Everything You Need to Know About The Menopause!

Begin Again with Davina McCall

FlightStory

Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 972 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Begin Again, journalist and menopause campaigner Kate Muir opens up about her personal journey through the menopause and midlife crisis, revealing how these experiences have shaped her life and work. Kate discusses her groundbreaking work in menopause advocacy, from writing her book to challenging societal taboos around women's health. She shares her own story of navigating the emotional and physical challenges of perimenopause, the impact on her relationships, and how menopause became a driving force for change. Kate also dives into the science of menopause, exploring its effects on the brain, memory, and Alzheimer’s risk, while emphasizing the importance of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and testosterone. She reflects on the emotional highs and lows of midlife, including her divorce, dating at 54, and finding her true self. Through her powerful activism, Kate is helping shift the narrative on menopause, encouraging women to embrace it and reclaim their vitality and self-worth in midlife. 👉 Follow us on Instagram: @beginagain 🎥 Watch more on TikTok: @beginagainpod (00:01:28) - Kate & Davina: Shifting the Menopause Conversation (00:04:09) - A Guide to a Magnificent Midlife Crisis (00:04:58) - The ‘Menodivorce’ & Midlife Crisis (00:10:18) - Hormonal Rage & Shame in Perimenopause (00:11:16) - Rewiring Your Brain: The 3 Ps (00:13:42) - The Mental Health Toll of Perimenopause (00:17:01) - Menopause Hormones & Alzheimer’s Risk (00:22:51) - Hormone Therapy & Testosterone for Women (00:29:56) - The Economic Cost of Menopause (00:32:42) - New Science & Menopause Myths (00:38:39) - Adobe Ad (00:39:13) - Midlife Crisis: Grief, Divorce, Therapy (00:44:20) - Building Self-Compassion in Midlife (00:46:30) - The ‘Vagibiome’: Dryness & UTIs (00:52:06) - Kate’s Affair & Midlife Dating (00:55:39) - Finding Love at 54 (00:57:45) - Kate’s Journey to Her True Self (00:59:50) - Davina’s Gratitude & the Miracle Scan (01:01:56) - Synthetic Hormones & The Pill (01:07:05) - Why Male Contraceptives Don’t Exist (01:08:22) - Kate’s Activism (01:09:46) - Kate’s Lifelong Championing of Women (01:10:28) - What’s Next for Kate? Sponsored by: Adobe - http://adobe.ly/Davina Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:11.4	Today I'm chatting with the incredible Cape Muir, someone who knows exactly how to turn life's toughest moments into something really powerful.
1:21.8	I feel that I've been given a second life.
1:24.2	She talked to me about her midlife crisis and how from pain comes growth. Very stupidly,
1:30.8	I had an affair with a married man. It was about me being looked after, being loved by someone.
1:36.0	We talked about how menopause played a huge part in all of it and the exact steps that she
1:42.4	took to start feeling like herself again.
1:45.2	One in ten women are leaving their jobs because of menopause symptoms.
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