We have snuck in an extra episode&nbsp;of our Spill The Tea podcast&nbsp;for Christmas and it’s full of sparkle, so settle in with a mince pie and a mug of tea. This week we meet Big Lil and the Headscarf revolutionaries, four women who in 1968&nbsp;changed the face of fishing in the UK&nbsp;proving that when women get together&nbsp;positive change&nbsp;can happen.&nbsp;&nbsp;There is also a pitch perfect musical recital as we play Christmas carols&nbsp;on the kazoo (earplugs optional for that section!)&nbsp;&nbsp;In the Book Collective we&nbsp;conclude&nbsp;our book for the series, Miranda July’s All Fours.&nbsp;Did it deliver? Listen in to find out.Plus, we asked you, “What’s the best thing about life after menstruation?” Your insightful, positive answers didn’t disappoint! You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book. Finally, we tackle the idea of the “Menopause Militia” with a frank and lively chat about us ‘women of a certain age’, and leave you with a thoughtful nugget to ponder over the holidays.&nbsp;It’s&nbsp;another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! There’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a thought for the week.So, go and get the kettle on and settle in for our weekly collective chat while we spill the tea!&nbsp; You can also watch the episode on our Womenkind Collective YouTube channel.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at&nbsp;<a href="https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast</a>Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound. We would love it if you could write a quick review as it helps us get seen amongst all the 'middle class men of a certain age'...ha banter! Subscribe and follow so you don't miss an episode.&nbsp;You can watch the full unedited&nbsp;episode&nbsp;on our YouTube channel: Womenkind Collective. Music licence DAHWHO2BR7ZXE7TG&nbsp; <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://aca

Spill The Christmas Tea with WKC

Christmas Special 2024

&nbsp;This series, we are spilling the tea on topics that affect our health and well-being from the extra-ordinary women that are raising their voices for positive change.Today we are thrilled to be spilling the tea with the incredible Bianca Sprague.&nbsp;Bianca is a self-identified ‘super lesbian’ and a dedicated mother who is deeply committed to addressing issues such as, queer care, combating fat-phobia in medicine and exploring women’s rage. She is also a passionate educator and advocate in the doula community who focuses her expertise on supporting women and queer individuals with fertility, birth and postpartum care.&nbsp; We thought with Christmas so close we could all do with a bit of chat around the topic of rage! Bianca has given us a discount code to use on her website:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bebomia.com/wkc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.bebomia.com/wkc</a>&nbsp;use the code&nbsp;WCK15 for 15% discount.&nbsp;In the Book Collective we&nbsp;will be finishing our book for the series, Miranda July’s All Fours, next week and going through your answers to the question 'Whats the best thing about life after menstruation?'You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.&nbsp;It’s&nbsp;another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! There’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a thought for the week.So, go and get the kettle on and settle in for our weekly collective chat while we spill the tea!&nbsp;&nbsp;If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at&nbsp;<a href="https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast</a>Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.&nbsp;You can watch the full unedited interview with Kate on our YouTube channel: Womenkind Collective.&nbsp;We have a surprise Christmas Special next week !&nbsp;Bianca Sprague:W:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bebomia.com/wkc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.bebomia.com/wkc</a>&nbsp;and use the code WCK15 for 15

Spilling The Tea on the gender anger gap

Rage with Bianca Sprague

&nbsp;This series, we are spilling the tea on topics that affect our health and well-being from the extra-ordinary women that are raising their voices for positive change.Today we are thrilled to be spilling the tea with our guest&nbsp;and&nbsp;Womenkind Collective&nbsp;co-founder Lou Hockings-Thompson.&nbsp;When a child moves out&nbsp;of home, parents often experience a mix of emotions, ranging from pride and fulfilment to feelings of grief, sadness, and anxiety. These emotions can feel even more intense if other life changes, are happening simultaneously&nbsp;such as menopause. Lou and her husband, Steve, are Empty Nesters and have been for a little while now&nbsp;and she offers us&nbsp;some wise words&nbsp;for&nbsp;those who may be navigating life as an empty nester. In the Book Collective we discuss chapters 19-25&nbsp;of our book for this series, All Fours by Miranda July.&nbsp;The narrators relationship is spiralling, her emotions are running high and&nbsp;we find out who the&nbsp;tele-photographer&nbsp;is! We will read&nbsp;to the end of the book for&nbsp;our Book club week.You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book or ideas for a new book for Season 12.&nbsp;It’s&nbsp;another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! There’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a thought for the week.So, go and get the kettle on and settle in for our weekly collective chat while we spill the tea!&nbsp;&nbsp;If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at&nbsp;<a href="https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast</a>Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.&nbsp;Follow us on instagram https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective/profilecard/?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1You can watch the full unedited interview with Kate on our YouTube channel: Womenkind Collective.&nbsp;Further&nbsp;advice and&nbsp;reading on empty nesting:&nbsp;W:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.familylives.org.uk/advice/teenagers/you-and-your-teen/empty-nest-syndrome" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><stron

