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Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?Season 3, #E17: Debbie Robinson: The Yoga Junkie – Sound baths – vibrations for wellnessDebbie is a spiritual coach, certified grief recovery specialist, teacher of multiple Yoga lineages, menopause coach and much more. She is a certified in many types of yoga and is accredited by the Yoga Alliance, with over 25 years' yoga experience. Debbie is also trained in Mental Health, and Occupational Safety and Health. Debbie was born into an environment marked by dysfunction and has navigated a world without safety or guidance. From this experience she brings together the transformative power of movement, mindfulness, spirituality, and healing into a cohesive experience that truly supports people in their journey. She has created...
2025-08-201h 07Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?Season 3 #E15: Harrison Ward - From Addiction to Adventure: The Fell Foodie’s Recipe for JoyFor Harrison Ward, otherwise known as the Fell Foodie, the mountains are his solace, his gym and his kitchen. Harrison began suffering from depression and suicidal thoughts during puberty and discovered alcohol, whilst working in multiple roles in the hospitality trade, as a coping mechanism, drinking up to 20 pints a day and taking up smoking full time as he battled his mental illness. In 2016, when his relationship broke down, he vowed to get sober, remove alcohol from his life, stop smoking and really try and turn things around. He filled the void left by alcohol with the combination of...
2025-07-231h 11
MOTHER-podcast with Karina VazirovaJoyce Harper, PhD - The New Science of Creating LifeHow far can we push our biology? Meet Joyce Harper, an internationally renowned, award-winning scientist and Professor of Reproductive Science at University College London, Institute for Women’s Health. Joyce has worked in the fields of fertility, genetics, reproductive health and women’s health for over 30 years, and regularly appears in the press, on radio and TV. She is the mother of three sons born through IVF, a keen open water swimmer, and an ambassador for This Girl Can.In this episode, we discuss emerging reproductive technologies, shifts in cultural attitudes towards family plan...
2025-07-1053 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?Season 3 #E14: Dr Sophie Messager – 'The beat of your own drum': drumming for women’s healthSophie Messager did a PhD in Biology on the physiology of Reproduction in France. Then in the 90s, she moved to the UK, fell in love, started a family, and discovered her true calling through birth experiences supported by a doula. Trading science for birth work in 2010, she became a perinatal educator and doula and published her first book "Why Postnatal Recovery Matters". Witnessing the power of birth opened her mind to spiritual dimensions, leading her to become a Reiki and Reiki Drum practitioner and teacher and drum circle facilitator. Today, Sophie supports women through life's transitions. She offers...
2025-07-091h 22Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?Season 3 #E13: Julia Hollander – Why We SingJulia Hollander is a singing therapist, teacher and performer. Julia’s first career in theatre took her all over the world. She founded the contemporary music theatre company, Operate in the late 80s. In 1991, at the age of 25, she was the first female opera director at the English National Opera, and she has staged operas all over the world. Julia writes nonfiction that originates in the lived experience, interweaving personal narratives with cutting-edge research. Her first book, Indian Folk Theatres, derived from over a decade working in India as a stage director and performer. She went on to...
2025-06-251h 02
FertiliTEA with Dr. DMenopause and Motherhood (Part 2): With Professor Joyce HarperIn Part 2 of this episode, Dr. D continues speaking with Professor Joyce Harper about all things menopause. She is a Professor of Reproductive Science at University College London. She has an extensive background as an embryologist, a research scientist, and is especially known for her groundbreaking work in preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). With over three decades in the field, Joyce has not only shaped academic programs but also spearheaded global efforts in reproductive health education. She is the co-founder of InTune: the UK Menopause Education and Support Programme. She is the host of the podcast, Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me...
2025-06-2436 min
WomenKind CollectiveThe Power Years with Professor Joyce HarperWelcome to our podcast, Spill The Tea with Womenkind Collective!We’re diving deep into the conversations that matter, exploring the often overlooked topics affecting our health and well-being.Each week, we sit down with inspiring people who are breaking barriers and championing positive change, and today’s guest is no exception, the fabulous Professor Joyce Harper, an all-round powerhouse in women’s health and a passionate educator. We first met Joyce at an awards ceremony and we immediately bonded over women's health and comfy shoes!Joyce is Professor of Reproductive Science at UCL’s Institu...
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FertiliTEA with Dr. DMenopause and Motherhood (Part 1): With Professor Joyce HarperThis week, we have the honor of talking to Professor Joyce Harper about all things menopause. She is a Professor of Reproductive Science at University College London. She has an extensive background as an embryologist, a research scientist, and is especially known for her groundbreaking work in preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). With over three decades in the field, Joyce has not only shaped academic programs but also spearheaded global efforts in reproductive health education. She is the co-founder of InTune: the UK Menopause Education and Support Programme. She is the host of the podcast, Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me This...
2025-06-1739 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?Season 3 #E12: Di Westaway - Wild women on top: trekking for your healthDi Westaway turned her midlife crisis into a fantastic story of adventures and helping other women. Di is the Founder and Chief Adventure Chick at Wild Women On Top. She is a global leader and award-winning woman of influence who has inspired her team to create life changing adventures that get women walking in nature for good. The event that changed her life was in 2000, when Di decided to climb Mt Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Southern Hemisphere. She failed but in 2001 a movement was born. Di skilled up and started ‘Trek Training’ for women in her local nati...
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Healthcare UnprofessionalsWhat Women Deserve to Know — Fertility, Hormones, Menopause & Prof Joyce Harper’s TakeProf Joyce Harper on Fertility Facts, AMH Testing & the Menopause MuddleChloe is joined by Professor Joyce Harper — UCL Professor of Reproductive Science, women’s health advocate, and author of Your Fertile Years — for a no-nonsense conversation on fertility, hormones, and everything in between.They dig into:Why fertility education still fails womenWhat AMH testing can (and can’t) tell youThe truth about egg freezing and reproductive timelinesPerimenopause vs menopause — and why knowing the difference mattersHow to cut through the fear-mongering in women’s
2025-06-021h 03Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?Season 3 #E11: Deborah Ives – Solo traveller and adventure makerDeborah has always loved to travel, which for 20 years she did with her husband. When she found herself unexpectedly divorced 15 years ago, she decided that if she wanted to have the kinds of holidays she enjoyed she would have to take a leap of faith and travel solo. She didn’t want to backpack or share a room and she didn’t want to be herded around in a group following a strict, inflexible itinerary, but she did want to be safe and have some fun. So she set up Solo In Style with the idea of connecting like-minded wome...
2025-05-2853 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?Season 3 #E10: Lucy Ward - What Catherine the Great did with her bodyLucy Ward is a writer and journalist. Growing up near Manchester, she studied Early and Middle English at Oxford University, before becoming a journalist first working on education for The Independent then becoming a Lobby correspondent for The Guardian. She spent over five years at Westminster, campaigning for greater female representation, securing the first Lobby job-share and discovering that you could climb to the illuminated roof of the Palace and project your dancing shadow onto Big Ben. After a few years in Russia, she worked as a Communications Manager at the University of Cambridge, where she developed her interest...
