Men? We read chapter 13 The Illnesses of Men – or, Why Men Won’t Go to the Doctor. We look at how the gender pay gap has negatively affected men’s health. You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book. We talk about the Cura-H awards and our time at the Women’s Health Professional Care 2024 Olympia. WI find out how our running challenge is jogging along whilst snapping photos.It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Dr Jo InglebyW: www.sleepbettermanchester.co.ukI: @sleepbettermanchesterYou can watch the full unedited interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Our guest on the podcast today is not only an author of the book, My Life On Pause, and she is also training to be a surgeon. Siobhan O’Sullivan was diagnosed at 31 years old with premature ovarian insufficiency, a condition where the ovaries stop functioning as they should under the age of 40. Siobhan ignored her diagnosis for a number of years feeling betrayed and ashamed by her body, and the impact it on her fertility and how Siobhan felt she was carrying around a big dirty secret. She felt isolated, it was only when she caught covid and had to isolate for 10 days that she was forced to confront her diagnosis and her book, My Life On Pause was born. She is now on a mission to break societal views of womanhood, youth and fertility, giving people a space to be unapologetically themselves. We talk about the impact of menopause in your 30’s, confronting your own fertility, dating and socialising, the stigma of being in your 30’s and single and how Siobhan is redefining her identity. We also ask Siobhan about being a female surgeon. In the Book Collective we continue reading Caitlin Moran’s, What About Men? We are full of disbelief at chapter 11 The Manosphere and through chapter 12 The Fatherhood of Men it gave us a deeper understanding of our dads. You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book. March is Endometriosis Action month with the theme ‘Could it be Endometriosis?’ So Jinty talks endometriosis symptoms and has some startling facts. In the WI find out how our running challenge is jogging along. Plus, we chuck another WI into the mix!It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Siobhan O’SullivanBook: My Life On Pause. Olympia publishersI: @mlop_poiYou can watch the full unedited interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Now if you want to see the World a little differently or would like to be in the moment and notice nature in all its beauty then today’s guest can help you achieve this. Vanessa Miles is a photographer and from a young age she had an early passion for the environment which led her to work as a photographer on a Greenpeace ship and then to set up the UK’s first independent picture agency in 1989, specialising in environmental issues. Her photography career has been varied but her passion for the environment has remained throughout. In 2020, largely as a response to the pandemic Vanessa created Well Image- a not for profit organisation using creative photography projects to improve wellbeing. The aims are very closely aligned to the NHS’s 5 steps to wellbeing which are well researched. They are; engage with nature, connect socially with others, practise being present, increase activity and learn a new skill. Through running live online photography workshops, Vanessa has discovered that the courses are having the greatest impact on those who are most isolated which includes those experiencing high level of anxiety, whatever the cause, long term health conditions or disability.Vanessa imparts some practical tips to help us get the most from our camera phones and we learn how taking photos whilst out can help us be mindful and in the moment whilst also benefiting from being out in nature and connecting socially. In the Book Collective we continue reading Caitlin Moran’s, What About Men? We talk through chapters 9 & 10; did we find them enlightening? Find out or join in with our Book Club. Lou has some important fashion news straight off the Paris catwalk and it’s all about the merkin and Jinty quizzes us about a little known phenomenon, phantasia, the visualisation of imagery. Find out here where you are on the Minds eye scale https://aphantasia.com/study/vviq/In the WI find out how are running challenge is jogging along. Are you joining us? It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. Stay in touch email us here womenkindcollective@gmail.comIf you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Vanessa Miles:W: https://wellimage.co.uk/I: @well_imageF: Well ImageYou can watch the full unedited interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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We have a very special guest on our podcast today. Dr Nighat Arif joins us and talks about being a woman, a mum, a GP, a health advocate, and about becoming an author with her brilliant new book, The Knowledge, a go-to guide from menstruation to menopause and beyond.No subject is off limit in this wonderful and open chat, from female anatomy, equity and diversity to HRT, cold water swimming and Mrs Doubtfire.Dr Nighat Arif is a GP specialising in women's health and family planning with over 16 years’ experience in the NHS and private practice. She is based in Buckinghamshire and is able to consult fluently with patients in Urdu and Punjabi. Dr Nighat works, to raise awareness on menopause and women's healthcare in Black and Asian women. She is the ambassador of many wonderful charities including Wellbeing of Women, where she has joined forces with grassroots organisations to form the Health Collective to ensure that care pathways meet the needs of marginalised communities.You will recognise Dr Nighat as the resident doctor on BBC Breakfast, ITV'S This Morning and BBC Look East. In the Book Collective we continue reading Caitlin Moran’s, What About Men? We talk through chapters 7 & 8, about the disturbing realities of pornography addiction, and the friendship difficulties faced by men. You’ll need to listen in for Jinty’s discussion on architecture and why the antiquated 21 metre rule was to protect the Edwardian women’s modesty.And Lou has disturbing news of TFL’s failings for disabled passengers.In the Weekly Invitation to try something new did you manage to date yourself?It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. Dr Nighat Arif:Book: The Knowledge: Your Guide to Female health – From Menstruation to The Menopause. August 2023 here https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Dr-Nighat-Arif/The-Knowledge--Your-guide-to-female-health---from-menstru/26425481W: www.wellbeingofwomen.org.ukI: @drnighatarifL: Nighat ArifYou can watch the full unedited interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUAIf you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Our guest on the podcast today is Melissa Neisler-Dickinson and we discuss how to navigate the impact that Menopause may have on our work lives, home lives and social lives. We discover how one woman’s story went from battling the mental and physical symptoms of peri menopause to becoming an entrepreneur in post menopause. Mel has become an advocate for women's health and wellness during perimenopause, menopause, and beyond and founded both the Menopause Vitamin Company and the Facebook group, Menopause Support Group UK, following her own difficult perimenopause. Mel said she ‘literally lost who she was’. She is now a trusted voice for women navigating this often challenging phase of life. We loved our open and honest chat about all things menopause. In the Book Collective we continue reading Caitlin Moran’s, What About Men? And it’s all about the cock and balls of men. Jinty has news for about the days taken off sick for periods and Lou looks at why you should never scrape the mould off bread!In the WI did you manage to date yourself?It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. ➡️ You can vote for us for the people’s choice Cura h awards https://www.thecuraawards.com/about-1If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Menopause Vitamin CompanyW: https://menopausevitamincompany.co.uk/I: @menopausevitamincoF: Menopause vitamin company You can watch the full unedited interview on our Womenkind Collective YouTube channel: : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Today we learn about self-love with our guest, Elle Mace. Elle is a Leadership and Management coach and mentor, she’s also a Master Practitioner in eating disorders, obesity and body dysmorphia, a nutrition and weight management therapist as well as a life and positive psychology coach.Elle says that she has, ‘always been passionate about health and fitness,’ however, for years she struggled with an unhealthy relationship with food which began when she was 10 years old.Elle has learned to free herself from what she calls her ‘food demons’ and fall back in love with her body and today is passionate about spreading the word to women, men and children that there is another way.Elle joins us today to tell us about her own experience and give us some advice about self love or even self like, even if it feels an impossible task.She gives us some simple self care tips to aid us with our relationship with ourselves, and we learn why it is important. We talk about societal norms for dieting and ask when does the diet cross over into ‘disordered eating’? In the Book Collective we are reading Caitlin Moran’s What About Men? This week we discuss chapters 3 and 4, the negative body images that have become societal norms and why men should stop wearing scrotum squashing jeans. Jinty has some great news for menopausal women if the UK government need extra troops and Lou tells us how best to wash your knickers/pants/under crackers.In the WI we continue with the Action For Happiness WI calendar.It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Action for Happiness Calendar: https://actionforhappiness.org/calendar#download-block-anchor Elle Mace:W: https://www.ellemace.com/I: @iamellemaceF: Elle MaceL: Elle MaceYou can watch the full unedited interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUABeat website for support with disordered eating https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/get-information-and-support/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Now if you are a regular listener of our podcast you will know that we both absolutely LOVE a cup of tea, so we could not pass up this chance to chat with, not just another tea lover but tea scientist Bethan Thomas.Bethan is a renowned tea expert, with over 18 years commercial experience blending and buying tea for the UK's most prestigious tea companies before establishing her own successful brand, Hottea Mama, which is how we met her- Bethan kindly catered for all our tea requirements on our More than a Menopause retreat.After graduating from Oxford University with a masters in Chinese Studies, Bethan was the first non-Chinese national to gain a degree in Tea Science from the University of Agriculture and Forestry in Fujian, giving her a unique knowledge of the bio-chemistry of tea, production methods, blending techniques and tea culture. Bethan tells us where her love of tea began and we find out the differences between different types of tea and most importantly their varying benefits for Women’s health from periods to menopause. Find out what ingredients to look for for specific symptoms such as fatigue, insomnia, painful periods, digestive issues and more. Bethan explains the inspiration for starting HotTea mama and and we also discuss the important questions like ‘what’s the best biscuit to dunk in your tea?’In the Book Collective we are reading Caitlin Moran’s What About Men? We discuss chapter 1 and 2 and we learn how to be a boy and all the banter that’s involved. It’s insightful with a twist of how boys are set up to fail from day 1 of school. Lou gets all hairy for Janu-hairy and Jinty discovers why some women now identify as a pot hole with the paltry amount of money spent on female health compared to pot holes in England.In the WI we continue with the Action For Happiness WI calendar.It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Action for Happiness Calendar: https://actionforhappiness.org/calendar#download-block-anchor HOTTEA MAMA:W: https://www.hotteamama.com/I: @hotteamamawatch the un-edited interview on our womenkind collective YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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We begin this new series with two wonderful guests, Julu Irvine and Heg Brignall who together make up the folk duo Suthering. We talk about their new album (If we Turn Away), women and folk culture, how they created Tavistock Pride, our joint love for Bridget Christie and more.The fabulous duo are known for their chemistry and humour on stage, they effortlessly intertwine their important messages about the state of our climate, social conscience, and the importance of community and connecting with nature. They champion female characters, creating new narratives for women and unearthing the female heroines of folk and they even sing a song from their forthcoming second album for us.We are very lucky, here in Devon because in 2019 Julu and Heg moved from Bristol to Devon in a bid to create a more connected life on the edge of Dartmoor National Park. They delight in bringing communities together; they run two community choirs (Wheelhouse Folk Choir and The Great Sea Choir) and also run their company Suthering Singing Retreats which offers singing workshops for adults. In the Book Collective we begin reading Caitlin Moran’s book, What About Men? We begin reading the prologue where she explores the reasoning and need for this book to be written. Jinty discusses flowers with names of genitalia and Lou has a new friend Mr Jones! There’s a quote from Lou and an Action For Happiness WI calendar that you can all get involved with.It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Action for Happiness Calendar: https://actionforhappiness.org/calendar#download-block-anchor Suthering:W: https://www.suthering.com/I: @sutheringmusicIf We Turn Away - listen here https://music.apple.com/gb/album/if-we-turn-away/1603444884! You can watch the full unedited chat with Suthering on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Did you know that a recent report from the National Autistic Society found that of the 700,000 adults with Autism only 15% are in employment?We spoke to Lorraine Owodali back in series 7 about access to work funding available for people in the UK who have a disability or a health condition that means they need additional support to do their job. And today we welcome her back to find out more about what she does and how might a virtual PA support you?Over the last few years Lorraine has been PA to many neurodivergent individuals and is passionate about spreading the word about the Access to work funding, which might give people access to support from someone such as herself to manage the organisational side of their work or business.Lorraine is the Founder of Lorraine Freelance PA Ltd & a UK Virtual Assistant in Bristol supporting Business Owners. She is a natural organiser, and loves a ‘to-do list and the opportunity to support people in business and identify the tasks and areas they might need support with.Lorraine has over 20 years of combined Personal and Executive Assistant experience, working at a senior level predominately within Aerospace Engineering & Technology.She says that the role of a Virtual Assistant is so much more than providing excellent PA and marketing support, it's being able to think ahead, so you don't have to sweat the small stuff. In the Book Collective we review our book choices for 2023 and tell you what books we are putting on our Christmas list. For the Foodie Collective we end our souper soup with a winter warmer and a soup that uses up your Christmas leftovers: Curried Brussel sprout soup and it’s surprisingly delicious! You can find the recipe here: https://cookveggielicious.com/curried-brussels-sprout-soup Jinty has a fun Christmas quiz (you won’t have heard these questions before and will add some good conversation around the Christmas table!) and Lou is not happy about ending the series on an odd number. There’s the most beautiful quote to end the series from Jinty. And we complete our WI planking challenge with a mug of tea and with the help of our friend Annie. It’s another episode brimming with chat, information, your comments, and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Lorraine Owolabi:W: https://www.lorrainefreelancepa.com/I: @lorraine_freelance_paYou can watch the full unedited interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Earlier this year we met up with Smita Sinha for a coffee, and in the middle of a busy cafe talked about Intimate Health, Vulvas, Vaginas and menopause, we didn’t even whisper and it was so refreshing.Smita is the founder of Serenity Women’s Clinic and is a Consultant Gynaecologist with over 15 years’ experience in Women’s Health and specialises in Menopause and Vulval Health. She is a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, British Menopause Society and British Society for the study of Vulval disease.Smita has a special interest in Medical education and wellbeing and has held several leadership roles in Doctors postgraduate education and pastoral care. She enjoys raising awareness on Women’s Health topics and her passion is to support Women to Pro-age with evidence based management. She has created Serenity Women’s Clinic to provide a one stop approach for Women, with consultations and treatments for Menopause, Vulval Health as well Facial Aesthetics and Intimate rejuvenation.We ask Smita about Pro-ageing and discuss this privilege (beats the alternative!). We go back to basics as Smita tells us why we might suffer from Genitourinary Syndrome of menopause and other vulva and vagina conditions. We look at common symptoms and treatments, stigma and what exactly do Doctors think when we go for an intimate examination. We also discuss intimate rejuvenation, what is it and who might need it. Book Collective: We conclude the wonderful Twelve Moons. A Year Under A Shared Sky by Caro Giles. This week we read chapter 12, Cold Moon, quite fittingly it’s the December moon. It’s a time of reflection for Caro and the girls as well as hope for the future. We announce the new book for the collective for January, we think you’ll love it! We talk feminism as Jinty tells us about bike face, did you know it was a thing? There’s also a Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah quiz and Lou finds out the best and cheapest times to food shop leading up to Christmas.There’s an inspirational quote from Lou, it’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Smita Sinha:W: www.serenitywomensclinic.co.ukI: @serenitywomensclinic You can watch the full unedited interview on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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We have not one but two guests this week, Friedel Fink, founder of Big Sis CIC and Victoria Dufour-Cox of Nature & Me. Big Sis is a not-for-profit social enterprise offering impactful puberty support programmes for girls, non-binary children and mixed gender groups in schools (RSHE) and the community that foster mental health, a positive body image, emotional resilience and a growing self-esteem. Friedel and her team are passionate in finding creative and accessible ways to support young people in pre and puberty. Big Sis run a relational 12 week Girl Mentoring Programme for the ages of 9-13 that has so far supported 180 children, a regular Confidence Club and mum-daughter community groups and they collaborate with schools and community organisations and youth clubs.Victoria is the facilitator, educator & Mentor of Menstrual Cycle Awareness & Youth Empowerment behind Nature & Me. Her wish is for this lived experience to come out of the shadows & remove the shame and stigma attached to it. She says it is the role of the community to initiate and mentor our young people with rites of passage such as Menarche to support their development & wellbeing on their journey to adulthood. Book Collective, we continue with Twelve Moons. A Year Under A Shared Sky by Caro Giles, this week we catch up on chapters 10 and 11, Blood Moon and Mourning Moon. The family are thrown into the depths of covid with Caro testing positive, we learn about her struggles being unwell and trying to remain present for her girls. In the Foodie, Jinty has cooked a wholesome vegetable soup;Recipe1 chopped onion1 large chopped carrot1 400g tin butter beans, drained1 400g red kidney beans, drained (or any bean of choice).1/2 tsp chilli powder, 1 tsp smoked paprika, 1/2 tsp oregano, 1/2 tsp turmeric 2 handfuls of washed spinachSmall tin sweetcorn300ml veg stock700g bottle of Passata 2 tomatoes (chopped)Extra virgin olive oilJuice of 1 lemonMethod Cook onions and carrot until softened on a medium heat (around 10-15 mins)Add all the spices and let cook for 1 minute Add chopped tomatoes, Passata, stock & beansSimmer for 10-15 minutesAdd lemon juice, spinach & sweetcornStir and cook for a further 5 minutesServe and enjoy We tell you all about our More Than A Menopause Retreat and we have a fun WI for you to try out. There’s an inspirational quote from Jinty, it’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Big Sis CIC.I: @bigsis.cicW: https://big-sis.co/W: https://www.natureandme.co.uk/--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Our guest today is author and poet, Victoria Bennett. Her writing spans poetry, memoir and non-fiction, she has written and talked extensively on grief, care, and writing through times of change. In 1999, she founded the internationally celebrated Wild Women Press, an inclusive space focusing on nature, connection and creativity.Her debut memoir, All My Wild Mothers, is an intimate story of motherhood, a handbook on survival and a testimony to radical hope. Weaving of memoir and herbal folklore, it is a tale of grief and the transformation that can happen when we reconnect with the wild beneath our feet and it has something to teach us about resilience, love, and the power of joyful resistance.Victoria and her family move to a new social housing estate in rural Cumbria. Here, in the rubble of a former industrial site, she and her young son begin to grow a wild apothecary garden. Gradually they discover that sometimes life grows, not in spite of what is broken, but because of it. You can watch the full unedited interview on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUAEver wondered what happens when you gather a lot of Wild Women together and tell your own stories? Do we get more creative in Menopause? Can you plant an Apothecary garden with no experience or money? (Yes you can- find out how Victoria does it). Did life turn out as you expected? Does it matter if it didn’t? All these questions are discussed and so much more. In the Book Collective book of the series, Twelve Moons. A Year Under A Shared Sky by Caro Giles. This week we read chapter 9 Song Moon, Caro’s divorce if final and there’s a birthday to celebrate. Jinty discovers a beautiful part of her grandmother’s past and Lou talks about a possible link between testosterone and stress incontinence. There’s a stress relieving WI from Jinty. And you can get involved with fashioning a hat from your Christmas shopping packaging!There’s an inspirational quote from Lou, it’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Victoria Bennett:W: http://victoriabennett.meW: http://www.wildwomenpress.com/I: @beewyld--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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We are so excited to talk to our dear friend and fellow menopause campaigner, Claire Hattrick, The Executive Menopause Coach on today’s podcast. Claire suffered with undiagnosed menopause joint pain for 10 years which left her unable to stand, sit or walk despite being under several consultants who could find nothing wrong. At the same time, she was raising twin daughters on her own. In 2020 Claire decided to make it her mission to teach and educate both women and men about menopause and the possible symptoms that come with it, making sure that no other woman loses years of their life to menopause like she did.The Executive Menopause Coach was launched, helping women in mid-life to navigate the menopause and allowing them space to rediscover their purpose and value. We discuss Menopause and Joint pain, treatment, supplements and HRT. It’s a fun and informative episode. Fun fact- Claire can still do the splits and has appeared on numerous national and local TV programmes, newspapers and women’s magazines with her menopause work (not doing the splits) and now - she can add the Global podcast -Womenkind Collective Podcast to that list! In the Book Collective book of the series, Twelve Moons. A Year Under A Shared Sky by Caro Giles. This week we read chapter 8 Dispute Moon, we meet the matriarchs of Caro and her girls life. There’s a fabulous Foodie from Jinty, a spicy butternut squash soup suggested by one of our Collective. You can find the full recipe here: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/user/482159/recipe/spicy-squash-and-parsnip-soup. We Veganised ours, easy peesy. Jinty talks vitamin D with a quiz that’s not a quiz and Lou discusses the marketing ban on new born formula milk.There’s an inspirational quote from Jinty, it’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Coffee at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk The Executive Menopause Coach: Claire HattrickW: Info@theexecutivemenopausecoach.comTwitter: @menopausecoach_Facebook: The Executive Menopause CoachInstagram: @theexecutivemenopausecoachFind out more about hEhlors Danlos Syndrome here https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwil18G237mCAxVcQ0EAHYs4CdsQFnoECBYQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ehlers-danlos.com%2Fwhat-is-eds%2F&usg=AOvVaw162yW1HgnRH0VKo_5RhvyH&opi=89978449You can watch the full unedited interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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We met Emily Wood at BBC Radio Devon in the Summer at their live on air Menopause Cafe. Emily has been presenting the weather on local BBC TV and radio for over 15 years, and also works as a journalist for BBC Radio Devon where she gets to share stories about the amazing people and places in Devon.Emily asked if she could turn the tables and interview us and get all the questions answered that her and her friends wanted to know about menopause. We obviously said yes!We ask Emily about what it is like being a working mum in the media and she also tells us some fascinating facts about clouds (you’ll want to know these!). And Emily asks us about Menopause- what exactly is it? How do we know when we are in peri menopause? HRT? And what we would say to our younger pre menopausal selves……. Oh and Chin hairs! In the Book Collective book of the series, Twelve Moons. A Year Under A Shared Sky by Caro Giles. This week we read chapter 7 Claiming Moon, Caro is beginning to unravel, she’s allowing herself to be vulnerable in this chapter, there’s a camping holiday and also Caro’s birthday to celebrate. Lou finds some fun news you might have missed this week (dinosaurs on the Isle of Wight) and Jinty has found some new research that has found genetic links between endometriosis and IBS and other gastro-intestinal disorders.We have been challenged by one of our Collective to a new WI, it’s definitely a giddy one! There’s an inspirational quote from Lou, it’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Further Info:https://thebms.org.uk/https://www.balance-menopause.com/https://menopausesupport.co.ukhttps://www.womens-health-concern.orgYou can watch the interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Menopause is a critical time in a woman’s life and can affect those around us our partners and families. Many people tell us that the relationship with their partner has changed in menopause and in a 2022 research conducted by The Family Law Menopause Project and Newson Health Research and Education, show that 7 in 10 women (who took part in the survey) blame the menopause for the breakdown of their marriage with a further 67% (of the 1000 women taking part) worryingly claiming it increased domestic abuse and arguments. So, we thought who better to talk to about relationships breaking down and how we can hopefully get our personal happy ever after than divorce coach Sally Jackson.Sally brings a wealth of experience to the podcast her expertise shines as she shares her insights on topics ranging from her own journey through divorce, to the empowering possibilities that midlife presents, as well as the unique challenges tied to menopause and divorce.For the Book Collective book of the series, Twelve Moons. A Year Under A Shared Sky by Caro Giles. This week we read chapter 6 Mother Moon, this chapter has a completely different feel to the last chapter, there are some beautiful poignant moments from Caro and we celebrate the Caulbearer’s birthday. It’s Sober October and Jinty discusses alcohol and menopause and the physiological reasons why we can’t drink like we used to.We have been challenged by one of our Collective to a new WI, there’s an inspirational quote from Jinty, it’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Sally Jackson:W: http://www.sallyjacksoncoaching.com/L: linkedin.com/in/sallyjacksoncoachingC: calendly.com/sallyjacksoncoaching/45minEventbrite Tickets for Sally’s 2024 Retreat: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/your-divorce-your-way-creating-clarity-confidence-and-connections-tickets-726163192657You can watch the unedited interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Today we have not one but two amazing guests, Victoria Hardy, author of My Menopause My Journal My Rules, aka @ginge_unhinged and Cat Jewitt Menopause, nutrition, training and mindset coach, aka menopause_pt. They talk to us about oestrogen implants which they have both had to battle to get, they tried other methods of HRT but it has failed. They are both in early menopause, Victoria went into surgical menopause at 33 years old and Cat went into early menopause at the age of 36, but was told by her GO she was too young to be menopausal.We discuss the procedure, the pros and cons of implants and how oestrogen implants have quite literally saved their lives.You can watch the unedited interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA In the Book Collective we continue with our book, Twelve Moons. A Year Under A Shared Sky by Caro Giles. We read chapter 5, Mothers Moon, it’s a thought provoking chapter with the realisation that life is altering for this family and it will never be the same again. We have a Foodie Collective for you this week, Lou has actually cooked? It’s a spinach, sweet potato and lentil dhal to warm your cockles as autumn approaches. You can find the full recipe here: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/spinach-sweet-potato-lentil-dhal Find out what we learned from the WI challenge. There’s an inspirational quote from Lou, it’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Victoria HardyI: @ginge_unhingedW: www.gingeunhinged.comB: My Menopause. My Journal. My Rules. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CC2XRLLL?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_JWN42NGQWJ9BRZ24F3GK&language=en-GB Cat JewittI: @menopause_ptW: www.catjewitt.com--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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We are very excited to be joined today by the wonderful Dr Charlotte Patton who is a Women’s Health GP with a special interest in contraception, sexual health and menopause care.Charlotte has worked in a sexual health clinic and currently shares her time between an NHS GP practice and a private practice and Derriford Hospital Plymouth, as well as being involved with teaching at both Peninsula Medical school and the University of Exeter.This year, Charlotte has started teaching a ‘Student Selected Unit’ in medical humanities at the University of Exeter to fourth year medical students. It is entitled ‘Celebrating the female body through art’ and we find out how this came about and the significant implications it could have in helping to reduce stigma and break down barriers in the context of the female body. We also ask Charlotte about where her passion for womens health came from, her favourite female artists and she talks with us about Menopause, sex and taboo and more! In the Book Collective we continue with our book, Twelve Moons. A Year Under A Shared Sky by the phenomenal Caro Giles. We read chapter 4, Hare Moon, and it is the Mermaid’s birthday as the world is opening up again after lockdown. Jinty discusses OCD and the myths surrounding this disorder and asks you to visit: https://www.ocduk.org/ to gain a better understanding and of the obsessions and compulsions of this disorder that affects as many as 12 in every 1,000 people. Find out how the WI challenge went and there’s a new WI that you can get involved in. There’s an inspirational quote from Jinty. It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Dr Charlotte Patton:I: @cornwall_womens_doctorW: https://stermemedical.uk/about-us/Katy Hessel Book The story of Art without Men we discussed https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Katy-Hessel/The-Story-of-Art-without-Men--The-instant-Sunday-Times-bestseller/26872928And the Japanese Artist Charlotte talked about is Rokudenashiko - https://artistsatriskconnection.org/story/rokudenashiko Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk you can watch the full unedited interview on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Our guest this week is a dear friend of the ours and the podcast, Clare Baumhauer. Clare talks to us about Vulval Lichen Sclerosus (LS) which is a chronic inflammatory condition, with incidence peaking in childhood and post-menopause.Clare was diagnosed with Vulval lichen sclerosus and stage 3 Vulval cancer at 43 but had first noticed symptoms at the age of 5 years old.She now spends most of her spare time raising awareness around Vulval Cancer and lichen sclerosus.You can watch the full unedited interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA In the Book Collective we read chapter 3 of Twelve Moons. A Year Under A Shared Sky by Caro Giles. The Lenten Moon, Caro writes about the Sarah Everard murder and how it effects women, she writes so eloquently about that time in history. We hear from 2 of our listeners that are reading along with the book club. The Foodie is a souper soup, pea and spinach a recipe from one of our Collective, Rachael.Ingredients:1 fist sized potato. 1 medium onion. 100g frozen peas. 100g frozen spinach. Stock cube. Water. Seasoning.Method: In a soup maker:Peel and chop the potato and onion, add all the other ingredients with enough water to just cover, set to smooth.In a pan:Peel and chop the potato and onion, add the water and boil until tender; add the other ingredients; bring back to the boil; blend until smooth. It’s Sober October and Jinty delves into the world of fantastic drinking phrases, do you know where the phrase Dutch Courage comes? And Lou finds out about the Canary girls from WW2. Lou recites her WI from Jinty, a taboo poem, all about bum hair! There’s a new WI that you can get involved in, it’s an up and downer one! There’s an inspirational quote from Lou, lots of your words and comments, it’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound. Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Clare Baumhauer:F: Lichen Sclerosus & Vulval Cancer UK AwarenessT: @vulvalcancerUKI: @vulvalcancerukawareness--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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You won't want to miss this chat with the wonderful Emma Ellice- Flint of @emmasnutrition a qualified nutritionist, nutritional therapist and experienced chef. Emma was one of our first guests way back in series 1.Emma is passionate about gut health and has been looking into some research on bone health in relation to gut micro biome and function, and how bone health might be affected by gut health. In this episode Emma explains the four ways that our gut micro biome affects our Bone health. We talk about leaky gut, inflammation, and our immune system. Emma explains the effects by and on Oestrogen. How we might improve both out bone and gut health and much more, it's honestly a mind blowing conversation and Emma’s passion shines through.Emma seeks to combine science, research and the deliciousness of food together to help women embrace change. Emma is passionate about women’s health and how nutrition can bring about positive changes and healing, especially in perimenopause and menopause.You can watch the full (un-edited) interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA In the Book Collective we continue with Caro Giles memoir, Twelve Moons. A Year Under A Shared Sky. We enter chapter 2 and Caro gently introduces us to parts of her life, her girls and her parents. It’s a reflective and thought provoking chapter. In the Foodie one of our Collective has a tasty and nutritious soup for us to try.Find out how Lou got on with her WI. There’s an inspirational quote from Jinty, it’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound. Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Emma Elice Flint:W: https://emmasnutrition.com/I: @emmas_nutritionF: @Emma’s Nutrition--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Our guest today Holly McComish, an author, poet, producer and women’s health ambassador from East London.At the age of 25 Holly suffered a Stroke due to the combined contraceptive pill and became determined to publish a poetry book that could raise awareness around women’s health issues.And in January this year her debut book, ‘If Tits Could Talk’ was published.Hollys book is a fun and relatable poetry collection that also holds important health messages. The book uses wit, rhyme and vibrant illustrations to discuss smear tests, contraception, STI’s, Menopause and the need to be breast aware and more. It’s the perfect read for any woman.Holly’s work was discovered and platformed by world renowned poet Rupi Kaur and has been praised by the likes of Davina McCall and Dame Kelly Holmes, as well as numerous women’s health charities such as CoppaFeel and The Pink Ribbon Foundation. If Tits Could Talk is now currently stocked in over 50 independent bookshops across the UK and here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tits-Could-Talk-Holly-McComish/dp/1399943693In the Book Collective we read chapter 1 of Twelve Moons. A Year Under A Shared Sky by Caro Giles. The first chapter is Wolf Moon, a time of deep self-reflection which Caro does beautifully in this chapter, her life now in January 2021 as a single mum with four girls in Northumberland and an insight into her life as an 18 year old partying in Guildford. The Foodie launches with a tasty gazpacho from Jinty, this chilled tomato and vegetable cold soup is brimming with goodness. You can find the recipe on the link: https://cookieandkate.com/ultimate-gazpacho-recipe/ Our WI, playing the card game Patience, can you shuffle and play? There’s a new WI that you can get involved in, there’s an inspirational quote from Lou, it’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound. Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Holly McComish: Book. If Tits Could Talk. A collection of poetry.I: @holly_mccomishYou can watch the full interview on our Womenkind Collective YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Welcome back to series 8 and the 100th episode of the Womenkind Collective Podcast. We are kickstarting this series off with a topic that is rarely known or discussed, Astrology and Menopause, can your Menopause be mapped out in the stars? Can your horoscope give you clues to how your menopause is or will be? Jenny tells us that we can indeed link menopause and astrology. Jenny has trained in ancient astrology, and is able to unlock the secrets hidden within your birth chart to give you any answers you may seek about who you are and what you're likely to experience in this lifetime. We look at the relationship between the stars and menopause. We learn that Saturn brings the challenges that teach us more about ourselves, and why you shouldn’t make big decisions when Mercury is in retrograde. We also learn how the moon’s cycle’s affect us and how we can use this as a tool for a life of contentment and acceptance of dark and light. Jenny has a discounted birth chart reading, at the moment running until the 9th of October usually the cost is £115 for an hours reading but it’s currently £69, you can message Jenny directly for this offer, details are at the bottom of the show notes.  You can watch Jenny’s full interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA   In this episode we also discuss breakthrough bleeding in post menopause, talking of blood we find out the most and least absorbent period products on the market.  We announce a new Foodie and ask for your recipes, in the Book Collective we launch our book for this series, Twelve Moons. A Year Under A Shared Sky by Caro Giles and published by Harper Collins. We will read the first chapter for next week. Join us please.   How did you get on with our WI, Pocket Lists over the summer? There’s a new WI that you can get involved in, there’s an inspirational quote from Jinty, it’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.   If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at  https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.   Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk   Jenny Harkman: W: https://www.conversationswiththegods.com/ I: @conversations_with_the_gods

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It’s our Podcast series 7 finalé and our guest this week is a friend of ours Dr Rebecca Walker, she is an experienced GP with expertise in Menopause care, Migraine and Headache medicine, we talk all things migraine and Dr Becky de-bunks myths surrounding migraines. Find out how a migraine is diagnosed, and could your dizzy spells be vestibular migraine? Dr Becky tells us about the newest migraine medication and how migraines can develop or worsen in peri menopause. We ask if different HRT preparations affect different types of migraine. And do you think a migraine is always a headache? The answer may surprise you. Dr Walker works as an NHS GP in Devon and is part of a team of specialist GPs at the Exeter Headache Clinic, a National Health service for people with complex headache conditions. Becky is also a senior clinician with the National Migraine Centre, a specialist charity supporting people with migraine. As if that’s not enough she is part of the team at Myla Health who provide individualised private menopause support. Dr Walker enjoys sharing her learning and teaches on Headache Medicine and Menopause to GPs, and to students at Exeter Medical School. She has also written articles on menopause and migraine. We’ve been fortunate enough to meet with Becky several times in the past few months since she moved to Devon, and what a pleasure it has been so we asked her to join us on the podcast to talk about migraines and hormones, particularly in menopause. You can watch the full interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA   Have you heard of the Malaya Lola’s? These were a group of teens and children snatched from their homes and imprisoned and raped during WW2. These girls were called ‘comfort women’ and were abused by Japanese soldiers in the Japanese Imperial Army. Jinty uncovers the Filipino women’s story.   Foodie - as we conclude our theme for this month we have a traditional shortbread recipe from Sainsbury’s. Click the link for the full recipe: https://www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk/recipes/baking/classic-shortbread Find out how Lou got it so very wrong!   Book Collective we announce our book for series 8 and it’s from the wonderful Caro Giles: Twelve Moons. A Year Under A Shared Sky published by Harper Collins.   There’s a new WI that you can get involved in, there’s an inspirational quote from Jinty and have you ever experienced an eargasms? It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.   Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk   Dr Rebecca Walker: I: dr_rebeccawalker W: https://www.nationalmigrainecentre.org.uk/

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Our guest this week is the one and only Karen Arthur. Karen hosts the podcast Menopause Whilst Black, a platform committed to diversifying Menopause and sharing the stories of Black menopausal women in the UK. She now graces the cover of magazines, and speaks knowledgeably and passionately on a range of topics including, fashion, creativity, menopause and mental wellbeing. She is changing the Menopause narrative. Karen says she is “a Black woman who refuses to become invisible in post menopause” she is passionate about taking up space via vibrant fashion and public art. This unapologetic visibility helps other women, particularly those who look like Karen, to find their own voice.

