Fearne Cotton

I feel very calm.

We have got so much to talk about today.

It is unbelievable.

Now, of course, you are the doctor known for kickstarting the menopause.

You're

rolling your eyes the menopause revolution but my god did we need it and do we still need it and it seems like many women out there are really on board with having this conversation now and learning and being open-minded but is the medical world ready for this chat it's not and i'm really proud of being a doctor really proud no one in my family has been a medical doctor and i wanted to be a doctor since i was four so you know it's something i feel very very privileged to be a doctor

Well, I bet because, you know, we all know and we've touched on this in other episodes before to a degree that we know that women's health is not taken seriously when it comes to, you know, and we if you think women, young girls start their period could be as young as 11.

Yeah.

And then have to deal with, you know, fluctuating hormone levels and everything that comes with having a period, a menstrual cycle, pregnancy, perimenopause, menopause until we're, you know, 40s, 50s.

That's a big section of our lives that isn't really being taken seriously.

So I'm sure that plays into a large part of it.

Also, I'm imagining doctors being time poor that you get these like five minute segments with people.

It's quite a long time.

So it's really for the patient taking back control to say, I've got a feeling as to what's up rather than, oh my God, I don't know what's going on with me, but I'm really struggling.

I think...

The ripple effects of women not being informed previously, but also, as you say, the medical world not catching up with this conversation, is many women, like me, have got their head buried in the sand.

So in many ways, I'm the perfect person to interview today.

Not only about your new book, which I fucking raced through because I was just like, I need this book right now.

The Power of Hormones.

We'll put all the details in the podcast copy.