2025-05-141h 16Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?Season 3 #E9 Dr Lucy Havard – Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: the First Female DoctorLucy has always had a passion for medicine and history and through her career, she has spent time studying both. First Lucy studied medicine at University College London (UCL), graduating in 2013. And during her 3rd year of medicine, she took an intercalated year studying the History of Medicine at the Wellcome Library in London. After working full-time as a medical doctor for four years, she decided to pursue her interest in history further, undertaking a Masters in History and Philosophy of Science at UCL. Since then she has continued to juggle her career as a doctor with her passion...
2025-04-3047 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?Season 3, #E8: Clare Mulley: The Stories of Wartime HeroinesClare Mulley is an award-winning public historian, author and broadcaster, primarily focused on female experience during the Second World War. Clare’s most recent book Agent Zo: The Untold Story of courageous Second World War resistance Fighter, Elżbieta Zawacka, is the critically-acclaimed biography of the only woman to parachute from Britain to Nazi German-occupied Poland. Previous titles include the award-winning The Woman Who Saved the Children, on Eglantyne Jebb, founder of Save the Children; The Spy Who Loved a biography of the first woman to serve Britain as a special agent in the Second World War and The Wom...
2025-04-1654 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?Season 3 #E7 Glenn Stout: Trudy Ederle: Young women and the seaGlenn Stout is a freelance writer, author, and editorial consultant, served as series editor of The Best American Sports Writing since its inception, and was Founding Editor of The Year’s Best Sports Writing. He is the author of Young Woman and the Sea, Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid, Fenway 1912, and many others. Glenn began as a free-lance career in 1986 and has been a full-time author since 1993. He has written, ghostwritten or edited one hundred books representing sales of more than three million copies. Glenn has also served as a writing coach for private clients, given presentations to gr...
2025-04-021h 02Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?Season 3 #E6: Professor Helen O’Connell: The clitoris: The great unknownProfessor Helen O'Connell is a leading researcher in the area of female pelvic anatomy and was the first woman to complete training as a urologist in Australia in 1994. She did her Fellowship training in the US in 1994-5 in the management, including surgery, of all problems affecting function of the lower urinary tract in men and women. In 2023 she became the President of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand. She uses state of the art medical imaging to treat a long list of conditions. Helen was the first person to accurately describe the structure of the clitoris.
2025-03-191h 06Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?Season 3, #E5: Dr Pippa Sangster: Understanding the penis and testiclesPippa is a consultant urologist at University College London Hospital (UCLH) and is the lead for the male infertility service. A urologist is a medical doctor who specializes in the urinary tract and reproductive system for men, women, and children. Pippa qualified from Guy’s and St Thomas’s Medical School, London in 2001. She has further degrees in Psychology (BSc) and was awarded the gold medal in the Urology MSc. She holds an Honorary Associate Professor post within reproductive health. Her main area of expertise is Andrology. An andrologist is someone who focuses on male sexual health and the male...
2025-03-051h 10Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?Season 3 #E4: Dr Anita Mitra, the Gynae Geek: Understanding the womb, fallopian tubes and ovariesDr Anita Mitra is a renowned Dr in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and is also known as The Gynae Geek on social media. With over 160k followers on Instagram, she is a trusted source of information, in a time rife with many self-proclaimed experts and internet gurus. Her medical journey began at the University of Leicester, where she first earned a BSc in Medical Biochemistry and then a degree in Medicine. Anita is presently a Clinical Research Fellow in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Imperial College London, alongside practising as a Subspecialty Fellow in Gynaecological Oncology at the Imperial College Healthcare...
2025-02-191h 19Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?Season 3 #E3: Dr Tasha Gandamihardja: Understanding breastsDr Tasha is a highly-respected consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon at The Holly Private Hospital and also practices for the NHS in Chelmsford. Her specialisms include breast cancer surgery, breast lumps and breast pain, alongside breast reconstruction, nipple discharge and breast surgery. Dr Tasha has an MBBS from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, an MEd in Surgical Education from Imperial College London and a BSc and PhD from University College London. She also has a FRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Dr Tasha shares her expert knowledge via her 'My Breast, My Health' blog and...
2025-02-0553 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?Season 3 #E2: Dr Aziza Sesay: Understanding the vagina, vulva and cervixDr. Aziza Sesay is a GP, GP educator, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Host, Speaker and a well-regarded health content creator. Aziza is particularly noted for her work in health education, awareness, advocacy, and empowerment through her platform, "Talks with Dr. Sesay." This platform shares evidence-based health information, with a focus on women's health, cancer awareness, mental health, and health inequity. Aziza has been a GP for the last 10 years. She is the Vice Chair and Creative Director of Black Female Doctors UK and serves as an Ambassador for multiple health charities, including The Eve Appeal, Wellbeing of Women, FSRH...
2025-01-221h 17Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S3 #E1 Professor Joyce Harper: Nurturing your good health and happinessIn this episode, Joyce shares that her podcast is now listened to in over 90 countries. She reflects on the highlights from 2024, including the launch of a mini-series featuring episodes on Motherhood, Embracing life post menopause, and Beyond the Bleed: Exploring Menstrual Health. She has some incredible guests lined up for 2025. And thanks to Dave Krysko for creating the new podcast music. On the very first episode of Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me This?, Joyce revealed that her advice to her younger self would have been to beat her sugar addiction and spend more time being still. Fa...
2025-01-0851 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E27: Sheree Hargreaves: Life of POI – Primary ovarian insufficiencySheree Hargreaves is a campaigner to improve awareness of primary ovarian insufficiency (POI). At just 15 years old, Sheree was diagnosed with POI, which is a condition that drastically altered the course of her life. Now, at 24, Sheree is using her story to raise awareness about this often-misunderstood condition and to support others who may feel isolated by their diagnosis. Sheree holds a Master's degree in Gender, Society and Representation from University College London, where she explored societal, political, and cultural structures. She is an Early Menopause Educator, Research and Engagement Lead and Menopause Ambassador. Sheree often appears in the...
2024-12-3055 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E26: Professor Helena Teede: Understanding polycystic ovary syndromePCOS Professor Teede is the Director of Monash Centre for Health Research Implementation, Monash University and an Endocrinologist at Monash Health. She holds an Order of Australia for services to Women’s Health. Through decades of research, Helena is considered one of the world leaders in women’s health including PCOS, healthy pregnancy and menopause. She is a strong advocate for advancing women in leadership in healthcare and research and leads the International “Advancing Women in Healthcare and Health and Medical Science” initiative with 22 partners. She is dedicated to impact and equity, based on genuine partnership with the community, patients...