Karen taught dance then textiles for 28 years but had to leave it behind when her Menopause came- and along with it - anxiety and depression. From a teacher to a designer Karen was able to move into Fashion, working exclusively with women to create beautiful bespoke clothing that made them feel good and stand tall. She is also a Mother and a Grandmother. And, as if all that is not enough, In May this year Karen hosted -The Joy Retreat in Barbados, the world’s FIRST retreat created for Black people in any stage of menopause (website link below). We absolutely loved our chat with Karen, we talk about all the above plus we ask Karen how the Menopause landscape has changed since she began her podcast, and much more, you can catch the full unedited interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA?app=desktop   In the Book Collective we conclude Femina by Janina Ramirez. We read the final chapter Exceptional and Outcast and it’s all about diversity and trans gender in the fourteenth century. It’s an exceptional end to a magnificent book   There’s a Foodie as it’s national Picnic month, Jinty has cooked up a delicious fruity apple flapjack. https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/apple-flapjacksIngredients: Click the link to take you to the recipe.   There’s a poetic WI that you can get involved in, there’s an inspirational quote from Lou and Jinty delves into belly buttons, and belly button fluff, do you know the mythological Gods and Goddesses for the days of the week? It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.   Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk   Karen Arthur: W. https://www.thekarenarthur.com I: @thekarenarthur I: @menopausewhilstblack

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Our guest this week has so much wisdom to impart and we absolutely loved our chat Devon based Postpartum Physio, Victoria Caulfield.

In February this year the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RCOG)  published a policy statement identifying key opportunities to tackle pelvic floor dysfunction through improved education and access to information. They say pelvic health support should be tailored to the individual, and be provided from a young age and throughout women’s lives. The RCOG are calling for action to reduce the number of women living with poor pelvic floor health, revealing new data that over 60% of UK women have at least one symptom of poor pelvic floor health, worryingly, one in four women have never done pelvic floor exercises that can prevent and improve symptoms. Victoria’s passion is educating women about good pelvic health through current research and working with people who may be experiencing symptoms. This can be anything from painful sex to urinary incontinence, prolapse, perimenopause symptoms and postnatal rehabilitation. Her current caseload of women she's supporting ranges from 19 years old to 75, and tells us that  ‘good pelvic health is for life and for everybody!’

This episode includes everything you need to know about prolapse and pelvic floor health, we discuss Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Victoria explains the different types, the symptoms and sensations along side the non invasive treatments and exercises. Plus she tells us why she doesn’t like the word ‘prolapse’. Pessaries, local oestrogen and the squatty potty are all in here! Victoria tells us about hypertonic pelvic floors, and how a blueberry can help support our pelvic health, and much much more!

You can watch the full interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA   In our Book Collective we continue reading Femina by Janina Ramirez. This week we catch up on chapters, 7 Kings and Diplomats and 8 Entrepreneurs and Influencers. We meet a female King; Jadwiga of Poland and we meet Margery Kempe an extraordinary medieval woman from Kings Lynn.   There’s a fantastic quote from Jinty and we find out what a penis push-up is and why it can play a role in getting a better sex life. We look at why village halls are closing thanks to the jobsworths in government. It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.   Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk     Victoria Postpartum Physio: Instagram: @victoria_postpartum_physio Website: www.thepostpartumphysio.co.uk

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Our guests this week are Jan Scott and Diana Phillips who host the Windrose World retreats, They are on a mission to debunk the myths and stigmas that surround menopause.

We had such a fun chat with these two fabulous women! They share a lifetime of friendship and are now creating space for menopausal women around the world. After 30+ years of film production in Hollywood with 20 of those teaching yoga, Jan Scott has learnt how to let the pendulum swing between chaos and Zen. At 30, Jan was producing films in Hollywood and living on the beach in Malibu. She spent a month in Kenya with the Maasai tribes which triggered an obsession with saying ‘yes’ to the “unknown adventure”. Diana Phillips grew up wanting to join the circus. When she graduated with a degree in Journalism from the University of Kentucky she did just that and devoted her career to the 3-ring big top of advertising. As a creative director she made campaigns at basecamp in the Himalayas, visited Milan and Hamburg and the deserts of Morocco. Practicing Yoga converted a life of chaos and excess to one of balance. Yoga became even more of a support when Diana’s menopause hit. Diana had every symptom, every day for about 8 years. Their combined love of yoga and a commitment to empower women through menopause has driven these two meno warriors to run beautiful retreats around the world.

Jan & Diana tell us about the Menopause conversation Stateside and how they plan a US ‘tour’ of retreats for 2024 with Naomi Watts I am Stripes. They tell us about their own Menopause Journeys and we learn about the difficulties of hot flushes and menopause symptoms in the corporate world. They have some great tips for us for running our own ‘More than a Menopause Seaside Retreat too’ Lots of laughs and conversation that will resonate with most menopausers. You can watch the full unedited interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA   Book Collective we continue with Femina by Janina Ramirez this week we read chapter 6, Spies and Outlaws where we meet the Cathar women, with their holistic approach to life and their interpretation of the bible, the Catholic church at the time hunted them down as heretics.   In the Foodie Collective Jinty has once again been baking biscuits in the kitchen and this week she has made Mary Berry’s Fork biscuits with 3 ingredients. https://thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/fork-biscuits/   There’s a fantastic quote from Lou and we find out why the shingles vaccine really is a game changer for women when it comes to Alzheimer’s (https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.05.23.23290253v1 ). We discuss clothes poverty and the unbelievable amount of clothes that go to landfill. We have a special musical treat when Jinty gets out her recorder! It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.   Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk   Jan Scott & Diana Phillips Windrose Retreats: W: https://windroseworld.com/ E: hello@windroseworld.com I: @the_windrose_world

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Our guest this week is Dr Carys Sonnenberg, a highly qualified and experienced GP and menopause doctor, with a passion for women’s health. Carys qualified as a doctor in 1996 and has been a GP for over 20 years specialising in women’s health and menopause. She runs a women’s health clinic in her NHS practice where she helps patients manage their contraception, PMS, PCOS, endometriosis, and menopause. Carys founded Rowena Health so that she could also provide top-quality care to more women and set up a clinic where she can practice at the highest standard.

Last year we met Dr Carys Sonnenberg in Parliament Square at the Menopause Rally and instantly knew we wanted to have a longer Menopause chat for the podcast. Dr Carys wants women to live life to the fullest in menopause and tells us that our metabolic health is not something we can see and it’s not a sexy topic but it is very important for our future health. We find out that there are around 3.5 million women living with a heart or circulatory disease (including heart disease and stroke) in the UK. Heart attacks kill an average of more than 70 women every day and people from some ethnic backgrounds are more prone to insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome.

So what is Metabolic syndrome? Have you ever been told that your body has become resistant to the hormone insulin, leading to high blood sugar levels? Are you concerned about High blood pressure? Has your waistline got bigger in menopause, is it greater than 80cm? Do you have unhealthy levels of blood fats ? These are a collection of ‘health risk factors’, and having three of these might suggest you have metabolic syndrome. Dr Carys explains what Metabolic Syndrome has to do with Menopause, what exactly insulin does and what insulin resistance is and how it affects us, now and longer term health. Plus what we can do about it, Metabolic syndrome is not to be feared but learned from. We also ask Carys about Statins and high cholesterol an more. This is a conversation you don’t want to miss.   We continue with our Book Collective, Femina by Janina Ramirez and this week we chat about chapter 5- Polymaths and Scientists. We meet Hildegard a medieval nun who writes about orgasms, advocates for abortion and describes her Visions/menopause migraines? There’s a book heist too - it’s a humdinger of a chapter!   One of our lovely collective has sent in a biscuit recipe for our Foodie Collective, Grantham Ginger Bread. Ingredients: 100 grs butter or margarine. 350 grs caster sugar. 1 egg, beaten. 250 grs self-raising flour. 5 ml ground ginger. Method: Grease and line 2 baking sheets. Heat oven to 150°. Cream butter and sugar together in a bowl until pale and fluffy. Gradually beat in the egg. Sift the ginger and flour into the mix work in with a fork to form a dough. Roll the dough into walnut size balls. Place on the baking sheets apart. Bake for 40-45 minutes.   There’s a fantastic quote from Jinty and we meet the vigilante group of women from Enfield North London that are keeping their children safe on the streets. We look at the harmful chemicals in some sunscreens and the Gender Health gap of the week! It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.

.To watch the full un-edited interview, go to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk   Dr Carys Sonnenberg: W: https://rowenahealth.co.uk/author/carysadmin01 I: @drcaryssonnenberg I: @rowenahealth_menopausecare F: Rowena Health Menopause

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This week we look into drink spiking with the founder of Stamp Out Spiking, Dawn Dines. A 2022 a YouGov poll found that one in nine women and one in 17 men in the UK  have been the victim of drink spiking. Stamp Out Spiking are a charity dedicated to reducing drink spiking incidents in the UK and beyond through campaigning and educational work, along with their anti-drink spiking protective lids, StopTopps. Their vision is to educate people about the dangers of spiking and the fact it's never acceptable. They offer resources and solutions that will help people to stay safe until drink spiking is no more.

In our chat with Dawn she tells us how her journey to Stamp out Spiking began in 1989 when she managed to escape a spiking incident by climbing through a bathroom window and how she knows first hand what it feels like to have your drink spiked. Dawn and her team, based in Exeter, Devon are committed to exposing the true extent of this appalling crime and make it clear that it’s utterly unacceptable. Dawn explains to us the dangers of spiking because if we are aware then we are better equipped to prevent spiking incidents from happening. Stamp out spiking is challenging the Police to make victims feel more welcome and remove any perceived barriers to the reporting of spiking incidents and Dawn has been campaigning to make Spiking a crime in itself since 2004(please sign the petition below) Dawn is passionate about empowering young people to keep themselves safe, and explains in this episode what her team does and how they run educational workshops on alcohol & drug awareness, knife crime & anti-social behaviour, cyberbullying and internet safety. She also works with local authorities, supporting children in care and in secure units.

We ask Dawn about her drink spiking campaigning locally and around the world, she has a passion for travelling and this has led her see first-hand the effects of Drink Spiking globally.

This is a great conversation with an amazing activist and campaigner who won’t stop until she has Stamped Out Spiking for good.   In the Book Collective we continue with our book of the series, Femina by Janina Ramirez. This week we discuss chapter 4 Artists and Patrons, we learn the Bayeux Tapestry isn’t perhaps what you think it is……We discuss the nuns that embroidered large penises on the men and horses and learn that Queen Emma was the richest most powerful woman in England.   There’s a fantastic quote from Lou and we discuss blood cancers and do you know the symptoms? Plus how a survey has revealed having a thyroid problem can cause low libido. Are you fed up with doing all the cooking in the house? We discuss this and so much more! It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.   Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk   Stamp Out Spiking: Website: www.sosglobal.org Petition to change the law: https://www.change.org/StopSpikingbeinganinvisibleoffence National Spiking Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/7S27CQH A Victim's Journey Instagram: @stampoutspiking Facebook: @sosglobal