Spilling the tea on Empty nest syndrome

Surviving and thriving an Empty Nest

WKC Spill The Tea on: Unlocking Your Power in Perimenopause&nbsp;In this series, we are spilling the tea on topics that affect our health and well-being from the extra-ordinary women that are raising their voices for positive changeToday we are thrilled to be spilling the tea with our guest&nbsp;and dear friend of the podcast Kate Codrington.&nbsp;Kate is a writer, facilitator, yoga Nidra guide, podcaster and artist. Her first book,&nbsp;Second Spring&nbsp;was hailed a&nbsp;‘menopause cannon’&nbsp;by The New York Times, well she has written another gem of a book, this time it’s a journal,&nbsp;The Perimenopause Journal: Unlock your power, own your wellbeing and find your path.&nbsp;It’s&nbsp;a fun and lively&nbsp;podcast&nbsp;chat filled with Kate’s words of wisdom.&nbsp;&nbsp;It’s a reading week for our Book Collective this week. We are reading chapters&nbsp;19-25&nbsp;of our new book for series 11, All Fours by Miranda July. You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.&nbsp;It’s&nbsp;another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! There’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a thought for the week.So, go and get the kettle on and settle in for our weekly collective chat while we spill the tea!&nbsp;&nbsp;If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at&nbsp;<a href="https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast</a>Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.&nbsp;You can also watch the interview&nbsp;with Kate&nbsp;on our YouTube channel: Womenkind Collective.&nbsp;Kate Codrington:Books:•&nbsp;The Perimenopause Journal: Unlock your power, own your well-being, find your path.&nbsp;Published by: David &amp; Charles (2024)•&nbsp;Second Spring: The Ultimate self-care guide to help you through menopause. Published by: HQ. (2022)W:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.katecodrington.co.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.katecodrington.co.uk</a><str

Spilling the Tea on Creating our own path

Unlocking your Power in PeriMenopause with Kate Codrington

&nbsp;This series, we will be spilling the tea on topics that affect our health and well-being from the extra-ordinary women that are raising their voices for positive change. This week&nbsp;we spill the tea on&nbsp;romantic relationships in midlife with&nbsp;our very good friend Annie Chung @my_life_in_lipstick, Annie is a midlife fashion and colour expert who also became single in her 50’s.&nbsp;For the first time&nbsp;menopause&nbsp;is&nbsp;being cited in more divorce cases than ever before and nearly 70% of divorces involving women at his time of life were initiated by the wives&nbsp;so obviously&nbsp;we wanted to chat to&nbsp;find out what it’s really like getting back out there&nbsp;in a conversation where no topic is off limits! Annie&nbsp;chats to us about online dating, what it's like to meet someone in midlife and finding your confidence again. She's got some great tips on dating,&nbsp;dating apps,&nbsp;how menopause&nbsp;does&nbsp;play a role in&nbsp;romantic&nbsp;relationships and what it's like to be single in midlife.&nbsp;In the Book Collective we discuss chapters&nbsp;13-18&nbsp;of our book for this series, All Fours by Miranda July.&nbsp;The narrator finds out she is in menopause and starts HRT, she also has a very erotic encounter with Davey’s old lover!&nbsp;We will read chapters&nbsp;19-25&nbsp;for our next Book club week.You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.&nbsp;It’s&nbsp;another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! There’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a thought for the week.So, go and get the kettle on and settle in for our weekly collective chat while we spill the tea!&nbsp;&nbsp;If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at&nbsp;<a href="https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast</a>Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.&nbsp;You can watch the unedited interview with Annie on our YouTube channel: Womenkind Collective.&nbsp; <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener nore

Spilling the Tea on being single, dating again & sticking with it!

