Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?

Prof Gaby Captur is a leading Consultant Cardiologist at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and Associate Professor at University College London (UCL), where she specialises in inherited heart conditions and advanced cardiac imaging. At the Royal Free Hospital, she is the Clinical Lead for the Inherited Cardiac Conditions (Cardiomyopathy) service, caring for individuals with genetic and ac...

Why menopause’s moment has gone horribly wrong, and how you can navigate your way through it Fiona Clark is an award-winning journalist, writer and passionate women's health advocate. She is the author of MenoWars. Driven by frustration due to the lack of research into women's health around menopause, she founded the Menopause Research and Education Fund, a charity which aims to support research i...

The Truth about HRT: Four Experts. Four Perspectives. What Does the Evidence Really Tell Us? Professor Susan Davis, Professor Annice Mukherjee, Professor Aimee Spector and Dr Juliet Balfour. For this World Menopause Day special, I am doing something a little different. HRT has become one of the most talked-about topics in women's health, yet it is also one of the most misunderstood. Social media,...

From one world to another: the untold side of adoption – resilience, strength, beauty and life Ionica Adriana is an actress, presenter, broadcaster and speaker. Born in Romania in the late 1980s, she spent the first two and a half years of her life in a Romanian orphanage before being adopted by a British family and moving to Yorkshire. She has since built a successful career in television, radio...

Dr Stacey Bryan (BSc MBBS MRCOG MD) is a consultant gynaecologist and gynaecological cancer surgeon at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, where she completed her subspecialty training in gynaecological cancers. She obtained her undergraduate degrees in Biomedical Science and Medicine, at St George’s University of London in 2008, and membership to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecol...

Prof. Adam Rosenthal qualified from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School (now Imperial College), London, in 1992 and undertook general Obstetrics and Gynaecology training, working at various hospitals, including St. Mary's, Queen Charlotte's, the Hammersmith, and Chelsea and Westminster. He is now a Consultant Gynaecologist at UCLH, where he leads the Colposcopy and Familial Gynaecological Cancer se...

Adeola Olaitan was appointed as Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist at the University College London Hospital, the gynaecological cancer centre for the North London Cancer Network, in January 2002. She discontinued NHS Clinical work in August 2022 but retained her UCL contract and she was awarded an honorary chair in January 2026. She obtained her Medical Degree from the University College Hospit...

Dr Thomas Ind is a Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist, one of the UK's most senior gynaecological oncology surgeons, and currently President of the British Gynaecological Cancer Society. He has spent many years specialising in cervical cancer and was involved in the development and introduction of fertility-preserving surgery for women with early-stage cervical cancer. https://eveappeal.org.uk/...

Sanju is a passionate Endo Warrior whose life's work is underpinned by social justice. She is founder of the education charity RISE (Rural India School Enterprise) which she managed whilst working full time as a management consultant at Accenture for a decade. This led to her winning the UK Asian Women of Achievement Award and being profiled in ‘Inspirational Women in Business’ by the Department f...

Dr Sarah Lensen is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health at the University of Melbourne. She has a background and interest in women's health, particularly infertility and IVF. Dr Lensen is particularly interested in improving evidence-based healthcare of women. She has been involved in a number of large clinical trials evaluating infertility treat...

In this episode, Joyce is joined by Professor Jacky Boivin, one of the world's leading experts in fertility psychology, for a thought-provoking discussion about the relationship between stress, fertility, and emotional wellbeing. Together, they explore one of the most common myths in reproductive health: the belief that people simply need to "relax" in order to conceive.  Drawing on decades of res...

Becky Kearns is co founder and CEO of Fertility Matters at Work, a UK organisation dedicated to improving workplace support for people experiencing fertility challenges. A former HR professional, she combines her career expertise with her own lived experience of early menopause, IVF and donor conception to advocate for better awareness and support. Becky is also the founder of Paths to Parenthub a...

Anis Feki is the head of the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at Hospital Cantonal, and professor at the university of Fribourg, Switzerland. He is a fertility specialist with extensive experience in reproductive medicine and assisted reproduction. He has worked internationally in both clinical practice and research, with a focus on improving patient outcomes and delivering personalised fe...

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...