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Our guests today are 29 year old Anna Cooper and 30 year old Gabz Pearson, both Endometriosis sufferers who struggled for years with symptoms and were only diagnosed after years of misdiagnosis and professional gaslighting.In this open and honest chat we discover how Anna, mum to a 7 year old daughter, has had 15 operations due to endometriosis and the length of time it took to diagnose and operate. She tells us that because of the years she was dismissed and told by several Health care professionals, including a Gynaecologist that she did not have Endometriosis, the tissue grew, damaging her bowel and bladder irreparably. Anna explains how this has impacted her both physically, emotionally and mentally. We chat with Gabz about her experiences leading up to her endo diagnosis and how since then she has been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, IBS, Adenomyosis, chronic back pain and bulging discs.She tells us about her difficult decision around her fertility and a hysterectomy and the impact of chronic pain and medical menopause. Anna and Gabz connected on social media, becoming Instagram friends and bonding through the mutual demon of Endometriosis. They have become more like family and no long just cyber palsWe ask them how the Menstrual Health Project began, and like all the best projects, they answer ‘around the dining room table one day……’They feel frustrated & deflated at the lack of information and support and don’t want any other young girls at the beginning their menstrual journey to suffer as they have. It’s a difficult yet inspiring conversation and another reason Lou & Jinty have faith in this younger generation to make the changes that are so needed in Womens Health. The Menstrual Health Project a charity who’s mission it is to provide practical support for those suffering with menstrual health concerns and conditions through educational tools & resources to help people navigate more accurately and comfortably through whatever stage in life they are at, they want people to feel heard, empowered and informed.You can watch the full un-edited interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA. Find Anna & Gabz here- Menstrual health Project: https://www.menstrualhealthproject.org.ukInstagram: @mentrualhealthprojectFacebook: Menstrual health ProjectE: hello@menstrualhealthproject.org.ukIn the Book Collective we delve into chapter 3 of Femina by Janina Ramirez, we learn how the patriarchy wrote the female Viking warriors out of history and how gender fluidity is nothing new., some great Norse stories, Thor in a dress? And Thanks to the advancement in science and DNA remains found of the Birka warrior are now confirmed as female. It’s a chapter both Jinty & Lou loved, as you will be able to tell when you listen!  The Foodie this week is a tasty vegan biscuit recipe from the Six Vegan Sisters. https://www.sixvegansisters.com/2022/02/20/giant-loaded-peanut-butter-cookies/#wprm-recipe-container-20019  There’s a fantastic quote from Jinty, we find out about a new drug to help with hot flushes, and as it’s national skin cancer awareness month we look into some shocking SPF and skin cancer statistics, oh and do you know the difference between a twiffler and a muffin?There’s the WI, find out how Lou got on with her Bee sleeping supplements.It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.  Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Caro Giles is a writer based in Northumberland. Her words are inspired by her local landscape, the wide empty beaches and the Cheviot Hills. She writes honestly about what it means to be a woman, a mother, a parent-carer and the value in taking the road less travelled.Her first book is a powerful and beautifully written memoir, Twelve Moons. A Year Under A Shared Sky, which follows the lunar calendar, each chapter sharing a month and a moon, and shows the simmering power that lies in our often hidden daily lives. It’s a dazzlingly honest memoir that while never turning away from the awkward truths of life, also shows how love will flourish if we can only find a space for ourselves. Its a book about finding yourself, your voice and a sense that even in the dark of the night, we are never truly alone. Caro has had to navigate a new life for herself and her four daughters: The Mermaid, The Whirlwind, The Caulbearer and The Littlest One, bound by circumstance, financial constraints, illness and the challenges of single motherhood. We ask her about her love of and the grounding force of the Moon and nature, and we discuss losing and rediscovering our sense of self either as a parent/carer or as a woman in menopause. Caro’s family have complex needs and she tells us the difficulties of navigating the health and educational system in a world that is not made for a family that may look a little different. Caro is wonderfully honest about her own anxiety and OCD and how she manages this, her self care is all about creativity, singing, writing and of course spending time with the moon. We talk about coming to terms with being scared of the dark yet how the dark is also nurturing.Even with the daily challenges of her circumstances, she manages to carve out a small amount of time in a day for something creative, and she encourages us all to ‘write ourselves back in to our own book’. Caro has a sharp mind that is always thinking of the next thing, and there’s always a next thing, find out what’s next for Caro. ‘Kittiwakes shriek at us across the rocks as we huddle nound the barbecue, crouching in towels that are wet at the edges where they have been dipped in rock pools. These are the moments that I hope will be stored inside my daughters' heads until they are old ladies. These are the moments I wrap up and gift to the girls as a token of a love that is wider than than the sea we are staring at. These are the moments’You can also watch the interview on our Womenkind Collective YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA In the Book Collective we delve into chapter 2 of Femina by Janina Ramirez and we meet Æthelflæd Queen of Mercia and how centuries after her death she was still thought of as one of the most influential women in England, who has since been written out of history, or has she??? There’s a fantastic quote from Lou. The scone/skohn/skorn debate rages on. We find out about the incredible women of the Ukrainian resistance movement.As the Eve appeal launch their Gynaecological #Get Lippy campaign we look at some shocking statistics from Flo Health.There’s the WI, find out how we got on with our Hat-Trick.It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Caro Giles: Twelve Moons. A year under a shared sky: Harper CollinsInstagram: @carogileswritesTwitter: @CaroGilesWrites--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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In this Episode we meet Ella Tallyn who contacted us after listening to an Episode in series 6, with Dr Aziza Sesay, where we touched on Chronic Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs). Ella told us how this illness had changed her life and wondered if it might help others if she described her own experience and what she has learned so far.Ella explains how in January 2021, after a long period of intense stress during the pandemic, she began to feel the burning sensations of an acute UTI. She also had visible blood in her urine. After a 7-day course of anti-biotics within 24 hrs after the infection returned which then developed into a Chronic, embedded UTI.Ella believes what happened in the early period of the UTI was critical and explains what she wishes she had known then.We learn what happens in the body when you have a chronic UTI and how it differs from an acute or recurring UTI.Ella is keen to share her experience with getting the correct diagnosis, finding a specialist, how a chronic UTI can affect your mental health and what she has found that support her. Ella generously shares her advice for anyone who find themselves dealing with this diagnosis.Two years on and the infection remains remarkably untouched by treatments, Ella rarely has a moment that she is not in debilitating pain, it has impacted all aspects of her life and she is on long term sick leave from her job in academia yet far from this being a lugubrious story it is one of hope, strength and acceptance.You can watch the full interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA In the Book Collective we begin reading Femina by Janina Ramirez, and chapter 1 - Movers and Shakers, sets the scene for the women of the 5th and 6th Century and how without some fearless women early Christianity would not have grown and spread in England. We meet the women that made change happen, Bertha and Hilde it’s a magnificent start to our book this series. The Foodie Collective: we continue with biscuits and Jinty has delved into Nigella Lawson’s The Domestic Goddess to bake her Maple Pecan Biscuits.Ingredients:250grs of unsalted butter (or vegan option). 125 grs light muscovado sugar. 1 tsp of maple extract (or maple syrup). 350grs self-raising flour. 75grs Pecan halves. 2 x baking sheets lined.Method:Pre heat the oven to 170°.  Cream the butter and sugar. Add maple extract and flour. Roll into walnut size balls. Press down the balls with a lightly oiled base of a glass. Place on the baking sheets 5cm apart. Place a pecan half on every biscuit. Cook for 15 mins. Leave on the baking sheet for 1 to 2 mins then transfer to a wire rack to cool. Find out how we got on with our tea WI and there’s a new Hat-Trick one to try out this week! We discuss the new MREF charity founded by Fiona Clark, Diane Danzebrink & Vikram Talaulikar, the charity has been set up to fund research into menopause, fund education for health care professionals  and ensure women have access to accurate and evidence based information about menopause and health.There’s a fantastic quote from Jinty. We talk scones and why you should always carry a bottle of wine in the car on long journeys. It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk For further information on chronic UTI’s:Chronic UTI support websites:Cutic.co.ukChronicutiinfo.comChronicutiglobalsupport.com Good books to read:Cystitis Unmasked by Professor James Malone-LeeTeach Us to Sit Still by Tim Parks--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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We’re back for series 7 of the Womenkind Collective Podcast and this week’s guests are dieticians Elizabeth Ward and Hilary wright from the Menopause Diet Plan.  When discussing Menopause with various people (as we do quite a lot) the phrase ‘getting through menopause’ or ‘I look forward to getting to the other side’ are common but what is this ‘other side’? And does I it actually exist?Well, our guests today are going to explain all about what we need to do to keep ourselves healthy through our menopause journey. They know all about supporting people in menopause through positive lifestyle choices, Good friends Elizabeth Ward and Hillary Wright are both registered dieticians, each with over thirty years’ experience. The two both hold bachelor degrees in nutrition and dietetics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Masters from Boston University and we had such a great time chatting to them.You can watch the full, unedited, interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA In our Foodie Collective we talk all things biscuits, who doesn’t like a good biscuit to dunk? Find out what our favourite biscuits are and Jinty has a little quiz….if she can remember the answers! Our Book Club starts reading our new book for series 7, Femina by Jannina Ramirez. We start by looking at the introduction and we’re hooked already; this book gives voice to the influential women of the Middle Ages who have been silenced by the male gatekeepers for far too long. Find out how we got on with our WI and there’s a new tasty one to try out this week! There’s a fantastic quote to start the series with. It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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In todays’ episode we finish our Book Collective for the series, Rebel Bodies, A Guide to the Gender Health Revolution by Sarah Graham we are joined by one of our lovely Collective, Aline Boblin. Aline founded the Transformation in Action CIC whose vision is, ‘A World where menopause is an empowerment, a time to thrive, an opportunity for ne3w beginnings and adventures. We discuss the chapters of Sarah Grahams book that have made the most impact on us. Aline tells us how this book has changed her, and we discover how Sarah has woken us up to some hidden biases of our own.We talk about the hope we have for the future and how the younger generation are speaking up instead of putting up with the status quo.You can watch the full interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA Jinty discovers that you can now swim topless in swimming pools in Berlin Germany thanks to Lotte Mies. Do you have misophonia, we discuss why in menopause you can become sensitive to noise.Do you know who Celia Payne is? Lou discovers that her ground breaking scientific work was not only discredited but stolen by a man. In the Foodie Collective we continue with our NICE BUNS  and this week we make Marzipan Hot Cross Buns.Ingredients:Buns: 300ml milk. 50 grs butter 500 grs strong white bread flour. 1 sachet instant yeast.75 grs brown sugar. 1 tsp mixed spice. 1 tsp cinnamon. 1 tsp salt. 3 eggs. 150grs sultanas. 80 grs mixed peel. Zest of 1 orange. Zest of 1 lemon, juice of ½. 140grs icing sugar. 75grs caster sugar. 200 grs ground almonds. 2 tbs apricot jam.Method:Line a baking tray with parchment. Gently heat the milk and butter in a saucepan until melted, allow to cool. Mix the flour, yeast, brown sugar, mixed spice, salt and cinnamon in a bowl. Make a well and crack in 1 egg, add the cooled milk/butter mixture. Combine to make a sticky dough. Add the sultanas, mix peel, lemon and orange zest. Pop the dough back in the bowl, cover and leave to prove I a warm place for about an hour so it doubles in size.Make the marzipan, mix the icing sugar, caster sugar, 1 egg, ground almonds and lemon juice. Bring together in a ball. Allow to chill in the fridge for 30 mins.Knock the air out the dough and form into 12 round balls, place on the baking tray. Cover and allow to rise for 1 hour.Preheat the oven to 190 degrees, cut off 1/3 of the marzipan and roll into a rectangle a few mms thick. When the buns have risen, beat 1 egg with a splash of milk and egg wash the top of the buns. Cut 2 stripes of marzipan and lay them across each bun. Bake for 20 mins. When the buns come out the oven heat the apricot jam and brush over the buns whilst they are still warm. Enjoy! There’s two fantastic quotes for you this week too and find out about the new WI. It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. We hope you will join us for Series 7, beginning on the 7th May 2023.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Today’s guest is a truly inspirational woman, she is resilient, courageous warm and honest. We first met Sheree Hargreaves in October 2022 at the Menopause rally in Parliament square.At 15 Sheree was diagnosed with Premature Ovarian Insufficiency or POI, a diagnosis that she kept hidden from her friends and family for four years.Sheree was 19 and at home during lockdown when she felt ready to discuss POI more openly, saying “when I was 15 I would have loved to have heard someone spread awareness about early menopause and make it seem like it’s a bit more normal than I thought it was.”Sheree is now active within the Menopause grass roots community, raising awareness to help and support, not only teenagers but women in natural menopause too.In this Episode Sheree discusses the impact of menopause on her life at university, her ‘Granny days’, how opening up has lifted a huge weight off her shoulders. She is honest about her feelings toward fertility, boyfriends and relationships and tells us that if she’s not past her prime in menopause at 22 then no one is, whatever your age. Premature Ovarian Insufficiency happens when the ovaries stop functioning before the natural age of menopause. This means the ovaries no longer produce eggs and are unable to produce the hormones oestrogen and progesterone which are really important for women's health and wellbeing. Approximately one in 100 women under the age of 40, one in 1,000 women under 30, and one in 10,000 under 20 experience POI.POI can be caused by autoimmune conditions, cancer treatment, surgery or a genetics, however for 90 per cent of women diagnosed with POI, the cause is unfortunately idiopathic, meaning there is no known cause and it happens spontaneously.You can watch the full interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA Do you know who Stan McClain from Florida is? You’ll probably wish you didn’t after we tell you what he’s been up to! Jinty asks the question, ‘what was life like for women in medieval times?’ And the answer will definitely surprise you! There’s fashion news to take you back to the 1980’s, but will you be brave enough to wear it? In the Book Collective we read chapter 10 of Sarah Graham’s book, Rebel Bodies, and its titled, Menopausal Crones, when sexism and ageism collide, there’s some shocking statistics and some lovely familiar names in the chapter. It’s a chapter that will leave you furious! Jinty tells you the ingredients you’ll need for our spectacular Nice Buns feature and it’s all about Easter. There’s a fantastic quote for you again this week too and find out about the new WI. It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Sheree Hargreaves: Instagram: @lifeofpoi_--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Our guest this week is Kate Organ of The Menopause Specialists who is chatting to us about how our sex lives can change as the result of Menopause, whether this is through sex being painful, suffering from GMS (genitourinary menopause syndrome) or you find yourself single and menopausal, Kate discusses why orgasms are good for you but what if we have Hypoactive sexual desire disorder HSDD; ie low libido? Kate gives us the latest information on treatments for GMS, and we ask should you be using localised oestrogen or lubrication, or both? Menopause can have a huge impact on relationships and intimacy yet there is still much taboo and secrecy that surround it. Even the closest of friends may not discuss what is happening, or not happening in the bedroom.Kate tells us how our mental health can have a huge impact on an intimate relationship.It’s not all bad either - we discuss how we can have the best sex and relationships at this time of life, finding our confidence and knowing what we want.Kate is the founder and consultant pharmacist at The Menopause Specialists South East Clinic, working alongside GP Katie Burlington.Kate completed her menopause training through the British Menopause Society and the Newson Health Menopause Society and holds numerous post graduate qualifications specialising in mental health care, leading her to be a menopause, PMS and PMDD specialist. She strongly believes in a holistic approach to health and says ‘We want every woman to have a positive experience of the menopause and perimenopause’.You can watch the full interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA We find out that Boris Johnson is wanting to bestow a knighthood on his father, Stanley Johnson. And ask should this be allowed after Stanley has been accused of domestic violence? Jinty investigates how Spain are leading the way into research on measuring acceptability of intimate violence against women and it’s significance in normalising domestic abuse.Do you feel overwhelmed when you have a full diary of meetings and events planned? Lou asks if this is an after effect of the pandemic or if we want to slow the pace in menopause. In our Book Collective we read chapter 9 of Rebel Bodies by Sarah Graham, ‘Death means we believe you now. Neurotic mothers in healthcare. We read the emotive stories of Claire Norton and her daughter Merryn, Steph and her daughter Daisy and the force of nature Caron Ryalls the mother of Emily. The real evidence of the gaping gender health gap. There’s a fantastic quote for you this week too and find out how we got on with our WI. It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Kate Organ: Website: www.menopausespecialists.com                     Instagram: @the_menopause_specialists--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Today’s guest is professional declutterer, Jasmine Sleigh who has spent ten years in other people’s homes and cupboards. Have you ever asked yourself the question, “Why have I kept that?”Ever looked around your home and wondered if your belongings are helping or overwhelming you? If so it might be time to reflect upon your relationship with your possessions, and one thing you’ll realise after today’s episode is that you are not alone in feeling conflicted about letting go of ‘stuff’.Jasmine established the Devon based, Change Your Space in 2013, since then she has worked in over a thousand homes. She has a degree in Psychology & Counselling and a post graduate certificate in Change Management, she’s also a regional expert for addressing chronic disorganisation and hoarding and works actively with public health and welfare agencies.In her brand new book, Being Owned: A Decade in Professional Decluttering, Jasmine says she ‘wanted to sensitively reflect the world of tackling belongings when people are at crisis level.’You can watch the full interview on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA We discuss the emotional ties we may have to our belongings, how people sometimes feel defined by what they own, and the importance of working alongside the people so that they can begin to feel in control. Jasmine imparts some great wisdom around keepsakes, ideas when thinking about what to keep and what to let go and also some practical tips on how to store our beloved keepsakes such as our children’s drawings or photos.We also take a look at the controversy surrounding the Vendee Globe yacht race and the motherhood penalty as World class and record breaking sailor Clarisse Cremer is dropped by her corporate sponsor for having a baby.Do you have ROMO? Jinty tells us we just might all be a bit ROMO! Did you know menopause fatigue can be more prevalent in certain personality types? We give you all the information. Book Collective: In our book club we are reading Sarah Graham’s bestselling book, Rebel Bodies, a guide to the gender health gap revolution, we read chapter 8 this week, Baby Blues: Perinatal care and the price of motherhood. This chapter discusses birth, loss and survival and asks why aren’t things getting any better? This book certainly keeps on giving with the beautiful stories and the shocking statistics surrounding women’s health. There’s a fantastic quote for you this week too and a new WI. It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk  Jasmine Sleigh: Being Owned: A Decade in Professional Decluttering.Website: https://www.changeyourspace.co.ukInstagram: @changeyourspacedevon. Buy Jasmines book here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Being-Owned-Decade-Professional-Decluttering/dp/1739282604--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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As you know we love a bit of fashion news on the Womenkind Collective podcast so we thought it was about time we spoke to an expert. Annie Chung is a Devon based Image consultant with the passion and knowledge for helping women gain confidence and self-belief.Is fashion something that is on your radar? Perhaps over the years you have developed your own ‘style’ ? Or after many Lockdowns, have you given up on both fashion and style and go for a more practical, comfortable look? Maybe you can do both? Perhaps you’d like to be more confident in knowing ‘your look’ but have lost your way as you have got older and maybe a little wider?Well fear not because our guest today wants to help you with all these fashion quandaries. With her expertise in colour, style and organisation Annie empowers women to believe in themselves, put themselves first and dress with confidence and flair so they can be the best and most importantly loved version of themselves. Annie’s motto is “every day is your best life, dress for it”. You can catch the full interview with Annie on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUAWe are also talking boobs, bras and stars did you know 81% are wearing the wrong bra size? Find out why. There’s also a lot going on in the night sky at the moment and we take a look at why we are all made up of stardust.We continue with our Book Collective Sarah Graham’s Rebel Bodies, this week we have read chapter 7 The War on Cancer: Gendering the C word and once again we find out some shocking statistics.In the Foodie we have our ‘NICE BUNS’ and we have made Rhubarb and cardamom cream Semlors and they are absolutely delicious! These lovely Swedish buns are traditionally eaten the day before lent.Ingredients:100 ml milk. 150 ml water. 100g butter. 500g strong white bread flour. 80g caster sugar. 1 sachet of instant yeast. 2 teaspoons of ground cardamom. 1 egg.For the filling:250ml double cream. 1 tsp vanilla extract. 1 tsp ground cardamom. 2 tbs icing sugar. 3 sticks of rhubarb. 1 tbs granulated sugar.Method:Line a baking tray. In a saucepan pour in the milk, water and butter, heat till the butter has melted. Allow to cool. In a bowl combine the flour, caster sugar, yeast and cardamom. Make a well in the centre and add the egg. Mix in the cooled saucepan mixture. Make a sticky dough. Add a little flour to the work surface and knead until smooth and elastic. Place it back in the bowl, cover and leave in a warm place for around an hour. Once doubled in size turn out the dough and divide into 12 equal portions, roll into smooth balls and place on the baking tray. Leave to prove for around 45 minutes.Preheat the oven to 200degrees, gas mark 6. When the buns have risen place them in the oven. Bake for 12-15 minutesIn a saucepan lightly stew the rhubarb and granulated sugar for 10 mins. Whip the cream, vanilla extract, cardamom and icing sugar in a bowl. Once the buns have cooled cut the tops off and scoop a little of the centre out and fill with the cream and rhubarb. Place the top back on and eat straight away! There’s a fantastic quote for you this week too and a new WI. It’s another episode brimming with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk  Annie Chung: Facebook. Annie Chung Image Consultant.                        Instagram: @my_life_in_lipstick--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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In this week’s episode we chat to the wonderful Dr Aziza Sesay, an NHS GP, a GP educator, Honorary Senior Clinical lecturer, speaker and health content creator who has a passion for health education, awareness, advocacy and empowerment. She channels this through her platform 'Talks with Dr. Sesay' where she shares short informative videos, live discussions and tips on a variety of topics with a particular emphasis on women’s and gynaecological health, cancer awareness, mental health and health inequity. Her goal is to equip and empower individuals with knowledge in the hope of preventing disease or at least moderating their progression.With a 3 year waiting list for some NHS Gynaecology departments in the UK it is important to seek the correct, evidenced based information to gain the most from an appointment and to understand what may be happening in your own body.This is a must listen whether you have just began menstruating, are in post menopause and everything in between.Dr Sesay busts some myths regarding heavy and/or painful periods, painful sex, Menopause, vaginal sweets, ‘intimate’ cleaning products & more.We discuss how using the correct anatomical language such as vulva and vagina can actually save lives. Find out why women & people with vaginas are more prone to UTI’s and what we can do about it (loads of great tips).Cervical smear tests, speculums, lube, the 5 main gynaecological Cancers and what to look for. Aziza is generous with her time and openness, she tells us where her passion to inform and empower people comes from. And as a black female doctor we ask her about the biases, misogyny, racism and sexism she has faced as a patient and as a doctor.You can find Dr Aziza Sesay here:Instagram: @talkswithdrsesayWeb: https://www.talkswithdrsesay.com/The book Dr Sesay talks about is This is the Vulva by Jo Corrall and is available on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1405638210/pre-sale-this-is-the-vulva-book-ill-send?ref=share_v4_lxThere’s been a lot of talk this week in the press about the research from Stanford University on the growing size of penis’s, we investigate this a little further. This links into other news this week that only 22% of males would take a male contraceptive pill even though it is more effective than the oral combined female contraceptive pill, just another gender health gap?In the Book Collective we read chapter 6 of Sarah Graham’s must read book. Rebel Bodies, the chapter is titled, ‘Can you get a penis in and a baby out,’ The pleasure gap in sexual health, and once again it makes for shocking reading, from the vaginal mesh scandal through to IUD’s and female sexual dysfunction, the accounts from the women are astounding, a book everyone should read.There’s a fantastic quote this week too from Serena Williams, and a new WI. It’s another episode jam packed with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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There is a hidden crisis on the streets in England it is estimated that around 8000 people are sleeping rough every night and a growing percentage of rough sleepers are women. The Connection at St Martin in the Fields support people sleeping rough in the heart of London.  The Connection opens their doors to everyone who needs a place to call home helping them to recover and find their way off the streets, getting to know everyone they work with. Our guest today is Ellie Greenhalgh, women’s development unit (WDU) manager with The Connection at St Martin’s who work with Solace Women’s Aid to provide a safe space for homeless women. Ellie discusses with us the link between violence against women and girls and homelessness, and tells us that almost all women sleeping rough have experienced gendered violence in their lives, yet homelessness among women has received less attention from policy makers, the media, and in some cases service providers, resulting in a gap between women’s needs and existing service provision. We discuss these gaps and what the WDU are doing to close them. We hear how Women’s homelessness is often invisible meaning they cannot access the correct support and the importance of gathering realistic data for women on the streets.Ellie talks to us about the importance of changing the narrative for homeless females and why menstrual care and ensuring a safe space is vital for the women and how a new census collecting more comprehensive data for homeless women will hopefully start to make changes.We also learn the best ways we can all aid and support women who sleep rough. Did you know the UK government’s credit card bill for 2021 was £145 million?Jinty looks into the more bizarre items they’ve been spending tax payers money on.Housework who does it in your house? Philosophers are arguing about how men and women perceive domestic chores, we discuss why some men are housework blind. In the Book Collective we continue with Sarah Graham’s bestselling book, Rebel Bodies. We thought we could not be any more shocked but after reading chapter 5, All in Your Head: Mental Health and Hysteria the gaping disparities within the health service are shocking. We tell you about our WI challenge during vulva cancer awareness month and there’s a fantastic quote. It’s another episode jam packed with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk The Connection at St Martin in The Fields: https://www.connection-at-stmartins.org.ukSolace Women’s Aid: https://www.solacewomensaid.org--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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The fabulous author of Rebel Bodies, our book for our book club this series, Sarah Graham joins us on the podcast this week and we talk all things gender health gap. From describing exactly what the gender health is to bikini medicine, Sarah discusses all. An emotive episode that will have you nodding along, gasping in shock and maybe putting your head in your hands, but definitely not one to miss.This book is a critical read for change in women’s health.Sarah, is an award-winning freelance health journalist and founder of the Hysterical Women blog, specialising in health, gender and feminism. She has written extensively on these subjects for the iNews paper, Refinery29, the Telegraph, Grazia, Guardian, the BMJ and many others and Sarah was a finalist in the 2021 Medical Journalists’ Association Awards.The statistics around women’s health are as shocking as the story’s from the women who have gone through unthinkable trauma at the hands of medical professionals. Sarah collated the accounts which highlights the misogyny, bias, gaslighting and oppression from her #shitmydoctorsays on her blog Hysterical Women. We discuss the importance of advocates and how they can assist women getting heard by health care professionals and we ask what is the way forward. Sarah discusses her research and the story’s that effected her the most when researching for this book. We talk wine pronunciations, check if you’ve been pronouncing your glass of Rioja correctly and did you know about Galantines? We have all the answers for you. In the Foodie Collective we launch our Nice Buns feature with a delicious bun, Swiss 3 King cake. These delicious yeasted dough buns are enriched with butter, sugar, egg, hazelnuts, dark chocolate and Seville oranges and they taste absolutely delicious! And Jinty has a vegan version! In the WI we celebrate St Brigid and did you know daffodils are the happiest flowers around? There’s a fantastic quote this week too from Mary Portas. It’s another episode jam packed with chat, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Sarah Graham Blog: https://hystericalwomen.co.ukSarah Graham Book: Rebel Bodies. A Guide To The Gender Health Gap RevolutionSarah Graham Instagram: saraahgraham7writer--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Whilst Ministers reject mandatory menopause training for GPs we have some good news for Devon and our #wheresmyclinic Menopause Clinic for Devon Campaign that we share in this episode.Lou looks at the statistics that show sex can be better in menopause and how destructive journalism from female journalists is harming women’s mental health. Have you tried looking for images on the internet of menopausal women? Why is there such a lack of diversity and under representation? We discuss how this needs to change. For the first time in history a public holiday has been named after a woman.This week, Ireland celebrated a brand new Public holiday on 1st February called Saint Brigids day and Jinty investigates who St Brigid is and why we should  all be a bit more St Brigid.  If you think you cause mayhem you might want to think again when we explain the true meaning of the word, with the story of Bertha Boronda from 1908.Who doesn’t like a Brussel sprout? Well, this little vegetable gets our scrutiny this week. In the Book Collective we continue reading Sarah Graham’s book, Rebel Bodies, a guide to the gender health gap revolution. We hear from the listeners who are reading along with us. It’s an emotive chapter that has some shocking stories and statistics about the failing of the health service for women and the LGBTQ+ community and why there is a ‘fatphobia’ in medicine. We complete the balance WI set by our lovely listener, Els, you can watch how we got on our Instagram page @womenkindcollective and we have a new one linked to St Brigid. There’s a fantastic quote for you this week too. It’s another episode brimming with chat, laughter, your comments, and all the usual shenanigans. So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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If you have trouble sleeping you won’t want to miss this episode.Our guest this week is the absolutely brilliant Sarah Wilde an insomnia coach and Cognitive Behavioural Therapist for Insomnia (CBTi). This method is a way to reset your sleep with no supplements, pills or sprays needed and now Sarah uses this to form the foundation of her Meno-insomnia® Method coaching programme which can teach you how to get a good night's sleep so that you wake up feeling like YOU again.Often, sleep problems are one of the first symptoms women experience in peri menopause, with 40 to 60% of menopausal women experiencing sleep issues.So, Sarah went back to basics and looked at the science and research which confirmed what she knew from experience- that CBTi had been proven to be a natural solution for perimenopausal & post-menopausal people with insomnia.Sarah says that she can ‘help women sleep better naturally so that they can have the energy to do what they want.’ In this interview Sarah explains the positives of sleep drive and our Circadian rhythm and how having good sleep hygiene can be a positive until the rituals and habits stop working.We discuss the physiology of how Menopause affects out sleep, why does our body temperature make a difference?She gives you some great tips on how to aid better sleep, whether your sleep is broken, or you have trouble getting off to sleep. You can watch the full unedited interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA The gender health gap comes into the conversation this week and not just with our brilliant book club book, Jinty discusses the severe and damaging short comings from the first peered review paper written by expert doctors and scientists who treat chronic urinary tract infections how the medical profession is failing around 1.7 million patients. In the Book Collective we continue with Sarah Graham’s Rebel Bodies, in chapter 2 the gaping gender health gap around menstrual and hormonal health throws up some shocking research. We have a new WI from one of our listeners, but did Lou manage to complete the last one? There’s a great quote from Lou and all our usual shenanigans and cock-ups, so make sure you put the kettle on and settle in for this hour (ish) of fun and meaningful chat. Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Sarah Wilde: Menopause Sleep CoachWebsite: https://beyondinsomnia.com/Instagram: beyond_insomnia--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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We are back with Series 6 of the Womenkind Collective weekly Podcast where we (Jinty & Lou) embark on a fun and educational journey, talking to experts and advocates on subjects that are often taboo We hit the ground running this series with the wonderful Dr Ginni Mansberg who chats with us about hormones, menopause and skin. We discuss eczema, rosacea, acne and find out why our skin drops a little as we age, and ask, is there anything we can do to make the most of the skin we have. We talk collagen supplements, nutrition and HRT. We ask can synthetic progestin give you acne? And With so many ‘menopause’ skin brands out there Dr Ginni tells us what to avoid and what to look for in a great product.Our hormones don’t only affect the skin on our face, what about our Vaginas? Dr Ginni explains how menopause impacts our vaginas and vulvas, and it’s not just about penetrative sex, we go deep into ph levels, and discuss the importance of seeking treatment sooner rather than later, and what the very simple treatments might entail. Dr Ginni Mansberg has been a GP for almost 30 years her practice is in Sydney, Australia, she has appeared on Embarrassing Bodies Down under (as an expert we might add), giving advice on various radio stations, and magazines. As a GP she has a special interest in menopause and is the author of the best-selling book, The M Word, how to Thrive in Menopause. Dr Ginni also started ‘Don't Sweat It’ to help menopausal women thrive in the workplace. As if that is not enough, Dr Ginni has enjoyed a career in Medical journalism and started her own skin care company, Evidence Skin or ESK where she is still the Medical Director.You can watch the full unedited interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA We also have an exclusive special code for our listeners to get 10% off any order! 
The code is WKC10. Head over to  www.Eskcare.comYou can buy her book here from indie book shop Hivehttps://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Ginni-Mansberg/The-M-Word--How-to-thrive-in-menopause/23747283?wgu=10671_187205_16740275461067_0d78bdf6ab&wgexpiry=1705563546&utm_source=webgains&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_campaign=187205 As we start a new series we have a brand new book for our Book Collective, this series we are reading Rebel Bodies by Sarah Graham. We start with reading chapter 1, The Personal is Political. Sarah goes back to Hippocrates where the use of the word hystera for uterus, hysteria is an over-used word for women suffering from period pain to  heart attacks and their voices can go unheard. We have a brand new feature this series…Nice Buns! Where we take a look at and bake buns! Believe me it’s a feature you won’t want to miss! We discuss the Met Police officer and why hasn’t anything changed since Sarah Everard’s murder? And do you love the smell of freshly cut grass? Jinty explains this curious well loved smell. Dating yourself- How did you get on with the WI before Christmas? We asked each other to date ourselves for 5 dates…… what did we learn?There’s a great quote from Jinty and our usual shenanigans and fun, so make sure you put the kettle on and settle in for this hour (ish) of fun and meaningful chat.Please follow or subscribe to our podcast and leave a review if you can, spread the word and share with friends, it helps us continue our weekly podcast.  Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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We are excited about our guest this week, Victoria Hardy AKA ginge_unhinged, in this episode Victoria talks to us about her medical and surgical menopause in her early 30’s. She is a conversationalist of taboo, an upcoming author of a self-help memoir, and a menopause advocate and mentor. Which is how we met her, along with fellow menopause campaigners and activists we all came together at Parliament Square for the menopause rally in October.Victoria is shouting loud for Millennials so they can truly own their individual Menopause. She tells us about her Medical & Surgical Menopause at age 33. Her energy and enthusiasm are contagious and we feel she speaks for all ages in menopause. We discuss mental health and the importance of ‘the now’, how simple yet hugely effective mindfulness can be (and how to start).Victorias message is one of empowerment and she challenges women to look within to understand their true selves. Knowing that they too can change the narrative of Menopause for generations to come, whilst stepping into their own kind of fierce! You can watch the full unedited interview on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/TflJi7DDo6I Jinty delves into the true origins of Christmas and finds out about a very little known festival to celebrate the mothers and Lou has a horrific experience with a hand towel! In the Foodie there’s a very delicious, quick and frugal piccalilli for your Christmas table. Find out how we got on with last fortnight’s WI and we have a new WI to start the New-Year with and it’s all about you. There’s a great quote from Lou plus our usual shenanigans, cock-ups and your amazing comments so make sure you put the kettle on and settle in for this hour (ish) of fun and meaningful chat. Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Victoria Hardy: Instagram – ginge_unhinged--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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In this episode Jinty & Lou look at how you can save money at Christmas time with the fantastic comments and ideas from our listeners. We look at how you can plan and keep track of your spending, do you know the best way to save money on deliveries? We have all the answers for you so you can sit back, enjoy the festivities without breaking the bank. We talk about homelessness and the shocking statistics from the charity The Connection at St Matin-in-the-fields about women living on the streets and what can be done about menstruation and menopause when you sleep rough. In the Book Collective we conclude our book for this series, How To Live When You Could Be Dead by Dame Deborah James, we discuss planting seeds for a future when you know you will not see those seeds bloom. A truly beautiful ending to this magnificent, thought provoking and moving book. We announce our new book for next series. There’s a cheeky quote for the week and our usual shenanigans so make sure you put the kettle on and settle in for this hour (ish) of fun and meaningful chat. Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Our guest this week is Karen Newby, a nutritional therapist and author of the brilliant new book, The Natural Menopause Method, a nutritional guide to peri-menopause and beyond. In this Episode Karen explains why nutrition is important and how we can understand what is happening to our bodies. Karen simplifies the science around stress and it’s impact in menopause. We discuss how we can use the book like a journal. You will learn about the four ‘Shifts’ in Menopause which include Reset and Rest. And ask ‘What is actually happening in our bodies in menopause? Karen discusses stress and how it affects our menopause experience. She shares her menopause toolkit with us , looking at Symptoms such as anxiety, panic attacks and heart palpitations. If you’re looking for a great Christmas present for someone you love or for yourself you can get it here https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-natural-menopause-method/karen-newby/9781911682233You can watch the full interview on our YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUAWe look into the issue of damp and mould that sadly took a toddlers life and what you can do to help minimise damp in your home during a fuel crisis. We also look at misogyny in the emergency services and why women are not even getting close to being equal in numbers. In the Book Collective we read chapter 9 of Deborah James, How To Live When You Could Be Dead, and it’s an emotional read on gratitude we discuss the elements of this chapter. We continue with our frugal Foodie and have an air-fryer fried rice recipe from Jinty. Recipe here- although we didn’t use quorn https://www.quorn.co.uk/recipes/air-fried-vegan-rice-with-quorn-vegan-fillets We have a new WI to try out and find out how we got on with our bonnets!. There’s a great quote from Lou and there’s our usual shenanigans, cock-ups, and your amazing comments so make sure you put the kettle on and settle in for this hour (ish) of fun and meaningful chat. An episode packed with information and fun, let us know what you think and please share with friends if you enjoy it.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Karen Newby: Instagram: karen.newby.nutritionist--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message

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Theres been an underlying theme of bravery running through this series and today we talk to one very brave woman, Dawn Colgan. Dawn had it all, a great career, two children and a loving partner. She loved her job as a specialist social worker in addiction. But her life dramatically changed, at 34, when she had her third child who is now 15.

In this episode Dawn shares her story of despair, loneliness, inadequacy but also bravery, grit, determination and growth.   In the Book Collective we read chapter 8 of Deborah James, How To Live When You Could Be Dead and it’s all about the healing power of laughter. Even when she was in the most excruciating pain, Deborah found the funny, we discuss how important laughter is when facing serious illness and death.   In The Foodie Lou cooks up a one pot frozen pea risotto, changing the alcohol to vegetable stock: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/pea-risotto   Find out how we did with our poetry WI and we also have a new WI to try out and you ain’t seen nothing like it! There’s a great quote from Jinty and our usual shenanigans, we talk love eggs, marriage and how the method of meeting our partners has changed over the years. There’s your amazing comments so make sure you put the kettle on and settle in for this hour (ish) of fun and meaningful chat.   Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk   Dawn’s Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/uk/search?q=wonky%20pots%20by%20dawn&ref=auto-1&as_prefix=wonky%20pots

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We have a jam-packed Episode for you this week as we explore the pituitary gland, and how this small but very mighty gland can have a huge effect on your menopause. We talk testosterone when/if do you need it? What are the NICE and British Menopause Society guidelines for GP’s to prescribe it. And how to read your testosterone blood test. We have a quick chat to Naomi Scholgler on the benefits of seed cycling if you menstruate, (and if you don’t). And after research was published regarding the time it takes to build a strong friendship, we talk about the benefits of friendships, why they can make you brave and why some may last a lifetime while others just stay acquaintances.

New research has discovered that The human Clitoris has over 10,000 nerve endings, 2000 more than previously thought, we talk about why for decades this human pleasure giving little nub of joy was only researched on bovines and sheep, could the patriarchy not want us to know how powerful it really is?   We have a great frugal dish for our autumn themed frugal Foodie, a low cost and nutritious pot of goodness that can be thrown into the slow cooker…….and some tips on a simple but nourishing microwaveable dish from Jinty’s daughter. Recipe here

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/slow-cooker-vegetable-curry   In the Book Collective we discuss chapter 7 of Deborah James, How To Live When You Could Be Dead, what is bravery? We consider the bravest things we have ever done.   How did you do in the WI? Sorry seems to be the hardest word as Elton John once said, do you agree? And there’s a new WI that will expand your mind.   There’s a great quote from Lou and all our usual shenanigans and cock-ups, we share your amazing comments so make sure you put the kettle on and settle in for this hour (ish) of fun and meaningful chat.  Naomi’s Seed Cycling https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/881041135/seed-cycling-full-kit-organic-ground?ref=share_v4_lx Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk

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In this episode we talk about diversity in menopause with the incredible Meera Bhogal a business owner for over 20 years, the founder of Meera’s Made From Scratch, an organic and wholesome food brand. Through her own experience of menopause, she founded the ‘Don’t pause for Menopause’ programme. Meera also offers support to people in their menopause and is passionate about education and awareness, particularly, but not exclusively, in the South Asian community. She is full of information, her approach to breaking taboos, educating communities and having those difficult conversations makes her a perfect guest for Womenkind Collective.

We discuss the menopause wellness industry and ask Has it gone too far? Is it tapping into peoples vulnerability and insecurities and taking advantage of folks in menopause? Or is any awareness good awareness? Are social, patriarchal idealisms not allowing women the privilege of aging as they should? You can also watch the full unedited (bloopers and all) interview with Meera on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA   Meera also gives us a delicious recipe for our frugal foodie full of nutritious goodness and very easy to make, lentil and mushroom stew which we will be making for next week.   In our book collective we continue to read Dame Deborah James, How To Live When You Could Be Dead, we’re on chapter 6 we discuss how grit and resilience are paramount to get through life and how grit can literally change your life for the better.   We have a new WI to try out. We ask do women apologise too much and we invite you to find out, giving you some tips to do so. There’s a great quote from Jinty and our usual shenanigans, cock-ups, there’s a menopause rally round-up, and your amazing comments so make sure you put the kettle on and settle in for this hour (ish) of fun and meaningful chat.   Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk   Meera Bhogal: https://meerasmadefromscratch.co.uk/organisers/meera-bhogal/ https://www.meerabhogal.com/ Instagram: @meerabhogal @meerasmadefromscratch. Great Instagram pages we talked about - https://instagram.com/drnighatarif?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=. https://instagram.com/michellegriffithrobinson?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=. https://instagram.com/feelgoodwithlavina?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

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POI & Early Menopause  Our 2 guests this week are the co-authors of a must read book for anyone with POI or in early menopause, in fact it’s a great ‘go to’ book for absolutely anyone in menopause. Dr Hannah Short and Dr Mandy Leonhardt are both menopause specialists, Dr Hannah has a particular interest in induced menopause after going through a premature surgical menopause in her 30’s, and Dr Mandy has an interest in women’s hormonal health and is a certified nutritionist. They have come together to write a book dedicated to people going through POI, and early menopause, we have a great conversation it’s full of facts and details that you need to know. You can watch the full unedited interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA   Our Book Collective is reading How To Live When You Could Be Dead by Dame Deborah James and this week we look at chapter 5 and discuss failure and how we can turn it into a positive, they are some instinctive snippets that we read out that really resonated with us.   In the Foodie we continue with frugal cooking and Jinty has a mouth-watering apple crumble made in the air fryer! It’s cheap and easy to make and is nutritional and delicious!   We have a WI find out if we could actually do the 3 day no spend plus we tell you how you know when you’re officially old, and why coriander is related to soap! There’s a great quote and our usual shenanigans so make sure you put the kettle on and settle in for this hour (ish) of fun and meaningful chat.   Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk   To find out more about POI: https://www.daisynetwork.org/ Dr Mandy Leonhardt on Instagram: @hormoneequilibrium Dr Hannah Short on Twitter: @drhannahshort • Book: A Complete Guide To POI & Early Menopause: • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09S6J6WY4 • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sheldon Press (23 Jun. 2022) Buy the book The Complete Guide to POI and Early Menopause here https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Complete-Guide-to-POI-and-Early-Menopause-by-Mandy-Leonhardt-Hannah-Short/9781399801249. Recipe for Air-fryer Apple Crumble here https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/281984/air-fryer-apple-crumble/

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Irene Lowry is an absolute powerhouse of a woman who in 2010 founded Nurture, a unique charity offering immediate mental health counselling to women and their partners through, conception, pregnancy, postnatal depression, miscarriage, IVF, peri menopause and menopause. Irene is a humanistic counsellor, who has grown Nurture Health into a service that can be accessed by anyone. Nurture Health has already counselled 15,000 women and 4,500 partners. Her story is one of hope and persistence even in the darkest of times and we absolutely loved our conversation with her. You can also watch the full interview on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA

We continue with our Book Collective who are reading, How To Live When You Could Be Dead, by Dame Deborah James, and this week in chapter 4 it’s all about the planning and making sure you achieve little wins every day.

Would you know what to do if you saw someone having a cardiac arrest? We have been on the British Heart Foundation RevivR 15 minute online free course. Did you know 90% of cardiac arrests happen in the home? You too can complete this life saving course by clicking on the link: https://revivr.bhf.org.uk/assess-scene-4?projectId=893004bc-7ec2-47ff-9ea9-105f1e5f132a

We also have a money saving new WI for you all to try this week, and there’s all your fantastic comments, stories and our usual shenanigans so make sure you put the kettle on and settle in for this hour (ish) of fun and meaningful chat.

Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk

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We have a fantastic guest this week that will make you re-think the way your body behaves in menopause. Jessica Vassallo is an award-winning Master NLP Practitioner and Hypnotherapist, Coach, Mentor, Speaker and Writer. Jessica uses Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Hypnotherapy and Positive Psychology techniques to help people break free from anxiety, trauma, emotional eating and unhealthy habits. Seven years ago, Jessica combined her knowledge of mind fitness with her own experience of emotional eating and created a transformational change program which has helped 100s of her clients improve their lifestyle, and lead healthier and happier lives. Jessica gives us simple techniques we can use to move away from negativity in menopause and to allow us to enjoy a positive menopause story.

You can find more about Jess on her website: https://www.jessicavassallo.com/ Free 20 minute Mindset for Menopause hypnotherapy session https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qKutWbVvtfqIzDDC-Yzt1gIdbaORNDKx/view

Or you can watch the full interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA   In the Book Collective we continue reading Deborah James, How To Live When You Could Be Dead. In chapter 3 we chat about goal setting and the importance of making those goals achievable. Next week we read chapter 4.   In the Foodie our theme is frugal cooking and Lou has cooked a slow cooker Dhal from Riverford Organics, a nutritious and money saving and suitable for a family. A slow cooker is around a 1/5th of the cost to run an electric oven and hob. It also makes you feel you are winning at life if you prep the night before and throw it on the slow cooker on your way out to work: Recipe:

Riverford slow cooked Dahl

https://www.riverford.co.uk/recipes/slow-cooker-dal   Did we do the WI? Listen in and find out, there’s a new one for the Collective from our guest Jess. We have some very interesting words from Jinty and a Thingambob is not what you might think and do you know what is a Rantallion? Jinty reveals all… There is also all the lovely comments from the Collective, lots of stories and shenanigans, so make sure you have the kettle on and settle in for this hour (ish) of fun and meaningful chat.   Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk

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Our guest this week is the fabulous Jill McLaggan who suffered a Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) in her peri menopause. Jill is a Clinical Massage Therapist in Edinburgh. She has worked in the health & fitness industry for nearly 30 years. However, in 2021 Jill had a sudden pain in her chest and eventually after doubt and misdiagnosis she was found to have had at least one significant heart attack, possibly more. She realised her continued cardiac symptoms were potentially linked to her changing hormones in peri menopause. In our conversation we learn that 90% of SCAD diagnosis’s are in women aged between 45-53. And Jill tell us some potentially life saving information. Watch the full interview on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA   We begin reading the first 2 chapters of our Book Collective, How To Live When You Could Be Dead by Dame Deborah James. We discuss hope and optimism and how to have a positive attitude. For next week we will read up to chapter 6.   For our Foodie next week we would love you to send over recipes for our Food on a Budget, cooking low cost, using no ovens or hobs, but microwaves, slow cookers, air-fryers and anything else that cuts down on our home fuel costs   There’s a WI and a fantastic quote from the late Hilary Mantel and we find out why you can’t use a Boots voucher in M & S, there’s all the usual shenanigans so get the kettle on and sit down for an hour of education and laughter.

