Womenstrual The Podcast

Does turning 30 mean your chances at love are running out or is that just what we’ve been taught to believe? In this episode of Womenstrual The Podcast , we explore the mindset shift many women experience around dating, self-worth, and relationships in their 30s and how The Turning 30 Coach, Emma Wilson, turning that pressure into a thriving global community of like-minded women seeking authentic,...

This episode of Womenstrual The Podcast features medical doctor, peri-natal mental health researcher, avid traveller and women’s health advocate - Dr Jessica Katanga! In this conversation we discuss her predictions for the future of women’s health and mental health, one of the ways she believes we’ll be able to close the gender health gap, her trip to Uganda as part of the global health fellows an...

This week on Womenstrual The Podcast, we welcome Screenwriter, Actress, and Producer Joan Iyiola, alongside Consultant Obstetrics / Gynaecologist Dr. Christine Ekechi — two trailblazing women whose collaboration turned a personal health journey into an award-winning film. After Joan’s challenging experience with fibroids, and her diagnosis and treatment by Dr. Christine, she asked herself “what ha...

This week on Womenstrual: The Podcast, we’re joined by Leanne Pero MBE — award-winning speaker, author, social entrepreneur, dancer, and breast cancer survivor. After facing childhood trauma and a breast cancer diagnosis, Leanne Pero built two powerful businesses — The Movement Factory and Black Women Rising — showing us that purpose often begins where the pain once lived. In this episode, we talk...

This week we’re joined by actress and model Vanessa Vanderpuye! 🌟 From TV screens and films to international campaigns, Vanessa’s career is nothing short of inspiring but behind the scenes, she’s been fighting a private battle with chronic period pain and endometriosis. In this powerful episode, Vanessa opens up about: 🔸 Her endometriosis diagnosis journey 🔸 Navigating heavy menstrual bleeding...

Season 2 kicks off with Dr. Aziza Sesay — women’s health specialist, award-winning GP, and passionate advocate for women’s wellbeing. In this episode, we dive into her inspiring journey into medicine, the truth behind common period myths, and the one question from her uncle that continues to guide her purpose today. This podcast is sponsored by Here We Flo. They have recently launched products for...

Season 2 of Womenstrual The Podcast is back - new guests, new space, new stories shared. In this episode, #WomenstrualThePodcast Host and The Gynae Project Founder, Candace, gives a brief backstory of how The Gynae Project and Womenstrual The Podcast were established (listen to the full story in episode 1), gynaecological updates in her own life and shares her view on how we can identify our purpo...

Episode 10 of #womenstrualthepodcast features Gemma Barry, author, health coach, and founder of The Well Woman Project. Her book “Period’s aren’t meant to bloody hurt” is an educational resource and empowering guide is your roadmap to becoming the queen of your own menstrual health. We talk about the book, her first period, what estranged family relationships taught her, experiences as a nurse and...

In this episode, we’re joined by the lovely Demi Santana-Brown, an endometriosis advocate, former pro footballer and one of the romantic hopefuls from the very first Love Is Blind UK. Demi talks openly about her endometriosis journey, the many medical labels her symptoms were called before diagnosis, family life, lessons of a professional footballer and the Love Is Blind UK experience. Please like...

In this episode, Candace dives into why the data around women’s health is such a critical currency for change, and highlights some stats from The Gynae Project survey so far.  For more information on The Gynae Project, visit our website here - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ www.thegynaeptroject.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .  Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegynaeproject ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegynaeproject⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Gynae Project⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

When was the last time you took a leap of faith? In this episode of #womenstrualthepodcast, we sit down with UK Entertainment Awards Founder Shinel Crichlow. We discuss her 10 year legacy of the UEA awards and where her passion for entertainment started, the business lessons she’s learned, testimonials from former award recipients, the effects of transitioning from yoyo dieting to a committed heal...

We’re doing things a little differently this week and invited our first man into the conversation! Paul C Brunson is a globally renewed relationship expert having sat in expert seats on Celebs Go Dating and Married at First Sight. He's an author of 3 books, a devoted husband and father, and a very proud Jamaican and now, south londoner. He joins us for a conversation around the healthcare syst...

In this episode, we’re joined by the lovely Susan Allen-Augustin - Co-Founder of Flo, a plant-powered personal care brand. What began as a lighthearted conversation between Susan and her friend Tara in their uni toilets about starting a social impact business turned into them joining forces to launch and run a leading personal care brand. We talk about the hurdles when running a business as a fema...

Based on our data 79.5% of women and girls would consider their periods a nuisance, an inconvenience or cause of anxiety, however this week’s guest must be in the 19.5% as she loves having a period. Inclusion Strategist and Founder of Acquintz Consulting, Grace Mosuro joins us for episode 3, and we talk motherhood, her period story, how cancer affects your health, DE&I in the workplace and cra...

In this week’s episode of #womenstrualthepodcast, we’re joined by Rhianna Beaumont who shares the story of how a baecation to Thailand turned into an emergency trip to A&E. As a mother of 3, when she discovered a lump in her tummy, her first thought was “am I pregnant again?!”, and those concerns lead her to various different hospitals around London searching for a diagnosis. In this conversat...

Gynaecology is extremely specific and it’s impossible to discuss it without an expert.. so we bought one on. This episode features Dr Israa Siddig, a women’s health doctor and gynaecologist with over 15 years of medical experience. In this episode we delve into how we met, her own period journey, patient stories, taboos, the importance of data within women’s health, the role tech places in the adv...

Welcome to Episode 1! In this episode, The Gynae Project founder, Candace Oxley takes a very personal deep dive into where this work began and where the inspiration for The Gynae Project came from. Please like, follow and subscribe. For more information on The Gynae Project, visit our website here - www.thegynaeptroject.co.uk .  Let’s connect socially too - Instagram - @thegynaeproject  TikTok - @...

Welcome to Womenstrual - The Podcast by The Gynae Project. This podcast centres around the ebs and flows of life, and is a safe space to discuss periods. Hosted by Candace Oxley, Founder of The Gynae Project, this podcast takes listeners on a relatable journey of life’s weird and wonderful ways, while pairing that with the affects of menstrual health on us all. Please like, follow and subscribe. @...