Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?

Nick Macklon has been Group Medical Director for London Women’s Clinic, London Sperm Bank and London Egg Bank since 2017. He is an internationally recognised gynaecologist and leader in reproductive medicine and has held Professorship and Departmental Head positions at the Universities of Utrecht in the Netherlands, Southampton, UK and Copenhagen in Denmark, as well as a visiting Professorship in...

Audrey Gaskins is Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. She is an environmental and reproductive epidemiologist who goal is to conduct research that can better enable people to achieve healthy pregnancies, babies and families. Her research looks at how environmental, dietary and lifestyle factors experienced through the life course influence r...

Julie Angel is a movement coach, artist, award winning filmmaker and author. After completing the world's first parkour themed PhD, she continued to move and learn from some of the best teachers and coaches in different movement worlds. An eternal optimist she now focuses on helping midlife women break free from the negative cycle of extreme workouts, diets, anxiety and injuries to find sustainabl...

Nitu Bajekal is a gynaecologist with over 40 years experience in women’s health and is the author of Finding me in Menopause and co-author of Living PCOS free. She has created a web site packed with free resources to empower women to take charge of their own health. Link: https://nitubajekal.com/  Instagram: @drnitubajekal  Nitu and Joyce explore the key pillars of healthy ageing: nutrition, exerc...

Jinty Sheerin and Lou Hockings-Thompson – The Womenkind Collective; spilling the tea on taboos Jinty Sheerin and Lou Hockings-Thompson are best friends and hosts of the WomenKind Collective Podcast, delivering a weekly mix of real talk, education, and humor centered on women’s health, menopause, relationships, and smashing the patriarchy. They are active campaigners, founding Exmouth's first Menop...

Breeda is a former Midwife and Community/Public Health Nurse who became interested in menopause in 2018 while completing a psychology degree. Realising how little she knew about this life stage, and how under-researched midlife women are, she went on to complete a master’s in 2020. Her dissertation, “Silence, Taboo and Midlife Women,” explored Irish women’s experiences of menopause, a topic long c...

S4, #8. Jackie Lynch: Nutrition for a happy menopause Jackie Lynch is an award-winning nutritionist, menopause specialist, author, and workshop facilitator. In 2010, she founded the WellWellWell nutrition clinic, specialising in women’s health and the menopause. Named the Menopause Nutrition Clinic of the Year 2020-21, Jackie is also the host of the lifestyle podcast The Happy Menopause, and is a...

The Big Retreat Festival Amber is the founder of The Big Retreat Festival, a four-day wellbeing and adventure festival set in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Since launching in 2018, the festival has grown into one of the UK’s most inspiring feel-good events, blending yoga, wild swimming, music, talks, food, nature, community and much more. Amber created The Big Retreat to offer people spac...

Edele has been DJing for almost 20 years with an impressive resume to fit the bill. Her passion has always been Trance which she has played all over the UK, Europe and Internationally. In the UK she has played at Ministry of Sound, KOKO (formally Camden Palace), Passion, Studio 338, Lakota, The Custard Factory, The Plug, The End to name a few. Since 2020 she has been working with Graham Gold and C...

Joe is a breathwork teacher, Wim Hof Method Certified Instructor and assistant freediving coach. He is the founder of the Coggeshall Cold Water Dippers; a community group passionate about the benefits that cold water immersion can bring, whether that is out dipping in nature or in ice baths. In addition to teaching breathwork and guiding ice baths, Joe also runs a mobile “Finnish style” sauna whic...

Petra is a qualified Yoga Therapist, Senior Teacher and Trainer for the British Wheel of Yoga and Yoga Alliance Professionals and Yoga Australia and has been a member of the British Menopause Society for health practitioners since 2017. She lives in the UK but trains teachers and supports women worldwide in her weekly public classes and monthly courses. Petra is the founder and creator of Menopaus...