For more information and resources- follow Jill on Instagram: @thesmilestarter The British Menopause Society standards https://thebms.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/BMS-Menopause-Practice-Standards-JULY2022-01D.pdf

https://www.daisiesanddiamonds.co.uk/the-gap-has-been-bridged-part-3-of-3/

https://www.daisiesanddiamonds.co.uk/category/spontaneous-coronary-artery-dissection/

British heart foundation https://www.bhf.org.uk/

Guardian article with Sian Harding https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/sep/18/why-gender-is-at-the-heart-of-the-matter-for-cardiac-illness

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In this week’s podcast we discuss the links between our first ‘Spring’, adolescence, and our ‘Second Spring’, menopause with the incredible Kim McCabe the founder of Rites For Girls whose mission is to change the world – one girl at a time. Rites for Girls mentors girls right through their adolescence and train women to facilitate girls’ groups. Rites For Girls also run Girls Journeying Together groups for preteen girls to prepare for puberty and learn how to take charge of their emotional, social, and mental well-being. When a child menstruates, the mother can be in peri menopause we have to learn and understand the links between the two, this is a great chat about exploring the connections and how we can begin to understand more deeply why your menarche can link into our menopause. Watch the full interview on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA

We begin our new book in the Book Collective, Dame Deborah James, How To Live When You Could Be Dead, a book we sadly know the end to but is an uplifting journey of complete rebellious hope. Please do let us know if you are reading along with us, we are reading up to chapter 3 for next week.

There’s a fantastic recipe for migraine sufferers made by Jinty in the Food Collective this week. https://thedizzycook.com/sunbutter-mug-cake/

How did we do on our WI? We delved into our first period and Jinty explores what was happening in her life at her first bleed and Lou reads out the letter she wrote to her younger self.

There is also all the lovely comments from the Collective, lots of stories and shenanigans, so make sure you have the kettle on and settle in for this hour of fun and meaningful chat.

Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk There is also a survey to complete about menopause care in your area, it takes 1 minute and we would really appreciate your in-put: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GNBBRXD

To find out more about Rites For Girls click on the link: https://www.ritesforgirls.com. Book From Daughter to Woman by Kim McCabe https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781408710210?gC=5a105e8b&gclid=CjwKCAjwp9qZBhBkEiwAsYFsbxr0_u0zVuYcw_aNWk9ECSTx16Wf-P1BSJg_WmWjYHk_6RHwume2WhoCN4oQAvD_BwE

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Our guest this week is Clare Baumhauer she is a vulval cancer survivor who is campaigning for better awareness of Lichen Sclerosus and vulval cancer for GP’s, health care professionals and for women. Clare went undiagnosed for 38 years, noticing the first symptoms of lichen sclerosis at just 5 years old. She has 2 children and attended regular smear tests, and went to her GP with constant issues with her vulva, it was never diagnosed. We ask what lichen sclerosis is and learn that if left unchecked it can lead to Vulval Cancer. We discuss signs and symptoms of vulval cancer and how to check your vulva, why it is important to get to know your vulva so you can identify changes in skin colour, notice lesions, thickened areas of skin and irregularities including a persistent itch, tenderness or burning pain when passing urine. Find out how Clare was diagnosed, the treatment she underwent and from having cancer treatment she then went into surgical menopause, which, once again, was never explained to her.

The month of September is also Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month and Clare talks us through all five- Do you know what they are?

For the full interview catch it on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA If you have any concerns please visit your GP. You can get further information on Clare’s   Instagram: @vulvalcancerukawareness @lichensclerosusuk The Eve appeal https://eveappeal.org.uk/gynaecological-cancers/vulvar-cancer/. Lichen Schlerosis & Vulval cancer awareness - https://www.lsvcukawareness.co.uk/   We have The Collective’s fantastic comments and there’s a lovely story about Queen Elizabeth’s wicked sense of humour. There’s a short quiz from Refuge Charity and you may be very surprised at the answers. We also talk cars and knobs! We have a new book announcement for the Book Collective and find out how we did with this week’s WI. There’s all the usual shenanigans so pull up a comfy chair and get the kettle on.  If you have enjoyed our podcast please leave us a review, this is a huge help to us. Our campaign for Menopause Clinic in Devonour petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk There is also a survey to complete about menopause care in your area, it takes 1 minute and we would really appreciate your in-put: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GNBBRXD

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And just like that we’re back for series 5! In this week’s educational and fun podcast Jinty and Lou chat to the wonderful Kate Codrington, author of the menopause self-care book Second Spring, there’s a lot of laughter and some tears in this open and honest chat, we discuss why rest doesn’t necessarily mean lying down and sleeping but can involve doing something that is restful to you.   We have some fantastic comments from the Collective and we find out why festivals are not always a safe space for women and what’s being done about it.   There’s a new Foodie for this month and it’s all about migraines as it’s national migraine awareness week. We will be bringing you food ideas and recipes that may help if you suffer with them. This week Jinty has made a very tasty and beneficial smoothie.   Find out what happened with the WI (or not!) and there’s a new one for this month. And finally, we have a quote from Second Spring that we all need to live by.   Kate Codrington is not only an author, she’s a mentor, speaker, facilitator, artist and therapist. A pioneering spirit Kate was the first to graduate as a Menstruality Therapist, she is also the host of a podcast, Life – An Inside Job. We discuss Kate’s book Second Spring and the benefits of life’s seasons and the stages of separation, surrender, emergence into your second spring is a transformative part of life. We discuss the benefits of yoga Nidra, and find out if there is a difference between naps and Nidra. We had so much fun chatting to Kate, you can catch the full interview (with Kate’s hand signals!) on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA   Links & resources; recipe- https://thedizzycook.com/anti-inflammatory-pear-smoothie/ Rosie Barnes No you’re not photography - a portrait of autistic women- https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Yd8L-hAAAIAWFxqa Autism information https://autismandhealth.org/ Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk There is also a survey to complete about menopause care in your area, it takes 1 minute and we would really appreciate your in-put: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GNBBRXD

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The beginners guide to Menopause If you want any information about menopause from symptoms, HRT, hormones and what is happening to your body then this is the podcast episode for you it is jam-packed with relevant and up to date research and information. We de-bunk the myths and give you facts and signpost you to where you can find out more so you have all the tools you need to make an informed choice about your body.

We talk body positivity and body shapes- it’s not all apples and pears any more but it’s all about Kibbe. We’ve both been suffering from anxiety this week which we talk openly about, and we chat random acts of kindness….are they really random? We have some fantastic comments from the Collective, there’s the Book Collective, and there is all the usual shenanigans and chat.   The menopause can be an absolute mine-field with so much information and mis-information out there so we decided to go through and give you all the information you will need to understand what is happening to your body. We talk you through, pre, peri and post menopause, the symptoms, what your hormones do and how they affect your body, is HRT safe? We de-bunk the myths and signpost you to further information so you can make informed decisions. We also videoed our chat so you can watch the unedited version on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA For further information: Experts & Menopause information on Pelvic floor health, testosterone, Migraine, HRT, Nutrition, Alcohol, painful sex, Ayurveda, Brain health, Breathing, bone heath, Early Menopause,Histamine intolarence, Anxiety, Symptoms in more depth and more can be found on previous Episodes here https://anchor.fm/womenkindcollectivepodcast

Other FREE Menopause resources; https://menopausesupport.co.uk/?page_id=12873 https://www.balance-menopause.com/balance-app/ https://www.womens-health-concern.org/ https://thebms.org.uk/education/principles-practice-of-menopause-care/bms-ppmc-resources-toolkit/

We continue reading Kate Codrington’s Second Spring and both discuss how useful this book would have been when we first entered peri menopause and had no idea what was happening to our bodies, Kate explains everything so beautifully and through the summer we will continue reading it as Kate is our guest on our first podcast of series 5 in September.   There is a new WI for us from Jinty and it’s one to keep you very clean! And we have a fabulous quote from Jinty to end the series with.   Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk

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In this week’s episode we talk to Caroline Gaskin, a homeopath, flower essence prescriber and a menopause specialist. We learn the difference between homeopathy and herbal remedies and how homeopathy can help in menopause either as a natural solution or alongside prescribed HRT. In the Book Collective we begin the wonderful Kate Codrington’s book Second Spring, there’s a new Funky salad from Jinty for the Foodie Collective. Jinty gives us some tips on how to stay cool and we wonder how a family freezer will be big enough for a double duvet? Lou investigates emojis and their other sexual meaning….have you been sending out double meanings to your friends and family?! There’s a fabulous quote and we have all the fantastic comments from the Collective plus the usual fun and frolics from us.

Caroline Gaskin is an accomplished homeopath, flower essence prescriber and a health coach specialising in menopause with over 20 years’ experience, she also tutors and lectures extensively. We had the most fantastic chat to Caroline she explained how homeopathy can benefit you in menopause and gave us some simple life hacks that will help with menopause symptoms. We learn that you can go through the menopause naturally with the help of homeopathy and flower essence but this can also be used alongside prescribed medication from your GP. We speak about the joy of now being able to talk freely about menopause and the information that we can use to help us live a healthy life. You can watch the full interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA. You can find more about Caroline here http://carolinegaskin.co.uk/ and on Instagram as @the_menopause_homeopath

In the Book Collective we have begun Kate Codrington’s Second Spring, it’s a deliciously enlightening book which opens with an explanation on the seasons of our life. A must for everyone going through menopause.

In the Foodie Jinty mixes up a tasty Funky Salad for this month’s food theme from a recipe from Riverford Organics, which will be on our Instagram page

We continue with our WI, a yoga challenge #yoga28wcp how are you doing with 3 sun salutations?

Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk.

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This week we meet the very lovely Lisa Woodcock who was diagnosed with an incurable auto immune disease PBC (Primary Biliary Cholangitis). 2 years later at 38yrs old years old she received a liver transplant. Lisa tells her transplant story and busts the myths surrounding liver disease, organ donation and transplants. In the Book Collective we conclude the brilliant Red Tent by Anita Diamant and it’s an emotional end to a beautiful book. We continue with this month’s WI yoga challenge #yoga28wcp

Did you know that it’s an offence to wear a bikini in Sorrento and how do you feel about topless sunbathing? There’s a positive message from actor Florence Pugh on why she gives no f@*#ks about her nipples being on show and Jinty investigates a very old and extremely cool female gang in London The Forty Elephants. There’s a fantastic quote from Jinty and we find out Lou’s not so great at maths!   Lisa Woodcock underwent a liver transplant in October 2021 due to PBC, she is currently on a mission to raise as much awareness as possible around organ donation, immunosuppression, transplants and erase the myths surrounding them. Lisa is very active you can find her on her Peloton, running or cycling or in the kitchen cooking. Lisa was diagnosed with an incurable auto immune disease and was unresponsive to the drugs that would have kept her alive, so her only hope of survival was a transplant. Lisa reflects on each stage of her transplant journey, from diagnosis to the importance of organ donation and to where she is today, it is a very emotive and powerful topic you can watch the full interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA   In the Book Collective we finish Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent, a beautiful read that takes us through Dinah’s life from birth to death and her inspiring and not forgotten story. Through the summer we are going to read Kate Codrington’s Second Spring, so please do join in.   Our WI yoga challenge #yoga28wcp is almost at an end how are you doing with 3 sun salutations?   Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk

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In this week’s Episode we talk about how you can get the most out of your appointment with your GP or Menopause Clinic, and get what you want. Dr Lucy Craven, a Devon based Doctor gives us her advice from a GP’s point of view.

We are on the penultimate read of our Book Collective read for this series, The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. We have a new Foodie Collective and it’s Funky Salads! We will find out how you’re all getting on with the WI #yogawcp28 challenge and did you know HRT can reduce snoring? And how our eyes (Jinty’s) degenerate as we go through menopause? There’s plenty of laughter and relaxed chat throughout this episode and lots of the usual fun and frolics.   Your 10 minute menopause GP appointment will never be long enough to go through all the symptoms, HRT, the alternatives, and how to get your life back on track so we get advice from Dr Lucy Craven a GP with specialist menopause training to find out how you can get the most out of your GP appointment. The British Menopause Society has released 11 new standards to help you and your GP when you walk into that consulting room. We talk advice and guidance and make sure you have all the advice and guidance to prepare you for your appointment.   The Book Collective is on the penultimate read of Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent, Dinah is starting a new life in the Valley of The Kings where the mundane and every day are a welcome comfort to her, until a ghost from her past resurfaces, her brother Joseph. Next week we read to the end.   In our Food Collective this month as it’s Summer in the UK we wanted to put the sparkle back into your salad, so we’re giving you funky salads this month and Lou has delivered this weeks funky salad: Shit Green Salad…it tastes better than it sounds! You can use any greens but this is the recipe Lou used! Recipe: Handful of green beans steamed. Asparagus lightly caramelised in EVOO Rocket or watercress or green leaf lettuce. Cucumber cut as you want Avocado – sliced. 2 spring onions Sprinkling of chia seeds, EVOO and to garnish pomegranate seeds   Our WI has got you all involved this month and we love seeing the photos you send over to use. We have challenged ourselves and the Collective to 3 sun salutations for 28 days for the #yoga28wcp challenge, so if you haven’t already please join in!   Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk

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With all the news coming out of America this week and the trauma and anxiety this will cause millions of women; we talk to Clare Green a wellbeing/trauma recovery and women’s health coach about coping mechanisms during times of anxiety and stress. Lou and Jinty talk Roe V Wade and the impact on the women not just in the U.S but what’s happening around the world with abortion rights for women, there’s your fantastic comments, the Book Collective with Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent, a yoga WI and to top it all off we break the myths about orgasms. It’s a full week!   Clare Green is a health coach specialising in trauma and anxiety, she grew up in a difficult environment linked to the relationship with her mum and developed Generalised Anxiety Disorder with no awareness for treatment or support.   She has suffered several traumatic life events, women’s health problems, miscarriages, thyroid, difficult pregnancies, a surgical menopause in 2009 which was unmanaged properly for 10 yrs. With all her life experience Clare is channelling her energies into Clarity With Clare (her Instagram name) to give us some tips to help relieve our anxieties. You can watch the full interview on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA   In the Book Collective we continue with Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent as we follow Dinah’s story with the birth of her son in Egypt and how her life has once again taken a different course. Dinah begins practising her midwifery skills and her path crosses once more with her grandmothers maid Wereno. Next week we read to chapter 5, page 354.   We find out how both the WI’s went this week, Jinty’s and Lou’s. Has the bacteria vanished from Jinty’s make-up drawer and have they both managed to complete the first week of the 3 sun salutations for 28 days for the #yoga28wcp challenge?   There’s a fabulous quote for the week to inspire you.

You can find Clare on Instagram. @claritywithclare   Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk

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In this week’s podcast we get to talk to the Queen of Menopause Support & the person behind the #makemenopausematter Campaign, Diane Danzebrink. Diane discusses HRT shortages, and what the pre-menopausal Diane would think about the grassroots campaigner she is today.

Lou & Jinty find out what age you are your most sexual as a woman, and it’s not what you think, there’s some filthy beauty news and Jinty goes punk after watching Public image Limited at a gig, she also has some very cool fashion news. We have a new WI and there’s a British foodie with a vegan twist and we continue with our Book Collective with Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent. We have a thought provoking quote and of course there’s all the usual shenanigans you’ve come to expect!   Our guest this week is Diane Danzebrink she is a wellbeing consultant, menopause counsellor and speaker with professional nurse training in menopause. She is the founder of the not-for-profit organisation Menopause Support which offers menopause education, information, guidance, and support. In 2018 Diane founded the national #MakeMenopauseMatter campaign. The campaign is calling for mandatory menopause education for GPs and menopause guidance in every workplace. The campaign has been instrumental in ensuring that menopause has been added to the new RSE curriculum in secondary education in England and continues to call for this throughout the rest of the U.K. Diane explains why she started the campaign and we hear about her own Surgical menopause experience and ask has anything changed? She updates us on the HRT shortage and why we need to keep talking about menopause to ensure we are the generation that makes the positive changes in education, healthcare and workplace. It’s a fun and insightful interview into how Diane became the champion for thousands of women. Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA   In the Foodie, jinty cooks up a vegan shortbread, find out how it gets on in our tastes challenge.   The Book Collective continues reading The Red Tent by Anita Diamant, in this week’s read we discuss the patriarchal family that destroys Dinah’s life as she knows it. The good brothers are sold and Dinah’s destiny is about to change. Next week we read to the end of chapter 3 in part 3 Egypt.   There’s a new WI from Lou and Jinty for you to join in with, and find out how we got in with last week’s challenge?    Sign #makemenopausematter campaign here https://www.change.org/p/make-menopause-matter-in-healthcare-the-workplace-and-education-makemenopausematter?signed=true

Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk

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In today’s podcast we talk Histamine with Amantha King and why as our oestrogen levels rise with HRT so does our histamine. There’s talk of why Emma Thompson regrets the demise of the full bush and we find out why pubic hair is actually a natural dry lubricant. There’s fashion news on how to wear a party top and also why more women orgasm when masturbating than through penetrative sex. We have the Book Collective, a new WI, a motivational quote, the Collective’s comments and there’s all the usual fun and forgetting what we’re supposed to be doing and completely going off script!   Amantha King is the founder of Amantha King Coaching, a Certified NLP coach, strengths development consultant, applied biologist, keynote speaker, menopause coach, and more!  She is recognised as a specialist in her field, and advises businesses on how to get the most from their important asset, their people. Amantha has a special interest in histamine intolerance and how it affects women during menopause. We learn that histamine is our first line of defence and that we have four main receptors in our body, but oestrogen and histamine share the same receptors. If you have a rise of histamine in your body then your oestrogen will also rise. Amantha gives us so many facts about histamine and how it can affect our body throughout menopause- you really will not want to miss this episode. You can watch the full interview on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA   In the Book Collective we continue with Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent, in today’s chapters we meet Rebecca, Dinah’s grandmother and far from being a warm receptive woman, she is a hard task master, a revered healer with people come from miles around to be healed by her. We are getting to understand Dinah as she reaches puberty and is about to take her place in the red tent, but life is about to take a cruel turn. Next week we read to part 3, Egypt.   The final week of the WI and we discuss power walking and how you feel afterwards and also why a meditative walk allows you time to be I the moment and have clarity with your surroundings. There’s a new WI from Jinty and it’s all about the water. Please subscribe, follow and share our podcast, we have no sponsors but you can help spread the word. Thank you   The quote this week is chosen by Lou and is a paraphrased version of Theodore Roosevelt’s The Man in The Arena.   Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk

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In this week’s episode we meet Mitty James a broadcaster and musician who was diagnosed with ADHD at 13 years old. 20yr old Mitty blows away the myths of what it’s like to live with ADHD as a woman, from her diagnosis to coming out of the closet at the age of 14. We have the Book Collective where we continue with Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent, there’s a British Foodie from Lou that is almost impossible to turn vegan and we catch up with the WI, our walking challenges. There’s a look into the huge prescription waste and how the NHS loses 300 million pounds every year, why we should all know the Tail of Spence, plus all the usual shenanigans, the Collective’s comments and forgetting words!   We’ve talked previously on our podcast about how Autism presents differently in girls and women, in fact we have a whole episode dedicated to this subject. But what about ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder? We know that more boys are diagnosed but is this because fewer girls have ADHD or is it more likely that their traits are being masked and being missed as with Autism?

Mitty James is a broadcaster and musician living in Devon, with ADHD. They stumbled through a very academic upbringing with professors and doctors for parents, and went to a high achieving boarding school. All this with a brother dealing with Asperger’s syndrome and ADHD, coming to terms with her sexuality and living through a traumatic event made for a difficult time.  Mitty came out the closet at 14 and was diagnosed with PTSD and anxiety at 16, we learn what a day in the life of Mitty is like, how one task can take almost all day, the depression and anxiety surrounding ADHD and how being with someone that can support makes life so much easier. You can watch the full interview on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA  And find Mitty on Instagram @mxttyz In the Foodie we are looking at British food and as it was the Platinum Jubilee last weekend, Lou made the Jubilee trifle, but how did she get on? Other than making the lemon curd Swiss roll she followed the cheats recipe: https://feastgloriousfeast.com/lemon-amaretti-trifle/   In the Book Collective we continue with the glorious Red Tent by Anita Diamant, the family of Jacob are travelling to his homeland where he meets a terrible fate that changes the family’s plans. Dinah is finding her spirit within water and we begin to hear her story. Next week we read up to page 212.   The WI of mediative or power walking is going well with the Collective joining us with their stories of walking.   And finally there’s a superb Quote from Edith Eger a Holocaust survivor.   Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk

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As the Jubilee celebrations are in full flow we thought in this week’s podcast we would look at women in 1952 and in 2022 and there’s some quite shocking differences. We have a royal quiz, for you to test your knowledge on all things royalty, and ensuring we keep it real we talk dildos whilst travelling, Jodie Comer’s one woman play, Prima Facie and also why we celebrate a Texan mum. There’s high fashion news for your feet and there’s talk of the Westminster/Pestminster scandal that is unravelling.   With the sell out production of Prima Facie, a brilliant play starring Jody Comer, that we were lucky enough to attend, we were appalled at how the legal system treats rape victims, so we decided to research a little more and found some truly distressing statistics, only 16% of rape victims report their assault to the police and 49% had been a victim of rape or sexual assault before. We ask if enough is being done since the Minister for Justice announced new funding to support victims of rape?

We review the sell out play which you can soon see at cinemas near you, and highly recommend that you do. You’ll be in good company, we were sat with Jeremy Irons and Sinead Cusack!   Our Book Collective reads up to Book 2, Chapter 3 Of Anita Diamant’s the Red Tent, we discuss the treatment of Ruti by the women and how Dinah finds her body. Jacob leaves Laban’s lands and moves the women to his homeland, but will there be a warm welcome for them? Next week we read Book 2 to chapter 5 page 175.   We announce our new Foodie theme for June and we find out if we have completed any of the walks for the WI?   There’s a thought provoking quote to get you thinking this week plus the Collective’s comments as well as all the usual banter and brain fog!

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In this week’s podcast we talk about getting your sparkle back with Sam Palmer, the founder of the on-line platform Midlife Makeover, through movement and exercise In the Book Collective we dig deep into Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent, and discover the character traits of the women in the red tent. The Foodie Collective cooks up an energising feast for our lunch and there’s also a bit of biscuit trivia for National Biscuit Day - May 29, from Jinty and Lou has an interesting money making scheme for windy menopausal women.   Our guest today is Sam Palmer, creator and founder of the Online Platform, Midlife Makeover, which offers advice, coaching & support to women in peri menopause, menopause and beyond. Sam says she aims to “Give women back the confidence to live the life they want to live.” helping them to “Get their Sparkle back”. Sam tells us we don’t have to go to the gym to get our energy back and should think of exercising in bitesize blocks not in hours. Our bodies change around 40 years old and it is harder for us to keep our muscles and body strength to enable us to keep doing what we love, Sam gives us some simple exercises that we can do to keep our bodies moving. With a practical approach Sam explains what we need to do to get our sparkle back. Find Sam here  https://www.midlifemakeover.co.uk/meet-sam And on Instagram and FB as Midlifemakeover

The Book Collective reads up to part 2 of Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent, we are loving getting to know the characters of the women, from the fertile Leah to the feminist Zilpah. The excitement of the women when a girl arrives to pass down the female stories and the ceremonies surrounding women in their culture. Next week we read to page 125 chapter 3 of part 2.   A delicious and protein based foodie this week cooked by Jinty, green masala eggs from the BBC goodfood website: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/green-masala-eggs Packed with protein and fibre and easy to digest will give us an energy boost. Jinty added chickpeas and sugar snap peas to this recipe for some plant based protein.   Our WI this week is inspired by our guest Sam, Jinty has invited us to complete 3 different types of walks from a mindful one to a power walk either walking with your dog or with a friend.   Our quote comes from the magnificent Rabia Siddique.   Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk

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This week’s podcast is all about the girls with the founder of Rites For Girls, Kim McCabe, an organisation who’s mission is to change the world – one girl at a time, Rites for Girls mentors girls right through their adolescence they also run the Girls Net course a six-week journey for girls equipping them for times of challenge and change. We also talk to a Girl’s Net Mentor, Naomi Scholger and find out how the sessions help girls and how they are run. We have our Book Collective with Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent and discover a first menstrual ritual when entering The Red Tent. There’s fun with our WI the Cock and Mocktails, did we manage to serve up a new cocktail? There’s fashion and make-up news for the over 50’s (!) and we find out why an MP in England believes people living in poverty can’t cook…! And there’s also the Collective’s lovely comments.   If you have teenage girls or remember the anxiety and angst about being a teenage girl back in the day then you will understand why our guest Kim McCabe founded and is a Director of Rites for Girls since 2011 and is a home-educating mother of three. As originator and facilitator of Girls Journeying Together programmes, she offers year-long groups for girls with simultaneous support for their mothers. Kim believes that supporting and celebrating the female pre-teen and teenager gives girls the tools and understanding for life. In Girls Journeying Together groups of preteen girls prepare for puberty and learn how to take charge of their emotional, social, and mental well-being. This guidance continues through their teenage years. Facilitators also support their mothers as the girls journey through this pivotal phase. Girls’ Net provides guidance and camaraderie through times of challenge to small groups of same-age girls (aged 8-18) in weekly online sessions.  Mentors offer tools for coping well and the girls access their inner resources while also realising that they’re not alone. Kim aims to make growing up for girls an easier, safer, and better supported journey. We also meet Naomi Scholger who has recently trained as a Girls Net Mentor and is currently running her first online group for 15 year old girls. She talks about the similarities of teens and menopause, saying menopause is like a second adolescence. You can find out more from the Rites for Girls courses & book here https://www.ritesforgirls.com/   The Book Collective have read up to chapter 3 of Anita Diamant’s The Red tent, we get to know Jacob and how men were polygamous. Rachel cannot marry until she has her first bleed, and when she does we learn the rituals of the women in The Red Tent and the first moon blood of a virgin is a powerful libation for the crops. Next week we read to the end of part one.   Our WI Cock and Mocktail making goes fizzingly well with a zesty duo using lime, oranges, ginger and mint. Jinty’s mocktail - The Rebel without the Sauce, & Lou’s _ Moginto (or should it be MoGintea?) Rebel without the sauce- 1 part Ginger extract, 1 part freshly squeezed orange juice, topped up with Rose Nozecco, garnished with a slice of Orange Moginto- fresh raspberries, crushed mint, 1 part gin, 1 part ice and mint cordial topped up with sparkling water.   Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk

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We are back for series 4! Who would have thought it? And we start this series with an incredible guest who answers an important question, how to get our energy back in menopause? Well, who better to answer this HUGE question than Wendy Hill, the owner of Hill Start Nutrition Health and Wellness? Our Foodie Collective theme this month is ENERGY FOOD, and Wendy gave us a delicious pancake recipe that you will not want to miss. We have slightly shaken up the podcast and our book for the Book Collective will now run through the whole series giving us, &you, more time to read and talk about the book. We have our Collective’s fantastic comments and we find out what the Government have been up to whilst we were on our holidays and it’s not all good and involves tractors…!   Our guest Wendy Hill is a Naturopathic Nutritional Therapist and an expert in female hormone health, Wendy supports women through perimenopause, menopause and beyond.Wendy asks us to just Imagine, that understanding how food and lifestyle can give you more energy and vitality can enjoy life more. Wendy tells us that by making your plate of food more colourful you can still eat the crisps, but by adding in essential nutrients from other food sources you will feel fuller for longer. We also learn the reason you fall asleep after your Christmas dinner, and it’s not about the amount you eat! Wendy gives us some simple yet effective small changes that will give us back our gusto! The full interview can be found on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco- You can find Wendy at https://hillstart.me.uk/

Our WI over the easter break was to complete a Future Learn online course, Understanding Autism, how did we do? It’s a fascinating course and will give any one an insight and history of autism. We have a new WI this week and it’s all about cocktails! Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk

Our Foodie this week is Almond Pancakes, a fantastic recipe from Wendy, who says breakfast should be your key meal, they are quick, easy and delicious and can be vegan by swapping the eggs out for flax eggs and use coconut yoghurt instead of Greek yoghurt: Ingredients: 112grs of Ground Almonds 5 grs of Baking Powder 2 Eggs 1 TBSP of Maple syrup 80 Mls of Unsweetened Almond Milk 30 Mls of Coconut Oil ½ Tsp of Cinnamon ½ Tsp Sea salt ½ cup of Blueberries ½ cup of Greek Yoghurt   Directions: • Whisk all ingredients together except the blueberries and Greek yoghurt. • Heat up a non-stick frying pan on a med-low heat • Add ¼ of a cup full of the bater mixture to the pan , cook for each side for 3-4 minutes or until golden brown • Place on a plate and add the yoghurt and blueberries In the Book Collective we begin The Red Tent by Anita Diamant, it was first published in 1997, it tells the story of Dinah, a minor character in the bible. The book celebrates mothers and daughters  and is rich storytelling and is a fascinating insight into an early period in history for a woman.  

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This week’s Episode is our last in Series 3 and we look at the positive side to post menopause with the lovely Rachel Edgerton, she’s a woman on a mission to give hope to anyone struggling with the menopause transition journey. With AI robots on the rise Jinty discovers that all is not what it seems when the AI’s demonstrate a gender bias and Lou discovers you can have good sex in your 70’s but it might not be too acrobatic! As this is the last episode in this series we have a wine collective and it doesn’t all involve wine! In the Book Collective we find out what your favourite books are and we absolutely love the recommendations you’ve sent to us. We begin our autism awareness course with Kent University with a quiz, do we really know about autism?   Our guest this week is Rachel Edgerton she is on a mission to give hope to anyone struggling with the menopause transition, the journey and the destination. She has experienced everything from mild to extreme menopause symptoms, Rachel is a mentor and campaigner for women in menopause. We talk a lot about peri menopause but what about Post menopause? Rachael says ‘Menopause is a journey, and the destination is good’. Adding she wants to give hope to women struggling right now. She tells us about her intrusive, suicidal thoughts and her experience of hysterectomy surgery, the recovery and destination-Post Menopause. Since 2017 Rachel has been she has been raising awareness about all things menopause, she is the menopause support colleague at work and fundraises for the Menopause Charity.   Our Book Collective have sent in their favourite books we read out a few and we now have an extensive list of superb reading!   It’s the last episode in this month so our Foodie makes way for the Wine Collective. Jinty has chosen a fruity 0% alcohol Rose Freixnet and Lou has picked a local Devon made drink, Salcombe gin find out how the tasting went?   Our WI gets underway with a free course from Kent University via Future learn,  Understanding Autism and the opening quiz proves we don’t know everything we thought we did about autism. You can join along with us on this link: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/autism   Our campaign for an NHS menopause clinic in Devon marches on and we would love you to sign our petition for a menopause clinic in Devon please click on the link: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or you can send us your testimonials via email: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk

Thank you for listening and contributing to our Podcast, see you in Series 4 coming in May 15th 2022

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As most of you are aware we launched #wheresmyclinic Campaign earlier this year for an NHS Menopause Clinic for Devon.

Well we wanted to know more about what a good NHS menopause clinic looks like and how a successful one runs. So in this episode we speak to two GP’s and Menopause specialists, DR Clare Spencer and Dr Lindsey Thomas who run a Menopause Clinic in Leeds.

We look at Lou’s blood test results to determine testosterone levels and oestradiol absorption and Binding Globulin! We continue with this month’s foodie theme #cookforukraine with a delicious soup. In the book collective we take a look at books that have a place in our hearts and life. We begin our WI and discuss autism awareness in girls.  

Currently people in Devon have 120 mile round trip to Poole or Bristol, thats if they can even get an appointment. Most people in Devon, that we speak to, aren’t even aware that there is such a thing- but there are actually 29 NHS menopause clinics across the UK, You can look at the British Menopause Society Website to find your nearest one, and if you don’t have one in your county go to our website https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk/2022/02/10/welcome-to-wheresmylinic-menopause-clinic-for-devon-campaign/ where you can use our template letters to ask your local MP and Clinical Commissioning group why not?