2024-12-201h 06Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E25 Professor Ertan Saridogan: Understanding endometriosisErtan is a Professor at University College London and a consultant in reproductive medicine and minimal access surgery at University College London Hospitals. He is a past president of the British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy and current President of the European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy. His clinical interests include laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgery for benign gynaecological conditions, reproductive surgery, endometriosis, fibroids and outpatient hysteroscopy. His research interests include non-invasive diagnosis of endometriosis, clinical outcomes following endometriosis surgery, outpatient hysteroscopy, and the place of screening and risk-reducing surgery in women with a history of familial cancer. Ertan has been working...
2024-12-111h 15Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E24 Dr Jackie Maybin: Understanding your menstrual cycle and periodDr Jackie Maybin is a Reader and Consultant Gynaecologist at the Centre for Reproductive Health at the University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian. She runs a specialist menstrual disorders service offering medical and surgical treatments. Her research team aims to develop better preventative and therapeutic strategies for problematic menstrual bleeding, a common and debilitating symptom. She holds a Wellcome Clinical Career Development Fellowship to investigate the role of hypoxia in menstrual physiology and pathology. She is also examining the potential link between COVID and menstrual disturbance. Jackie is also president of the RCOG Blair Bell Society, a member of...
2024-11-2758 min
Causes or CuresDive into Relief: Cold Water Swimming for PMS & Menopause, with Prof. Joyce HarperSend us a textIn this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks sits down with Professor Joyce Harper to discuss her fascinating study on the effects of cold water swimming on premenstrual and perimenopausal symptoms. Prof. Harper kicks off by sharing her background and what inspired her to dive into this unique research. They explore what qualifies as cold water swimming and how the study was conducted, revealing interesting findings—like the differences in benefits between wearing bathing suits versus wetsuits and the optimal time women spent in cold water. The conversation delves into the potential ph...
2024-11-1558 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E23: Eleanor Mills: Much more to comeEleanor is the former Editorial Director of The Sunday Times and one of Britain’s most high profile commentators. In March of 2021 she launched an online community platform for women called Noon. She began her journalistic life on the Guardian and Observer and at only 26, she was the Daily Telegraph’s youngest ever Features Editor. During her long Fleet Street career, Eleanor was the Sunday Times’s main interviewer. In 2014 she became Chair of Women in Journalism, the industry’s cross media network for female hacks, and launched a series of high profile events on media sexism and empowering women. E...
2024-11-1352 min
Belly Button Portal: The Only Way Out-y, is In-yFood Energetics Counselor Virginia Harper is Back with Helpful Hints About Seasonal Eating & CookingWe are thrilled to welcome back You Can Heal You Founder and Director, and Macrobiotic Food Energetics Counselor, Virginia Harper!In this episode Virgina outlines how she provides you with a customized health reboot protocol to get you on track, then follows up with a personalized coaching program to keep you living your new habits! Each protocol supports you on your healthy lifestyle journey - at a level you choose.Also, find out how seasonal eating and seasonal cooking styles can change your health today! Feeling sluggish? Eating seasonally may help!...
2024-11-031h 00Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E22 Bukky Ayoade: Your Vibrant MidlifeBukky is the Principal Consultant at Vibrant Midlife Wellness Practice. She helps motivate women in midlife to overcome the disruption of hormone chaos that can accompany the menopause transition and develop their personalised menopause care plan so they are happier, fitter, healthier, more confident, and fabulous. Aside from being a Certified Health and Wellness Coach to midlife women, her wellness coaching is underpinned by over 35 years of experience as a Pharmacist working at various Blue-Chip pharmaceutical companies. Bukky is currently sharing her expertise with NHS England helping to improve women's health and lead a workstream on the...
2024-10-3054 min
Shot of Digital Health TherapyDr. Ross Harper, CEO of Limbic on AI, Mental Health, & the Future of Empathy in CareOn Episode #150 Jim Joyce and I sat down 🎙 with Ross Harper, Founder of Limbic. Ross is our first guest on the show that neither one of us had met before! Ross shared his journey from neuroscience to founding Limbic and diving deep into AI’s potential to transform mental health care: 🧠 The intersection of #neuroscience and #AI in mental health🤝 How AI can enhance the clinician-patient relationship🤖 The role of empathy in AI & patient engagement🇺🇸 A UK startup entering the US marketFun mentions as always...
2024-10-2346 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E21 Dr Stella Duffy, OBE: What is it like to be postmenopausal?Stella Duffy has written seventeen novels. Her last novel, Lullaby Beach was published by Virago in February 2021.She has also written and devised fourteen plays and written over seventy short stories, including several for BBC Radio 4. Her collected stories are published by Salt in Everything is Moving, Everything is Joined. She has won many awards. She wrote and presented the BBC4 documentary How to Write a Mills and Boon. In addition to her writing work, she worked in theatre for over thirty five years. Stella is a regular speaker and campaigner around LGBTQ+, women’s and arts equality and in...
2024-10-161h 13Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E20 Rachel Peru: Liberté - Free to BeRachel is a silver haired curve model, body confidence activist, midlife influencer, and the woman behind Liberte Free to Be. She began a new career as a model at the age of 46, something that she does not feel she would have had the confidence to do earlier in life. She is doing amazing work representing older women in the fashion industry and has worked with some amazing people and brands including JDWilliams, F&F Clothing with Davina McCall and alongside my body confidence icon Ashley Graham for Swimsuits for All. Her favourite shoots are always swimwear and lingerie and...
2024-10-0246 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E19 Kate Codrington: Second SpringKate Codrington is a pioneering, pro-ageing activist, author, menstrual health menopause mentor, speaker, workshop facilitator, artist, yoga Nidra guide, podcaster and has been a therapist for nearly 30 years. She is author of two books: Second Spring: the self-care guide to menopause and just out - The Perimenopause Journal. Kate’s mission is to change the way we regard menopause and show how we can relax into our own, inner authority through our cyclical nature and menopause process. She refuses to take herself too seriously and try to never take on anything that is not pleasurable and delicious. Sh...
2024-09-1856 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?SE, #E18 Jody Day: ChildlessnessThis podcast is part of the series on Motherhood and is coming out just before World Childless Week. https://worldchildlessweek.net/ Jody Day is the founder of Gateway Women, the global advocacy network for childless women, founded in 2011. She’s the author of what many professionals consider to be the 'go-to' book on the topic, ‘Living the Life Unexpected: How to Find Hope, Meaning and a Fulfilling Future Without Children’. Chosen as one of the BBC’s 100 Women in 2013 and as a UK Digital Woman of the Year in 2021, she’s a global thought leader on female involuntar...