Relationships & Dating in Midlife with Annie Chung

This series we are spilling the tea on topics that affect our health and well-being from the extra-ordinary women that are raising their voices for positive changeToday we are thrilled to be spilling the tea with our guest Clara Törnvall an inspiring advocate for neurodiversity. Clara has been a journalist and producer since the early 2000's. Her first book, The Autists, women on the spectrum is a memoir that was written after her diagnosis of autism at the age of 42. Clara chats to us about her latest book, The Autists Guide To The Galaxy, which is a playful guide to understanding the world of neurotypical people which flips the usual script about neurodivergence. Join us as we explore the galaxy through Clara's eyes.&nbsp;It’s a reading week for our Book Collective this week. We are reading chapters&nbsp;13-19&nbsp;of our new book for series 11, All Fours by Miranda July. You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.&nbsp;It’s&nbsp;another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! There’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a thought for the week.So, go and get the kettle on and settle in for our weekly collective chat while we spill the tea!&nbsp;&nbsp;If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at&nbsp;<a href="https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast</a>Your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.&nbsp;You can watch the unedited interview on our YouTube channel: Womenkind Collective.&nbsp;Clara Törnvall:Books:•&nbsp;The Autists: Women on The Spectrum.&nbsp;•&nbsp;The Autists Guide to the Galaxy: Navigating the world of ‘normal’ people.&nbsp;Published by Scribe UKI:&nbsp;@claratornvallW:&nbsp;www.claratornvall.com&nbsp; <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Spilling the Tea on navigating the world of 'normal people'

Autistic women and late diagnosis with Clara Törnvall

WKC Spill The Tea on Anxiety and&nbsp;Menopause&nbsp;In our new series, we will be spilling the tea on topics that affect our health and well-being from the extra-ordinary women that are raising their voices for positive change. This week&nbsp;we&nbsp;spill the tea on what it’s like living with anxiety in menopause, from our personal experiences.&nbsp;We discus what anxiety disorder is and what it isn't, and a little bit of its history as a disorder.We talk about driving anxiety, why so many women leave the workplace due to the anxiety they feel in menopause along with other menopausal symptoms&nbsp;and why social anxiety can be crippling and stop you from going out.&nbsp;We discuss some coping methods to help when anxiety hits.&nbsp; (The name we could not remember in our chat about anxiety was author Bella Mackey, we still don't remember who she married.... a DJ called Gregg somebody?)&nbsp;In the Book Collective we discuss chapters&nbsp;6-12&nbsp;of our book for this series, All Fours by Miranda July.&nbsp;The characters are coming to life as we delve deeper into the psychology of their relationships and we discuss the unusual intimacy that the un-named protagonist has with Davey and his alternative relationship with his mother. The web of lies is being woven and definitely a page turner to see where it is all going. We will read chapters 13-19 for our next Book club week.You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book. The book we also talk about is Vagina Uncensored by Ally Hensley available now.&nbsp;It’s&nbsp;another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! There’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a thought for the week.So, go and get the kettle on and settle in for our weekly collective chat while we spill the tea!&nbsp;&nbsp;If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at&nbsp;<a href="https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast</a>Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.&nbsp;You can watch the interview on our YouTube channel: Womenkind Collective.&nbsp

Spilling the tea on Anxiety, what it is, and what its not.

