114 - Writing ‘Preparing for the Perimenopause and Menopause’ with journalist, Kat Keogh
The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
Dr Louise Newson
4.7 • 938 Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2021
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Dr Louise Newson’s new book, ‘Preparing for the Perimenopause and Menopause’ is now released by Penguin Life as part of the Penguin Life Experts series. Health journalist, Kat Keogh, worked with Dr Newson to write the book, and in this podcast episode they discuss the importance of creating factual and engaging information about the menopause, not just for women but their partners, children, friends and colleagues.
Kat Keogh has worked as a health journalist for 15 years and currently writes for a nursing journal. She collaborated with Dr Newson on her first book in 2019, the Haynes Manual on the menopause, and Kat is passionate about writing to not only educate but empower women in their perimenopause and menopause journey. Now that she has all this knowledge from working with Dr Newson, she is better prepared for menopause than her grandmother was, whose only means of coping was to go and shout down a well at the bottom of her garden!
Kat's 3 reasons to buy Dr Louise Newson’s new book:
- For women, it's all about empowerment. Have the knowledge to get the best treatment for you.
- For men, it’s a great window into understanding what’s happening in a woman’s life at this stage, whether that is your partner, friend or colleague.
- For a teenager, it will be an eye-opener. Teenage hormones and menopausal hormones can be an explosive combination. This book is very easy to read and can be digested in small chunks.
'Preparing for the Perimenopause and Menopause' published by Penguin Life, is out now and has reached Amazon's Number 1 Best Seller on its launch day, 26th August.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Neuson Health Menopause podcast. I'm Dr. Louise Newson, a GP and menopause |
| 0:15.8 | specialist and I'm also the founder of the menopause charity. In addition, I run the Newston Health Menopause and Well-Being Clinic here in Stratford-upon-Avon. |
| 0:31.4 | So today I have with me, Kat Keough, who I've known for a few years now, |
| 0:35.9 | we were introduced actually by a journalist. When I was |
| 0:38.5 | starting to write my first book, the Haynes Menopause Manual, I needed some help because I have |
| 0:44.7 | very little time and lots of knowledge. And so someone called Sarah, she very kindly introduced me |
| 0:49.7 | to Cass. And then she came up to Struct upon Avon to meet me and we had a nice cup of coffee and, well, I don't pick coffee, but we had a drink. |
| 0:58.3 | And yeah, the rest is history, as they say. |
| 1:00.2 | So welcome, Kat. |
| 1:01.1 | Thanks for joining me today. |
| 1:02.5 | Thanks, Louise. |
| 1:03.2 | It's lovely to be here. |
| 1:04.6 | So just tell me a bit about you and what you do in your background, if you don't mind, is to put everything into context. |
| 1:11.8 | Okay, well, I'm a health journalist by trade. I've been a journalist now for about 15 years. |
| 1:17.5 | Day job I work for a nursing journal, but I also do projects like helping your good self out. |
| 1:23.9 | And, you know, previously I've worked at the mail on Sunday on the health desk. |
| 1:29.0 | So, you know, health is my passion, really. |
| 1:31.8 | So I've been really lucky because, you know, I've combined the writing with the sort of health aspect, |
| 1:37.1 | which is brilliant because you, you know, self-fishly you get to learn an awful lot, |
| 1:41.8 | but also for the reader, you know, you get to impart lots of knowledge from also for the reader you know you get to impart lots of |
| 1:45.6 | knowledge from talking to people like you so yeah it's such a skill actually isn't it and i mean i've |
| 1:51.1 | been a medical writing for 20 years and i have had the privilege of writing a lot for well when i say |
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