2024-09-041h 15
Meera's Menopause PodcastMeera's Menopause Podcast - Menopause Unwrapped: Education and Empowerment with Dr. Joyce HarperMeera's Menopause Podcast
Menopause Unwrapped: Education and Empowerment with Dr. Joyce Harper
Series Two
In this episode of Meera's Menopause Podcast, Meera sits down with Dr. Joyce Harper, award winning Professor of Reproductive Science at the Institute for Women’s Health, University College London.
Dr. Harper shares her wealth of knowledge on education and menopause.
Research by Professor Harper has shown that more than 90% of women were never educated about the menopause at school. Over 60% only started looking for information about it once they began to experience menopausal sym...
2024-09-0225 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E17 Dr Zeynep Gurtin: Motherhood over 40Dr Zeynep Gurtin is a Lecturer in Women’s Health at the Institute for Women’s Health at UCL and an Authority Member at the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. Zeynep is a sociologist of reproduction and family life, and for the past two decades her work has focused on women’s experiences of infertility, fertility treatments, and family building. She completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge and worked there with Professors Sarah Franklin and Susan Golombok. She also spent 2 years working at a fertility clinic, focusing on researching the social and emotional aspects of egg fre...
2024-08-211h 05Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2, #E16: Dr Lucy van de Wiel: Freezing fertility: is egg freezing the answer?Lucy van de Wiel was a Research Associate in the Reproductive Sociology Research Group (ReproSoc) at the Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge. She is currently a Lecturer and Postgraduate Research Director in Global Health and Social Medicine at King’s College London. She has founded and is chair of the Reproduction Research Group at King’s. Her research focuses on the introduction of new reproductive technologies such as egg freezing, time-lapse embryo imaging and Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy (PGT-A). Lucy explores how these technologies give insight into broader developments within the sector, including the datafication of re...
2024-08-071h 18Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E15 Mel Johnson: Solo motherhoodMel is a solo mother and has used her experience to help others on this journey. She can be found on social media @the_stork_and_i and is The Solo Parenthood Coach ™ Mel is an experienced Life Coach, with a coaching qualification from CoachMatch and over 15 years of personal development and leadership coaching, with the last 6 years focusing solely on Solo Parenting. She uses the blended approach of coaching, research based information and resources, and personal insights from her own journey to provide support to explore options and to help support those who are dec...
2024-07-2445 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E14 Professor Tim Childs: How to get pregnant naturally and with assisted conceptionTim is Associate Professor of Reproductive Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health at the University of Oxford. Tim studied medicine at the Universities of Cambridge and London, followed by postgraduate training in Oxford and a 2 year Fellowship at McGill University in Montreal where he worked on oocyte In Vitro Maturation, a drug-free version of IVF. He then returned to Oxford and in 2007 led the team behind the first UK babies born using the technique – twins. He got his research MD from the University of London, with a thesis titled 'Clinical and ultrasound prediction of outc...
2024-07-101h 00Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E13 Athena Lamnisos: Making the 5 (yes, FIVE) gynaecological cancers more visibleAthena Lamnisos is CEO of the leading women’s health charity, The Eve Appeal which is focused education about the five gynaecological cancers and their prevention.Athena is experienced at forging partnerships between private, public and not for profit sectors. She has a track record of directing successful change programmes in the arena of public health and oncology and is passionate about making the publics voices heard. Her career spans working for Friends of the Earth where she led the communications and fundraising directorate through to leading public sector campaigns as a founding Board director of Fo...
2024-06-2648 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E12 Susan Saunders: How to age wellSusan Saunders is a health coach helping women over 50 reduce dementia risk and optimise brain health with science-backed habits. She's the author of three books about healthy ageing and longevity. She co-wrote the bestseller The Age-Well Project (and the blog of the same name) and authored The Age-Well Plan. Her most recent publication is The Power Decade: how to thrive after menopause - and it's out now. She has a high-level qualification as a dementia prevention coach with neuroscientist Dr Dale Bredesen (author of The End of Alzheimer's) and was one of the first coaches in the UK to...
2024-06-121h 12
Belly Button Portal: The Only Way Out-y, is In-yTransform Your Health and Your Life With Food Energetics Counselor Virginia HarperWe are thrilled to share this inspiring and perspective shifting conversation with You Can Heal You Founder and Director, and Macrobiotic Food Energetics Counselor, Virginia Harper. Terminally ill at the age of 23, Virginia found her way to healing through the power of food and understanding what her body needed, completely turning her health around within a year. She has dedicated her life to empowering and educating others to take control of their wellbeing and transform their lives. We discuss the body's innate ability to heal itself and how we have the ability to overcome issues...
2024-06-0259 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E11 Mel Berry: Her Spirit – Getting women fit and healthyMel Berry is co-founder of Her Spirit with her friend Holly Woodford. Mel is an experienced triathlon and swimming coach and leads the swimming coaching groups and the development of the overall Her Spirit coaching programme. Mel has worked with some of the best athletes, coaches and business owners in the world. Supporting these experiences has been her chance to help so many people transform their lives. She believes that anyone can achieve anything they want to. But to enable this to happen, you need good people around you to realise this. This is one of many reasons she...
2024-05-291h 00Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E10 Laura Spoelstra: Mental health: more than just a buzz wordLaura Spoelstra has been involved in the fertility sector as an expert in donation issues for almost 15 years. During that time, she was involved in various national policy working parties including the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the Nuffield Council on BioEthics and the Joint Committee on the Human Tissue and Embryos Bill. More recently she has been focusing on wellbeing of young people and mental health. And she’s been a listening volunteer for Samaritans, a national organisation providing emotional support to anyone in emotional distress, struggling to cope or at risk of suicide. Laura is a...
2024-05-1549 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E9 Dr Tessa Copp: Is women’s health tech empowerment or exploitation?Tessa is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the University of Sydney School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the psychosocial impacts of disease labels, overdiagnosis and evidence-based reproductive healthcare for women. Her PhD research examined the benefits and harms of a polycystic ovary syndrome diagnosis, and this research has been published in high impact journals in the field. In this episode Tessa explains what women’s health tech and Femtech are, and ideally how they should be developed, with a basis on evidence-based medicine. Health tech companies probably have two aims – to improve health and to make money but...
2024-05-0156 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E8 Dame Lesley Regan: The women’s health strategyDame Lesley Regan is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Imperial College, St Mary’s Hospital, London. Having graduated from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London in 1980, Professor Regan pursued her career at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, where she first became enthused by clinical & laboratory research, completing an MD on miscarriage, the commonest complication of pregnancy. She went on to set up the world’s largest recurrent miscarriage clinic at St Mary’s. Professor Regan was the 30th President (2016-2019) of the RCOG, during which time she co-chaired the national Women’s Health Task Force and published the RCOG Bet...
