Women's Health: Breaking the Taboos: Recent Episodes
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Half the world is female and yet our bodies, body parts, and health issues are too often discussed reluctantly, awkwardly or with embarrassment.
This podcast aims to change that, and to start conversations about our bodies and minds that can help us realise our concerns are entirely normal.
(Any treatments discussed or advice given in this series shouldn’t replace going to see your GP.)
Cherry Healey and Dr Dawn Harper hear from four guests – Trisha Goddard, Lucy Alexander, Toyah Willcox and Jamelia – each with their own unique health journey, to explore what to look out for when something doesn’t feel right, how they coped with their own health conditions and – above all – why we all need to talk about our health more!
Women’s Health: Breaking the Taboos is brought to you in partnership with Channel 5.
Produced by Listen Entertainment on behalf of Channel 5 / Mail Metro Media.
Trisha Goddard – pioneering talk-show icon and TV presenter – has had to deal with a lot of health issues, from battling depression, recovering from cancer and hiding her mental health struggles from those around her. Here, she talks about overcoming her feeling of shame, how exercise has helped her and how she had to fight to be listened to when it came to her health issues being heard.
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Singer, actor and YouTube sensation Toyah Willcox doesn’t just want to keep living, she wants to feel as full of life as she can for as long as possible. In this episode, Toyah speaks openly about keeping intimacy alive in later life, and how communication and understanding can help women flourish when it comes to sex, relationships and living life to its full potential.
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TV presenter Lucy Alexander had to adjust to a number of changes in her life in a short period of time – from her mother passing away and her daughter leaving home to going through the menopause. It can be hard when your physical health changes at the same time as emotional turmoil happening, and Lucy has some thoughtful words on how she navigated this difficult time in her life. Her main piece of advice is “keep talking about it… keep letting people know how you feel”.
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When singer and TV presenter Jamelia joined us, she revealed that she was expecting her fourth child. She’s a huge believer in being open and transparent about her health and her emotions – partly thanks to her mum’s desire for her to be able to express herself with confidence in a way that she couldn’t. Jamelia also shared how she and her daughters come together each month on “period day”, and how she encourages them to know when it’s time to curl up on the sofa and eat cake.
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