Hello, I'm Dr Louise Newsome. I'm a GP and menopause specialist, and I'm also the founder of the Newsome Health Menopause and wellbeing centre here in Stratford-Pon-Avon.

I'm also the founder of the free Balance app.

Each week on my podcast, join me and my special guests where we discuss all things perimenopause and menopause.

We talk about the latest research, bust myths on menopause symptoms and treatments,

and often share moving and always inspirational personal stories.

This podcast is brought to you by the Newsome Health Group,

which has clinics across the UK dedicated to providing individualised perimenopause and menopause care for all women.

So today on the podcast I'm actually interviewing two guests together, a husband and wife,

who I've only met a few seconds ago, actually, I was introduced to Lindsay through

someone else on social media. Social media has many pitfalls, but it also has many benefits.

And there is a bit of a warning before the podcast starts because it is a difficult story.

But Lindsay's very determined to share it. And I'm very determined to talk about it because, as many of you know,

the mental health aspect of the menopause and perimenopause is actually very neglected and not

thought about enough. And when we look at the definition of the menopause, it's always about periods

and it's about fertility. And it's as if our hormones don't travel anywhere else other than in our pelvic organs.

And of course they do. Our female hormones, estrogen, progesterone and testosterone on

neurotransmitters, they work in many, many areas of our brains as well as elsewhere in our body.

So welcome Lindsay and Kieran to the podcast today. Thank you very much.

You're happy to be here.

Thank you.

So let's introduce you both and then we'll start talking about things.

So Kieran, you're a GP.

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