2024-04-171h 09
A Bit Of A BoostThe impact of cold water swimming on menopause symptoms - with Professor Joyce HarperHello and welcome to A Bit Of A Boost with me, George Anderson I’m a wellbeing and performance coach, speaker and author and this podcast brings together guest experts, inspirational stories and ideas that I hope will you a bit of a boost. I came across some research recently about the impact of open water swimming on menopause symptoms, and was delighted when the study author Professor Joyce Harper accepted my invitation to join me on the podcast to discuss it. Having had an overwhelmingly positive respo...
2024-04-0839 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E7 Lavina Mehta, MBE: The Feel Good FixLavina Mehta, MBE, is an award winning personal trainer, wellness coach, mum of 3, was awarded an MBE in 2020 for her work in health and fitness over the pandemic and she is on a mission to help all ages feel good physically and mentally. Her slogan is Exercise for sanity not vanity. She has also done a great TED talk in a school to encourage young people to exercise. And is a patron of menopause mandate and an ambassador for diabetes UK, the Alzheimer’s society and Wellbeing of Women. The Feel Good Fix by Lavina Mehta is publishing on 30th...
2024-04-0347 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E6 Prof Mike Tipton: Cold water swimming: benefits and dangersMike Tipton, MBE, PhD, MSc, FTPS is Professor of Human & Applied Physiology, In the Extreme Environments Laboratory, School of Sport Health & Exercise Science, University of Portsmouth, UK. Mike has worked at the University of Surrey and University of Portsmouth. In addition, he was based at the Institute of Naval Medicine (INM) from 1983 to 2004 and was Consultant Head of the Environmental Medicine Division of the INM from 1996. He has published over 800 scientific papers, reports, chapters, abstracts and books in his research areas of drowning, thermoregulation, environmental and occupational physiology, and survival in the sea. He is an honorary life member...
2024-03-201h 06Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E5 Dr Philippa Kaye: A better world for womenPhilippa is a GP, author, journalist and mother. She is a Londoner and only moved away for three years while studying at Downing College Cambridge, before returning to Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ medical school for her clinical training. Once qualified she started having babies all in the midst of training in paediatrics, gynaecology, care of the elderly and acute medicine, psychiatry and then general practice. She now works as a GP in both privately and for the NHS, before running home to the chaos of a house with a husband and three children. She is the author...
2024-03-081h 02Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E4 Dr Neil Stanley: How to sleep wellDr Neil Stanley started working on sleep when he was 16 – working at the neurosciences division of the RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine in Farnborough. Since then he has been involved in numerous research studies, a notable one being a study in Pakistan where the team recorded sleep in 8 people for 6 nights at 18500 feet. In 1993 Neil took up a position in the human psychopharmacology research unit, university of Surrey, where he became the director of sleep research. There he created and ran a 24 bed trials sleep laboratory, primarily doing clinical trials into the effects of medications on sleep. He also se...
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Middling AlongProfessor Joyce Harper on the forthcoming national Menopause Education and Support ProgrammeIn this episode of the podcast I chat to Professor Joyce Harper - an award-winning educator, author, podcaster, academic, and scientist. She is Professor of Reproductive Science at University College London in the Institute for Women’s Health where she is Head of the Reproductive Science and Society Group. I’m very grateful that Joyce agreed to come and chat to me about her work leading the development of a UK Menopause Education and Support Programme.
Joyce and her team are already well into the discovery phase of researching what the programme should include - and here’s the...
2024-02-2132 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E3 Dr Naomi Sutton: The Sex ClinicNaomi Sutton graduated from Sheffield Medical School in 2003 and has been working as a Consultant Physician for the NHS at Rotherham Sexual Health Services since 2016. Throughout her career she has developed a passion for education and raising awareness of sexual health, both for other health professionals and the general public. Naomi starred in series 1 and 2 of the E4’s ‘The Sex Clinic’ which “helps young people get their sex lives back on track” and, as well as other media roles, she has talked frankly about vulvas, sex in old age, HIV and other sexual health subjects, on C4’s ‘Steph’s Packed...
2024-02-141h 01Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E2 Baz Moffat, The Female Body BibleBaz, together with Dr Bella Smith and Dr Emma Ross, has set up the Well HQ to ensure we have a future where no woman lacks knowledge and understanding of her body, across the life stages. They are on a mission to ensure that everything that makes us extraordinarily females shouldn’t be medicalised or considered niche, but be fully considered in making us fitter, healthier and happier humans. In this episode, Baz explains why all women need to look after their wellbeing including exercise, nutrition, sleep and their mental health. But women are all individual and need to do...
2024-01-3153 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S2 #E1 Professor Joyce Harper - Why we need to teach everyone about reproductive healthWelcome to season 2 of Why didn’t anyone tell me this? This podcast is about health education with an emphasis on reproductive health. We do not cover these topics enough in school or beyond. Professor Joyce Harper and her guests want to give you the tools to empower you to live a healthy, happy and fulfilled life. And on the way, we will debunk some of the myths around our health. This podcast will include a wide range of amazing guests, discussing topics such as nutrition, exercise, sleep, mental health, happiness, cancer, periods, fertility, infertility, fertility treatment, preconception he...
2024-01-1746 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E26 Clare Fone: Exercise is just movement with purpose. Guidance from a lifestyle chartered physio, the experts in physical activity management.Clare is an holistic, lifestyle chartered physiotherapist, motivational health and fitness speaker, having qualified from Guys Hospital in 1984 with distinction. She has a diploma in Health Education. Clare runs a number of PhysioYogaLates (a name devised by her!) exercise classes in East Sussex, where she lives and offers one off classes for corporate companies. Clare has just recently sold her practice The Westminster Physiotherapy and Pilates Centre, after 29 years, where she specialised in pain management, women’s health and all musculoskeletal conditions. She is now concentrating on corporate lecturing, Lifestyle coaching and teaching her PhysioYogaLattes classes. She has recently es...
2023-12-201h 24
The Fertility Fitness PodcastUnderstanding Fertility with Dr. Joyce Harper - Part 2Topics Covered:Healthy Fertility, understanding the components of healthy fertility and practical steps to achieve it.The Five Pillars of Fertility: Professor Harper's holistic approach to fertility, which includes:1. Nutrition: Emphasising a balanced diet, potentially the Mediterranean diet, which is beneficial for regulating menstrual cycles and enhancing fertility.2. Exercise: The importance of regular physical activity for fertility, menstrual health, and menopause, while avoiding over-exercising.3. Sleep: Highlighting the critical role of adequate sleep in overall health and its influence on fertility.4. Mental Health: Stress management and maintaining good m...
2023-12-1523 minThe Fertility Fitness PodcastUnderstanding Fertility with Dr. Joyce Harper - Part 1In our conversation with Dr. Harper, we cover a range of critical topics:Dr. Harper's Personal Journey: Dr. Harper shares her own fertility story, starting from her early days as a clinical embryologist to her personal experiences with IVF and motherhood. Her journey uniquely positions her to empathise with and understand the challenges faced by those struggling with fertility.Understanding Fertility and Age: Dr. Harper explains the impact of age on fertility, particularly the significance of the age of 35 in women's reproductive health. She provides a detailed analysis of how egg quantity and quality diminish...