Dr Clare Spencer is co founder of My Menopause Centre https://www.mymenopausecentre.com/ A specialist online Menopause Clinic. She currently runs an NHS menopause service and is a GP partner in a practice in Leeds. She is also a British Menopause Society menopause trainer and is involved in educating GPs about the menopause transition through talks, lectures and seminars. Dr Lindsey Thomas has worked as a GP for the last 16 years, in a large inner city practice in Sheffield, She is a registered British Menopause Society Specialist , with their highest level of training; the Advanced Certificate and also a Accredited Menopause Trainer, helping others to develop a specialism in this area. Lindsey works with Clare in the NHS menopause Clinic in Leeds as well as working at https://menopausecare.co.uk/

Together we chat about Menopause clinic referrals, complex health issues and why someone might need specialist support, we find out how they both came to work in this field, their thoughts on the so called ‘Davina affect’ and the Oestrogel shortage. They are wonderful supporters of our Campaign and tell us why it is important to have more accessible NHS menopause care in all counties of the UK. You will love this conversation as we do.  You can find Clare on Instagram @mymenopausecentre and Lindsey at @dr_menopause   In the Book Collective we reflect on books from our lives. What is your favourite childhood book? What book did you read and want to love but didn’t? We both share our favourites and the ones that we just didn’t love at all.

Our Foodie continues with our #cookforukraine with a vegan Borscht made by Jinty it’s a warming bowl of goodness especially served with a vegan crème fraiche. https://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-recipe/easy-borscht/   In our WI this month we are going to begin a free course through Future Learn, understanding autism. We talk about the different traits for girls and boys with autism and how girls so easily slip through the net, especially with societal bias about how girls and boys are expected to behave.   We still require testimonials for our campaign for an NHS menopause clinic in Devon, we would love to hear your stories both good and bad. To send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Please sign our petition for a menopause clinic in Devon please click on the link: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic

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This week we take a look at Natural Solutions for our Menopause Symptoms with Nutritional Therapist Karen Newby. Helpful for anyone on or off Hormone Therapy. We discuss unexpected Covid symptoms and tips. We conclude the fabulous Maddy Anholt’s How To Leave Your Psychopath and meet the Red Wine Angel and Jesus who drives a removal van. We start a new foodie #cookforukraine and Jinty’s been cooking zucchini fritters and they’re delicious. We conclude the Death Wishes WI, find out how we’ve both got on.   Karen Newby is a nutritional therapist with over 10 years clinical experience. She holds a BSc in Nutritional Medicine and is registered with BANT and CNHC. She runs a specialist  menopause clinic and hosts regular retreats, corporate talks and workshops on the subject. She has helped countless women on their road to midlife vitality and is very much a complementary practitioner, often working with women on HRT. Her approach is highly practical, realistic and achievable as we deal with very low bandwidth in amongst our turbo charged, modern day world.  Karen says ‘it’s more about natural solutions to symptoms - I like to think of these being helpful for women on or off HRT as opposed to alternatives.’ Did you know that by dropping caffeine and eating a larger meal for breakfast you can aide your gut health and sugar levels that will help you sleep better? Karen gives us some tips (and the reasons they work) that will transform your life but not take a lot of effort to achieve. You can watch the unedited conversation on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA   In the Book Collective we are very sad to read the last pages of Maddy Anholt’s How To Leave Your psychopath in the final chapters and epilogue we meet The Red Wine Angel who comforts Maddy with red wine and a fag and Jesus who drives a removal van who for the first time in years shows Maddy compassion in his words to her. Her twin quite literally saves her life before Maddy learns to re-build her life from the psychopathic Damien.   Our New Foodie Collective this moth is #cookforukraine and Jinty has baked a delicious zucchini fritter. Find the receipt here (it will be on our Instagram this week too) https://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-recipe/light-and-crispy-zucchini-fritters/   We conclude this month’s WI our death Wishes list and learn about death rituals from around the world including celestial burials and also a popping a cigarette into a dead person’s mouth! If you would like a copy of the Death Wishes sheet please email us at: womenkindcollective@gmail.com   We still require testimonials for our campaign for an NHS menopause clinic in Devon, we would love to hear your stories both good and bad. To send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Please sign our petition for a menopause clinic in Devon please click on the link: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic

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In this week’s Mothers Day podcast we meet the remarkable Natasha Owens. Natasha discusses POI (Premature Ovarian Insufficiency) or premature menopause, she talks openly about her life struggles, infertility, relationships, adoption and surgeries.

We learn the true meaning of Mother’s Day and meet the Mother of mothers day! We discuss the shortage of HRT and what is being done. There’s a deep divide in the dictionary for words to describe male and females, and guess who comes out less favourably? We have a delicious low budget foodie recipe, a sweet potato, lentil and spinach dhal that comes in at 97p per portion. In the Book Collective we are on the penultimate week of Maddy Anholt’s How to leave your psychopath with some quite triggering chapters. And our WI (weekly invite) of Death Wishes list is starting to fill up with our last wishes.   Natasha Owens went through early menopause when she was 13 years old in 1989, at that age she was too embarrassed to talk to family and friends about what was happening to her. It took her until she was 24 and with the man she would go on to marry to be able to open up. Natasha describes her teenage years and the mental health impact on her life, from a vicious attack to not being like the other girls. We talk symptoms, diagnosis, Lichen Planus, infertility and adoption, Vulva and other surgeries and how Natasha is now on a mission to support and help others. You can follow Natasha’s story on her instagram @natashaowens1976 Watch the full interview on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA   It is the last week of our budget Foodie and we have a nutritious and filling spinach, sweet potato, lentil dhal. It counts as 3 of your 5 a day and comes in at 97pence per portion. https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/spinach-sweet-potato-lentil-dhal   In the Book Collective we are on the penultimate week of the brilliant How To leave Your Psychopath by Maddy Anholt. As we delve deeper into the abusive complexities of Damien there are some triggering chapters that demonstrate the realistic, open and articulate way Maddy writes. In next week’s Book Collective, we read to the end of this fantastic and insightful book.   Our WI Death Wishes Sheet is filling up and we discuss direct cremations and entrance music to your funeral. If you would like a copy of the Death Wishes sheet please email us at: womenkindcollective@gmail.com   We still require testimonials for our campaign for an NHS menopause clinic in Devon, we would love to hear your stories both good and bad. To send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk Please sign o our petition for a menopause clinic in Devon please click on the link: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic   If you would like more information on POI or premature menopause please head over to: https://www.daisynetwork.org/

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Maddy Anholt is a comedian, actor, Women's Aid Ambassador, and the author of How to Leave Your Psychopath and she is our very lovely guest on this week’s podcast where we discuss her book, toxic relationships and identify some of the manipulative traits of a psychopath. There’s a discussion on a phallic Cornish luxury hotel, seagulls that fly over a 100 miles to visit their favourite fish and chip shop and also some important information on the HRT shortage that is hitting the UK. We have a mouth-watering foodie from Jinty and it’s a curry with peaches and comes in at under 30p a portion. We continue with Maddy’s fantastic book How To Leave Your Psychopath and how is everyone getting on with the WI Death Wishes list?   We have Maddy Anholt with us this week as our guest, we are reading her superb first book How To Leave Your Psychopath in our Book Collective this month. The book offers a candid insight into the complex world of coercive control and abusive relationships from a woman who has spent her entire dating life trapped in them. We talk to Maddy about how she became a Womens aid Ambassador, how lockdown changed her plans from tour to book (and soon another tour). In her book she cleverly weaves her own experiences with science & psychology whilst at the same time making us laugh, she explains how important the format of the book was and how it began. She explains that ‘Each chapter in the book is a memoir, psychology and science Have you heard of Negging? Gaslighting? Maddy explains these, (& more) aspects of coercive behaviour and how to spot red flags in your relationship - which isn’t easy and she explains why!

Maddy also opens up about how writing the book helped her understand boundaries, and the value of vulnerability. This is a must listen for anyone in a relationship or not. We learned so much and it helped us to make sense of some relationships in our own past. We had a blast talking to Maddy and you can see the interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA   As our campaign for an NHS menopause clinic in Devon moves on we share with you the news from the campaign café we held before the very first Menopause Café held at Bumble and Bee in Devon, and it was a great evening with a room full of wonderful women. To sign our petition for a menopause clinic in Devon please click on the link: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Or to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com And finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk   We continue our Foodie on a budget with a curry with a surprise twist from Jinty https://cookingonabootstrap.com/2018/02/13/jardaloo-ma-murghi-curry-with-apricots-22p/   Our Book Collective continues with How To Leave your Psychopath and we find out why psycho Damien is the way he is, there is a lot of emotion and vulnerability from Maddy in this book and it shows in the superb re-telling and research in the book. Next week we read to page 296.   The WI has opened up a lot of discussion and if you would like a copy of the Death Wishes List emailed to you please drop us an email at: womenkindcollective@gmail.com We discuss when should you have a Day of The Dead to celebrate loved ones? And how are we getting on with filling our sheets in? If you’ve been affected by any of the interview today and would like further information please contact: https://www.womensaid.org.uk https://www.refuge.org.uk  

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We talk bones, osteoporosis and menopause with the very informative McTimoney Chiropractor Kathryn Vickery. It’s also our birthday and we have a look back at our first episode. We find out more about the government’s Enough campaign, a communication website aimed at helping women, but is it Enough? Jinty has some very relevant fashion news from Marie Claire Ukraine. The Foodie this week is a very cheap nutritious meal on a budget that comes in at 72p per person. The WI this week we look at death wishes, are you prepared for death? Lou has a list that will help you consider what you would like. In the Book we continue with the brilliant How To Leave Your Psychopath by Maddy Anholt, you will laugh and cringe all on the same page with her superb writing skill. We update you on our #wheresmyclinic campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon. And finally, we are running our first Menopause Cafe on International Women’s Day.   Kathryn is a chiropractor with over 18 years’ experience, she started training in herbal medicine and moved to becoming a McTimoney practitioner. Kathryn tells us exactly what osteoporosis is and if there is any we to reverse the very early stages of this bone disease. Menopause and low levels of oestrogen can increase your chances of developing osteoporosis, as can race, family history and poor diet. Full of information and useful advice on all aspects of bone health and osteoporosis. Find Kathryn here https://dartmoorchiro.co.uk/   Our Book Collective is completely stuck into Maddy Anholt’s How To Leave Your psychopath, we meet some of Maddy’s ex’s and one of them is especially high on the psychometer, then there’s her boyfriend in sixth form who does something so cringeworthy she has to take 2 weeks off school. The characters we have met so far in this book are men that most women have come across in their lifetime, but she writes with the utmost honesty and tells her truth. Next week we read up to page 242.   How did you get on with last week’s WI? Jinty reveals how she is now more accepting of her scars and Lou sets a new WI about death wishes, there’s a whole list to complete about end of life care, funeral service, burial/cremation and wake and also the admin where are your passwords? Deeds? Will? . We also ask the question why don’t we have a day to celebrate our lost loved ones? If you would like a copy of the Death Wishes sheet please email us: womenkindcollective@gmail.com   Our Foodie theme this month is healthy food on a budget and Lou cooks her family dish of Macaroni cheese with a nutritious twist for 4 people. She went shopping in the local Co-op for all the ingredients: email us for the recipe or catch it on our Instagram feed

Please don’t forget to sign our petition for a menopause clinic in Devon campaign: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Our #wheresmyclinic campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon has a website with the petition and template letters to send to your MP and local CCG so please head over to: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk

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In this week’s podcast we meet the extraordinary Dr Zoe Hodson who talks all things testosterone during the menopause and why it’s not just for boys. Did you know that pre menopause women produce 3-4 times as much testosterone than oestrogen, so why is this hormone not on our GP’s radar? Find out as Dr Zoe answers all ours & the Collectives questions. We hear some fashion news that takes us back to the 80’s and there’s a bit of beauty news on the new Maybelline tattoo brow, but can we read how to use it? In the Foodie it’s a new month and the theme is healthy food on a budget with a very tasty meal from Jinty.

In the Book Collective we start to read Maddy Anholt’s How To Leave Your Psychopath, and it’s already a great read. There’s a Movie Collective this month, Lou went to the cinema and reports back on Kenneth Branagh’s Death on The Nile. And there’s a WI to get you naked and love your body!   Dr Zoe Hodson has been a GP for 20 years and has been working full time in menopause care for the last 2 years. For the last 12 months Zoe has been campaigning with menopause support for women who are refused testosterone. We learn how a deficiency in testosterone may effect the body in menopause, and it’s not only about libido!   In fashion news the slouchy tailored suit is back! Who knew that this fashion trend from the 80’s would make a return to the catwalk? In beauty news Lou struggles to open and then read Maybelline’s new Tattoo Brow, is she going to recommend it?   Maddy Anholt is an ambassador for Women’s Aid and her new book, How To Leave Your Psychopath will have you squirming at the psycho’s that are out in the dating world, we begin by meeting Damien…. And he’s definitely on the psychometer. Maddy tells us, What you put up with at the end of the relationship is not what you would have put up with in the beginning. Maddy is hitting the nails on the head with this book.   As inflation is on the rise, fuel prices are going through the roof, this month we have decided to look at healthy food on a budget. Jinty kicks off this month’s foodie with a lentil and beef cassoulet. It’s brimming with goodness and comes in at under £2.50 a portion.   In the Movie Collective, Lou takes a trip to a very atmospheric cinema to watch Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile. Branagh plays Poirot and we get a prequel to the film and a look at a young Poirot’s love life. As good as it was to see it on the big screen, would we recommend you wait until it comes onto the small screen?   The WI this week is from Lou and it’s about getting to know and love your body in all its naked glory. So get the heating on and get ready for this revealing WI.    Recipe will be in our Instagram page this week Please don’t forget to sign our petition for a menopause clinic in Devon campaign: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Our #wheresmyclinic campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon has now launched a website with the petition and template letters to send to your MP and local CCG.

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In this week’s podcast there’s an awful lot of exposing! We’re talking gender bias; we throw light on how the lack of data in healthcare is killing women and it’s all to do with Aristotle (well in a round about way!). Also, in the workplace - why are women marginalised and made to work below their skillset? We dissect the incredible Invisible Women book by Caroline Criado Perez who gender myth busts the everyday items and lifestyles that we take for granted as females that are purely designed for males. We conclude Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, other and what a fantastic read. There’s fashion news you might not want to hear about from Jinty and Lou finds there’s a lot of fuckery around. We finish our Chinese Foodie month with a delicious Mango dessert.   We don’t have to dig too deeply for the gender bias that is everywhere in our society. So why is there always a queue for the ladies’ toilets when the men’s are always empty? It’s all down to Urban plumbing & planning and the expectation that men require the same space as women, but menstruation, clothing issues and women who take children to toilet are not considered. Women are walking in the dark to find privacy in countries that do not have facilities for female toilets, our basic human function to urinate is being denied and putting women and girls in vulnerable situations. Did you know Iceland is the best place for a woman to live? In 1975 Icelandic women went on strike with 90% stopping all the unpaid work women do around the home. The worse time for women is during conflict and natural disasters when violence against women escalates, there’s also the problem that in some countries that suffer natural disasters, girls are set up to fail due to social prejudices against girls learning to swim and climb trees. And there’s a whole lot more we find out that that exposes why the World is designed for men.   In The Book Collective we conclude the brilliant Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other. And what a WOW of a book. This beautiful book comes to a superb conclusion with the characters coming together in the final pages. The ending is a sweet finale which will probably bring a tear to your eyes! Our new book for March is, How to Leave Your Psychopath, by Maddy Anholt, we can’t wait to start reading this essential handbook for escaping  toxic relationships.   In The Foodie Lou makes the final recipe for our Chinese month, a vegan mango pudding. It’s a light and palette cleansing dish with vegan gelatine. Chinese Mango Pudding – Vegan https://www.aspicyperspective.com/mango-pudding-dairy-free/   In the Wine Collective we try a fruity red, Trivento Private Reserve Malbec from Argentina, it’s an easy drinkable red with plum and raspberry aromas and is £10 in Tesco’s and currently £8 in Sainsburys. Jinty chooses a nonalcoholic rum from M&S -Golden Spice and Cola.   In the WI it’s our final week of learning our dance routine for Cameo’s Candy Girl. Thanks to one of our Collective , Elena for giving us this challenge. It’s a real treat on the eyes especially with our cod pieces!   Please don’t forget to sign our petition for a menopause clinic in Devon campaign: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic Our #wheresmyclinic campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon has now launched a website with the petition and template letters to send to your MP and local CCG.      

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This week we sort out all the worlds problems with our guest Rosie Johnson of Rosie Johnson Illustrates. We are very lucky that Rosie is based here in Devon but her creative talents are an international success, producing Prints, cards, fashion, Jewellery and pins. She also does design work, book illustration and as if that’s not enough she’s invented a great card game for children, Natter Matters. We get angry this week at topics in the news, especially footballers and their sponsors and how raising our voice can be very cathartic. There’s fashion news – are we ready to embrace the most uncomfortable item of clothing that’s making a come-back? Our #wheresmyclinic campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon has now launched a website with the petition and template letters to send to your MP and local CCG. https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk In the Book Collective we are on our penultimate week of Bernadine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other. The Foodie continues with our theme this month, Chinese cuisine.   Rosie was a primary school teacher for 15 years, But has been illustrating for nearly 6 years. A self confessed bleeding heart lefty snowflake who loves marmite who invented a card game called Natter Matters to help children and adults talk through difficult emotional subjects. We created our own Natter Matters Womenkind Collective styl-ey and discussed all the important things in life in Rosie’s unique way. To find Rosie’s online shop click on the link. https://rosiejohnsonillustrates.com   The Book Collective continue with Bernadine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other, the grammatically different book is so beautiful how the characters are all entwined and we discuss how our opinions of the characters change from the start and end of their chapters. It’s raw and totally enthralling read that every woman should read.   It’s another cooking day for Jinty in the Foodie this week, and it’s a very tasty and nutritious salt and pepper tofu stir fry.   Our Wine Collective as we approach the end of the month is announced with Lou choosing Trivento Malbec a well-balanced velvety red from Argentina and priced in supermarkets around £9.  Our WI learning to dance Cameo’s Candy Dance routine, and it’s marginally better this week although there is still an issue with knowing our left foot from our right!   To sign our petition to get a Menopause Clinic here in Devon click on the link: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic   For further information about our campaign head over to our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk

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It’s a packed Episode again this week. And our topic is Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD). PMDD is a severe form of PMS and occurs during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. It is intense and for 2 weeks every month women have to endure this debilitating condition. Our guests this week are mother and daughter, Kate and Holly who talk about how their lives have been affected by this under recognised condition. We learn about the true meaning of Valentine’s day, and it’s definitely not all hearts and flowers, more like naked men running around in thongs made from sacrificed goats. Talking of hearts Jinty investigate the difference between male and female heart attack signals, and why we should be made aware of the different symptoms to men.

In the Book Collective the beautiful prose of Bernadine Evaristo’s novel Girl, Woman, Other takes us on a journey of discovery for the characters, Amma, Yazz, Dominque and Carole. The Foodie continues with our Chinese theme, today we try tofu in a black bean sauce. And there’s a lack of understanding of left and right in this month’s WI for Lou!   Our guests Kate and Holly, mother and daughter they have both been diagnosed with PMDD, it’s a chat full of honesty and factual information. Both have suffered with PMDD since they began their periods, Kate has undergone a full hysterectomy and more recently had her ovaries removed to try and lead a normal life. Holly talks about the mental struggles she endures for 2 weeks every month including suicidal thoughts and being unable to function normally. We learned so much from Kate and Holly, they are open, honest and have a fantastic take on life. They are campaigning for PMDD to be represented in the healthcare and benefits system. You can sign the petition on this link: https://www.change.org/p/rt-hon-sajid-javid-mp-the-lack-of-awareness-and-understanding-of-premenstrual-dysphoric-disorder-is-staggering-a?redirect=false You can watch the full interview on our Womenkind Collective YouTube channel.   The Book Collective begin the first 150 pages of Bernadine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other this beautifully written book takes us on a journey from London to a lesbian commune called Spirit Moon in America. The story telling and descriptions of all the characters we have met so far are sublime. Amma is preparing for the opening night of her play at The National Theatre, her daughter Yazz is in the audience with her narcissist father. The story weaves through the lives of 12 characters who’s lives are all entwined. Next week we will read to page 307.   In the Foodie we continue with our Chinese theme – this week, Jinty cooks up tofu in a black bean sauce and it’s a very yummy and nutritious meal.   Our WI was given to us by one of the Collective, Elena, and it’s a dance! Candy by Cameo, Lou’s lack of direction is causing some issues, but we’ve got the rest of the month to perfect it!   Please sign our #wheresmyclinic Campaign here https://chng.it/bSCP7pKqKR Our Campaign website here https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk/ Womenkind Collective YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA

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In this week’s podcast Jinty and Lou get interviewed by their guest Ruby Walsh who is researching for her book.

We speak openly and honestly about the menopause through the dark times to now being able to understand what are bodies were going through and how women are not considered valid in society once they can no longer produce children. We look at some of the more unusual menopausal symptoms in an A-Z of symptoms and  it’s not all about hot flushes and brain fog! We discuss the positives of friendship and how through the pandemic we might have unwittingly ‘pruned’ our friends and Jinty has some breaking fashion news, we also discuss Ricky Gervais’s Afterlife and the lasting legacy the series has given us. Do you know where ‘Pinch, Punch first of the month’ came from? Neither did we until Jinty investigated! There’s a new book for The Book Collective, Girl, Woman. Other by Bernadine Evaristo who we discovered after reading The Female Lead, we loved her story and are looking forward to reading up to page 150 for the next week. In the foodie we celebrate Chinese New-Year with a traditional Chinese tea ceremony. And there’s a new WI from one of the Collective.   Our guest this week is 24 year old Ruby Walsh who wants to find out more about peri menopause, she asked if she could interview us, well obviously we agreed - mainly because menopausal women are so often only written about in the very stereotypical way- hot flushes and being chaotic! And although both these things may happen it certainly does not represent most women. We thought it would be nice to chat with Ruby on the podcast so we can find out more about her and she can turn the tables and ask us some questions about our own menopause which we thought may resonate with some of you. It’s an open conversation and no topic is off limits. Ruby says, ‘as women, we experience a lot of pressure in our lives, from being “too this'', or “too that”, reminded of the time-restraints, that our fertile clock is ticking and that, if you are not fertile, your value as a woman is diminished. We go through stages in our lives, constantly changing and evolving, and yet one very important change, is not spoken about enough, especially not inter-generationally, and that is menopause.’   In the Book Collective we are looking forward to starting Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo, the Booker judges rated this book as ‘passionate, razor sharp, brimming with energy and humour, a must read about modern Britain and womanhood…dazzling.’  We are going to read up to page 150 for next week’s book discussion.   For the Foodie as it was Chinese New-Year when we recorded the podcast, Jinty prepared a traditional Chinese tea ceremony  - we learn the correct way to drink the tea and how to appreciate the flavours.   There’s a new WI and it’s from Elena one of the Collective and she has invited us to learn a dance routine…as we both have no coordination it’s going to be a fun month dancing!   As our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon begins to build momentum we have a new email address for anyone to send their testimonies into about menopause care in Devon: menopasueclinicdc@gmail.com We also have new hashtag #wheresmyclinic A petition is coming soon along with a campaign Facebook group Stay in touch Jinty and Lou

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We continue our relationship with food and mental health month with our guest today who is combining both after having gastric sleeve surgery 6 months ago, we find out how  Tim Barnes has now started the next stage in his life and how the surgery has changed his life, it’s a very vulnerable and frank conversation and we loved talking to him. We conclude our Book Collective book of the month, The Female Lead, We Rise By Lifting Others, by Edwina Dunn. And announce our new book for February. In the Foodie there is a delicious recipe for vegan vanilla cupcakes and we tell you what you can do with TVP (textured veggie protein) As it’s the end of the month we delve into our Wine Collective choices for the month with some very surprising results!  There is lots of talk about BMI, low rise jeans and do we really need calories on our restaurant menus? Our guest this week is Tim Barnes, along with wife Kelly own the award winning Krispies Fish & Chip Shop in Exmouth, Devon. In July 2021 after years of struggling with his weight Tim took the decision to have gastric sleeve surgery, a life changing surgery. Tim has always had an unhealthy relationship with food and this was impacting on his health, at 43 years old he hit rock bottom. With the support from his family, he decided on gastric sleeve surgery (VSG). Tim is open and honest about his struggles with yo-yo dieting, the lack of support for men with weight issues and how he is now working on a life that he has control over. Tim has an Instagram page detailing his journey, @becomingtinytim_vsg on one of his pre-op posts he says he’s another step closer to the next stage in his life. You can catch the full interview with Tim on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA   The Book Collective very sadly conclude the amazing book of the month, The Female Lead, We Rise By Lifting Others by Edwina Dunn. We cannot say enough how much we have been uplifted by this book; each woman has a powerful story to tell that will resonate with every woman that reads their stories. We love that we have learned so much more about the international women that are shaping our World. Our next book comes from one of the women featured in We Rise By Lifting Others, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other.   In the Foodie Jinty has cooked some delicious vegan vanilla cup-cakes that are truly scrummy, a recipe below  Lou’s WI comes to an end, her month of Veganuary. But will she continue? And there’s a whole new WI for the Collective from Jinty.   As it’s the end of the month it’s the Wine Collective, but as many of you are taking part in Dry January, we’ve opted for low and non-alcoholic beverages this month! Lou opts for a low alcohol rhubarb and ginger cider, it’s a 0.05% and from Marks & Spencer, it’s tart rhubarb and fiery ginger and costs £1.60 for a 500ml bottle. Jinty’s choice for a non- alcoholic drink is Everleaf https://www.everleafdrinks.com/collections

Vanilla fairy cakes from https://www.sixvegansisters.com/2018/04/05/vegan-vanilla-cupcakes/

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In this week’s podcast we carry on our food and health theme for this month with our guest, Marcelle Rose, a registered nutritionist and health coach who specialises in binge eating, bulimia, emotional eating and yo-yo dieting. It’s been a difficult week in the news and we ask why, in the UK now, there is a greater prison sentence for pulling down a statue than there is for rape! We’re furious that our right to protest is now under threat. In the Book Collective we continue with the magnificent The Female Lead, We Rise By Lifting Others by Edwina Dunn. We’re still on Veganuary and today we cook up Sticky Tofu from Dr Gemma Newman’s cookbook, The Plant Power Doctor.   Marcelle Rose is a registered nutritionist and health coach she specialises in helping women beat binge eating, bulimia, emotional eating and yo-yo dieting so they can make peace with their body and heal their relationship with food. For many women this is a transformational experience, so they are able to live life to the fullest. We learn about the artificial sweetener lie, why many people binge eat, how we can stop the yo-yo dieting. Can the menopause and hormonal changes effect our digestion? We get all the answers from Marcelle in this no-holds-barred interview full of facts and useful tips to help you break the diet cycle. We also ask Marcelle what her ‘significant object’ is.  In the Book Collective we continue reading The Female Lead, We Rise By Lifting Others by Edwina Dunn, in this week’s read we meet Dr Jasvinder Sanghera, founder of Karma Nirvana and learn of her fight for women not wanting to enter into arranged marriages, there’s the inspiring Joyce Banda, president of Malawi whose education program for girls has now enrolled 6,500 females into education. We meet Kathrine Switzer the first woman to officially run the Boston marathon, only because they didn’t realise she was female! There are so many others in this truly amazing book.   For the Foodie,Lou cooks up Sticky Tofu from a recipe in Dr Gemma Newman’s cookbook, The Plant Power Doctor. Thankfully it’s a triumph with Jinty! There’s some great tips on the best ways to cook tofu.   The WI is still Lou doing Veganuary…how is she doing? She spills the beans on what it’s like to miss her milky tea’s!    You can catch Marcelle’s full interview along with our other guests on our Womenkind Collective YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA  Marcelle Rose, BANT Registered Nutritionist ® & Health Coach Digestive Health, Emotional Eating & Eating Disorder Specialist NCFED Master Practitioner Website:www.marcellerosenutrition.co.uk Follow on Facebook Follow on Instagram   Today’s Recipe: Ingredients: Tofu 1 block of firm tofu. Pressed and cubed 2 tbsp of cornflour ½ tsp of chilli powder (optional) Sweet and sour sauce 50 ml of soy sauce 25ml of rice wine vinegar 50 ml of pineapple juice 1 tsp apricot jam ½ tsp of Chinese 5 spice ½ tsp of garlic powder ½ tsp of chilli powder 1 tsp of cornflour Stir-fry 2 tsp of sesame oil (optional) 1 red pepper cut into chunks 100 grs of mange touts or asparagus or broccoli spears 100 grs of baby corn 2 cloves of garlic 15 grs of ginger finely chopped Serve Spring onions shredded, brown rice or noodles. How • Preheat the oven to 200 degrees, line a baking tray. Coat the tofu in the cornflour and chilli. Place on the baking tray and bake for 15-20 minutes. • Whisk all the sweet and sour sauce ingredients together except for the cornflour and set to one side. • Heat a wok add the oil. Add the vegetable, garlic and ginger, fry for 2-3 minutes. • Pour in the sauce and simmer for 2-3 minutes then mix in the cornflour, stir constantly until thickened. Add the tofu and simmer for 1 minute • Serve with rice or noodles with shredded spring onions or coriander  

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Between 1.25 and 3.4 million people in the UK are affected by an eating disorder.* January is the month when we are bombarded from social media and advertising with diets and gym memberships but when does the dieting and excessive exercising become an issue? In this week’s podcast Jinty and Lou’s guest is Jackie Larner a 53 year old who has suffered with Anorexia Nervosa and addiction from a teenager. Jackie talks with honesty about how anorexia and subsequent addiction changed her from a socialable girl into an isolated teenager. As she is Jinty’s sister we get to hear how the family were affected by her illness. Most eating disorders develop during adolescence & our guest this week,Jackie, developed her eating disorder when she was just 13 years old. Jackie recounts her story, how it started, the long term damage to her body and her experiences, to where she is now, a 53 year old mum of 3 children who is just coming into her stride. Her eating disorder and alcoholism has not been an easy path, we find out how to spot the signs and ways of dealing with this disease as a family. It’s an honest, open account from someone that is now learning to love her life. Please go to https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/ if you need advice or support with an eating disorder.   Did you know the significance of epiphany for women? Neither did we until we did a little research! In the Book Collective, we continue with the amazing The Female Lead, We Rise By Lifting Others by Edwina Dunn. This week we read from Lady Brenda Hale President of the Supreme Court from 2017-2020 all the way through to Nadia Murad a Noble Peace Prize Laureate, we find out a precious object that shapes the women’s lives and where they rose from to get them where they are today. This book overflows with extraordinary women.  The Foodie this week continues are Veganuary theme and is a hearty filo and butternut squash pie from Lou, easy to make and full of goodness. Recipe below.  The WI for the month of January is Veganuary, we find out how Lou is getting on and if she’s fallen off the vegan wagon or is embracing the vegan life.   We are campaigning for better menopause care, specifically a Menopause Clinic, in Devon and Cornwall in the UK. We are gathering as many testimonies from women who have struggled to get the correct diagnosis and referrals. Please can you email us with your story if you live in Devon or Cornwall: womenkindcollective@gmail.com. Together we can make change happen, whilst raising awareness along the way.   Recipe: Lou’s Vegan Butternut Squash, Feta and spinach Filo Pie Ingredients: Filo pastry Butternut squash, peeled and cubed Spinach 1 onion, chopped 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped Extra virgin olive oil (EVO) Vegan feta cubed Smoked chilli harissa paste or rose harissa Salt and pepper  Recipe: Place the butternut squash, onion and garlic into a roasting tin. In a separate bowl mix 2 tsps of harissa with a healthy glug of EVO mix and pour over the squash, onions and garlic and mix around until covered in the roasting tin. Put into a medium oven and roast for 20-40 mins until the butternut squash softens and slightly caramelises. Wilt the spinach in a pan flavour with salt and pepper Once the roasting tin of squash is out of the oven let it cool for 10 minutes. Whilst cooling brush EVO into a deep pie dish coat the sheets of filo pastry in EVO with a pastry brush. Layer the bottom with 3-4 sheets. Layer in the roasted squash, onion and garlic with vegan feta and spinach until all ingredients used. Add sheets of Filo to the top of the pie, make sure you keep  brushing EVO onto the pastry. Cook for 20 mins and enjoy! Tip: if you’re having roast potatoes with the pie, use the roasting tin and you will have tasty harissa roasties!