Anxiety & Menopause

&nbsp;In our new series, we will be spilling the tea on topics that affect our health and well-being from the extra-ordinary women that are raising their voices for positive change.This week&nbsp;we have a&nbsp;wonderful guest, Emily Courtney, or as she is better known in her online community, Mothering and the&nbsp;Menopause.Emily is a Mum of three young children, including twins, and had them following a diagnosis of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI).She had a huge struggle in the year following the birth of her twins, due to the lack of hormones and not being able to get HRT.&nbsp;Emily has years of experience as a Health Visitor and Nurse and has used this to create ‘Mothering and The Menopause’, an online community support network, to ensure that no one else has to suffer like she did. Emily’s mission is to enable Mums of young children, to be the best parents possible despite dealing with the menopause.&nbsp;Emily chats about what it’s really like to deal with both motherhood and menopause and gives honest and frank advice for anyone going through both.&nbsp;&nbsp;It’s a reading week for our Book Collective this week. We are reading chapters&nbsp;7-12&nbsp;of our new book for series 11, All Fours by Miranda July. You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.&nbsp;It’s&nbsp;another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! There’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a thought for the week.So, go and get the kettle on and settle in for our weekly collective chat while we spill the tea!&nbsp;&nbsp;If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at&nbsp;<a href="https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast</a>Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.&nbsp;You can watch the interview only on our YouTube channel: Womenkind Collective.&nbsp;&nbsp;Emily CourtneyI: @motheringandthemenopauseW:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.motheringandthemenopause.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.motheringandthemenopause.com<

Spilling The Tea on Parenting 3 young children in menopause

Parenting and Menopause with Emily Courtney

In our new series, we will be spilling the tea on topics that affect our health and well-being from the extra-ordinary women that are raising their voices for positive change. This week&nbsp;we have a very special guest, our very own Jinty Sheerin.Most autistic girls, women and people assigned female at birth, are either, never diagnosed or diagnosed later than boys and men. Some much later in life.The NHS revealed that the number of new suspected autism referrals for people over 18 has tripled since 2019 and the ADHD Foundation says that the number of adults seeking an ADHD diagnosis has increased by 400% since 2020For women in their 50s, discovering their neurodivergence while also navigating menopause can bring both clarity and complexity. Menopause itself introduces significant physical, emotional, and psychological changes, which, when coupled with an autism diagnosis, can intensify or alter how these experiences are processed. This stage of life offers an opportunity for greater self-understanding, yet it also raises challenges in managing both neurological differences and menopausal symptoms.&nbsp;&nbsp;Jinty was diagnosed with autism in December 2023, after a devastating couple of years emotionally - she is also still in peri menopause.&nbsp;In the Book Collective we discuss the first 6 chapters of our book for this series, All Fours by Miranda July. We meet the main characters and find out that all is not quite what it seems in this mid 40 year olds life as she hits the road in search of herself.You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.&nbsp;It’s&nbsp;another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! There’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a thought for the week.So, go and get the kettle on and settle in for our weekly collective chat while we spill the tea!&nbsp; Resources mentioned Bionic reader https://bionic-reading.com/WebsitesNational Autistic society&nbsp;https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/physical-health/menopauseAutistic girls network https://autisticgirlsnetwork.org/ BooksUnmasking Autism Dr Devon Price -Strong female character by Fern BradyOdd girl out by Laura JamesUntypical by Pete WharmbyThe Autists by Clara TornvallAutists guide to the galaxy&nbsp;Clara Tor

Jinty Spills the Tea on her own experience of autism in menopause

Autism & Menopause

In&nbsp;episode 2 of our&nbsp;new&nbsp;series,&nbsp;we will be spilling the tea on topics that affect our health and well-being from the extra-ordinary women that are raising their voices for positive change.&nbsp;This week as it is the start of Menopause awareness month we get back together with a dear friend of the podcast Dr Ginni Mansberg, author of the M Word&nbsp;how to Thrive in Menopause,&nbsp;and why she felt that the menopause landscape had changed so much since it was first published that she has updated it.We talk all things menopause and get your questions answered,&nbsp;on&nbsp;HRT intolerance, testosterone, brain fog, localised oestrogen, why we shouldn't be putting oestrogen gel on our faces, bladder incontinence, why your skin can get dry and itchy and the best products to use.We also discuss the 'menopause industry' and products that are now available on the market and why all is not what they seem with them.&nbsp;&nbsp;It’s a reading week for our&nbsp;Book Collective&nbsp;this week. We are reading the first 6 chapters of&nbsp;our new book for series 11, All Fours by Miranda July. You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.&nbsp;It’s&nbsp;another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans!&nbsp;There’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a&nbsp;thought for the week.So, go and get the kettle on and settle in for our weekly collective chat while we spill the tea!&nbsp;&nbsp;If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at&nbsp;<a href="https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast</a>Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.&nbsp;You can watch the full unedited interview on our YouTube channel: Womenkind Collective. &nbsp;Dr Ginni Mansberg:Book:&nbsp;The M Word. How to Thrive in Menopause. By Dr Ginni Mansberg. Published by Murdoch BooksW:&nbsp;<a href="https://drginni.com.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://drginni.com.au</a>I:&nbsp;@doctorginniF:&nbsp;@D