2023-12-0838 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E25 Dr Nicky Keay: Exercise 4 Woman’s HealthNicky studied medicine at the University of Cambridge. She was part of the international medical team that developed an anti-doping test for growth hormone. Nicky is an honorary clinical lecturer in the division of medicine, UCL. She lectures and researches in the areas of exercise endocrinology. She works mainly with exercisers, dancers and athletes and with women experiencing perimenopause and menopause. She is part of the UCL team developing a UK menopause education and support programme. Nicky is medical advisor to the Scottish Ballet. She is author of the book Hormones, health and human potential which we will talk...
2023-12-061h 16Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E24 Claire Dale: Physical intelligenceClaire is a renowned leadership development professional, performance coach and author with over 21 years’ experience as a facilitator, thought leader and global speaker innovating in the field of Physical Intelligence. With a background in science, executive coaching and Contemporary dance Claire created the Physical Intelligence® methodology to bring together neuroscientific research on embodiment, practical knowledge of movement and physiology, and a lifetime of study researching how human beings behave. Her book ‘Physical Intelligence®’ won Business Book of the Year award in 2020. In this episode, Claire explains why she developed the Physical Intelligence methodology, and what it is. There are 4 elements...
2023-11-221h 11Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E21 Dr Elina Berglund Scherwitzl: The power of big data in women's healthDr. Elina Berglund Scherwitzl is the co-founder and CEO of Natural Cycles, the women’s health company that developed the world’s first birth control app. The app is powered by an algorithm that uses body temperature to determine each user’s daily fertility status. As a Class II medical device, the NC° app is cleared by the FDA in the United States and certified to be used as a contraceptive in Europe, Australia, and Singapore. It has also received regulatory clearances to integrate with third party wearables. Prior to founding Natural Cycles, Elina was part of the team that dis...
2023-11-0855 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E23 Rachel Lankester: Magnificent MidlifeRachel Lankester is the author of Magnificent Midlife: Transform Your Middle Years, Menopause and Beyond, and host of the Magnificent Midlife podcast. After a shocking early menopause diagnosis at 41, she scratched her own itch and created what she wasn't able to find to help herself. This includes 1-1 and group midlife mentoring, courses and educational resources to help women vibrantly transition through the sometimes messy middle of life. She’s also a founder of MenoClarity, the information hub about menopause. In her spare time, she’s doing a Masters in Gerontology! In this episode, we discuss why Rachel wrote a bo...
2023-10-181h 07Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E19 Sian Richardson: The Bluetits Chill SwimmersSian lives at Pencarnan where her family have been for over 100 years. She runs a campsite above the clifftop and all of her five children, and grandchildren, have all chosen to build their lives here too. Sian is the Founder and Director of The Bluetits Chill Swimmers Ltd. With over 100,000 members worldwide, the Bluetits has become a global phenomena. Sian loves a challenge and has done triathlons, cyclosportive events, marathons, ultramarathons, Ironman, and the ice mile. With so many worldwide followers, this episode will be of interest to all Bluetits swimmers. Sian tells us about her amazing life living...
2023-10-011h 20Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E20 Isaac Manyonda, Menopause and HRT - medicalising a natural transition or addressing a vast unmet need in women’s health!?Isaac has recently retired from being a consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologists at St George's University Hospital in London. Where he specialised in • Recurrent miscarriage • Fibroid disease • Menopause • Minimal access surgery • High risk obstetrics He was instrumental in establishing the first and still one of the few cutting-edge dedicated centres for research and treatment of fibroid disease and was lead author in a recent major national trial on myomectomy versus uterine artery embolization published in the New England Journal of Medicine. He has published more than 250 publications in peer review journals including Nature, the BMJ, the Lan...
2023-09-271h 25Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E18 Prof Susan Davis: Making sense of the MenopauseIn this episode, we discuss the definitions of perimenopause, menopause and post menopause. Susan, being an endocrinologist, which is someone who studies hormones, is a world expert on menopause hormones. Is the menopause a hormone deficiency disorder? Susan explains that it is if menopause happens early, it should be treated with hormones, but it is not a "deficiency disorder" if menopause happens at the average age.. We talked about symptoms and treatments, and how not everything that happens in mid-life is due to the menopause. Why does Susan refers to hormone therapy as menopause hormone therapy (MHT) and not...
2023-09-1346 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E17 Dr Karin Hammarberg: Fertility: telling it as it isKarin is a senior research fellow in the school of public health and preventative medicine in Monash University. She is a registered nurse, and has worked for over 20 years co-ordinating IVF programs. Her PhD, which she completed in 2006, examined the experience of birth and mothering after assisted conception. Her main areas of research include fertility and preconception health promotion, psychological aspects of infertility and infertility treatment, health and development of children born as a result of assisted conception, infertility care in resource constrained settings and women’s health in midlife. In this episode we discuss the facts about fertility an...
2023-08-3051 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E16 David Wood: Abolition of Aging#16: David Wood: Abolition of Aging David spent 25 years as a trailblazing pioneer of the mobile computing and smartphone industries. He envisioned what the future might look like, and then worked with many colleagues as part of a large ecosystem to bring that vision into reality. He sits on a number of boards, including the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, and the Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation. He chairs the world's largest meetup organisation with a focus on future foresight, called London Futurists. David regularly gives keynotes or leads workshops on aspects of envisioning and shaping the future. David has...
2023-08-161h 09
The Harper’s PodcastJoyce Carol OatesIn “The Return,” Joyce Carol Oates’s story for the latest issue of Harper’s Magazine, a woman visits an old friend whose husband has recently died, only to discover that the nature of her friend’s grief is more chilling than she could have imagined. Oates is joined by her former student Christopher Beha, the editor of Harper’s, to discuss the connections between writing and teaching, and between writing and time. Revisiting stories by Jorge Luis Borges, John Updike, and more, they consider the ghosts that haunt Oates’s story, the ghosts that haunt fiction, and the ghosts we would argue...
2023-08-0842 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E15 Dr Nighat Arif: The Knowledge Your Guide to Female Health - From Menstruation to the MenopauseNighat is a GP specialising in women's health, family planning and menopause care with over 15 years of experience in the NHS and she runs her own private practice. She is the resident Doctor on BBC Breakfast and ITV This Morning. She is a radio presenter at BBC Three Counties. As well as an Ambassador for Wellbeing of Women and member of the UN backed Team Halo initiative. She is the honorary recipient of the 2023 SHE Awards for her work around Women's Health and author of her new book 'The Knowledge. Everything you need to know from Menstruation to Menopause’. It...
