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Why 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...2024-02-281h 23
Joyce Meyer's Talk It Out Podcast - Video129. Pardon the Interruption—Annoyance or Opportunity?When someone interrupts you, what do you do first? Get frustrated? Slow down? Wish you were invisible? Join Joyce, Ginger, Erin, and our sweet friend Lisa Harper for an eye opening-episode that will help you find and make the most of the divine opportunity in every interruption. WALK IT OUT: How do you normally respond to life’s interruptions? Take a minute to ask God which interruptions tend to be the hardest for you to handle. What’s He saying? Write out a short prayer asking Him to show you how to best love others the ne...2024-02-2748 min
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 minJoyce Meyer's Talk It Out Podcast - Video126. From Bible Study to Jerry SpringerHow many times have you come across a verse or a passage in the Bible that made you stop and say, “WHAT?!” Sometimes, at first glance, there are scriptures that may seem confusing, and that’s why we all need a little help! Join Joyce, Ginger, Erin, and our friend Lisa Harper on the pink couch as we talk through everything from Jerry Springer situations in the Old Testament, to where the giants came from, to why Jesus yelled at a fig tree. Yes, a fig tree. WALK IT OUT: What’s one passage or verse fr...2024-01-1649 min
Joyce Meyer's Talk It Out Podcast126. From Bible Study to Jerry SpringerHow many times have you come across a verse or a passage in the Bible that made you stop and say, “WHAT?!” Sometimes, at first glance, there are scriptures that may seem confusing, and that’s why we all need a little help! Join Joyce, Ginger, Erin, and our friend Lisa Harper on the pink couch as we talk through everything from Jerry Springer situations in the Old Testament, to where the giants came from, to why Jesus yelled at a fig tree. Yes, a fig tree. WALK IT OUT: What’s one passage or verse fr...2024-01-1649 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 min