Spilling the tea on Menopause 2024 with a Q&A

The M word, Menopause with Dr Ginni Mansberg

In our new series we will be spilling the tea on topics that affect our health and well-being from the extra-ordinary women that are raising their voices for positive change. And what better way to kick-off our new look Series than with campaigner Jo Bateman.&nbsp;Jo is campaigning for cleaner seas and is taking South West Water to court; the water company have repeatedly dumped sewage into the sea preventing Jo (and many others) from sea swimming. For Jo sea swimming has helped her both physically and mentally, but the red flag has been flying for most of the summer on Exmouth beach warning swimmers not to enter the water because you will quite literally be swimming in shit. An empty beach has also impacted massively on businesses that have suffered financially. Jo is not backing down; she is fighting for her right to swim in clean waters and to keep the environment safe for other water users and wildlife. She says, ‘it is simply unacceptable, in the 21st century you can land a spacecraft on Mars but we haven’t got a sewage system that disposes of our waste without polluting the rivers and oceans.’&nbsp;We also launch our Book Collective with our new book for series 11, All Fours by Miranda July. You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.&nbsp;We chat about our week, there’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a quote.It’s another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, go and get the kettle on and settle in for our weekly collective chat while we sill the tea!&nbsp;If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at&nbsp;https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.&nbsp;Jo Bateman:Instagram @jobateman99 Protect our right to swim petition https://goodlawproject.org/petition/right-to-swim/You can watch the interview on our YouTube channel: Womenkind Collective <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Spill The Tea with WKC

Sea Swimming & Sewage with Campaigner Jo Bateman

We conclude series 10 with an incredible woman who’s story we were privileged to hear.Earlier this year we attended the launch of the West Country Women Awards in Plymouth where we met todays guest, who blew us away with her determination to help others through sharing her own story of overcoming shame and finding purpose after being released from prison.The inspirational Raina Dunne has been through unimaginable life experiences from a very early age, yet she bares no bitterness just an intense desire to speak up and raise awareness of a system that doesn’t work and how underprivileged and disenfranchised women are being completely let down. But thanks to the charity Gifted Women, women like Raina are finding their way back into society, their aim is to see women thriving in employment or be enrolled in further education and this is achieved in the woman’s own time and at a pace that feels realistic and sustainable.Raina tells us ‘I want to help those women, the women that have been hurt, or been damaged by society, they carry that pain, they just need a little extra help, someone to look at them and see them’.You can watch the unedited chat on our Womenkind Collective YouTube channel.*TRIGGER WARNING*Our conversation with Raina contains some difficult content, such as addiction, violence, exploitation and rape.&nbsp;We also chat about our week, there’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a quote from Jinty to round off the series.It’s another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat. Find us on instagram @womenkindcollective&nbsp;If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at&nbsp;https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com&nbsp;Gifted WomenW: www.giftedwomen.co.ukI: @giftedwomenukF: Gifted WomenReg. Charity No: 1195795&nbsp; <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0

Finding your Voice & making positive changes

Women and prison with Raina Dunne

An intentional overriding theme of this series has been Gender&nbsp;Bias in health care,&nbsp;so today in our penultimate episode of series 10, we talk with Jen Moore who has started the project ‘They Said What?’ The medical&nbsp;Me&nbsp;Too movement&nbsp;where she intends to document lived experiences with medical gaslighting, dismissal and misogyny when it comes to women’s health conditions.&nbsp;Jen, is an endometriosis and adenomyosis educator, speaker and campaigner who has endured a 22 year-long battle for a diagnosis. She now helps others suffering with these conditions, as well as working to create change on an institutional level.&nbsp;Working with the BBC, the NHS, the University of Cambridge, and global pharmaceutical companies; she is determined to include endometriosis and adenomyosis in these vital and high level discussions.&nbsp; We conclude our&nbsp;Book Collective&nbsp;for this series: Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn,&nbsp;we sum up our reading series with this inspiring conclusion.&nbsp;You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM on Instagram or voice note with your thoughts on the book or a recommendation for a new one.&nbsp; We chat about our week, there’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a quote.It’s&nbsp;another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at&nbsp;<a href="https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast</a>Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic</a>Or to send your testimonials please email us:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com</a>&nbsp;Jen MooreI:&nbsp;@jen.dometriosisW:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.jenmoore.co.uk" re