2023-08-0254 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E14 Dr Liz O’Riordan: Under The Knife – Life Lessons From The Operating TheatreLiz O’Riordan is an international speaker, broadcaster and award-winning co-author of ‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered and Take Control’. In 2015 (aged 40) she was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer whilst working as a Consultant Breast Surgeon. A locoregional recurrence in 2018 forced her to retire as a surgeon. Her memoir, ‘Under The Knife’, is released on July 6th 2023 (pre-order here https://unbound.com/books/under-the-knife/) During chemotherapy she started an award-winning blog about her experiences (www.liz.oriordan.co.uk) and now talks all over the world about how to improve patient care. In 2020 she launched h...
2023-07-191h 01Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E13 Toby Trice; Racing for fertilityToby began Karting with Russ Mead to help him overcome depression, give him a new focus and a chance to escape from dealing with fertility issues. In 2019 Toby started a campaign to raise awareness for fertility with the goal to end the stigma of fertility through motorsport and the same year he claimed his first podium at Donington Park. In 2022, Toby joined Porsche to compete in the Porsche Visit Cayman Island Sprint Challenge in the Pro category. He is continuing with SVG Motorsport taking the step on the Porsche Motorsport Pyramid. In 2023, Toby joins Redline Racing for season four...
2023-07-0556 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E12 Dr Shema Tariq: Mothering against the odds: surviving infertility, baby loss & postnatal depressionShema is a Senior Research Fellow at UCL’s Institute for Global Health and Honorary Consultant HIV Physician at Mortimer Market Centre. Her research focuses on health inequities in HIV care. In 2014, Shema was awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to conduct HIV research at Columbia University. Since coming to UCL in 2015, Shema has built a programme of work focusing on the health and wellbeing of women living with HIV. She leads the PRIME Study, one of the largest studies in the world exploring menopause among women living with HIV. In addition to her research , Shema provides HIV and sexual he...
2023-06-2153 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E11 Dr Jen Gunter: From the vagina bible to the menopause manifestoDr Jen Gunter: From the vagina bible to the menopause manifesto Jen works as an OB/GYN and a pain medicine physician. Her approach is based on evidence-based medicine with a focus on empathy and the patient experience. She writes a lot about sex, science, and social media. She’s been called Twitter’s resident gynaecologist, the Internet’s OB/GYN, and one of the fiercest advocates for women’s health. Jen has a TED podcast called the body stuff and has written three books: The Preemie Primer, The Vagina Bible and The Menopause Manifesto. In this episode, we discuss...
2023-06-071h 13Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E10 Siobhan Daniels: Pro-age campaigner and Retirement RebelSiobhan Daniels is an Author, Pro-age Campaigner and Retirement Rebel. At 60 she retired from the BBC after 30 years working as a presenter, reporter and producer. She then took a brave step and got rid of her home and her possessions and bought a motorhome. For nearly four years she has been travelling Great Britain and Ireland in her van, having lots of adventures and challenging ageism. She has written a book called Retirement Rebel to inspire women to have their adventures and age positively. In this episode, Siobhan will explain why she wanted to become a pro-age c...
2023-05-2435 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E9 Dr Marieke Bigg: This won’t hurt: how medicine fails womenMarieke Bigg writes about bodies and culture. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge, where she studied the technological transformation of human reproduction. She now writes both non-fiction and fiction about the cultural dimensions of biology and bodies. In addition to her books, Marieke writes freelance, hosts podcasts and panels, and collaborates with scientists and biologists to discuss and produce art that conjures new social worlds.Here latest non-fiction book called This Won’t Hurt (Hodder, Feb 2023). This book is about all the ways medicine is not gender-neutral, from research to treatment to di...
2023-05-1043 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E8 Dr Heather Massey: A dip into nature; swimming outdoorsHeather is a senior lecturer within the School of Sport, Health and Exercise Science. She has been a member of the Extreme Environments Laboratory since 2007 where she completed a PhD in the area of Environmental Cross-adaptation in Humans. Prior to that she worked at the Institute of Naval Medicine within the Environmental Medicine Unit for six years. Heather’s research interests are in the area of human exposure to heat, cold and altitude and how we can prepare and mitigate the effects of these environments. More recently, she has become interested in establishing if these extreme environments hav...
2023-04-2643 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E7 Professor Mats Brännström: Transplanting wombsProfessor Mats Brännström is an internationally renowned specialist in reproductive medicine and fertility. He has extensive expertise in women’s health, particularly infertility and IVF treatments, as well as medical research. Professor Brännström is currently the Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and Medical Director at Karolinska University Hospital. His passion for improving women’s health outcomes has led him to become one of the leading experts in his field. Through his research, teaching, and activism he hopes to improve care for women around the world. In this episode M...
2023-04-1240 min
The Hotflash inc podcast69. Joyce Harper believes in HRT and worries about it at the same damn timeSend us a textDay raver, cold swimmer, rabble-rouser, educator, author, podcaster, academic and publisher of scientific papers: Joyce Harper is a professor of reproductive science at the Institute for Women's Health, University College London. She’s also author of the 2021 book Your Fertile Years and hosts the podcast Why didn’t anyone tell me this?Harper is uncompromised and unflappable. She is all about the evidence. She’s not opposed to HRT but isn’t a breathless enthusiast either. It has to be about the evidence, she argues, otherwise it’s just stories and...
2023-04-0645 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E6 Karen Newby, The Natural Menopause MethodIn this episode, Karen talks about the importance of getting nutrition right at all stages of our lives, from the menstrual cycle to the menopause. She gives advice on how to navigate through the menopause when we can be feeling very overwhelmed and stressed. She explains the four shifts: reset, cleanse, rest and eat. And how we need to consider our relationship to caffeine, sugar, and alcohol. Her book is ideal for everyone to access and dip into to get great advice about our nutrition, whether we take HRT or not. Karen is a registered nutritional therapist w...
2023-03-2941 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E5 Jo Moseley: The Joy of Post MenopauseIn this episode Jo talks about how she became the first woman to paddleboard from Liverpool to Goole, picking up litter and fundraising and how that film was made into a critically acclaimed film called Brave Enough - A Journey Home to Joy. She also tells us about writing her book about beautiful places to paddleboard in the UK - the first guide devoted to SUP (stand up paddleboarding) and the SUP community. Jo’s perimenopause was a difficult time, which left her with a lack of sleep and feeling broken, whilst her Mum and Dad were both undergoing ch...
2023-03-1548 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E4 Hannah Vaughan Jones: Finding Your IdentityJournalist, broadcaster & global moderator Hannah Vaughan Jones is an Emmy-nominated British journalist. She has hosted prime time shows for CNN and Sky News, and interviewed the last three British Prime Ministers. Hannah moderates global events across the public and private sectors - specialising in global health. She is a communications consultant, runs her own media production company, and is an inaugural member of the McCain Institute’s Global Advisory Council. Her most important role is as Mum to her little boy - born after 15 rounds of IVF treatment. In this episode Hannah will talk about her fertility jo...