In this International Women’s Day special, Joyce Harper is joined by Big Swim organiser Nicky Chisholm, cold-water physiology researcher Dr Heather Massey, wild swimming author Tash Sones, and paddleboard author Jo Moseley to explore why women swim, what it gives them, and how community in the water can support wellbeing. They discuss the Big Swim (Brighton and Poole), a joyful, costume-filled mas...

Dr. Lauren is a researcher and science communicator specializing in female physiology, exercise, and nutrition, and a former seasoned fitness professional with extensive hands-on experience helping hundreds of women in all stages of life. She is a co-owner of the MASS Research Review, which helps bridge the gap between cutting-edge research and practical fitness strategies for coaches and trainers...

Episode description:  S4, #1: Professor Joyce Harper, Your Joyful Years: let’s make looking after your good health and happiness sexy  Joyce is the host of this podcast, Professor of Reproductive Science at the Institute for Women’s Health, University College London, and the author of several books, including Your Fertile Years and Your Joyful Years (out 1 May 2026).  Welcome to season four of Why...

Our Favourite Drug Professor David Nutt is a psychiatrist and the Edmond J. Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology in Imperial College London and Chief Research Officer of Awaknlifesciences. He is currently Founding Chair of the charity DrugScience.org.uk and has been president of the European Brain Council, the BAP, BNA, and ECNP. David has published 35 books and over 1000 research papers tha...

Pauliina Damdimopoulou is a Professor of Reproductive Biology at the Department of Women's and Children's Health at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. With over 15 years of experience in endocrinology, reproductive biology and toxicology, Pauliina’s team are investigating the effects of chemicals on female fertility. Her ambition is to generate evidence-based information on the risks o...

Nerys is a human nutrition scientist with a strong interest in clinical trial methodology and evidence-based medicine. Nerys has worked at the University of Manchester and the New York Obesity Research Center at Columbia University in New York City. She is currently Associate Professor in diet and obesity in the Health Behaviours Team at the University of Oxford. Her main interests are how dietary...

Partha is the National Specialty Advisor on Diabetes with NHS England and co-author of the national Diabetes GIRFT report. He has been a Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust since 2008- and pioneer of the Super Six Diabetes Model which is recognised as one of the good examples of integrated care. He has helped to expand use of technology in Type 1 Diabetes-...

Navigating the Wild West of Menopause Amanda Thebe is a Fitness and Women’s Health Expert. She is the author of the Amazon best-selling book, Menopocalypse: How I Learned to Thrive During Menopause and How You Can Too! With nearly 30 years of experience in the fitness industry, Amanda is a highly-regarded expert on women’s fitness and health. She is the co-founder and Chief Wellness and Branding O...

Professor Neil Gittoes is Consultant Endocrinologist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham and Honorary Professor of Endocrinology at the University of Birmingham. He graduated from the University of Birmingham with honours in medicine and anatomical studies and has a PhD in molecular endocrinology. Neil is recognised nationally and internationally for his work in metabolic bone diseases inc...

Dr Sarah McKay is a neuroscientist and science communicator and runs The Neuroscience Academy – which provides online training in brain health and applied neuroscience for health. Sarah was born in New Zealand. She obtained her MSc and PhD from Oxford University then moved to Australia, where she conducted five years of postdoctoral research on spinal cord injury. Sarah shares brain science with a...

Nerina is a physiologist, Sleep Expert, Author & keynote speaker, who is dedicated to helping people and organisations to thrive, sleep more deeply and live more joyfully.  Nerina spent a decade conducting sleep and wellness programmes at Nightingale Hospital in London, coaches on burnout prevention at Ashridge Business School and is the original founder of BUPA’s Corporate Wellbeing Solutions...

Debbie 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 navigat...

What can I say about this woman? Lu in Luland, AKA Lou Featherstone is a 50-something mom on a mission to help women of all ages unlock their potential and become as confident as they can be. Hence, the Self Love Revolution Tour! She is a founding member of the Zero F*s Club, a sex-positive movement that helps others grow old disgracefully! To do that, Lou is touring the WORLD in her beloved vinta...

For 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, w...