222 - Empowering women unheard during menopause

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

Dr Louise Newson

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Medicine

4.8 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s podcast, food writer, author and award-winning entrepreneur Freda Shafi talks about her work raising awareness of menopause, and recording the experiences in the Pakistani community in West Yorkshire. Freda shares her own menopause story, and she and Dr Louise discuss key barriers women face accessing care, and ways to improve knowledge to empower women to advocate for themselves. ‘I'm a South Asian woman, I'm a Pakistani, I'm a British Pakistani woman, and I know I represent a certain demographic,’ says Freda. ‘I feel as though I can reach many women through the fact that I am from the community. That may be platforms for women like myself who are able to cascade that information and let that reverberate across those communities.’ Freda’s top three tips: Help represent your community to spread awareness of menopause symptoms, treatments and services and help tackle the stigma that still surrounds this area. Get a second opinion if you don’t feel your healthcare professional has given you the right diagnosis. Explore the materials that are out there, including the balance app, so that you’re informed when you see your doctor. Boost training in the menopause for community leaders so that they can signpost women to local services that can help support them. Follow Freda on Instagram @fredishafi_spiceitup

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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
0:31.6	and menopause. 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 I'm very excited for today's podcast. I've got with me in the studio, someone called
1:06.7	Frida, who approached me like lots of people do and told me about the incredible work that she's doing.
1:12.7	And for those of you that might know, I spend a lot of my time trying to work out how to reach
1:18.4	people who have really been unheard, have been sort of vanished from society with their perimenopause
1:25.0	and menopause. And the more work I do, the more I realize,
1:28.2	sadly, there's lots of those women. And it's actually, I think, the majority of women who are not
1:33.0	able to access really good quality care, advice and treatment. So Frida's been doing some really
1:39.6	great work. So I'm very privileged to have you here today at my studio. So welcome today.
1:44.7	Thank you, Louise. It's a privilege to be here actually. Oh, thank you. So just tell me a bit
1:49.4	about you first and your background and why you're doing what you're doing, if that's okay.
1:54.8	As you may have gathered from some of my background information, I am a creative person who works across the cultural sector. And at the
2:04.9	moment, I'm working in the culinary world, so everything to do with food, health, well-being,
2:10.7	and being equipped to understanding our bodies and how we can make really the best of our health through food,
2:20.8	through nutrition, through lifestyle. And in the current world that we're living in,
2:26.5	we need to be fully aware of how our longevity impacts our family and our communities.
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