2023-03-0141 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E3 Dr Annice Mukherjee: Your Essential Menopause ToolkitIn this episode Annice will tell us about her career as an endocrinologist, who is someone who specializes in diagnosing and treating health conditions relating to the body's hormones. Annice will talk about her breast cancer diagnosis at age 41. Joyce and Annice will discuss Annice’s book, The complete guide to the menopause. Annice will talk about the importance of looking after our health, including nutrition, exercise, sleep and stress and provide lots of tips. Annice will also discuss the use of HRT and when it’s appropriate. Listen in to find out what motivates Annice, what makes her happ...
2023-02-1537 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E2 Jessica Hepburn: Turning Life into an AdventureJessica Hepburn is an award-winning author, arts producer and adventure activist. In 2022 she became the first woman in the world to complete the 'Sea, Street, Summit Challenge’ - that is: swim the English Channel, run the London Marathon and climb Mount Everest - all of which were inspired by her own journey through infertility and IVF. She is the author of two books - The Pursuit of Motherhood and 21 Miles: swimming in search of the meaning of motherhood; the former CEO of the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith and Fertility Fest; and has been officially recognised as a ‘Woman of Suffragette Spir...
2023-02-0147 minWhy Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?S1 #E1 Prof Joyce Harper: This is MeIn this podcast Professor Joyce Harper will be interviewing guests to discuss all things health related and debunking some of the many myths around our health. In episode 1, Joyce will tell you about her work, her fertility journey, why she wrote a book on fertility and the research she is doing into reproductive health education: from teenagers to post-menopausal women. Joyce will explain when she has heard people say – why didn’t anyone tell me this? She will tell you what motivates her, what makes her happy, where is her happy place and why she thinks vision boards are such...
2023-01-1650 min
Joyce Meyer's Talk It Out Podcast - Video101. Advice to Our Younger Selves w/ Christine Caine + Lisa HarperEver wished you could go back in time and give your past self some advice that you needed then? When we’re looking for answers or encouragement in the middle of a hard time, we all need to hear from godly people in different seasons and circumstances, because each one has wisdom we need. On that note, we’re so excited to share this special Q-and-A session with Joyce, Ginger, Christine Caine and Lisa Harper from Joyce’s women’s conference! Watch or listen as they laugh together and share some of the best advice they would give their...
2022-12-0648 min
Joyce Meyer's Talk It Out Podcast101. Advice to Our Younger Selves w/Christine Caine + Lisa HarperEver wished you could go back in time and give your past self some advice that you needed then? When we’re looking for answers or encouragement in the middle of a hard time, we all need to hear from godly people in different seasons and circumstances, because each one has wisdom we need. On that note, we’re so excited to share this special Q-and-A session with Joyce, Ginger, Christine Caine and Lisa Harper from Joyce’s women’s conference! Watch or listen as they laugh together and share some of the best advice they would give their...
2022-12-0648 min
The Women Who Fight Podcast#66 Joyce Harper: Fertility facts you should knowJoyce Harper is an author, academic, scientist and educator. She is Professor of Reproductive Science at University College London in the Institute for Women’s Health where she is Head of the Reproductive Science and Society Group. She is a Director of the Embryology and PGD Academy which delivers an online certificate in clinical embryology and founder of Global Women Connected.
She has worked in the fields of fertility, genetics and reproductive science since 1987, written over 230 scientific papers and published three books. She started her career as an embryologist, then moved into reproductive science and genetics. Now sh...
2022-09-071h 12Joyce Meyer's Talk It Out Podcast - Video84. Answering Life's Hard Questions with Joyce & Lisa HarperWhat tough questions are on your mind these days? Chances are, we talked through at least one of them in this episode. So many of you sent in such good amazing, meaningful questions for us to answer that we decided to call in reinforcements: Joyce and the lovely Lisa Harper! Listen in as we unpack what God’s Word says about things like why healing doesn’t always look the way we expected, how to respond when you’re suffering, what to do when you’re in a relationship with someone who doesn’t believe like you, and more.
2022-04-1254 minJoyce Meyer's Talk It Out Podcast84. Answering Life's Hard Questions, Ft. Lisa HarperWhat tough questions are on your mind these days? Chances are, we talked through at least one of them in this episode. So many of you sent in such good amazing, meaningful questions for us to answer that we decided to call in reinforcements: Joyce and the lovely Lisa Harper! Listen in as we unpack what God’s Word says about things like why healing doesn’t always look the way we expected, how to respond when you’re suffering, what to do when you’re in a relationship with someone who doesn’t believe like you, and more.
2022-04-1254 min
Big Fat Negative: TTC, fertility, infertility and IVFDoing your own research, with Professor Joyce HarperProfessor Joyce Harper has spent 30 years on both sides of the IVF counter: as an embryologist, professor of women's health and one of Europe's leading voices on fertility treatment, and also as an IVF patient. She joins us to explain how to do your own research: how to read scientific papers, how to spot a dodgy study and how to get clued-up on your own treatment.Swears throughout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-12-211h 09
Venus RisingPodcast #042 (S03): Joyce HarperToday on Venus Rising I sit down with reproductive science research expert, author, academic and educator Joyce Harper, BSc, PhD. Currently Dr. Harper is Professor of Reproductive Science at University College London in the Institute for Women’s Health where she is Head of the Reproductive Science and Society Group. She is a Director of the Embryology and PGD Academy and founder of Global Women Connected. Dr. Harper has over 33 years of experience in the fields of fertility, genetics and reproductive science. In fact, she was finishing her PhD just nine years after Louise Brown was born! She...
2021-11-163h 37Joyce Meyer's Talk It Out Podcast68. A Woman's Heart, Ft. Lisa HarperY’ALL. Guess who’s joining us today. You might know her as one of the most honest, hilarious storytellers and Bible scholars teaching today… Or maybe as the one who was brave enough to become a mom at age 50 and adopt her beautiful daughter from another country… Or maybe you haven’t met her yet at all—in which case, you’re in for an absolute blast. Wondering who it is? Drumroll please…the dynamic Lisa Harper!! Tune in as Lisa + the girls talk through some of the deepest longings...
2021-09-1456 min
Fertility Life RaftEmpowering Yourself with Knowledge with Professor Joyce HarperI had the pleasure of chatting to Professor Joyce Harper in today's episode. We have a real mix of guests on this show as you know. It's important to recognize that a part of this journey is just absorbing information, and that can be absolutely overwhelming. It can sometimes be hard to hear the truth or the science behind all of this because sometimes it’s not what we want to hear. In this episode, we hear from Joyce what it was like working as a profession in the field going through fertility treatments, and how it still impacts he...
2021-09-061h 01