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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: [email protected] 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☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast please consider buying us a Ko-Fi. This helps us ensure we bring you quality of content and sound.https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast Kate Organ: Website: www.menopausespecialists.com Instagram: @the_menopause_specialists--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast please consider buying us a Ko-Fi. This helps us ensure we bring you quality of content and sound.https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast 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://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast please consider buying us a Ko-Fi. This helps us ensure we bring you quality of content and sound.https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastAnnie Chung: Facebook. Annie Chung Image Consultant. Instagram: @my_life_in_lipstick--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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_lxIf you’ve enjoyed our Podcast please consider buying us a Ko-Fi. This helps us ensure we bring you quality of content and sound.https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastThere’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: [email protected] 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☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast please consider buying us a Ko-Fi. This helps us ensure we bring you quality of content and sound.https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastOur 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: [email protected] 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://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast please consider buying us a Ko-Fi. This helps us ensure we bring you quality of content and sound.https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastOur 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: [email protected] 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://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast please consider buying us a Ko-Fi. This helps us ensure we bring you quality of content and sound.https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastOur 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: [email protected] 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☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast please consider buying us a Ko-Fi. This helps us ensure we bring you quality of content and sound.https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastOur 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: [email protected] 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://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast please consider buying us a Ko-Fi. This helps us ensure we bring you quality of content and sound.https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastOur 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: [email protected] 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☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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: [email protected] finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast please consider buying us a Ko-Fi. This helps us ensure we bring you quality of content and sound.https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastVictoria Hardy: Instagram – ginge_unhinged--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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: [email protected] 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☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast please consider buying us a Ko-Fi. This helps us ensure we bring you quality of content and sound.https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastWe 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: [email protected] 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://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: [email protected] 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%20potsYou can watch the full 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☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 herehttps://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 If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast please consider buying us a Ko-Fi. This helps us ensure we bring you quality of content and sound.https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastOur 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: [email protected] 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☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: [email protected] finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast please consider buying us a Ko-Fi. This helps us ensure we bring you quality of content and sound.https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastMeera 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=--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: [email protected] 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: @hormoneequilibriumDr 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/--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: [email protected] 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☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/viewOr 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 Dahlhttps://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/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: [email protected] 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☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: [email protected] finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.ukThere 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--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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-hAAAIAWFxqaAutism 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/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: [email protected] finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.ukThere 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--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The beginners guide to MenopauseIf 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-XlkWYwUAFor 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/womenkindcollectivepodcastOther FREE Menopause resources;https://menopausesupport.co.uk/?page_id=12873https://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/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: [email protected] finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.ukGet in touch with Questions for Kate Codrington, author of Second Spring and our first guest for Series 5.Get in touch with ideas for books, food, WI’s or just to say hello- you are THE COLLECTIVE email us here [email protected] or leave us a message here https://anchor.fm/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message (up to 1 minute) Or slip into our DM’s on Instagram --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: [email protected] 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☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 #yoga28wcpDid 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/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: [email protected] 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☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 EVOORocket or watercress or green leaf lettuce. Cucumber cut as you wantAvocado – sliced. 