Talking dismissal, misogyny & gender bias in health care

Medical gaslighting with Women's health Campaigner Jen Moore

As you all know we&nbsp;at Womenkind Collective&nbsp;are all about shedding light on taboo subjects&nbsp;and one of the biggest taboos is poo! So, we thought it&nbsp;was&nbsp;about time we started to break the stigma about something that we all do. This week our&nbsp;guest is&nbsp;Julie Cornish, not only is she a colorectal surgeon, a senior lecturer but she is also the founder of the superb Every Woman festival.Julie&nbsp;is&nbsp;a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon in the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, with a specialist interest in colorectal cancer and pelvic floor surgery. She has an active research interest in cancer and pelvic floor health. As if this is not enough Julie is also a chief investigator for POLARiS, a study looking into treatment for bowel problems after cancer surgery, she is&nbsp;a trustee of Masic, a charity that supports women who have suffered injuries during childbirth. Julie says that some aspects of women's pelvic health conditions today are a&nbsp;‘taboo within a taboo’. Bowel incontinence is not a sexy subject and it so often goes unreported&nbsp;and takes on average 7 years for someone to actually go and see their GP.You can watch the interview on our Womenkind Collective YouTube channel.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Book Collective: Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn,&nbsp;this week we read&nbsp;Chapters, 17&nbsp;&amp; 18, women are beginning to raise their voices about gender inequality in healthcare, the medical gaslighting of black women and the AIDS pandemic. In chapter 18&nbsp;Elinor tells her story, all the medical gaslighting that she endured&nbsp;until she finally received her diagnosis.You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.&nbsp;We chat about our week, there’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a quote.It’s&nbsp;another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at&nbsp;<a href="https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast</a>Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.<

The Great Poo Taboo

Bowel & Pelvic Floor Health with Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Julie Cornish

Throughout this series we have been on a journey through the history of women’s health from wandering wombs, witch craft and our&nbsp;uterus’s&nbsp;being held responsible by the patriarchy for all of life’s miseries.&nbsp;In this weeks fun and educational Episode we meet the fabulous Dr Karen Tang. Her incredible book It's not Hysteria,The Truth About Pelvic Pain, Period Problems, and Your Gynaecological Health, is out now in the UK.Absolutely no subject regarding reproductive health is off limits, we learned so much from this interview, we talk&nbsp;,Roe Vs Wade and how it’s affecting maternal mortality&nbsp;in the US, gender diversity, systemic racial biases and the differences in US and UK gynaecological services and so much more.Dr Karen Tang is a gynaecologist and minimally invasive gynaecological surgeon who is an internationally recognised leader in reproductive health.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Book Collective: Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn, this week we read Chapters, 15&nbsp;&amp; 16,&nbsp;we learn about the diabolical treatment of women suffering from lupus, why lobotomies were a definite course of treatment for women who suffered pain and&nbsp;also&nbsp;why it was so much easier to use tranquillisers on a woman to quieten her.You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.&nbsp;We chat about our week,&nbsp;and find out our Bridgerton names. There’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a quote.It’s&nbsp;another episode brimming with chat and all the usual shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.&nbsp;&nbsp;You can also watch the interview on our Womenkind Collective YouTube channel. If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at&nbsp;<a href="https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast</a>Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic</a>Or to send your testimo

'A greatest hits collection of Gynaecological Topics'

