Fearne Cotton

But if you're in a loving partnership, of course, you know, it's a two way street.

You want to support each other.

If one person's struggling, the man or the woman, then you want to be there for each other.

So I believe that men should be fully integrated in this conversation.

What one thing do you think all men out there should understand about perimenopause, menopause?

And also all of those other medications you've just mentioned, we hear far less about the side effects of those.

I mean, some of those, and I've been on antidepressants, I couldn't tell you what the side effects are.

I didn't look into it.

I just was desperate and was like, I'll take them.

Whereas with this one, you could live under a rock and still have heard the breast cancer.

Well, this is the thing.

I feel like I need to go on holiday if I process everything that you've just told me in the best possible way.

Because this is a conversation that I've wanted to have for so long.

You know, probably since I hit 40 where I was like, oh yeah, things are changing.

I'm noticing things.

I've just been like head in the sand, head in the sand.

So I am so grateful for your time for reading the book.

I mean, we've literally skimmed the surface of a very big conversation.

So I would urge everybody just to read the book, listen to your podcast, do the research if they want to get more information on this, to make the right decisions so we can all feel as empowered as possible to walk down a path that feels right for us rather than be...

so bombarded that we bury our heads in the sand, pretend it's not happening, or deny ourselves of help that is available.