How to survive the perimenopause
Postcards From Midlife
Lorraine Candy & Trish Halpin
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2020
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Trish and Lorraine get the lowdown from specialist Dr Louise Newson on getting the right treatment for you during perimenopause, as well as the other health checks we should all be doing in midlife.
Plus: Why we should be proud of our Gen Z teens, badly behaved pets, DIY tinted eyebrows and a walking plan to beat muffin top.
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| 0:00.0 | Are you there, Lorraine? Can you hear us? I can hear you in the other ear because... |
| 0:06.7 | Oh, what's going on? This is the thing that happens with teenagers. Know this people. They just take all your stuff so someone's had my headphones used them, broken them. |
| 0:16.5 | Yes. And cleverly put them back in the laptop in case I don't notice. Do you know what I used to do, |
| 0:22.4 | Trish, to prevent this stealing of equipment? |
| 0:25.1 | I'm sure it was very clever. Once, what I did was I put a picture of a bare bottom on the |
| 0:31.0 | charger plug and told them it was mine. And I said if you take this charger |
| 0:36.3 | you'll be touching my bare, but honestly they're disgusted by anything to do. |
| 0:40.9 | The thought of it. |
| 0:41.9 | Nudity, that lasted a week. I think I kept that charger for a week. |
| 0:45.0 | infuriating. |
| 0:47.0 | Hello! |
| 0:49.0 | Welcome to postcards from midlife. I'm Trish Helpin and I'm Lorraine Candy and we're on a mission to tackle all the big and small issues that affect women at this stage of our life. |
| 1:05.2 | From insomnia to mind and body wellness, HRT to sex drive, careers and relationships and |
| 1:10.9 | as always the challenges and joys of parenting teams. |
| 1:14.5 | In today's show we'll be talking to menopause specialist Dr Louise Newsom |
| 1:18.6 | about getting the right treatment for you during peremeneopause as well as the other |
| 1:22.2 | health checks we should all be doing in our midlife. |
| 1:24.8 | And later on we'll be chatting about how world events, however crazy they might seem, are actually |
| 1:29.7 | turning our Gen Z teams into quite remarkable young people. |
| 1:33.4 | Trish tell me what is happening in your life and in your home life. I know what you're after. You want an update on Margot, the cat, don't you? |
| 1:47.0 | Yeah, I'm after. Because I know you don't like cats, but you're quite fascinated by her. |
| 1:51.5 | Well, Margot likes doing yoga with me. |
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