In this episode I talk with Michaela Hyde from Marriage Foundation. It's more of a personal chat and debrief of 2022 really in which we cover empty nest syndrome, long term relationships, living with chronic pain, Michaela's menopause journey a

108 Cliteracy and The G-Spot

Dec 14th, 2022 1h 12m

Sex therapist Emma Waring joins me for part 2, following on from episode 107, ‘Is Your Sex Life Dutiful or Beautiful?’ to discuss the more intimate side of pleasure and our sexual relationships. We discuss orgasms, how the clitoris works, how v

107 Your Sexlife, Dutiful or Beautiful?

Nov 22nd, 2022 53m 33s

In this episode we talk about equality in sex and relationships. We delve into the roots of cultural and religious writings that have informed a male superiority over the centuries, where women's shame around sex, nakedness and physical desire

106 Helena Croft: Once a Shy Girl, Now A Warrior For Women

Nov 1st, 2022 47m 35s

10 years ago, Helena Croft founded Streetlight UK. Prostitution and trafficking is a very real issue. It’s quite of the moment to suggest that sex work is empowering, but Helena has a very different and experienced take on this narrative which

105 Not Scary For Cary

Oct 18th, 2022 56m 22s

In this podcast episode, author Cary J Hansson talks to me about her epic midlife adventure in which she went back to university, already as a mum of twins, and having also navigated divorce. She accidentally fell in love and decided to relocat

104 To HRT or Not?

Oct 13th, 2022 46m 27s

This is an edited-down version of podcast episode 91 in which Menopause specialist Sharon Hartmann discusses hormone change with me and how we can best navigate it. She covers things like when hormone change begins, what can instigate it outsid

103 Diane Danzebrink on menopause, breaking point and activism

Oct 3rd, 2022 1h 5m

This week we talk with Diane Danzebrink, campaigner, psychotherapist and menopause expert about her experience of menopause which was brought on by surgery for a hysterectomy, after discovering she had ovarian cysts, endometriosis, adenomyosis

102 Brave Enough

Sep 19th, 2022 44m 2s

Grief is something that we’ve all found ourselves talking about with the loss of Queen Elizabeth. It has a profound impact on us and during this collective time, many of us have experienced the pain of other losses rise to the surface. In this

101 What Is Normal? Does it even exist?

Sep 6th, 2022 46m 26s

Here we go, the first episode of Women What Whistle, renamed and revamped and very much about not falling in line or fading away. It’s about finding our brave through the stories of other women who’ve had to find theirs. We start this week wit

100 Coming Out and The Story So Far

Jul 22nd, 2022 25m 57s

THE STORY SO FAR: Welcome to our final episode from inside the wardrobe. We are relaunching with a slightly new focus in the Autumn which I explain about in this episode The previous episodes I signpost are: Menopause: 72, 78, 79, 91, 92, 93 Th

099 It Isn't What It Is

Jul 14th, 2022 31m

Our penultimate episode inside the wardrobe before we launch afresh in September, with excellent words of wisdom from Winona Ryder and Caitlin Moran about ageing and how to find yourself. Click here to join the Facebook group page and here to g

098 Follow Your Nose

Jul 7th, 2022 27m 14s

Well well well! It's been a LOT longer than I initially thought but here we are! Listen to this episode as I process through managing change, the new world we find ourselves living in, slowing time and a catch-up on where we are now and what's

097 GIVE IT LEGS

Dec 31st, 2021 23m 31s

Just a short 25 minute episode for our last podcast of 2021 in which I talk you through my 20 year practise of wrapping up the year just gone by. I promise you that you will never hurrumph at new year again. It doesn’t need to take long but it’

096 Jo Good, She’s The Rolling Stone

Dec 6th, 2021 59m 24s

In this penultimate episode of 2021 I travel to Baker Street tube station and walk over to the apartment of my long-time friend and fellow broadcaster, Joanne Good. As the second oldest female broadcaster in the BBC, our plan was to talk about

095 Women, Politics, Patriarchy and Weight Loss – A walk in the park with Alison Cork

Nov 22nd, 2021 1h 6m

If you wonder if you will ever find your voice, or fear that you won’t know what to do with it when you do, then check out this episode. It’s a hugely inspiring conversation with someone who has forged her own path right from the start. We talk

094 WHAT IS GOOD SEX?

Nov 8th, 2021 1h 10m

Sex therapist and author Emma Waring joins me for an episode in which we pull back the covers on our sex lives. It is an area of life that we are often uncomfortable talking about and yet something that is so vital to our health and wellbeing,

093 TESTOSTERONE IS NOT JUST FOR BOYS

Oct 25th, 2021 41m 39s

In this episode we wrap up Menopause Awareness Month by talking with Dr Zoe Hodson about testosterone and alcohol. It’s not just about libido, we talk about the benefits to mental health, our mood, energy and mental agility. A decrease in testo

092 FOOD, MOOD AND HORMONES

Oct 17th, 2021 1h 3m

On this episode we talk all about how our food effects both our physical and mental health. Our hormones are affected tremendously by what we eat and there’s a reason why diets don’t work, they don’t give us the balance we need, for example, hi

091 MENOPAUSE, HRT AND HOW TO APPROACH YOUR GP

Oct 11th, 2021 1h 4m

Menopause is often misdiagnosed so education is paramount. If we can know what to look out for, we will be far more equipped when we go to see the GP for help and support. This week we talk to menopause specialist Sharon Hartmann from the Newso

090 WHAT IF THERE'S NO SABRE-TOOTH TIGER

Sep 27th, 2021 1h 4m

In this show we talk about anxiety, change, careers, teenagers, parenting, failure, adventure – all sorts! Cai Graham, author of The Teen Toolbox, is a parent and teen coach and joins me in a multi tasking episode. We talk about what teenagers

089 Gut health, Alcohol and Making Life Changes

Sep 13th, 2021 52m 47s

It's all in this podcast! First up, we have a catch up after what has been a much longer than anticipated break, and then we talk with Lindsey Beveridge about her recovery from addiction and how she became a nutritional therapist. We hear about

088 BIG T LITTLE T TRAUMA

Jun 13th, 2021 54m 42s

087 GOOD GRIEF THIS IS EXHAUSTING

May 20th, 2021 25m 55s

Why are we exhausted? Why are we not racing out of the gates now the restrictions are being lifted? Why are we feeling flat? Shouldn't we be feeling more excited and energised? We have longed for freedom and now that it is here, we don't have

086 Hindsight is 2020

Dec 10th, 2020 44m 57s

For the last episode of this year I threw open the floor to our facebook group and let them ask the questions via my husband Brian who added his beautiful mellow tones to the podcast! We talk about all the insights and learns from 2020, favouri

085 Life, Loss & Lemonstones

Dec 3rd, 2020 1h 1m

This week we hear from Emma Simpson, scientist and writer, wife and mum, and someone who experienced multiple traumas over a short period of time that turned her life inside out and resulted in her developing clinical depression, followed by ch