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The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

42 - Exposing the failures faced by perimenopausal women

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

Dr Louise Newson

Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.7933 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by Jain monks and filmmakers Sadhvi Siddhali Shree and Sadhvi Anubhuti to discuss their new docuseries, Balance, which follows their personal experiences of perimenopause and exposes how women’s hormonal health has been overlooked for generations.

As the only UK doctor featured in the series, Louise reflects on why these stories matter, the injustices women still face in being believed and treated, and why she founded the Balance app, a free, evidence-based resource created because women deserve better information and care.

This is a conversation about being heard, understanding your hormones, and having the confidence to advocate for the health you need and deserve. 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This week's podcast is a great listen.

0:02.1

I've got two Jane Monks from the US on my podcast, Sidali and Anubuti.

0:08.6

They're talking about the balanced docu-series that they've just created.

0:12.4

It's taken two years to be produced, directed.

0:17.9

And it's the most amazing series that you'll watch.

0:39.7

It focuses on perimenopause and it focuses on the injustice of women who aren't being listened to, aren't being believed, aren't be adequately treated. And it takes us on their personal stories as well about their own perimenopause and what they do to improve their symptoms and their future health.

0:42.0

So last time I saw you both was in real life.

0:46.0

I had this whistletop visit over to the US.

0:49.7

We were in New York, hailing Uber's, running around.

0:54.1

And then I came to the ashtrum and had the most

0:56.9

beautiful, calm, relaxing time there, still thinking about the mantras and what I learned.

1:03.7

And it was amazing. And now you're on a screen. And hopefully, coming to see you in a few months,

1:10.0

couple of months time now.

1:11.9

So I have so much respect for the two of you as individuals of your commitments, what you're doing.

1:20.3

Honestly, when I have really difficult times, I just think about you too because you're so calm and you're so peaceful.

1:31.5

And what you represent for others is just really powerful. So I want you to just explain a bit who you are and like even how you've

1:39.6

come together because it's it's unusual, you know, to have one female Jane Monk, but there are two

1:45.6

female Jane Monks in front of me from the US. So people might be wondering, like, where's this

1:51.6

conversation going? And I want a bit of intrigue. That's fine. So can you just explain a two of you

1:57.2

about your backgrounds? And why are we making movies about perimenopause and menopause?

2:02.2

Yeah, well, we'll come to that as well. Like, how did that happen? So we're Jane monks.

2:07.3

My name is Sadvi Saddali Sri. And I'm Sadvi Anubuti. And so Janeism focuses on nonviolence.

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