220 - Hormones, HRT and advocating for yourself

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

Dr Louise Newson

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Medicine

4.8 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast, Jill Chmielewski, a nurse, educator and women’s advocate, talks about her mission to guide midlife women to greater wellbeing. Dr Louise and Jill discuss the powerful and poorly understood role of hormones in women’s health throughout their life, HRT and the importance of women advocating strongly for their own needs. Jill advises women should prepare well in advance for the menopause, as hormonal changes can begin earlier than you may expect. Jill’s three top tips: Educate yourself on the role of hormones and the impact these can have on your health, so that you are informed. Start thinking about your menopause early – and probably earlier than you may expect. You may notice hormonal changes in your thirties, so be prepared and plan which healthcare professional may provide the support that you need to manage your perimenopause and menopause journey. Embrace patient power – act as your own advocate and be persistent with your healthcare professionals about what you need. This includes if you are on HRT, as you may still benefit from tweaks to your current regime. For more about Jill visit her website here and you can follow Jill on Instagram @jill.chmielewski.

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0:00.0	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.
0:21.6	I'm also the founder of the free Balance app.
0:25.6	Each week on my podcast, join me and my special guests where we discuss all things perimenopause and menopause.
0:32.6	We talk about the latest research, bust myths on menopause symptoms and treatments,
0:38.2	and often share moving and always inspirational personal stories.
0:43.7	This podcast is brought to you by the Newsome Health Group,
0:46.9	which has clinics across the UK dedicated to providing individualised perimenopause and menopause care for all women.
1:02.4	So today on the podcast, I've got an American lady with me.
1:05.9	I've had a few people from America and I'm sure I have a few more.
1:09.4	So Jill Shimaleski is with me remotely,
1:13.0	not actually in my house, unfortunately. And we've been having a remote friendship, if you like,
1:20.3	for, I don't know, over a year or so. And Jill's a nurse and she spends her life probably as frustrated as me, but as passionate as me
1:30.3	to help as many people and empower as many people as possible. Is that fair to say, Jill?
1:35.3	That is, you said it just perfectly.
1:38.5	We share the frustration, yes.
1:41.1	Yes. So tell me a bit about you and your background and why you're doing what you're doing,
1:45.4	if that's okay. Yeah, yeah. So I've been a nurse for 30 years and about, I would say about 10 years ago,
1:51.6	I started, well, I had really always been of the mindset. It was more in kind of the prevention side of
1:56.4	healthcare. Like our system is so designed for sick care. And I always wondered why we weren't doing more to prevent disease from happening.
2:03.6	And so that was sort of even throughout my 30 years as a nurse where I was coming from.
2:08.1	And I started shifting then about 10 years ago.
2:10.4	And I went and became a health coach.
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