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Welcome to series 3 and a very happy New-Year to you all! We are starting 2022 off with a fabulous guest, Elizabeth Joseph, a woman navigating menopause and trying out (so that we don’t have to) all the good, bad and the downright ridiculous inventions that will help (or not) you through menopause. We find what you think about New Years resolutions, motivational or are we setting ourselves up to fail? We begin January 2022 with a new book for the Book Collective, The Female Lead, volume 2, We Rise by Lifting Others by Edwina Dunn. On the foodie front there is a combined Foodie Collective and WI with Lou starting Veganuary.   If you need to be cheered up in this, often difficult, month, then this episode won’t let you down. Elizabeth Joseph is a woman who has gone from invisible housewife plagued by peri menopause to a social media guinea pig! She has tried out a range of products and approaches, from womb massage to fart pants all in the name of research. She is both funny and honest. Elizabeth says that her hope is by speaking up about this shit storm in our lives with honesty and humour so no other woman need ever stumble into peri menopause clueless, lost or alone. Elizabeth talks us through her journey and we discuss the the stigma that surrounds peri menopause and why we should all tell each other what is happening to our lives and bodies. Watch the full interview on the Womenkind Collective YouTube channel.   How did your Christmas go? Were there some shopping, sale or food disasters, we tell the truth on our Christmas cock-ups.

Do you set yourself New-year resolutions? There’s a divided opinion with the Collective but the over-riding thought is that you should not put pressure on yourself to achieve resolutions.   The Book Collective begin the wonderful, The Female Lead, Volume 2 by Edwina Dunn, we read up to page 78. It really is the most beautiful and uplifting of books full of inspiring women, we look at Julia Gillard the 27th Prime Minister of Australia and discuss her ‘misogyny speech.’ We will read up to page 128 Nadia Murad for episode 2.   The Foodie this month is all about Veganuary, Lou has been challenged by Jinty to become vegan for the month of January. There’s a nightmare shopping trip and Lou finds out what you can actually do with tofu! The health benefits of a vegan life in menopause are proven to have a positive effect.

And Jinty has an easy recipe for you to try (see below)    Womenkind Collective YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA Elizabeth Joseph: Instagram. @elizabethjosephnavigating

Jinty’s Easy vegan chicken pie

Ingredients 2 leeks 2 large carrots Spinach Broccoli (or any veg that needs using up) Butter beans (optional) Alternative milk of choice (I use oat)- approx 250ml White wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar Virgin Olive oil Tbsp plain flour Chicken alternative (I used Linda McCartney’s no hoisin duck) I pack ready roll vegan puff pastry 1 tsp oregano

Method Heat oil Add chopped leeks and chopped carrots Cook on a low heat for 10 minutes Add broccoli or any other veg you like Cook for a further 5 mins Add fake chicken, cook for a couple of mins Make a well in the centre, add a little more oil if needed Add flour to well and then mix everything together for 2 mins Add tbsp of ACV and mix to deglaze the pan Slowly add the milk, mixing all the time Add until you have a constituency you like Cook for 20 minutes Put in a pie dish and cover with puff pastry

Cook on 180 for 30-40 minutes

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Christmas Party   Just as we are hurtling toward the end of 2021, we are coming to the end of Series 2 of the Womenkind collective Podcast. And we are celebrating this with a Christmas Party and you are all invited- So get your party poppers, your Christmas hats, your favourite tipple, or tea, and have no HOGO worries because for this party we are staying In-In, so slippers are not only welcome- they are a necessity!   We have two guests from the Collective that have supported us on our journey, Annie from The Bees Wreath and Mumford and Mum and Laura Dentith an avid fan of the Book Collective. You can catch the full unedited version of the party on the Womenkind Collective YouTube Channel. (All Covid restrictions were followed at the time of recording)   We are so fortunate that many of our amazing guests and listeners have sent Christmas messages for the Collective which we play throughout, in-between the drinking and eating! At our Christmas party we bring out our favourite wine and non-alcoholic drinks, and there’s a super espresso martini from Jinty.  Our foodie Collective is a mix of homemade vegan mince pies, vegan chocolate truffles from Jamie Oliver, along with a super healthy green salad from Emma Ellice-Flint. We discuss the highlights of the past 2 series and reveal our most listened to podcast. In the Book Collective we go back over the books we have read and the books we have mentioned and used for research, and there’s definitely some you might want to add to your Christmas list or to consider for the New-Year.   How are you getting on with our high-fiving WI? Who’s adding the extras in? Jinty also has a WI - a suggestion for a better night’s sleep over the Christmas period.   We would like to say a huge heartfelt thank you to each and every one of you for listening and any contributions you’ve made, we really could not do it without you. Wishing you all a peaceful and healthy Christmas and love and laughter for 2022. See you for Series 3, 9th January 2022.   Jinty’s espresso Martinis I part Toffee Vodka 2 part Vodka 2 part espresso 1 part Tia Maria Crushed Ice Shaken not stirred

You can find Annie on Instagram: @thebeeswreath and @mumfordandmum Emma’s green salad;

https://emmasnutrition.com/avocado-watercress-walnut-salad-w-chunky-pesto/

Jinty’s Vegan mince pies;

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/vegan-mince-pies

Recipe for Jamie Oliver’s vegan truffles (balls): https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chocolate-recipes/dairy-free-chocolate-truffles/

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Welcome to the weekly podcast of Womenkind Collective, in this week’s podcast we talk about how to achieve a stress free Christmas. Do you stress about presents, family and cooking the perfect Christmas dinner? Well, you can worry no more, we have the top 25 tips to help you achieve a stress free Christmas.

In the Book Collective we conclude Bella Mackie’s How To Kill Your Family and there’s a perfect twist to the ending of this magnificent book. In the Foodie Collective we continue this month’s theme of Easy Christmas Treats, and once again Jinty has been cooking up a storm. We talk about grief and the loss of a loved one coming up to the festive period and how to get through this difficult and challenging time. How did you get on with the WI? We ask Lou and the Collective how Jinty’s challenge from Mel Robbins is going.   Grief is hard at any time throughout the year but can be especially difficult around Christmas time, Jinty discusses her grief from losing her dear dad this year and what she’s planning on doing to keep his memory firmly in the family this Christmas.   Christmas can be the most stressful time of the year, so we decided to try and help you achieve a stress-free Christmas by going through the top 25 stresses most people encounter over the festive period, there’s some fun and swearing and also an underlying message of making sure you ease the pressure off yourself, we have tips from the Collective to help and they really resonate. And if all else fails you can do exactly what one of the Collective do and just drink Baileys! You can watch the Stress-Free Christmas Tips on our Womenkind Collective YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA   In the Book Collective we conclude Bella Mackie’s How To Kill Your Family, and there’s a great twist at the end, could this lead onto a sequel? Bella has written the perfect narcissistic protagonist with Grace, she is an insightful and page turning author. Our new book for January is The Female Lead, volume 2, We Rise By Lifting Others by Edwina Dunn.   The Foodie this month gives us easy Christmas treats and Jinty has made Polish cake from her mum’s recipe, but it’s not quite the traditional Polish cake, it’s the most delicious tiffin based cake and it’s also no-bake and vegan! Anyone can make it!   The WI challenge from Jinty to Lou and the Collective is working really well, even if sometimes Lou forgets she has now added a new addition to give herself a positive comment when she’s high-fiving in the mirror, please give it a go and tell yourself how beautiful and amazing you are…it really does work!   Don’t forget to join us for our Christmas Party next Sunday where we will be rounding up the year, talking to some amazing guests and drinking and eating probably far too much! The Christmas In A Nutshell is available from @spacemasks on Instagram or: https://spacemasks.com  for £5 with all proceeds going to Whitstable RNLI. Jinty’s vegan Polish cake Ingredients

75g vegan block, plus extra for the tin 200g Orange vegan dark chocolate, roughly chopped 2 tbsp golden or maple syrup 200g vegan ginger nuts - or other fave vegan biscuits 25g macadamia nuts 50g pistachios, toasted and chopped. Tsp cinnamon Tsp mixed spice 75g orange choc to top Method STEP 1 Lightly oil a 20cm square brownie tin with vegan block,and line the base with baking parchment. Melt the chocolate with the vegan block and syrup in the microwave in 30-second bursts until smooth and glossy. STEP 2 Break the ginger nuts into small pieces in a bowl, then add the nuts. Scrape in the chocolate mixture and give everything a good mix to combine, then spoon the mixture into the tin. Use the back of the spoon to smooth out the top and press it down, then chill in the fridge for 2 hrs or until set hard. Once set, cut into 25 mini squares. You could sprinkle a dusting of icing sugar or add melted chocolate on top,set in fridge.

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Growing up with Type 1 Diabetes  In this week’s podcast we talk to a woman who has grown up with Type 1 Diabetes, Daisy Hockings-Thompson, Lou’s daughter. Daisy talks to us about her diagnosis, the teenage years and how even before getting out of bed in the morning it affects her every-day life. We look at how hormones affect insulin when menstruating and during menopause.   In the Book Collective we find out what’s happening in this instalment of Bella Mackie’s book How To Kill Your Family, has Grace the main character killed everyone yet? The Foodie is all about Easy Christmas treats and we taste some exceptionally tasty treats from Jinty, and finally there’s a new WI for Lou and the Collective from Jinty which is Free, but will we be able to do it? There’s some exciting news we have launched a YouTube Channel for the podcast, interviews and The 2 Deb’n Maids.   Our guest this week is a very special one, Daisy Hockings-Thompson is Lou’s daughter and a type 1 diabetic. Type 1 diabetes affects 8% of the population of the UK, it is caused when the body’s own immune system destroys cells within the pancreas and the pancreas stops producing a hormone called insulin which we need to give us energy. Daisy talks about her diagnosis at 10 years old and the troubled teenage years and the constant monitoring she has to do every day just to be able to get out of bed. We learn about hypos and hypers and the fatal consequence of both if left untreated. We talk about how hormones affect insulin levels during menstruation and during the menopause and we also learn about the huge financial divide for people that can afford the latest technologies and how even in the USA type 1 diabetics are dying because they cannot afford insulin. You can watch Daisy’s full interview on our Womenkind Collective YouTube channel, where you can also catch up with those 2Deb’n maids, Flotsam and Jetsom.   In the Book Collective this week we are a little behind so we will catch-up with How To Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie next week, Lou didn’t want to put any spoilers out there for jinty! We also announce our new book for January 2022.  The Foodie theme is easy Christmas treats and once again Jinty has cooked up some easy (vegan) gingerbread treats and they were yoga poses, they’ll make you sit down and eat them with a mug of tea, just what you need leading up to Christmas. See below for recipe   There’s a new WI from Jinty to Lou and The Collective that she has been trialling for the past week, it’s all about self-love and positivity and we think you’re going to love it.   Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel where you can see our 2 Deb’n maids and catch our latest interviews. YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA Ingredients • 1tbsp ground chia seed • 140g vegan block • 100g dark muscovado sugar • 3tbsp maple or golden syrup • 350g plain flour, plus extra for dusting • 1tsp bicarbonate of soda • 1tbsp ground ginger • 2tsp ground cinnamon Method-

• STEP 1Combine the chia seed with 2½ tbsp water, and leave to thicken for 5 mins. Line two baking sheets with baking parchment. Mix the vegan block, sugar, bicarb, spices and flour in a bowl with your hands and crumble until it resembles sand. Stir in the chia mix and syrup. Mix together until it comes together into a smooth dough. Who has time to chill it? I didn’t but you may, if so chill for 45 mins.
 • STEP 2Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface to a 5mm thickness. Stamp out as many gingerbread people or Yogi’s, as you can, then re-roll the trimmings and continue until all the dough is used. Put on the sheets and bake for 12 mins until golden. Leave to cool on the sheets for 10 mins, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Will keep in an airtight container for two weeks.

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In this weeks Womenkind Collective podcast we talk to the fabulous Sunita Passi about her new book, The Dr Won’t See You Now, she explains why there was a need for a book about the Ayurvedic healing system now from the impact of Covid-19. There’s a great foodie for stir-it-up Sunday, but it does go a bit haywire! We find out the Cambridge dictionary’s word of the year is, and it’s a good one. We find out how Lou got on with her WI and Jinty has been to the cinema and has a movie review. There’s also a story about Frank Cooper’s marmalade and Lou’s not happy!

Sunita Passi is an Ayurvedic practitioner who has written a book, The Dr Won’t See You Now, advocating now is the time to heal healthcare, it’s a wake-up call to the power of Ayurveda. Sunita was an investigative journalist prior to becoming an Ayurvedic practitioner, she has put her passion and knowledge into this book, which is accessible and a great entry level book, especially for those that are despondent with the health care system as it is at the moment. The book is interactive with standalone chapters it has wit and knowledge, there’s a dosha quiz at the end of the book to help determine your dosha. Sunita is a great guest who shares her passion and knowledge with the Collective.

The Foodie that both Jinty and Lou bought all the ingredients for their Christmas puddings but hadn’t read the recipe properly, find out what they both did wrong and both are blaming the menopause…..so they’re going to sort their cock-up out and stir-it-up this coming Sunday. Jinty brings a jar of Frank Cooper’s marmalade in and we find out Sarah-Jane, Frank’s wife actually made the marmalade but was not recognised on the jar, is it time for change?

There’s no Wine Collective this month as we are saving the best tipples for our Christmas party on December 19th.

The Book Collective, get to grips with Grace and her narcissistic ways, will she get out of prison? Will she complete her final murder? It’s quite hilarious and is definitely a page turner.

Jinty has been to the movies and watched the latest Marvel film, Eternals, it’s long but very much worth watching, Angelina Jolie stars and is a little forgetful in places, is this a nod to the menopause? Well worth watching with a fantastic story line.

The WI about kindness makes Lou think about stereotyping especially where she drinks her coffee and when you do an act of kindness you should not have intention, it should be selfless, and should it just be for someone who cannot afford a coffee?

Sunita’s book https://wordery.com/the-doctor-wont-see-you-now-sunita-passi-9781399906111/GB?currency=GBP&gtrck=true&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8f-h6_u49AIVBertCh1evwzrEAQYAiABEgLT7_D_BwE

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There are over 2 million people suffering from Long Covid in the UK and 118 million people worldwide. We are still living within a pandemic, it is still claiming countless lives around the World, this week a report in the medical journal, The Lancet, states that Covid-19 has bought health inequalities into sharp focus on an international scale.

In this week’s podcast we speak to a Covid survivor who is now suffering from long Covid, Lyn, she talks openly about the daily struggles she has living with this debilitating and still being researched condition, Lyn is also in peri menopause and is involved in research with Cambridge University.

The Book Collective continue with How to Kill Your Family with Bella Mackie and the story is unfolding and taking on hilarious twists and turns from the protagonist, Grace.

The Foodie get ready to stir-it-up this Sunday with a delicious Christmas pudding from the wonderful Nigella Lawson. And we find out what your lockdown purchases were with some fabulous comments from the Collective.  

Co-author of the Lancet report, Dr Louise Newson, GP and renowned menopause specialist, said: ‘For far too long women’s health has been a totally neglected area of research.’ ‘I would urge all healthcare professionals, particularly those working in dedicated Long COVID clinics, to ask “could these symptoms be due to the menopause or perimenopause”?

But is it dangerous to be labelled with one or the other, what happens when there is a crossover ? We put this question to Lyn Curtis who is in peri-menopause and has been suffering from Long Covid for over 18 months. From the studies with Cambridge University and from the support groups she is part of for Long Covid we learn vulnerability to and mortality from acute Covid-19 infection is higher in men, whereas Long Covid disproportionately affects women, we start the conversation of trying to find out why?

Lyn discusses the social and economic facts that surround Long Covid and why gender plays a part in symptoms that can be looked at as hormonal in men and women, but not in children? From Lyn’s interview we look at why we are at the tip of the iceberg for long term care and future conditions surrounding Long Covid.   So what was your lockdown purchase? We find out some hilarious ones from the Collective, including what Lou and Jinty bought. Lou also recommends a great film, Freedom Writers and researches the story behind the film about gangs in Long Beach USA and a teacher that gives them tools and hope for a future.   The Book Collective are in the middle of Bella Mackie’s How To Kill your Family, we read up to chapter 11 and find out why Grace is actually in prison, we also get an inside angle on the sex parties, and her plans for murder….it’s dark and so very funny. We are reading up to chapter 14 for the next Book Collective which takes a week off next week.   Stir-it-up Sunday is on Sunday 21st November when this podcast lands and we go full on Christmas with a delicious Christmas Pudding recipe from Nigella Lawson, and Jinty plans to make a vegan version.   Jinty sets a WI (weekly invite) to Lou and the rest of the Collective, as it was National Kindness Day last week, & Jinty gives us a challenge to put our kindness into practice. Foodie Collective Stir-it-up-Sunday recipe ; https://www.nigella.com/recipes/ultimate-christmas-pudding

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At Womenkind Collective we love to talk to our listeners about their stories of inspiration and this week is no exception. We meet Kelly Barnes, an award winning business woman who has built a life she does not need to take a holiday from, she lets us know how she has achieved a work/life balance - what a lot of us yearn for. We also meet someone who is building a business after the death of her father, Nicky Burnett is the founder of Amare Luxury Fragrance, she is building a sustainable brand of Luxury candles to encourage folks to cherish a few moments of self care.

Lou and Jinty tell us why, and how, they changed their lives to make sure that work-life balance was in place as they both go through menopause an beyond. Our Book Collective are well underway with Bella Mackie’s How to Kill Your Family and we look at some great quotes that Mackie has written within the pages. We also have two great foods from our Stir-it-up Sunday recipes. And as always there’s some amazing comments from the Collective.   Kelly Barnes is the co-owner of Krispies Fish and Chip shops she is truly a breath of positivity.  Kelly, otherwise known as Mrs Krispie, is the award winning owner of Krispies with her husband Tim. In 2019 they won the National Chip Shop Awards naming them the best chippie in the UK . There are an estimated 10,500 Fish and Chip shops in the UK selling 382 million meals every year, as a woman to work and succeed in this type of industry whilst raising a family you have to be quite extraordinary and succeed in balancing work and home life. Kelly tells her story of living and breathing work, so much so it took over her entire life, but she had a light bulb moment, after seeking out a life coach for her staff Kelly realised it was her that needed the help. Through using the tools she received along with some self reflection she has achieved a life she doesn’t need a holiday from. Her 3 tips for a balanced life are ones we should all aim for.   Do you think you have a work/life balance? Or maybe you know that you don’t? Take part in Jinty’s quiz for Lou and the Collective, ensuring you achieve an equilibrium within your life.

Jinty and Lou about how their work lives have changed through menopause.

We meet our next guest Nicky Burnett who started her own business after the death of her dear dad, Nicky founded Amare Luxury Fragrance specialises in candles with the most beautiful and evocative scents. Nicky talks about her journey of how she started Amare and the environmental importance of her product. And we tell you how we got on with our self care WI.   The Book Collective have a great chat about Bella Mackie’s How To Kill Your Family, as the story unravels, the characters spring to life….well until they’re murdered! It’s funny and dark and Bella is an amazing storyteller.  The Foodie Collective get into Stir-it-up Sunday, Jinty has a great tradition story & a recipe for Yorkshire puddings, with a surprise ingredient and Lou makes an apple crumble with extras that she had laying around her cupboards. It’s good nutritional and hearty fare this week on the Foodie.     Lou’s Crumble: Topping. 7 oz plain flour 3oz Butter 3 oz golden sugar 1-2 oz granola Cooking apples

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Liz Ayre & her two daughters are making sure that their loving Father & husband, Mike, is more than a memory by campaigning & raising awareness for the disease that took Mike from them at the young age of 51. This week we speak to Liz, a phenomenal women, who cared for her husband when he was diagnosed at 46 with young onset Alzheimer’s, whilst living abroad and bringing up two teenage daughters. She shares her story with the Collective, and we find out what little support is around for families caring for their loved ones with dementia. Our Book Collective begins Bella Mackie’s brilliant first novel, How to Kill Your Family and we announce our Stir it up November Foodie. There’s a new WI from one of the Collective which happily does not involve us taking our clothes off!

Our guest Liz Ayre shares her story of caring for her loved ones with Dementia. Dementia is the umbrella term for over 200 forms of changes in, memory, thinking or reasoning, within that umbrella term sits Alzheimer’s. Liz nursed both her husband with young onset Alzheimer’s, and her mother with, Dementia with Lewy bodies, whilst bringing up a young teenage family. We learn how friends become a much needed support system. Liz highlights the lack of funding for carers and we learn that specialist dementia nurses are available in certain areas, Admiral nurses, but they are completely funded by donations. We look at the government cuts to social care funding in the budget, and the desperate need for support for families. Liz is using her knowledge from her personal experiences to help others in the same position and she signposts to where you can find help.

The Book Collective will start reading How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie, her first novel and it’s already dark but very funny. We start to read to chapter 7 on page 96.

Have you heard of Stir it up Sunday? Nope neither had Lou, but Jinty explains this tradition is in preparation for Christmas, so this month’s foodie is all about using up food and also cooking to traditional family recipes!

There’s a new WI from one of the Collective and it’s all about self-care, Nicky has started a new Venture, vegan candles, and we can’t wait to support her.

Dementia support: https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/dementia-information/ https://www.raredementiasupport.org/ https://www.dementiauk.org/get-support/dementia-helpline-alzheimers-helpline/ https://www.dementiauk.org/get-support/find-an-admiral-nurse/

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In this week’s podcast Jinty and Lou talk to life coach and woman empowering expert Sophie Cleere about how we can embrace our midlife and love ourselves for who we are. The Book Collective finish the last chapters of Tarana Burke’s Unbound and there are tears but a deeper understanding of why the Me Too movement is one of the most important movements of our time. Jinty and Lou discuss what gives them confidence in mid-life and there are some great comments from the Collective. As it’s the end of the month it’s Wine Collective and we reveal our alcoholic and non-alcoholic choices. Jinty went to Parliament Square on Friday October 29th for MP Carolyn Harris’s Menopause bill’s second reading, with some amazing results. Find out how she got on at the end of the podcast. Sophie Cleere is a life coach who aims to help women feel empowered in their life and bodies, she admits her journey through life has been a crazy mash-up of spiritual and personal growth and made a total fucking mess along the way! We talk about role models in our lives and the impact that has on us through the generations and as we grow-up the need for external validation. Sophie talks about her peri menopause and how it affected her life, recognising her symptoms earlier than most, and deciding to take body identical HRT. We discuss sea swimming and the benefits for women on immersing themselves in the cool waters, Sophie loves a naked swim and finds it totally liberating, Jinty and Lou consider this… Sophie is a true advocate for mid-life women and gives us 3 of her tips to help every person through their mid-life journey, we should learn to love our bodies and embrace the beautiful beings we are.

The Book Collective complete Tarana Burke’s Unbound, a truly beautiful memoir, there were tears from both Jinty and Lou in the final chapters, when Tarana realises her growth from the 7 year old who was raped by an older boy, when she eventually sees him again with his own family, he does not recognise her and her mother says, ‘He didn’t recognise you because you turned out to be a smart, beautiful, accomplished women despite him trying to take that away from you.’ We announce our new book for the next month, How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie, a funny, sharp, dark and twisted novel…..we can’t wait to get started!

As it’s the end of the month we introduce our Wine Collective and this month’s non-alcoholic choice from Jinty is Jukes Cordialities No6. Lou opts for a Marks & Spencer’s classic red No38, Pinot Noir from New Zealand, it’s a vegan medium bodied fruity red and is a great compliment to your Sunday Roast. Priced at £10 a flavoursome Sunday treat!

Jinty once again has been busy in the kitchen, this time chopping her nuts and seeds for a tasty bowl of goodness to compliment the wine Collective.

We finds out how Lou’s WI is going with her sleep and the B complex she is now taking, will there finally be a good night’s sleep for Lou? And, more positive news as Jinty gives you a report from Parliament Square, where she attended the Menopause rally. Along with Celebrities and, more importantly, fantastic Meno Warriors.

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As it was World Menopause Day on October 18th, we talk about how the generations of women before us had to suffer, the hideous medicines they were told to take and the Doctors believing that a clitoridectomy would solve the hysteria issues surrounding women of a certain age. One woman as we find out was not going to be silenced, she had a voice and through desperate times she continued to use it. Did you know that there are some animals that go through menopause too? In the Book Collective we get to learn more about Tarana Burke’s life in her superb memoir Unbound, the rape, sexual abuse and harassment she went through. Jinty has been in the kitchen again this week with a sweet delicious and menopause friendly treat.   Jinty talks about bones and osteoporosis as we discuss world menopause day. The aging population of women are at risk of breaks from simple falls due to osteoporosis. We learn what we can do now to help improve our bones ready for old age.   The Book Collective continue with Unbound by Tarana Burke – we discuss cultural and life differences and the struggle she had as she was growing up. This is a book that will definitely be re-visited throughout life, a courageous story that will change the world. We will conclude the final chapters next week.   For World menopause day we wanted to make menopause matter and research how the generations of women before us were treated through their menopause. Jinty discovered a brilliant woman called Elizabeth Packard, the subject of Kate Moore’s book ‘The Woman who could not be silenced’ who was born in the 19thC and would not be silenced by her husband for having a voice and an opinion of her own. Did you know there are some animals that go through the menopause and live in a matriarchal society? Also, we learn that women in the 19thC were more likely to be put in an asylum during menopause and have to endure a hideous concoction of medicines including lead injections into their vulvas and cyanide and opium drinks? There are a lot of dark and truly mind blowing facts that we discuss this week and we thank the women who would not be silenced. A fascinating dive in to Women’s History and why now is the time to #makemenopausematter. Please sign the petition which is calling for 1. All GP’s to receive mandatory menopause training. 2. Better Support for women in the workplace 3. Menopause to be part of the school RSE curriculum (this has already been achieved). https://www.change.org/p/make-menopause-matter-in-healthcare-the-workplace-and-education-makemenopausematter

This week saw the final amount for our WI for Women’s Aid finish with an absolutely amazing total which we reveal on the podcast, we cannot thank the Collective enough for their generosity for this amazing cause that will go a long way in helping women out of abusive situations.  Jinty gives Lou a new WI this week and she’s very grateful it doesn’t involve any exertion!

Our wine for next weeks Wine collective will be on our Instagram page Worlds best brownie recipe; https://mrshollingsworths.com/2017/01/11/chewy-gooey-walnut-brownies/

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This week’s guest is the wonderful Jane Simpson, author of The Pelvic Floor Bible. Jane is starting a pelvic floor revolution & we love it, she talks to us about Pelvic Floor dysfunction which can lead to varying types of incontinence, prolapse, constipation &more, particularly in menopause. Breaking news- You don’t have to put up with it!

Jane Simpson is a continence nurse specialist and has had her own private practice for more than 20 years where she treats patients with all forms of pelvic floor dysfunction. Do you ever pee a little bit when you laugh, cough or sneeze? Are you getting up during the night to go to the toilet? All these things could be symptoms of your oestrogen beginning to deplete in peri menopause….and it won’t go away on its own! Jane answers questions from the Collective, we learn why pelvic floor exercises are so important but are you doing them correctly?

We talk about the pelvic floor revolution that needs to happen in the UK, about pelvic floor care after pregnancy and why this will help you during the menopause.

No Taboos are left unturned here - we also talk Bowels, Wind, Prolapse & Sex. Find out what you can do if you already have a pelvic floor dysfunction or how you may prevent one. Honestly ALL folks need to hear what Jane has to say.

The Book Collective continue reading ‘Untamed’ by Tarana Burke, a beautiful and honest memoir from the founder of the MeToo movement. We talk about low histamine food in this Menopause month in the Foodie Collective

There’s a movie review for the Collective for No Time To Die, but does the movie pass the Bechdel test ? A new era for Bond? We discuss. As we come to the end of our WI, we ask the Collective if they have a new WI for us!   We progress through the thought provoking ‘Untamed’ by Tarana Burke we learn about how she survived her teenage years in the Bronx and her first insight into being a leader and a woman with a voice. There’s a beautiful moment when Tarana finds her voice when the class talk about Maya Angelou’s Phenomenal Woman a pivotal moment in her life.   We went to the movies and watched the latest James Bond film, No Time To Die. We absolutely loved it! As two women bought up with Bond, the latest film shone out from the old misogyny of Bond, a cast of strong capable women that did not need a man to come to their rescue, let’s hope we are in a new era for this evocative character.   The Foodie Collective discuss histamine intolerance, the symptoms are so similar to the Menopause and if you have a histamine intolerance Jinty goes through the food you can and cannot eat with an analogy from Dr Sarah Ball. (Recipe on our Instagram profile).  As we come to the end of our WI 16 sea swims for Women’s Aid, we ask if there is weekly invite or challenge you would like to give us, although Jinty has flatly refused crocheting. Thank you to everyone who has donated to our challenge every penny will help women out of abusive relationships.

Jane’s book - https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Jane-Simpson/The-Pelvic-Floor-Bible--Everything-You-Need-to-Know-to-Pr/23566588?wgu=10671_187205_16341334622279_81511549ef&wgexpiry=1641909462&utm_source=webgains&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_campaign=187205 Histamine intolerance resource https://d2931px9t312xa.cloudfront.net/menopausedoctor/files/information/472/Histamine%20Intolerance%20addition.pdf Dr Tina Peers https://www.drtinapeers.com/histamine-intolerance Emma Ellice-Flints low histamine cookbook https://shop.emmasnutrition.com/collections/all/products/low-histamine-cookbook?variant=39663531425989

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In a week where the man who murdered Sarah Everard was sentenced and Sabina Nessa’s killer was arrested, we look at how safe women are, in all aspects of their lives. We speak to Kat from Women’s Aid about the work they are doing to ensure women have a safe place to live, how the money raised from the 1.6 Women’s Aid Challenge will go to help countless women and their children living with abuse. We also speak to a woman who is standing up to sexual harassment in a workplace with deep rooted misogyny, she is fighting for the right to build a career in a traditionally male dominated environment. We start reading ‘Unbound’ by Tarana Burke and begin to get to know the powerful woman she is today from her traumatic early years, and our Foodie Collective cooks up a dish high in phytoestrogens which is extremely tasty! And as we come to the end of our WI 1.6 sea swimming challenge for Women’s Aid, we reveal our total to date from the donations we have received from the amazing Collective.  We have been appalled at what is coming out of the press in the last week about language used around rape, how police forces around the UK need to be accountable for the heinous actions of Sarah Everard’s killer. The total lack of understanding of women’s fear, they might as well have been talking from another planet, yes, we’re talking about the infamous Kit Malthouse and Phillip Allot both men In extremely powerful positions.