2 spring onionsSprinkling 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/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: [email protected] 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☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: [email protected] 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☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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=trueOur 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: [email protected] 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☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: [email protected] finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.ukAmantha’s Instagram is mymenocoachYouTube channel Amantha King Coaching DAO supplement we talked about - Naturdao --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 @mxttyzIn 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/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: [email protected] 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☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!If you’ve enjoyed our podcast Please subscribe or favourite and leave a review- we will know and it makes a huge difference. 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: [email protected] 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☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 exerciseIn 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-samAnd on Instagram and FB as MidlifemakeoverThe 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-eggsPacked 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/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: [email protected] 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☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: [email protected] 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☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/ 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.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/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: [email protected] 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 Almonds5 grs of Baking Powder2 Eggs1 TBSP of Maple syrup80 Mls of Unsweetened Almond Milk30 Mls of Coconut Oil½ Tsp of Cinnamon½ Tsp Sea salt½ cup of Blueberries½ 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 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.ukPlease sign our petition for a menopause clinic in Devon please click on the link: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 scienceHave 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/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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.ukhttps://www.refuge.org.uk --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 weekPlease don’t forget to sign our petition for a menopause clinic in Devon campaign:https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOur #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.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 – Veganhttps://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/wheresmyclinicOur #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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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: [email protected] also have new hashtag #wheresmyclinic A petition is coming soon along with a campaign Facebook group Stay in touch Jinty and Lou --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/collectionsVanilla fairy cakes from https://www.sixvegansisters.com/2018/04/05/vegan-vanilla-cupcakes/--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 CoachDigestive Health, Emotional Eating & Eating Disorder SpecialistNCFED Master PractitionerWebsite:www.marcellerosenutrition.co.ukFollow on FacebookFollow on Instagram Today’s Recipe:Ingredients:Tofu1 block of firm tofu. Pressed and cubed2 tbsp of cornflour½ tsp of chilli powder (optional)Sweet and sour sauce50 ml of soy sauce25ml of rice wine vinegar50 ml of pineapple juice1 tsp apricot jam½ tsp of Chinese 5 spice½ tsp of garlic powder½ tsp of chilli powder1 tsp of cornflourStir-fry2 tsp of sesame oil (optional)1 red pepper cut into chunks100 grs of mange touts or asparagus or broccoli spears100 grs of baby corn2 cloves of garlic15 grs of ginger finely choppedServeSpring 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 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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-XlkWYwUAElizabeth Joseph: Instagram. @elizabethjosephnavigatingJinty’s Easy vegan chicken pieIngredients2 leeks2 large carrotsSpinachBroccoli (or any veg that needs using up)Butter beans (optional)Alternative milk of choice (I use oat)- approx 250mlWhite wine vinegar or apple cider vinegarVirgin Olive oilTbsp plain flourChicken alternative (I used Linda McCartney’s no hoisin duck)I pack ready roll vegan puff pastry1 tsp oreganoMethodHeat oilAdd chopped leeks and chopped carrotsCook on a low heat for 10 minutesAdd broccoli or any other veg you likeCook for a further 5 minsAdd fake chicken, cook for a couple of minsMake a well in the centre, add a little more oil if neededAdd flour to well and then mix everything together for 2 minsAdd tbsp of ACV and mix to deglaze the panSlowly add the milk, mixing all the timeAdd until you have a constituency you likeCook for 20 minutesPut in a pie dish and cover with puff pastryCook on 180 for 30-40 minutes--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 MartinisI part Toffee Vodka2 part Vodka2 part espresso 1 part Tia Maria Crushed IceShaken not stirredYou can find Annie on Instagram: @thebeeswreath and @mumfordandmumEmma’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-piesRecipe for Jamie Oliver’s vegan truffles (balls): https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chocolate-recipes/dairy-free-chocolate-truffles/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Ingredients75g vegan block, plus extra for the tin200g Orange vegan dark chocolate, roughly chopped2 tbsp golden or maple syrup200g vegan ginger nuts - or other fave vegan biscuits25g macadamia nuts50g pistachios, toasted and chopped. Tsp cinnamonTsp mixed spice75g orange choc to top Method STEP 1Lightly 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 2Break 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.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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-XlkWYwUAIngredients•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 cinnamonMethod-•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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 bookhttps://wordery.com/the-doctor-wont-see-you-now-sunita-passi-9781399906111/GB?currency=GBP&gtrck=true&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8f-h6_u49AIVBertCh1evwzrEAQYAiABEgLT7_D_BwE Facebook page: Alone Together for family members who have lost family members to Covid.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 flour3oz Butter3 oz golden sugar1-2 oz granolaCooking applesNicky’s WI candles Facebook and Instagram Amareluxuryfragrance --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.