It's Not Hysteria with Dr Karen Tang

Today we have a very special guest on the podcast, and a friend of ours, Diane Danzebrink. Diane is back talking to us this time as an author, her book, Making Menopause Matter, is an essential guide to menopause, it’s part memoir and part manifesto and it is brimming with practical help, it really is like having a Diane Danzebrink in your pocket! Diane is the founder of Menopause Support, a purpose over profit organisation, she is a menopause consultant, public speaker, educator and grass roots campaigner her #makemenopausematter campaign and petition now has over 200,000 signatures.We talk all things menopause, the menopause landscape, practical advice and the difficulties of running a not for profit organisation. Making Menopause Matter Book https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Diane-Danzebrink/Making-Menopause- Matter--The-Essential-Guide-to-What-You-/29158173Diane DanzebrinkI: @dianedanzebrinkW: https://menopausesupport.co.uk/Petition: https://www.change.org/p/make-menopause-matter-in-healthcare-the-workplace-and-education- makemenopausematter&nbsp;Menopause support Go Fund me page- https://gofund.me/7864cb7e In the Book Collective: We continue reading, Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn, this week we read Chapters, 13 &amp; 14, we look at the harrowing story of a 14 year old rape victim, and we find out why syphilis was considered a female problem (when it was the men that were spreading it) .You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.We chat about our week, Jinty introduces us to Henriette d’Angeville, a climber who climbed Mont Blanc in a feather boa, Lou has some breaking news, there’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a quote.It’s another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/ womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gma

The essential guide to what you need to know and why

Making menopause Matter with Diane Danzebrink

Very occasionally in life, if you are lucky, you meet people that are so wise that you have to stop in your tracks and listen to them speak, and after listening you come away with your eyes more open and the world looks a little brighter than it did before. Today’s guest is one of those people,&nbsp;Molly Fenton, she&nbsp;is only 22 yet she is changing lives, she is the&nbsp;award winning founder of the&nbsp;campaign Love your Period, a UN Women UK Delegate and a Young Ambassador for the Brain Tumour Charity.&nbsp;Molly founded Love your period whilst still at school, frustrated by the stigma and lack of education around menstruation, she wanted to act as the big sister that other young people might not have, stimulating conversations around periods and sexual health. Incredibly she has built a volunteer base to 75 people, alongside her own&nbsp;younger&nbsp;sister,Tilly.&nbsp;At 16 Molly was told she had an inoperable brain tumour. Although benign, she describes how her life became&nbsp;‘watch and wait’. Failing GCSE’s,&nbsp;and&nbsp;having to attend her schools behavioural unit and then being told to leave post sixteen, yet she continued helping the community, fighting for girls rights within the health care system.&nbsp;Six years on and Molly lives with many debilitating chronic health conditions, yet she is a keynote speaker, giving talks around the country about her philosophy on life since her&nbsp;brain&nbsp;tumour diagnosis, speaking in Parliament about period stigma and poverty, she is passionate about helping others and is also an ambassador for them Every Woman Festival coming up soon.&nbsp;You can watch the full unedited interview on our Womenkind Collective YouTube channel.&nbsp;The&nbsp;Book Collective:&nbsp;We continue reading, Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn, this week we read Chapters,&nbsp;11&nbsp;&amp; 12,&nbsp;and find out why menopausal women have guinea pigs to thank for early treatment, again we meet some ground breaking women.You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.&nbsp;We chat about our week, there’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a quote.It’s&nbsp;another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at&nbsp;<a href="https:/

Wise words from 22yr old Molly, about living with an inoperable Brain Tumour, how she founded the Love your Period Campaign& much more.

Learning to Live Again with Molly Fenton

We have two fierce and fun guests on the podcast today, Kate Duffy and Gayle Stevens-White, they are grassroot campaigners who have collaborated and founded, Bloody Negligence, a movement that is exposing neglect in women’s healthcare from menstruation to menopause and everything in-between, they want to empower women to have their say and ‘get shit done’!We have met these incredible women many times before on the campaign trail and it is always an absolute treat to chat to them, we leave no stone unturned, we talk menopause and get absolutely furious at the bias in women’s health care.Get the kettle on and get ready for this lively chat.&nbsp;In the Book Collective we continue reading, Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn, this week we read Chapters, 9 &amp; 10, we meet the extraordinary suffragettes and learn about the hideous suffering they went through and the extraordinary women that fought for women’s freedom. We also find out about ‘silent births’ and why the patriarchy didn’t think this was such a good idea.You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.&nbsp;We learn some new acronyms that might get you in a wordy spin and Jinty finds out how many swimming pools are closing in England and how it’s affecting women, she also talks avocados…. You may never look at one in the same way again!It’s another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.&nbsp;If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at&nbsp;https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastHere you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk&nbsp;Bloody Negligence:I: @bloodynegligence&nbsp;Kate Duffy:I: @meno.mavekateduffy2I: @pmddrepresented&nbsp;Gayle Stevens-White:I: @rockandrebellion<b

An honest chat about neglect in women's health care and Menopause.

