Jinty Sheerin and Lou Hockings-Thompson

WomenKind Collective

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Welcome to Womenkind Collective: Spill The Tea, the podcast where no topic is off-limits, and every conversation is served with honesty, humour, and heart. Hosted by lifelong friends Jinty and Lou, we bring you a vibrant, fun, weekly mix of education, laughter, and real talk. From health and hormones to family, relationships, equity, and the realities of menopause, we tackle the topics that matter, especially the ones society often shies away from. With the help of expert guests, including Menopause specialists, GPs, Gynaecologists, Nutritionists, Sleep Therapists, Cancer Survivors, Advocates,...

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Jinty Sheerin and Lou Hockings-Thompson

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Menopause symptoms and interesting words! 30.05.2021 1:10:29

In this weeks podcast Jinty and Lou explore some of the symptoms that we don’t necessarily associate with the menopause. Jinty has researched the word ‘berk’ with some curious results, which led her down a rabbit hole (pardon the pun) of Greek and Roman words & attitudes for lady parts. The Book Collective get into the first week of Three Women by Lisa Taddeo and the Foodie Collective, Lou gets st...

Alcohol and the Menopause 09.05.2021 1:05:01

Welcome to this weeks Womenkind Collective where Jinty and Lou talk all things women. On this weeks podcast we find out why we can’t drink as much alcohol as we used to, especially during menopause. There is a new foodie Collective, a recipe for ‘No bake flapjacks’. As it’s national pet month we hear from some of the Collective about how pets have helped, mentally and physically, during the pandem...

Nutrition, Health & Hormones with expert, Emma Ellice-Flint 25.04.2021 1:11:38

In this weeks podcast Jinty and Lou welcome Nutritionist, author, chef, and all round fantastic woman, Emma Ellice-Flint to the Womenkind Collective. Emma is a clinical nutritional therapist, specialising in Women’s health. Her book, The Happy Hormone Cook book, combines nutritional facts and information to help balance our hormones as well as great practical tips and recipes. Emma works with Dr L...

Autism in Women & Girls with Lyn & Libby Curtis 11.04.2021 1:21:45

You’ll need a whole flask of tea for this weeks podcast as well as tissues, so settle in for a slightly longer episode with some beautiful stories from some amazing women. It’s autism awareness month and we have 2 very special guests mother and daughter, Lyn and Libby Curtis. Lou gets to the bottom of one of the collectives pube loss and chin hair gain. It’s the last 6 chapters of Caitlin Moran’s...

Pregnancy and Birth during Lockdown & other Stories with Kerrie Preston 04.04.2021 1:04:30

In this Special Easter Sunday episode we thank defiant pagan women & the Goddess, Eostre, for all the tasty bits about this festival. A time of celebration & new birth it is fitting that in this weeks episode of the Collective we have a lovely guest, Kerrie Preston, Mum of two boys, 5yrs & 5 months, founder of Teddy & Millie teething necklaces and also writer of a mum blog, The Midnight Mum Club....

Friendship 11.03.2021 32:38

In this first podcast Jinty and Lou discuss friendships and the importance of friends in a women’s life. There’s menopause talk and plenty of laughter along the way. Jinty challenges Lou to the Weekly Invite challenge and the women discuss their 3 tips for life. The read along book of the month is More than a woman by Caitlin Moran. So put the kettle on and settle in for 30 minutes of collective c...