Women’s Aid is a charity it is a grassroots federation working together to provide life-saving services in England and build a future where domestic abuse is not tolerated. Our guest, Kat, is a senior support worker with Women’s Aid and she joins Jinty for a talk about the work they do, the statistics for domestic abuse in England and Wales are shocking and we get to know what our fundraising is doing to help this charity.   Sexual harassment in the workplace is sadly, nowhere near a thing of the past, we speak to a brave woman who is standing up and fighting against sexual abuse and harassment as she tries to build a career in a traditionally male dominated environment. Sam talks about the deep rooted misogyny she has had to deal with while working as a gas engineer in a company that allows women to be treated as objects rather than giving them space to learn and grow their careers.

The Book Collective crack the spine of Tarana Burke’s ‘Unbound’ a powerful memoir from the founder and activist behind the Me Too movement. In the opening chapters we learn about Tarana’s life and the rape and abuse she suffered at the hands of older boys and how a woman’s words made sure she never told of her ordeal. It’s a painfully brilliant start to this book. Next week we will be reading from Breath Again to and including Indelible.  The Foodie Collective are still in Menopause food month and Jinty, once again cooks a delicious dish this week of Sticky Tofu which is full of phytoestrogens! She explains about each ingredient and how you can cook this yourself. https://www.sixvegansisters.com/2020/03/19/sweet-sour-tofu/  We reveal the total for our Women’s Aid challenge and are so thankful and humbled by every donation. But are we going to carry on sea swimming…?  If you have been affected by any topics within this podcast you can find help and support with the following in the UK: Women’s Aid: helpline@womensaid.org.uk Rape Crisis: www.rapecrisis.org.uk Acas: www.acas.org.uk Citizens Advice: www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/contact-us/contact-us/contact-us/ Samaritans: www.samaritans.org  or call for free: 116 123

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As we are approaching Menopause Month during October, our guest is a migraine specialist, Dr Katy Munro, if you are a headache or migraine sufferer this podcast will give you so many tips and remedies and you’ll be signposted to where you can access help and advice. Did you know 1 in 7 people will suffer with migraines which may become more frequent in menopause? Our Book Collective discuss the new book, ‘Unbound’ by Tarana Burke, and why it’s such a relevant book in today’s culture. The Foodie Collective get underway with their new month of food, especially for menopause during this month and we will catch up with the WI, the 1.6 challenge for Women’s Aid, sea swimming, and the weather is turning a tad stormy! There’s clothes sizing talk….again and we have some beautiful and uplifting comments from the Collective.   Dr Katy Munro was a partner in an NHS general practice for 24 years. She is a headache specialist and also a migraine sufferer, she is a fellow podcaster and author of a best-selling book, ‘Managing Your Migraine’. Her approach is holistic and as such she has a wide knowledge of therapies and medications that can help a headache. We learn about the difference between the types of headaches and why fluctuations in the body, especially in peri menopause with oestrogen levels dropping cause headaches and migraines. The information and advice given by Dr Katy is rich and relevant for any person who sufferers with headaches, migraines and cluster headaches. Did you know a migraine with aura is usually triggered by high levels of oestrogen? No neither did we!   And Dr Katy informs us on the medications available through your GP.   The new book for the Collective is ‘Unbound’ by Tarana Burke. Tarana is the founder of the #metoo movement before the hashtag. She is fuelled by the commitment to combat sexual violence against women, especially marginalised people in society. Tarana talks of empowerment through empathy and we begin to read her book starting by reading the prologue and including the chapter Acts of Contrition.   The Foodie Collective gets stuck into this month’s Menopause food and look at the Mediterranean diet and how this can benefit women during menopause and of course Jinty cooked this delicious plate of goodness…….   The WI Sea swimming for Women’s Aid 1.6 challenge is coming to an end and the weather has definitely changed! There’s a need for hot chai, dressing gowns and mittens! Women’s Aid is an amazing charity that helps women and their children out of abusive situations and sadly we are still reminded of this with the death of another victim of abuse Sabina Nessa. You can find the link to our 1.6 challenge on our Instagram and Facebook page Womenkind Collective. Or to donate click the link: https://givepenny.com/womenkindcollective_1_6_get_active_challenge?fbclid=IwAR1ak5UzTxWMCnNF4_i8j4RPOAG4hXYHtjkp3WBJ6E-wwMB4IL-HYSvKkXc.

Jinty’s Mediterranean pasta

Raw beetroot- chopped into 2cm chunks Red onion Mushrooms Tomato Any veg you have such as courgettes and aubergine We added stem broccoli

Tin butter beans Extra Virgin Olive Oil Your favourite pasta Italian herbs - dried Fresh basil Pesto (we used vegan Sacla but you could make you’re own ). Add seafood if you’d like. Chop all veg into chunks (not slices) tip- if you don’t have a lot of time chop in smaller chunks Put all veg in a roasting dish Drizzle with a good tbsp EVOO Sprinkle on dried herbs Add seasoning to taste Mix together and roast for 30 minutes at 190degrees Meanwhile cook your pasta Open and drain butter beans

When vegetables are cooked add in butter beans, basil and pasta Then add 2 dessert spoons of pesto Mix and serve Deelish and soooo good for you - especially in menopause. Listen to the podcast to find out why. Book collective - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unbound-Story-Liberation-Birth-Movement/dp/1472292316/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1633092233&sr=8-1. Katy’s Podcast HeadsUp

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At Womenkind Collective we aim to myth bust and inform on subjects that are relevant to what’s happening now, we question, chat and research diverse topics and today’s podcast is brimming with diversity. We meet Jinty’s brother, Neil, & together they explain why yoga is a philosophy, the importance of a daily practice and that absolutely anyone can do yoga. We talk breast cancer and how to check your boobs, also the 9to5 movement and why sadly this is still as relevant today as it was 40 years ago. We complete Fern Riddell’s Sex Lessons From History with some astonishing stories and we reveal next month’s book for the Collective. There’s also the final love food for the month and our end of month Wine Collective. A jam packed podcast full of information and laughs!   Siblings Jinty and Neil are the founders of Ashtanga Yoga Exmouth we hear their inspiring story how Neil started his yoga journey and how Jinty reluctantly in the beginning became involved.  We learn what yoga is, it’s not just exercise it’s a philosophy not a religion, and knowing that you are enough, it’s a huge question that the pair answer and give an insight into a yogic way of life. We learn how yoga has impacted positively on their lives, calming situations that would normally have caused them both to have reacted differently. They myth bust on why anyone can do yoga. If we could only do quarter of an hour of yoga a day it will make your life lighter and make you enjoy life to its fullest. Plus there’s 3 inspiring tips of a yogic life.   There’s a Queen Dolly fest to chat about Lou gets furious about the film 9 to 5, misogyny in the workplace and she researched to find out that it is based on a movement in the 1970’s about empowering women in the workplace. Jinty talks about getting to know your body and what to feel for in your vulva and breasts when checking for possible cancer, we learn that breast cancer under 40 is still quite rare and is the second most common cancer. The Collective also find out their drag Queen names- What will yours be?   The final week of the book Collective reads the last 3 chapters of Fern Riddell’s Sex Lessons From History, there is a lot of female power and we find out how a group of women helped convict Dr Crippin. The final chapter brings the book together and makes us remember that sex should be enjoyed and consensual by all parties, be loud, have smells and be noisy. Fern completes the book beautifully with the #metoo movement, which is where we go to next with our new book for the Collective, Unbound Tarana Burke My Story of Liberation and the birth of the me too movement.   The Wine Collective sip on this month’s choices, Lou’s choice this month is a rose, Quintessence Mediterranee from M&S and is priced at £9 a bottle, it’s a fruity number and is best served chilled. Jinty has a non-alcoholic drink and this month it’s a Pentire Seaward, it’s a Cornish botanical drink, it’s made from local botanicals grown on Cornish headlands, priced at £24 a bottle and is mixed with a tonic or ginger beer.   The Foodie Collective completes the Love Food month, Jinty (as usual) cooked a beautiful pear, cinnamon and vanilla crumble, who knew that a pear is an aphrodisiac? Well this tasty pudding is vegan and can be served warm or cold.  Email or message us for the recipe.

The WI Sea swimming for Women’s Aid 1.6 challenge is still underway and will the pair complete their challenge of 16 sea swims this month? Women’s Aid is an amazing charity that helps women and their children out of abusive situations and sadly today we were reminded of this with the death of another victim of violence against women, Sabina Nessa. You can find the link to our 1.6 challenge on our Instagram and Facebook page Womenkind Collective. Or to donate click the link: https://givepenny.com/womenkindcollective_1_6_get_active_challenge. New book- Tamara Burke Unbound. Wine Collective https://pentiredrinks.com/. Quintessence Rose

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In this week’s podcast we meet up with the amazing Petra Coveney, founder of Menopause Yoga, who wants to help folks re write the menopause by writing our own Menopause stories.

Petra herself is 55 and loving life in her Post Menopause and we are delighted she could join us on this week’s podcast to give us some tips and talk about how stories of our middle age have, throughout History, been stolen by men and often portrayed as mad hysterical hags - but enough about Jinty & Lou! She is on a mission to change this and wants to help all folk write their own Menopause stories.

Petra teaches Menopause Yoga workshops, and you will hear how this is a one stop shop, a holistic approach where Eastern wellbeing meets Western medicine.

She now teaches other Yoga teachers the MY method which means peri and post Menopausal folk can find MY workshops all over the world.

We hear Petra’s story of self-learning and research to combine techniques and bring in many other elements to help woman through menopause. She is a force of nature when it comes to women and menopause and she gifts her 3 tips for menopause that you won’t want to miss.

We continue with Fern Riddell’s Sex Lessons From History and we get to know about sex toys through the ages and why California has a hideous history of birth control.

There’s a new feature this week, The Movie Collective, Jinty has been to the movies and gives us her review.

Lou has an issue with swimsuit sizing that will make Johnny Boden’s ears ring and we announce our Wine Collective for the next episode.     The Book Collective continue with Fern Riddell’s Sex Lessons From History and we get to the nitty gritty of orgasms, and technology (dildos) and also learn about California’s appalling sterilisation program that only stopped in 1979. We read the last 3 chapters next week, 12, 13 and 14.   The Wine Collective prep for next week with Lou’s choice a rose, Quintessence Mediterranee from Marks and Spencer’s and Jinty’s non-alcoholic choice Cornwalls Pentire Seaward (try with Tonic or ginger beer.)   A new slot is the Movie Collective where Jinty becomes Jinty Norman (in homage to Barry).   The WI Women’s Aid 1.6 Challenge is well underway and this week Jinty and Lou are over half way through their 16 sea swims for September, the weather is a little chilly but they just keep swimming!     Wine: Rose: Quintessence Mediterranee from Marks and Spencer’s £9

Pentire non alcoholic spirits. https://pentiredrinks.com/   Women’s Aid 1.6 Challenge: If you would like to donate or find out more information how you could get involved this September head over to: https://givepenny.com/womenkindcollective_1_6_get_active_challenge?fbclid=IwAR1ak5UzTxWMCnNF4_i8j4RPOAG4hXYHtjkp3WBJ6E-wwMB4IL-HYSvKkXc Or go to: Womenkind Collective on Facebook or Instagram to find out how we are getting on.

For details on Menopause Yoga, Re write Menopause and the Menopause Charity https://www.menopause-yoga.com/  

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In this week’s podcast Jinty and Lou meet Alison Jordan, the founder of Pete’s Dragons a charity that helps families through suicide bereavement, we hear her inspiring story of how family tragedy turned into a charity.

Jinty has a question on hair loss and the Women’s Aid 1.6 challenge is underway we hear how the Collective are getting on.

The Book Collective are reading Fern Riddell’s Sex Lessons From History and we talk masturbation, fanning and farting! Oooh cheeky!

As it’s Suicide Prevention day on September 10th we talk to a phenomenal woman who turned tragedy into a charity to support families with suicide bereavement, Alison Jordan is the founder of Pete’s Dragons. After losing her little brother Pete to suicide in 2010, Alison realised there was no support for the bereaved families so, after much fundraising and talking to others going through the same, she changed that set up. Pete’s Dragons now help families across counties with counselling, therapeutic support, family days, holidays, practical advice and so very much more. As Alison explains they have grown exponentially and now also offer brilliant Suicide Prevention trading courses and get referrals from the NHS.

We think Alison is a pretty amazing woman but she is very humble and gives full credit to her team at Pete’s Dragons along with the volunteer dragons. You will want to hear her story. We all feel so helpless when we hear of a death by Suicide but if you’ve ever wondered what you could do or could have done Alison has some advice that may very well save someone’s life. This is why we need to use the word Suicide, talk about it because it happens!

We discuss our week and there’s a question that Jinty puts to the Collective that she needs your help with and there’s also a lot of rage in the Collective with Texas/Gilead and the patriarchy.

The Book Collective get to know the language of the Fan, who knew it was a thing, but Fern Riddell departs her amazing knowledge in this month’s book, Sex Lessons From History. We find out what the word ‘frig’ means and also what fuck-wit Freud thought about masturbation!

In the Foodie this week we goes through Sam Evans from Jo-Divines’ list of aphrodisiac foods and there’s some interesting ones. Who knew what an almond could do for you…?

Womenkind Collective are this month raising funds for Women’s Aid 1.6 Challenge by facing their own fears and attempting to complete 16 sea swims. Lou only learned to swim last year and Jinty has a huge fear about the sea, but together they want to raise £160. If you would like to donate or find out more information how you could get involved this September head over to:

https://givepenny.com/womenkindcollective_1_6_get_active_challenge?fbclid=IwAR1ak5UzTxWMCnNF4_i8j4RPOAG4hXYHtjkp3WBJ6E-wwMB4IL-HYSvKkXc

Or go to: Womenkind Collective on Facebook or Instagram to find out how we are getting on.

Buy Ferns brilliant book here

https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Fern-Riddell/Sex-Lessons-From-History/24568569

If you’ve been affected by Suicide contact Petes Dragons here

https://www.petesdragons.org.uk/

Or the Samaritans here https://www.samaritans.org/

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In this week’s podcast Jinty and Lou talk breathing. An involuntary action which we do without much consideration of how each breath we take can affect our bodies and our mental state. We talk to a breathing expert, Johanna McWeeney, a trained breathing instructor. Jinty gives us some breathing exercises to try that will aid sleep and calm anxiety.   The Book Collective hots up with this week’s 3 chapters from Sex Lessons From History by Fern Riddell, we also get a tasty lurve Foodie and there’s a WI challenge that take both Jinty and Lou completely out of their comfort zone.   Johanna McWeeney is a talented classical musician and journalist , she is also a copywriter and ghost writer, specialising in health and wellness, she has written extensively about breathing for chronic health conditions. Johanna undertook the Oxygen Advantage Advanced Instructor Training this year and is now a breathing instructor. We welcome Johanna to the Collective and learn why we don’t just need oxygen when we breath but the benefits of the correct amount of carbon dioxide to help our organs and muscles. Our breathing changes at different times in our life and studies have shown correct breathing techniques can assist with hormonal changes in the body from menstruation through to menopause. One of the techniques we learn from Johanna is the importance of nasal breathing and the benefits this gives our bodies. We also talk mouth taping during sleep and it’s not what you might first think! There’s an array of benefits including curing snoring and helping with double chins! Johanna’s knowledge and her enthusiasm will have you running for the sleep tape.

You will learn why conscious breathing is just as important as diet, exercise and sleep when we look at our overall well being or lifestyle, particularly in Menopause.   The Book Collective talk through chapters , 3, 4 and 5 of Fern Riddell’s Sex Lesson s From History, there are some beautiful stories within these chapters including the first gender reassignment surgery that was carried out in 1906 by Magnus Hirschfeld a founding father of the field of sexology. Do you know what a Molly House is? We learn in chapter 3 why these establishments were a common part of life from the 18th century. Next week we read chapters, 6, 7 and 8, masturbation, flirtation and sex. This is definitely the book that keeps on giving!   The Foodie Collective are still all about love food and things that can get you in the mood. Jinty makes a sharing board full of Mediterranean delights for you to make at home (they are also good for gut health). And do you know why we call them aphrodisiacs?   And finally, our WI this week is a new one for the Collective we are raising money for Women’s Aid 1:6 challenge:

https://www.womensaid.org.uk/get-involved/fundraise/challenge-events/

Up until March 2020 (pre-pandemic) 1.6 million women in England were subject to domestic violence, that’s 1.6 million too many. Lou has suggested that they both sea swim 16 times throughout September, something that takes both out of their comfort zone and will be a huge challenge to them both, did Jinty accept this challenge? There is now a Womenkind Collective Facebook page with a link on the events page for you to follow our progress, get involved or donate! Or you can donate via our Instagram page. https://www.facebook.com/womenkindcollective/. The Oxygen Advantage. https://oxygenadvantage.com/. The Breathing cure https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/The-Breathing-Cure--EXERCISES-TO-DEVELOP-NEW-BREATHING-HA/25914313

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In this week’s podcast Jinty and Lou talk Periods and endometriosis and dispel the stigma that both men and women have around this topic. Emma Barnett has written a go to book on the topic, It’s about bloody time Period and we hear period stories from the Collective. We meet Jess Jairath a woman with endometriosis who tells her story and how she has dealt with this debilitating illness through her life, one in ten women assigned female at birth endure unrelenting pain associated with this disease. We find out how Lou got on with her WI her letter of gratitude. We begin Sex Lessons From History by Dr Fern Riddell and discuss where the word fuck comes from. There’s a love potion to try from Lou who’s got a fab name for her potion. Lou talks about her trip to London and why drinking like it’s 1988 is not such a good idea and from an Instagram post Jinty shared we talk histamine and how it effects us.

The Book Collective get stuck into the first 3 chapters of Sex Lessons From history by Dr Fern Riddell, chapter 1 is aptly named the first fuck and we find out where the word fuck derived from. There’s a naughty nun in the 17th century who used visions of God to make love to other nuns. The book is so rich in fact but weaves through the stories of sex.

The Foodie Collective this week is a love potion by Lou and it’s non-alcoholic aptly named Love Potion 69, the recipe is below, it’s light and refreshing and alcohol could be added to your taste!

Lou’s WI from Jinty was to write a letter of gratitude, Lou reads out the letter and we find out how negativity in your life can be turned around to make a positive impact.

We hear period stories from the Collective and read excerpts from Emma Barnett’s new book, It’s about bloody time Period, who knew that the pill-period was only put in place to placate the pope and it to 58 years to overturn this mis-information, surely not the patriarchy at work again?!

Our guest this week is the lovely Jess Jairath who tells us her story of endometriosis it’s a debilitating and under diagnosed disease that affects as many people as type 2 diabetes but with very little research. Jess dispels myths and opens up about what it is like on a day to day basis living with pain, the amount of bleeding and how she has to run her diary around her periods. Jess give us her 3 tips if you or someone you know has Endometriosis. She is raising awareness of endometriosis by raising vital funds to help the Endometriosis UK a charity specialising in helping sufferers with support and research.       Love Potion 69 Recipe: Raspberries, ginger beer, raspberry cordial, sugar and a sprig of mint. Wipe a raspberry around the rim of the glass and dip it in sugar, add crushed raspberries into the glass and pour in raspberry cordial and top up with ginger beer and decorate with a sprig of mint. Simple, refreshing and naughty!  You can find Jess on Instagram at kai_in _the_wild and Support Jess and Endometriosis Uk here

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Jessica-Jairath1?utm_campaign=lc_frp_share_transaction_transactional_--_page_launched_--_campaign&utm_content=99d07d43-3802-4458-92a9-00e88ce57efd&utm_medium=email&utm_source=postoffice&utm_term=1623742857606

Buy Fern Riddell’s book here

https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Fern-Riddell/Sex-Lessons-From-History/24568569

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Jinty and Lou are back after a summer break for the second series of Womenkind Collective and they open with a very special guest, Fern Riddell, historian and author of the best-selling Sex Lessons From History. They have a wonderful conversation with Fern and not just about her new book!

There’s plenty of Collective chat and we announce a new foodie, a new book and we conclude A Year of Marvellous Ways by Sarah Winman. We find out what has happened during the summer break and discuss the battle of the cutlery drawers! And how we are now the Sandwich Generation.   Dr Fern Riddell is a best-selling author and historian and is the main contributor on BBC’s Ripper Street. Fern is a wonderful, open and funny guest. For the entirety of human history, sex has never just been about reproduction. Statistically speaking, only one out of every thousand acts between a man and a woman will result in pregnancy. And as we know, sex does not solely take place between just men and women.

So ; what is sex for?

Come with Fern and Womenkind Collective as we uncover a bit about the sexual lives of our ancestors.

Find out where the word fuck came from and what medieval writers used to describe sex in writings and poetry. Gender fluidity is not a modern concept, Fern explores LGBTQ+ communities through history and we meet amazing characters that are part of our sex history. She celebrates the naturalness and joy of sex, our bodies should be adored, not plastic or manipulated, she is honest and completely open and we learn so much from her. The conversation flowed into sex education for young people today and we talk about #everyonesinvited and how young people today are dealing with far more aggressive abuse from their peers and the stand they are taking against the abuse, we applaud the powerful girls of today. Thank-you Fern for a fabulous chat!

Fern gives us her 3 sex lessons from history, she includes Victorian sex toys, and sex talk from the 15th and 16th Century.   The Foodie Collective talk love and sex food, what turns you on in the kitchen? Oysters? Caviar? Champagne? Or does the sound of your partner eating make you want to scream? We ask what food gets the girls in the mood for lurve?

There’s a new WI for Lou from Jinty, a poignant and important invite surrounded with gratitude. A letter of gratitude to someone in your life, who maybe changed it or helped you along the way. Who will Lou write to?   The book Collective conclude A Year of Marvellous Ways by Sarah Winman, Jinty has struggled with this book but it has come to her at a very emotional time in her life. The poetic prose and spirituality weaved beautifully right to the end of the book. The new book Sex Lessons From History by Fern Riddell starts next week for the Collective we will be reading this until the end of September.

Buy Ferns book here (supporting Indie shops)

https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Fern-Riddell/Sex-Lessons-From-History/24568569. The (free) Science of Well-being course Jinty talked about https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being

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In the final episode of Series 1 of Womenkind Collective Jinty and Lou celebrate the amazing guests and topics that we have met throughout our first Series.

We also delve into boob talk, would you #frretheboob as Gillian Anderson has?

We talk about the original girl gang, The Pink Ladies as Paramount announce this week they are making a prequel to Grease centered on the Pink Ladies.

Why did male police officers dressed as postal workers handcuff an undressed female student in her bedroom?

And we find out what the Collective loved most about Series 1 and listen again to some beautiful tips for life from our guests.   Boobs… is it time to free the boob as Gillian Anderson is encouraging women to do?

We look into the pros and cons of free boobing and discuss the (intentional) under-boob look that is hot for this summer ???   Kill the Bill and Sarah Everard – what have we learned from a vigil, a demonstration and the right for a voice? The Collective discuss Katie McGoran a student who endured being handcuffed in her bedroom whilst undressed by 4 male police officers.   The Book Collective continues with Marvellous’s story in ‘A year of Marvellous Ways’, by Sarah Winman. We read out some beautiful lines that resonate and find that we manage to easily segue from Marvellous to vagina tightening…! Only at Womenkind Collective would you get this much diverse conversation!   Continuing with Brain Food for our Foodie Collective we give you the Neuro 6 Chilli (recipe below)

So how did Lou do with her WI? And did Jinty enjoy her Strawberry jam challenge?   The Wine Collective pops their corks on the Mionetto prosecco and the non-alcoholic Belle & Co on a balmy evening in the garden.   We close the Collective this series with comments, and tips from our amazing Collective and some of the fantastic guests that we have enjoyed on the podcast.   Thank you joining us throughout the first Series of Womenkind Collective, if you haven’t yet listened to them all why not catch up before Series 2 begins on Sunday 22nd August.

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Recipe Neuro 6 Chilli Feeds 4

1 onion Spinach (lots) 1 red pepper 1 tin red kidney beans 1 tin black beans 1 large jar Passata or 2 tins tomatoes Tomato purée 2 chopped tomatoes (optional) Vegan mince (optional) Sweet potato, chopped and roasted (optional) 1tsp turmeric 1tsp smoked paprika 1 tsp ground cumin seeds 1 tsp chilli powder (or more - to taste) EVOO 1 Tbsp dark chocolate On the side; 1 cup of tea Broccoli or cauliflower Brown rice or quinoa 1 Avacado

Method;

Chop onion Add some EVOO to a sauce pan, put on a medium heat Cook onions until soft (10 mins) Add all the spices and cook for a further 2 minutes Add tomato purée, cook for 1 minute Add passata or chopped tomatoes Bring to simmer Add roasted sweet potato or vegan mince Add seasoning to taste Simmer for 45 mins

Put on brown rice to cook for required time Cook broccoli or cauliflower Add both beans to chilli Add Chocolate to chilli Once chocolate is dissolved add washed spinach

Kettle on, make a cuppa,

Serve chilli with Avacado (chopped), brown rice, vegetables, vegan creme fraiche And a cup of black or green tea

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This week the Collective talk Cake and Heroes and Cake heroes. We asked who are your heroes? And you delivered some amazing responses.

We meet a real life hero who used her super power of brownie making and moved her family and business during a pandemic to re-locate in beautiful Devon, Katie Cross founder of Cake or Death. Discover what Jinty & Lou have been up to this week involving Menopause and Murray Mints. The Book Collective continue reading A Year Of Marvellous Ways by Sarah Winman as the story of Marvellous and Francis begins to unfold.

You tell us how you feel about the great PJ’s and pants debate and we find out what everyone’s wearing (or not in between the sheets). And your thoughts on gussets.

We prepare for our Wine Collective next week. Find out how Lou got on with her Vagirux, Vagifem and Imvaggis invite from Jinty and what will Lou’s WI be for Jinty this week?   So who doesn’t love cake? And who loves a good against the odds story?

We talk to the lovely Katie Cross founder of Cake or Death –she’s definitely a woman with gumption! Katie founded her business in London and built an amazing following, but during lockdown she lost 90% of her business over night. So she took her Brownies online! Then realised that she could run her Vegan Brownie delivery business from anywhere, so she upped sticks and moved her family and business to Devon where she has just opened her business, Cake or Death in central Exeter. A wonderful story with great insight and some fantastic practical business (and brownie) tips too!   Thank you all so much for sending in your hero nominations, we read out some inspiring stories from our fantastic Collective and it’s emotional!   The Book Collective continues with Marvellous’s amazing life in, A year of Marvellous Ways, by Sarah Winman. We get to know about Francis and why Marvellous is a wise magical soul with unorthodox parents. The story gently leads us around Marvellous’s life in the Cornish Creek and we learn why Francis lost his heart and finds himself in the care of Marvellous.   So how did Lou do with her WI? We find out with a funny story, there’s also a WI for Jinty that gives her a sweet little surprise…!   Get ready for the Wine Collective next week when we Toast the end of a successful series 1, with Lou’s choice Mionetto Prosecco an original Prosecco from Italy. And Jinty’s non alcoholic Prosecco Belle & Co

We close the Collective this week with the amazing Maya Angelou and her recording of Phenomenal Woman.   Cake or death Katie Cross

https://www.cakeordeath.co.uk/

Wines

Jinty’s non alcoholic bubbly Iceland, Ocado Asda

https://www.iceland.co.uk/p/belle-and-co.-alcohol-free-sparkling-75cl/79328.html

Lou’s Prosecco

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/283507705

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This week we have a very special guest on the Collective, Tonya Keane founder of The Women’s Brain Project, who is a nutritionist, chef and functional medicine practitioner that specialised in the menopausal brain.

What is brain fog? Do you feel you are loosing your mind? What can we do to help our brains function as they should? All these questions answered and many more with the lovely Tonya.

The Book Collective start reading A year of Marvellous Ways and someone is struggling with it… find out who and meet the enigmatic Marvellous as we begin her story. We open a debate on pj’s and pants, should you wear your bum huggers and pj’s? Or should we be commando under our nightwear?  And what have your hormones made you do? Jinty lets us know what hers have been up to and it ain’t too pretty!   As our topic of brain health is continuing this month we have a great guest Tonya Keane, a woman with an amazing story that she shares with us, she’s a nutritionist, professional chef and functional medicine practitioner, she also founded The Women’s Brain Project that is on a mission to show women how we can look after our brains and help prevent Alzheimer’s and dementia.

We learn about the perils of sugar on the brain and how hormones affect the it in peri and menopause and why oestrogen receptors in the brain are usually the last to receive oestrogen, and what we can do to help alleviate this. Tonya explains how hormone depletion affects our personalities.

We get life enhancing advice from Tonya on what we can do to combat the risk of dementia as we age, the balance of a healthy diet and lifestyle will also help minimize the risk of inflammatory diseases. It’s an informative and fun chat full of advice and guidance to help us all live with a healthier brain. Get a pen and paper as Tonya give you 3 practical & simple tips for Brain health that you can begin right away.   Jinty gives Lou a funny WI, but will she be able to follow it through? We ask why some of the names of medication for our Vaginal health are not more like the romantic Italian opera sounding names for Viagra? Can you think of some new ones?   A tasty warming shot for the Foodie Collective this week with ginger, turmeric and orange a brain healthy drink that will also tickle your taste buds.   The Book Collective gets to know Marvellous and Francis from ‘A year of Marvellous Ways’ by Sarah Winman. We find out how the collective are getting on with the characters and how the story if unfolding. This week we are discussing up to chapter 12, then from here to chapter?

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Foodie Collective; Energising ginger shot;

20ml Gimber Ginger concentrate 1/2 tsp turmeric A little black pepper 40mls orange or apple juice (or a bit of both) Find Tonya Keane on Instagram @thewomensbrainproject

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This week we have a special edition of the Womenkind Collective podcast it’s all about Menopause!

Jinty and Lou talk to the amazing Dr Sarah Ball who answers all your questions on menopause, symptoms, HRT, and everything else we could fit into our hour with her. Do you know where your oestrogen receptors are in your body and why we need oestrogen? You will find all the answers in this podcast, Dr Sarah is fun and factual and we learned so much.

There’s no book collective this week but Jinty let’s us know how she got on with her WI.   Dr Sarah Ball is a GP with a special interest in menopause (both personal and professional), she works alongside Dr Louise Newson at Newson Health and has helped so many women understand their menopause journey & gain them access to treatment.

We learn that in peri-menopause our ovaries are up and down like toilet seat, so blood tests do not show a true representation of what a women’s body is going through, we should instead look at our bodies especially our periods. We talk about risks and benefits of HRT, the different types, and who can take HRT.