Bloody Negligence, The Movementwith Kate Duffy & Gayle Stevens-White

<h2>Our guest this week is the wonderful Author and Autism advocate Emily Katy.&nbsp;</h2>Emily’s book, Girl Unmasked: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life, is a powerful memoir where she shares her personal experiences with autism and mental health.In this chat Emily highlights the challenges she faced in childhood and adulthood, emphasising the importance of understanding and acceptance. We discuss the need for more resources and support for individuals with autism and mental health conditions. We also discuss the challenges of fitting in and masking autistic traits, and the misunderstanding of empathy in autistic individuals.&nbsp; We learn the importance of recognising and understanding autistic traits in children, and how much better it would be if we could recognise Autism in people before they reach crisis point.&nbsp;We chat about how autistic people have unique needs and experiences that should be acknowledged and respected.&nbsp;&nbsp;In her book Emily has a list of Autism Myths, and Emily debunks a few of these for us, such as Autism is a condition that mainly affects boys. &nbsp;We loved this conversation with the incredible Emily Katy (and loved the book too), an essential listen for everyone.Emily Katy:Book: Girl Unmasked. How Uncovering Autism Saved My Life. By Emily Katy. Published by Hachette UKW: <a href="http://www.authenticallyemily.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.authenticallyemily.uk</a>I: @itsemilykaty&nbsp;In the Book Collective we continue reading, Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn, this week we read Chapters, 7 &amp; 8, once again we learn about the appalling treatment of women and why male physicians thought it was a good idea to remove women’s ovaries.You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.&nbsp;We catch up on your comments and you can find out what we’ve been up to this week. It’s another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.&nbsp;If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at&nbsp;<a href="https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast</a>Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere

Author and Autism Advocate Emily shares her personal experience of Autism and mental health.

Autism, Girl Unmasked with Emily Katy

&nbsp;Now, most people have heard of the body’s Circadian Rhythm but do you know what it means and how it affects our wellbeing and sleep?&nbsp;Well,&nbsp;someone who does is our guest today Dr Kat Lederle, who is a sleep and body clock scientist, a sleep coach and also the author of Sleep Sense.&nbsp;Dr Kat is passionate about helping individuals sleep well and feel good.&nbsp;She sees sleep as an act of self-care, and her focus is on&nbsp;providing one-to-one therapeutic sleep coaching to women who experience insomnia and sleep problems. Her work combines sleep science with&nbsp;and learnings from Mindfulness, Acceptance Commitment Therapy and Compassion Focused Therapy.&nbsp;We chat about why women sleep differently to men.You can watch the full unedited interview on our Womenkind Collective YouTube channel.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Book Collective&nbsp;this week seems to be getting all of us furious as&nbsp;we continue reading Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn,&nbsp;we realise it’s no wonder women’s health is&nbsp;as dire as it is today with male medics taking charge of birthing and a really heinous man called Dr Isaac Baker Brown who insisted clitoridectomy was a way to cure women of pleasuring themselves.&nbsp;You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.&nbsp;We catch up on your comments Jinty&nbsp;asks a deep question from&nbsp;Gina Martin’s new book and Lou finds out about casting clouts!&nbsp;It’s&nbsp;another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you’ve enjoyed our Podcast you may like to consider buying us a Ko-Fi at&nbsp;<a href="https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast</a>Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic</a>Or to send your testimonials please email us:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:menopauseclinicdc@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer"

Understanding our body clock and how it affects our sleep & well being

Circadian Rhythm & Sleep with Sleep & body clock scientist Dr Kat Lederle

Jinty Sheerin and Lou Hockings-Thompson

WomenKind Collective is a podcast that spills the tea on health, hormones, well-being, menopause news and the extraordinary tales of everyday life. Best friends Jinty and Lou meet up weekly, for a book club and a fun, unfiltered, educational and honest chat, talking to guests on subjects that are often taboo, whilst battling the patriarchy, our hormones and the laundry. We would love it if you could leave us a review and a rating, it helps people find us. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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