Claiming Your Confidence

Hormones can create a confidence gap. Are workplaces solving the wrong problem? For many women, perimenopause and menopause don’t just change their bodies. They change the way they see themselves. At the very stage of life when women have decades of experience and wisdom to offer, many find themselves second-guessing their judgement, losing trust in their own minds and wondering what’s happened to...

Have you ever had a moment at work where something felt off - and then spent the drive home telling yourself it probably wasn’t that bad? That nobody noticed? That you were just being too hard on yourself? This episode is going to gently - and then not so gently - challenge that. I recently found a brand new piece of peer-reviewed research about hormones, confidence and women in leadership. It’s s...

SHOW NOTES: Lorraine Candy — What’s Wrong With Me? Available wherever books are sold. SWAN Study (Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation) https://www.swanstudy.org Dr Louise Newson & Dr Rebecca Lewis — survey of nearly 4,000 women https://www.newsonhealth.co.uk Next episode — the 2026 Penn State research on how perimenopause symptoms are perceived at work, and what women can specifically do abo...

Welcome to my first attempt at podcasting over here. For those of you who love to grab their info through their ears while dogwalking, gymming, grocery shopping etc. Hope you enjoy :) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit claimingyourconfidence.substack.com