We find out that peri-menopause is actually the best time to replace our depleting hormones - there is a window of opportunity to take HRT that will massively help our bodies and brains. Dr Sarah kicks the myths out of the pitch with HRT and the study that caused the great debacle and caused so many women to walk away from treatment and suffer for years but the sex hormones we use today are the gold standard, body identical HRT made from wild yams. This really is a one-stop podcast for menopause!   Jinty’s WI from one of the collective was to make sourdough with the starter, which she did, and it’s delicious! We learn some fabulous facts on sourdough and the benefits of eating this type of bread.   The Book Collective is having a week off because we didn’t want you to miss anything Dr Sarah had to say, but we will continue with ‘A year of Marvellous Ways’ by Sarah Winman next week. So if you haven’t already, then turn the pages and start this enchanting book.   Our 3 brilliant tips this week come from Today’s guest, Menopause Specialist Dr Sarah Ball Find out more about The Balance app for menopause

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/balance-menopause-support/id1503345959

Menopause Doctor free resources

https://www.menopausedoctor.co.uk/about

Sour dough

https://foodbodsourdough.com/about-my-recipe/

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In this weeks podcast Jinty and Lou discuss the Ofsted report about sexual harassment in primary and secondary schools that came from Everyone’s Invited, a website and Instagram page dedicated to reporting over 50,000 testimonies from survivors of the rape culture centered within schools. We speak to 3 women who learned first hand that sexualisation came directly from their schools. A new `book for the Book Collective this month, ‘A year of Marvellous Ways’ by Sarah Winman, We continue with Brain food with a delicious wholesome salad. Jinty and Lou discuss their WI’s and the Wine Collective pops open this month’s choices.   From a comment made by Jinty’s daughter we uncover the girl only assemblies that they had to endure. Assemblies that put the responsibility squarely on the female for how boys and male teachers look at them. Wearing a coloured bra that might be seen through a white shirt and having a skirt a little too short, showing (as Nancy says) risqué knees, suddenly made them feel self aware and sexualised.

We invite Millie, Nancy and Daisy into the Collective to talk about their experiences of the rape culture that is prevalent within schools. We talk about how wording such as frigid and Slut are commonly used by boys toward the girls. And how it is only now, a few years after leaving school, that they realise how it affected them.

We ask the question why it took Ofsted 5 years to act on recommendations made by the governments Women’s and Equality Select Committee?   The Book Collective talk about the new book, ‘A year of Marvellous Ways’ by Sarah Winman a beautiful story about an 89 year old woman called Marvellous, it’s set in Cornwall and is a poetic tale of love, loss and human spirit with a little magic. We prepare to read to the end of chapter 11.   We continue with Brain Food for the Foodie Collective a tasty salad incorporating all that is good for the brain.   The Wine Collective pops the cork and sip their way through this months choices, a white wine from France Picpoul Pinet and the non alcoholic alternative, Gimber a refreshing ginger drink, that has Jinty’s taste buds in a whirl.   We report back on the WI’s with amazing results….except for Lou’s food diary!   We have also entered a competition to win recording equipment and would love you to vote for us by clicking on this link…..

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In this weeks podcast Jinty and Lou meet the amazing Sunita Passi an Ayurvedic practitioner and founder of ethical conscious-based skin care brand Tri-Dosha, she is a leading voice in the world of Ayurveda and has the most amazing story to tell us and advises us about how we can improve our everyday life.

The Book Collective completes the final few chapters of Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women with some mixed emotions and we continue with Brain food with a delicious alternative Labne, a fermented yoghurt that you can make sweet or savoury.

Jinty and Lou both have a WI this week, although Lou’s from Jinty is pretty amazing but Lou’s to Jinty is a bit more practical.

We prepare for the Wine Collective with our choices for this month. (See below)   Sunita Passi is one of the UK’s most qualified and respected Ayurvedic practitioners, she talks about Ayurveda and her extraordinary story of how she became a practitioner and trainer. Ayurveda is one of the oldest health systems in the world, over 5000 years old it is a philosophical approach to life, healing and happiness. We learn about the Dośa’s Vāta, Pitta, and Kapha, our varying constitutions, and how they affect our every day life and what happens when these become unbalanced. Ayurveda is a whole body and mind system that can help all people lead a healthier and happier life, and may particularly support folk in menopause or any transition   The Book Collective comes to the end of Three Women by Lisa Taddeo with mixed emotions from both Jinty and Lou, does the book end as we expected? We also announce our new book Marvellous Ways by Sarah Winman   For The Foodie Collective this week we continue with brain food this week we talk about our second brain, our stomachs and the recipe is Labne, a fermented natural yoghurt that you can make sweet or savoury and is so easy to make it’s a delicious alternative to serve with salads –Lou added garlic, EVVO salt and fresh basil to make it a delicious dip, it’s no cook and is ready in 24 hours. (Look out on our insta page)   Jinty and Lou both have a WI this week, Jinty gives Lou a bottle of Tri-Dosha massage oil to help sleep, and Lou gives Jinty a very practical WI but one that will help save the planet!   The Wine Collective has researched in preparation for this moth’s wine collective, a white wine, a Picpoul Pinet and Jinty is going to try out Gimber a non-alcoholic alternative.   We have also entered a competition to win recording equipment and would love you to vote for us by clicking on this link…..

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In this weeks podcast Jinty and Lou were moved by the story of three black slave women, the Mothers of Modern Gynaecology, Anarcha, Betsy and Lucy. They were three enslaved women with Vesticovaginal Fistulas that were ‘gifted’ to Dr James Marion Simms, the man credited with inventing the field of Gynaecology. We look into what their lives may have been like.   The great sacrifice of the Mother’s of modern gynaecology, Anarcha, Lucy and Betsy, is a story everyone should know, Jinty and Lou find out why slave girls and women were used and the brutal procedures they endured without anesthetic. Women have always played a pivotal part in medicine and childbirth from the wise women through to the wonderful midwifes we have today and we find out how these women pioneered the midwifery path.

Book Collective is on the penultimate read of Three Women by Lisa Taddeo and we continue with the story of the 3 women, Maggie’s court case and the outcome, Sloane’s story and Lina’s unraveling, we talk about how the characters stories are coming to a head

The Foodie Collective this month is Brain Food and Jinty has prepared an alternative salad and we learn about the Neuro 9 that keeps our brains happy. There are Tips for brain health from the 30-day Alzheimer’s solution book by Dean and Ayesha Sherzai.

Jinty and Lou were invited to join in a Glow fest zoom 90’s dancercise with the lovely Elena, there was a lot of laughter and we have realized we will not be asked to go on Strictly but find out how we really got on plus all the details of Elena’s Sunday Morning class.   We have also entered a competition to win recording equipment and would love you to vote for us by clicking on this link

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In this weeks podcast Jinty and Lou chat to Lou Thomalla-Davey about her personal journey through infertility. We discover the great imbalance of the NHS postcode lottery when you are a stepparent. The Book Collective is well underway with Three Women. Jinty is so frustrated with what guest Lou tells us she has researched with some shocking results. We start our new foodie month with the topic of Brain Food to help keep our brains healthy and Brain fog at bay.   When Lou Thomalla-Davey, stepparent to 3 children, put a video on her social media page she didn’t expect the out pouring of emotion and support from people not realising the injustice of the NHS fertility program in the UK.

Our guest talks openly about the lack of funding on the NHS for fertility treatment, the injustice of the NHS postcode lottery for both men and women is quite shocking, it is so definite that just living on the wrong street in a town can change your opportunity to be considered for fertility treatment, it’s not just whether you have step children, but there is so much other criteria that women have to meet to be able to be considered for IVF, weight and age!

Lou T-D started a petition to sign to help raise awareness and force the conversation in Parliament, details of how to sign in the show notes.   Jinty feels frustrated with what guest Lou has gone through and does her own research which unravels a whole plethora of short sightedness within CCG’s for IVF. 1:6 couples in the UK are living with fertility issues and are struggling to get help with their fertility.   The Book Collective continues with Three Women by Lisa Taddeo and we get to know the characters, the injustice with Maggie and her teacher, the gang rape of Lina and why we can’t wait for Sloane’s back-story to unravel.   The Foodie Collective this month is Brain Food, how the importance of a good diet can help brain function not only in the present but may help us prevent Alzheimer’s or Dementia. This month the Collective delve into The 30-day Alzheimer’s Solution cookbook for recipes and start with a butternut squash and chickpea curry (where they go off pisté yet again)   Lou confesses her WI fail this week…much to Jinty’s disappointment and shaking of heads but promises to try harder next week… And we are given a new Weekly Invitation from a lovely Womenkind Collective listener, what will it be???   We have also entered a competition to win recording equipment and would love you to vote for us by clicking on this link…..

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In this weeks podcast Jinty and Lou explore some of the symptoms that we don’t necessarily associate with the menopause.

Jinty has researched the word ‘berk’ with some curious results, which led her down a rabbit hole (pardon the pun) of Greek and Roman words & attitudes for lady parts.

The Book Collective get into the first week of Three Women by Lisa Taddeo and the Foodie Collective, Lou gets stuck in before she should because it’s a delicious humus recipe that goes well with the Wine Collective.   Not everyone will develop symptoms of menopause and no two people will have the same menopause, but there are some lesser-known symptoms everyone should be aware of to understand what is happening to their body. The hot flushes and lack of libido are only the tip of the iceberg. Jinty and Lou talk honestly about the symptoms of the menopause. Many women are misdiagnosed and treated by their GP’s for other illnesses when actually their symptoms are caused by their reduced sex hormones.   Jinty finds out where the word ‘berk’ comes from, shall we just say that it’s Cockney rhyming for Berkshire Hunt…. this then leads on to where the word vagina comes from and it opens up a whole can of worms!   The Book Collective begin the first few chapters of Three Women by Lisa Taddeo there are tears from the Collective as the stories of the 3 women unravel. The Wine Collective get stuck into this months wine, Primivito a vegan organic wine from Tesco’s and Jinty sips a Seedlip 108, both are delicious and go very well with this weeks Foodie Collective. The Food Collective are still on their no cook month with a gorgeous easy hummus recipe that goes a little too well with the Primivito!   Our 3 tips for life come from a beautiful woman from the Collective who has some thoughtful tips that we can live by.   And Lou reports back on her WI from Emma Ellice-Flint.

We hope that you enjoy and please keep in touch, send us any book ideas, tips, advice, WI’s, Wine ideas or any stories email us at womenkindcollective@gmail.com   We have also entered a competition to win recording equipment and would love you to vote for us by going to this link…..

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No bake Foodie Collective - Hummus

Ingredients • 400g can chickpeas, drained • 80ml extra virgin olive oil • 1-2 fat garlic cloves, peeled and crushed • 1 lemon, juiced then ½ zested • 3 tbsp tahini • mixed crudités and toasted pitta bread, to serve (optional)

Method • STEP 1Thoroughly rinse the chickpeas in a colander under cold running water. Tip into the large bowl of a food processor along with 60ml of the oil and blitz until almost smooth. Add the garlic, lemon and tahini along with 30ml water. Blitz again for about 5 mins, or until the hummus is smooth and silky.
 • STEP 2Add 20ml more water, a little at a time, if it looks too thick. Season and transfer to a bowl. Swirl the top of the hummus with the back of a dessert spoon and drizzle over the remaining oil. Serve with crunchy crudités and toasted pitta bread, if you like.

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This weeks podcast is a lively and fun chat with plenty of good practical tips.

Jinty and Lou talk to the wonderful Lauren Derrett, founder of the re-usable planet friendly period pads, Wear’em Out who shares her thoughts and advises on how we can change some of our habits to become more eco friendly. We learn how Lauren started Wear’em Out and why we need to consider our sanitary products. She is a mum of 4, and describes herself as not a full on eco-warrior but eco-curious and is aware of her responsibility to the environment. Lauren started her company Wear’em Out in 2019 and the first physical product was launched in January 2020 just before the global pandemic hit. We hear how Lauren has changed the way we think about reusable sanitary wear and why we should all be more eco-curious. She also shares her 3 eco tips for life.

It was Mental Health Awareness last week, which got Jinty thinking about her Aunt Ann that had suffered from Anorexia Nervosa during WWll.

Jinty was curious as this is often seen as a ‘modern’ disease so she did some research into the historical thoughts and treatments of this misunderstood illness and found some shocking medical methods that were recommended and carried out around the time The results will sadly shock everyone.   The Book Collective, get ready to read Three Women by Lisa Taddeo and from the prologue and the eight years it took Lisa Taddeo to write this book about three women’s lives on sex and desire, the girls read out some thought provoking paragraphs.

The Food Collective are on their ‘No bake’ month with a indulgent yet healthy recipe from Deliciously Ella and we learn the health benefits of Cacao.

Also we are preparing for the Wine Collective with this months choice of wines from Lou an organic Primivito wine from Tesco’s, Casa Roscoli and Jinty has chosen a Seedlip Garden 108 as this month’s non alcoholic alternative, which needs a mixer, Jinty prefers Tonic or Ginger beer but you can choose your favourite mixer to go with it.

And finally Lou gets a WI (weekly Invite) from a past guest, will she accept?

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Chocolate truffles

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makes 12 Truffles 200g dark chocolate 2 tbsp maple syrup 5 tbsp thick top of can of coconut milk (or coconut cream) 3 tbsp cacao powder

Put dark chocolate in a pan over a low heat until melted, Add coconut , maple syrup and cacao powder Mix well until it is thick and smooth Remove from heat and let cool a little before placing in the fridge for half an hour Once hard enough to shape scatter some cacao on a plate and scoop out enough mixture to roll in to a small ball then roll in cacao Pop in the fridge Let set Eat Yum

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This weeks podcast finds Jinty and Lou getting down to the nitty gritty of sex and sexual health, particularly as we age and through menopause, with this weeks amazing guest, Samantha Evans, co founder of Jo Divine an online sex toy company that she founded with her husband Paul.

Sam has a background in nursing, she has written hundreds of articles for Jo Divine and the press and enjoys creating informative, practical articles about sexual health and pleasure which endeavour to normalise sex and help folk feel confident in talking about it.

She is passionate about sharing her knowledge, and her personal story about the intimate health industry, women being targeted with ads for intimate washes and lubricants that contain damaging ingredients- damaging to your vagina but also the planet.

Sam talks about what we should know about sexual lubricants, how to become an ingredients detective to avoid the harmful ones. You will learn how we can have good vaginal and vulva health, enjoy a healthy, fun sex life (with or without a partner) and why our vaginas should not smell like roses. Exploding candle anyone?

What ingredients should we be wary of? What will cause irritation for both the vagina, penis or anus? And why bath bombs should be called thrush bombs, nobody needs a glittery vagina!

Vaginal Atrophy is an umbrella term for many issues with our vaginas and vulvas and Sam aims to break the taboo and get women talking. It is very common for women to not be comfortable to wear pants or trousers, or even sit down, let alone ride a bike or a horse.... or have sex!

Sam discusses why we should all have a vagina and vulva skin care regime and what it should entail to keep a healthy pH and why we should be moisturizing our vulvas, just like we moisture the skin on our face. Also why we should be checking our vaginas and vulvas just as we check our breasts.

We talk Libido or the lack of, and what we can do to improve it. Sex toys that can help us and the health benefits of an orgasm!

Sam also gives us her 3 tips for great sexual health and well-being.

You may have also seen Sam in the new documentary on Channel 4, Sex, Myths and The Menopause, with Davina McCall. If not definitely check it out.

The Foodie Collective discovers a new no bake recipe, and Jinty & Lou make a low Histamine Pesto, from Emma Ellice-Flint’s new e-book. (Recipe below)

Find out what the girls think of the concluding part of Glennon Doyle’s Untamed in the Book Collective- Why as a society we should question our responses to forthright women and why we should not be put in a box. And they announce a new book that has been recommended by a listener, one of the collective.

Jinty and Lou discuss words we might use instead of ‘middle age’, and they love Dawn French’s word for this time in her life, but would the droopy tits club work for you?

Something in this weeks episode for everyone, please subscribe, share, follow and leave a review, it helps us and also helps other folk find us.

Recipe and links

Low histamine pesto - from Emma Ellie-Flint ebook.

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INGREDIENTS 1 small garlic clove 1/2 handful of pumpkin seeds 2 handfuls fresh basil leaves 2 handfuls of parsley leaves 2 tsp white distilled vinegar (or apple cider vinegar if not intolerant to histamine) 2 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil Salt and ground pepper to taste

METHOD Mix everything together in a blender, can be left a bit chunky, add to pasta or a Caprese salad (no tomatoes if histamine intolerant)

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Welcome to this weeks Womenkind Collective where Jinty and Lou talk all things women.

On this weeks podcast we find out why we can’t drink as much alcohol as we used to, especially during menopause. There is a new foodie Collective, a recipe for ‘No bake flapjacks’. As it’s national pet month we hear from some of the Collective about how pets have helped, mentally and physically, during the pandemic and we catch up with the book Collective Untamed by Glennon Doyle.

The main topic of this weeks podcast is Alcohol and the Menopause, Jinty and Lou find out that gender plays a big part in alcohol tolerances and why a woman’s alcohol intake might want to be less than a man’s, especially in menopause when oestrogen levels deplete, women have more fat and less water in their bodies causing blood alcohol levels to rise. The question is why is this information not readily available so women can make informed choices?

The book Collective is on the penultimate read of Glennon Doyle’s Untamed, the book is resonating with so many of the Collective and has raised some interesting topics about parenting and being your true vulnerable self and why being more of a flight attendant as a parent will help through turbulent situations.

We learn what pets have done for us mentally and physically during lockdown and not just the dogs! We have some global comments from the Collective and we meet Sammy the guinea pig!

The foodie Collective is a ‘no bake’ month & both Jinty and Lou have made the no bake flapjacks from Emma Hollingsworth recipe and have a taste off, this is a simple recipe that is full of good gut ingredients and learn how some of the ingredients can be swapped for cheaper options.

The WI’s from both Jinty and Lou have some positive results from Jinty’s gratitude’s (grateful not to be crocheting) from Lou’s invite to the shampoo bar that Jinty invited Lou to try.

The 3 tips from life are from a lovely member of the Collective, Laura; she imparts her words of wisdom to the Collective about life.

No bake Flapjacks; Ingredients For the flapjacks * 2 cups oats * 1/3 cup raisins * 4 tbsp maple syrup * 1/3 cup coconut oil, melted * 1/3 cup cashew butter (or any other nut or seed butter) For the chocolate fudge * 1/2 cup cacao powder * 1/2 cup maple syrup * 1/4 cup cashew butter (or any other nut or seed butter) * 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted To make the flapjacks, just combine the ingredients in a mixing bowl and stir well. Spoon into a lined baking tin or mould and press down evenly to make sure the mixture is all compact, otherwise it won’t stick together nicely. Pop it in the fridge while you make the fudge. For the fudge, again just add the ingredients to a mixing bowl and stir until you have a thick chocolatey mixture (don’t worry if it seems quite liquid as this will set in the fridge). Pour it on top of the flapjacks and put them back in the fridge for an hour or so to allow them to set. Alternatively if you’re impatient like me you can always put them in the freezer and they will set quicker. Cut them into squares! Yum ! Tell us what you think

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Jinty and Lou’s Shampoo bar B&S, vegan and cruelty free, no palm oil

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In this weeks podcast we follow up on episode 2 all about headaches. We seek expert advice from our guest this week, McTimoney chiropractor and qualified medical herbalist, Kathryn Vickery. She discusses headaches and migraines, and helps us understand the difference between Primary and Secondary headaches.

We learn how our posture may affect us with some surprising ways we can alleviate pain. How often do we look down? And how heavy are our heads?!

Kathryn explains the different types of migraines we can get with varying causes and ways of prevention. We learn about abdominal migraines (who knew!), particularly in children, ocular (eyes) and vestibular (ear) migraines and many more.

And also Tension headaches, what they are, how to treat and prevent them.

Kathryn also gives us her 3 very wise tips for life.

We have the Book Collective where we continue to read from Glennon Doyle’s Untamed. Jinty and Lou discuss chapters Aches to Attendants and why we should all be a bit more Alicia Keyes in situations! We talk about how we may become martyr’s as well as mother’s, and why it is important to keep doing the things we love. The big question is why Jinty and Lou weren’t as wise as their daughters and realise it might have something to do with their book selections in the 80’s!

Join us in our first Wine Collective (see list of wines below) - a tasting which ends in plenty of laughter! Lou talks and drinks through her wine choices, the rosè Delacourt from M&S for £22 for a more affordable champagne and also The Queen of Beaujolais a Fleurie for a lighter red wine.

Jinty has a fantastic non-alcoholic drink Jukes No 1 mixed with sparkling water, the flavours are citrus and herbs with pineapple husk a lovely fragrant alternative to an alcoholic wine.

It’s definitely another fun filled podcast so please leave a review, subscribe or follow, We’d love to hear your feedback, leave us a message or comment on our Instagram @womenkindcollective Thank you for listening. Kathryn Vickery DC BSc (chiro) MMCA Dip Phyt

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In this weeks podcast Jinty and Lou welcome Nutritionist, author, chef, and all round fantastic woman, Emma Ellice-Flint to the Womenkind Collective.

Emma is a clinical nutritional therapist, specialising in Women’s health. Her book, The Happy Hormone Cook book, combines nutritional facts and information to help balance our hormones as well as great practical tips and recipes.

Emma works with Dr Louise Newson at the Menopause and Wellbeing Centre, helping women with the menopause transition, energy levels, weight issues, mood and mental health, sleep problems, IBS and histamine intolerance.

Our Foodie Collective theme this month has been Gut health and this is a subject Emma is passionate about, running regular fermentation workshops (online) which Jinty has attended and says ‘they are fun, informative & demonstrate how easy it is to begin your fermented foods journey, which not only will your gut thank you for, but your body and mind too!’

You will learn a lot in this episode, (get a pen & paper) Emma answers your questions such as

My body has changed shape, all around my middle is expanding yet I’ve changed nothing, is there an explanation for this & what can I do?

Why do I crave beige sugary foods ?

Do women become more intolerant to certain foods during menopause?

I’m suffering terribly with indigestion, I have constant trapped wind - the menopause seems to have changed me completely, what do I do?

Is looking after my gut going to be expensive and a big faff?

How will pro and pre biopics benefit me in menopause?

Emma talks us through how food effects our mood, sleep and physical well-being. Why our hormones in peri and menopause make our gut and food choices change. We learn that we have oestrogen receptors throughout our body, including our gut.

We discuss intermittent fasting and breaking our bad food habits and creating new ones, and how this will benefit our gut, and consequently will improve our wellbeing. Emma tells us how we might begin to go about changing our diets and lifestyles, some of which will surprise you!

The book Collective this week starts with part 1 and 2 of Glennon Doyle’s Untamed and this book is already resonating with Jinty & Lou.

Jinty talks about how we hide our real self and expectation. As women we can lose ourselves and be who we think we should be rather than who we really are. Lou talks about how All feelings are for feeling, it’s not just happy it’s all emotions that should be felt, being true to self and learning to feel. Jinty ponders on Glennon’s ‘knowing’ and how it is just like Yoga- learning to recognise truths and be aware of what is happening ‘right now’.

We know this book will speak to many in the Collective. Let us know how you are getting on with it? We would really love to hear your thoughts.

We have 3 wonderful tips for life from Emma Ellice-Flint, staying with our Foodie collective theme of gut health. You will want to hear these.

Much gratitude to Emma for spending the morning with us, we hope she will be back soon. & thank you for listening, if you enjoyed this episode please share with friends, this, in itself, is an act of kindness.

Please subscribe, & leave a review, it will help others find us.

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In this week’s episode of Womenkind Collective we celebrate Earth day on April 22, We recognise Mother Nature and the different planet friendly sanitary products available for women and girls and we have a Moon Cup story from one of our Collective.

Out topic this week is HRT myth busting, we try and solve some of the questions asked by the collective and go through the different types of HRT that are available on the NHS.

One of our amazing Collective Annie comes on to talk about her initial visit to her GP and unfortunately we learn her experience is not unusual.

Our topic of HRT myth busting starts with Jinty going through all the different types of HRT that are available on the NHS and how as women we do have choices that we can take to our GP’s with what would be most suitable for us and our lifestyle. There is a difference between men and women’s sexual problems; the women talk about the divide and how this needs to be addressed. The Women have researched planet friendly varieties of sanitary wear and why we should be looking to buy from small companies, among the products are, period pants, re-usable pads and moon cups.

Our new book for the book Collective is Glennon Doyle’s Untamed, a book about being authentic and truthful to yourself as a woman, we are going to read parts 1 and 2 and discuss this in next week’s episode.

The Women talk about wine for the Collective ready for the end of the month. There is an alcohol free option that gets the thumbs up from Jinty.

Lou gives Jinty a WI that Jinty is glad isn’t another crotchet project!

The 3 tips for life come from Jinty and Lou’s daughters, with surprising tips that leave both mum’s feeling super proud and reaching for the tissues, they discuss being authentic and true to yourself.

Book Collective - Untamed, Glennon Doyle

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You’ll need a whole flask of tea for this weeks podcast as well as tissues, so settle in for a slightly longer episode with some beautiful stories from some amazing women. It’s autism awareness month and we have 2 very special guests mother and daughter, Lyn and Libby Curtis. Lou gets to the bottom of one of the collectives pube loss and chin hair gain. It’s the last 6 chapters of Caitlin Moran’s More Than A Woman and we discuss how truthful the book is for every woman including those of us at a certain age not packing the suspenders for a sexy weekend away but packing the M & S menopause pants! For our foodie collective Jinty talks probiotics and why we need them for good gut health and how to get probiotics into your body. During our interview with Lyn and Libby we learn that only 1:3 girls are diagnosed to boys, and diagnosis for girls can take much, much longer. Lyn was diagnosed when she was 40 years old and 3 of Lyn’s 5 children have autism, Libby is her youngest daughter and was diagnosed at 6 years old, but this was off the back of her brothers diagnosis. Lyn talks openly and honestly about parenting her children with autism, the struggles and reality, as well as trying to regulate her own symptoms, this fiercely loving family is full of love but can be perceived as cold by those who do not understand the gifts they have. There was a huge difference between her daughter and her son’s diagnosis - the internalization of Libby’s emotions and how it can manifest in girls as self-harm and eating disorders in an obsessive way. Lyn is also suffering from long COVID and she discusses how this as well as the menopause has massively impacted on her life. This episode is an emotional rollercoaster finishing with a beautiful letter from Jinty’s daughter who is waiting for a formal autism assessment. With much love and gratitude to the women of this week’s podcast for opening their hearts to us. We make this podcast ourselves so please share, subscribe, follow and review, it means a lot to us. Leave us a message or email us, we would love to hear your stories, suggestions and thoughts womenkindcollective@gmail.com. Disclaimer- These are stories told by real women with autism but everyone is different and there are many different traits or gifts in the spectrum. For advice on Autism https://www.autism.org.uk/. Books - More than a Woman by Caitlin Moran. Untamed by Glennon Doyle.

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In this Special Easter Sunday episode we thank defiant pagan women & the Goddess, Eostre, for all the tasty bits about this festival. A time of celebration & new birth it is fitting that in this weeks episode of the Collective we have a lovely guest, Kerrie Preston, Mum of two boys, 5yrs & 5 months, founder of Teddy & Millie teething necklaces and also writer of a mum blog, The Midnight Mum Club. Kerrie opens up about how her second pregnancy differed during a pandemic and the highs and lows of birthing, how her partner nearly missed it, and overcoming post natal health issues whilst in lockdown. We learn the challenges for both mum & midwife of building a relationship over the phone or through PPE & that even in the latter stages of labour and post birth the difficulties new mums have to overcome in a lockdown. Kerrie gives us 3 brilliant tips for life and they really will resonate with most women.

Jinty and Lou discuss their WI’s and has Jinty completed her crotchet square yet? Lou is very honest about how she is getting on with her gut health challenge from Jinty!

The book collective chat through chapters 11-15 of Caitlin Moran’s More Than A woman. We discuss the patriarchy and why we should all give the men in our life flowers, and agree dungarees are Big Bum Proof. Jinty tells us why hangovers are worse as we get older. We hear from a member of the collective, Laura, who has another Migraine tip and an intriguing question, will you know the answer? So put the kettle on and settle down to enjoy the Collective this Sunday. Please subscribe and leave a review if you like what you hear. Campaign to help and support working mums https://pregnantthenscrewed.com/. The innovative hands free shoe https://news.nike.com/news/nike-go-flyease-hands-free-shoe

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In this weeks episode of the Collective Jinty and Lou talk about Menopause and Postpartum hair loss. Lou gives some facts about hair and investigates why more women than we realise suffer from loss or thinning of the hair and Jinty talks about her personal struggle with hair loss.

Jinty comes clean in her WI (weekly Invite) about how she’s getting on crocheting and Lou finds out what Jinty has planned for her.

The Foodie Collective begins with the theme for the month - gut health, with this in mind the girls cook up a Miso Spanish Stew and Lou admits her lack of ability to follow a recipe.

The 3 tips for life come from a gorgeous woman who is part of the collective, Sylvia, who imparts some very wise words of wisdom.

The Book Collective catch-up and chat through chapters 6-10 of Caitlin Moran’s More than a Woman. With some interesting comparisons of what life is like for a woman with a family and commitments.

So put the kettle on and settle down to enjoy this weeks Collective.

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Serves 4 people Serve with brown rice, jacket or mash potato

You will need:

1 Sweet Potato 1 Leek 1 red pepper 2 carrots 1/2 cabbage 1 Onion 2 Garlic cloves 400g tin butter beans or chickpeas 2 Tbsp Miso paste  1 tsp Turmeric 1 heaped tsp Smoked paprika 1 tsp Oregano 1 pint veggie stock 1 tbsp flour Natural unsweetened yogurt (coconut yogurt if vegan) 1 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil  Salt and pepper to taste

If eating meat

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1. Peel and Chop sweet potato in to 2cm (approx) cubes
2. Peel and slice the onion, leak, garlic and carrots
3. Chop pepper into cubes
4. Put you EVOO in a large saucepan and heat on medium 
5. Add Sweet potato, carrots, onion, and leak
6. Turn to low and Cook for 10 minutes stirring 
7. Add Garlic and peppers, miso paste, and all the spices
8. Cook for a further 5 minutes 
9. Whilst this is cooking if you are using meat you can brown this off in a separate pan in EVOO
10. Add Veggie stock, making sure most of the meat is covered (add more water if needed)
11. Slow cook in a slow cooker or low oven for a few hours OR Cook on the hob on a low to medium heat for about 45 minutes
12. Meanwhile finely slice the cabbage
13. Drain and rice (if needed) butter beans or chick peas
14. Put the rice or potato’s on
15. After 45 minutes turn up the heat and add cabbage
16. Mix the flour with a little water to make a slurry
17. Pour into your stew and keep stirring for a couple of minutes
18. Bring to simmer and add beans or chickpeas
19. Cook for a further 15 minutes
20. Turn off the heat and add 1 tbsp yogurt (or more)
21. Salt and pepper to taste

Serve in bowls with mash, jacket or rice Yum

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In this weeks episode Jinty and Lou investigate hormone and menopause headaches and migraines. Jinty finds out why we get them and Lou shares her own story and shares tips on what works for her. There’s 3 lovely tips for life from Linda and Jenny, Lou and Jinty’s Mums, and the girl’s discuss the first 5 chapters of the Book Collective, Caitlin Moran’s More than a Woman. There’s a creative WI for Jinty and Lou reports back on how she’s been getting on with her WI -meditating. Put the kettle on or grab a glass of wine and settle down to enjoy the Collective. (Join our collective by following or subscribing, DM us on instagram with ideas or reviews, or send us a recording via anchor or email us at womenkindcollective@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you. Resources https://www.menopausedoctor.co.uk/ Magnesium https://shop.emmasnutrition.com/products/magnesium-plus?variant=31487334613055

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In this first podcast Jinty and Lou discuss friendships and the importance of friends in a women’s life. There’s menopause talk and plenty of laughter along the way. Jinty challenges Lou to the Weekly Invite challenge and the women discuss their 3 tips for life. The read along book of the month is More than a woman by Caitlin Moran. So put the kettle on and settle in for 30 minutes of collective chat and laughter.

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