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The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

70 – How perimenopause can really impact you and your partner

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

Dr Louise Newson

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.7933 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

What happens when women finally realise they’re not “going crazy”, but experiencing hormonal changes?

In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by comedian and content creator Matt Hyams, whose viral social media videos about perimenopause have resonated with millions of women around the world. Together, they discuss the reality of living throughperimenopause, why so many women feel dismissed or misunderstood and the impact hormonal changes can have on mood, relationships, confidence and mental health.Matt shares how his humorous videos unexpectedly became a source of validation for women who finally felt seen and understood. Louise also explains why fluctuating hormones can affect the brain, why symptoms are so often missed by healthcare professionals and how the right treatment can be life-changing.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

So Matt, you're on my podcast and I'm very excited to talk to you because my husband introduced me to you actually.

0:10.4

He was scrolling through Instagram as you do in a very romantic way in the evening.

0:15.5

And it was the one about being an entrepreneur and having loads of emails.

0:19.8

And it's like, oh, don't disturb me i've got

0:21.4

this email this email that i and and he was showing it with my family and going this is your mother

0:25.9

and it was quite funny and so yeah and it was a great little video and it is how i work because i

0:32.6

have lots of things going on i you know my mission is to improve the global health of women and there

0:38.3

are lots of women and, you know, so I'm very busy. But then once I started looking at your

0:44.6

account, then suddenly you're wearing a wig and you're being a perimenopoles or women and it's

0:49.0

just the most amazing thing and you have so much engagement. So I'm really keen to talk to you about why are you doing

0:56.9

this and what the response has been? And like just tell me a bit about you. Okay, well, I'm a

1:02.6

comedian first. Yeah. Well, I'm a husband first, I suppose. But, uh, well done, right answer.

1:07.7

You ask a comedian now, they're always going to make themselves comic first.

1:12.6

So my main thing is I've just been trying to be a comedy writer, comedian for years, and

1:18.6

I've tried a lot of different things.

1:20.6

And so I write scripts.

1:21.6

I do stand up also.

1:23.6

And I also love social media.

1:25.6

And I love the immediacy of it.

1:27.7

And I love making videos.

1:28.9

And I've made a lot of different kinds of videos over the years.

1:31.4

Actually, I made that entrepreneur video a couple of years ago.

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