The Pause
Episodes
Episode 10 - The bigger picture with Gabrielle Mentz
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our last episode for the series, we speak with Gabrielle Mentz from Womens Health Loddon Mallee. While we've spent much of the episodes learnin...
Episode 09 - Eating the whole cake with Fran Woodruff + Rima Truchanis
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of The Pause, somatic psychotherapist Fran Woodruff unpacks why midlife stirs up old survival strategies, how unmet needs sho...
Episode 08 - The Tax We Pay with Linda Kirkman + Jasper Peach
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We sit down with sex educator and therapist Dr Linda Kirkman to talk about menopause and intimacy and Jasper Peach a trans, non binary and disabled wr...
Episode 07 - Hopefully this will be different for our daughters with Susan Lintott and Lisa Eastley
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode is a double whammy! We’ll hear from Naturopaths Susan Lintott and Lisa Eastley. They’re a complementary team with both offer...
Episode 06 - More than pads and plumbing with Jane Bennett
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane Bennett is a force of nature! As a menstrual educator and creator of the Chalice Foundation, she draws on years of research in this space to expo...
Episode 05 - If exercise was a pill with Jesse Curran
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We had the pleasure of speaking with Jesse Curran, local Pelvic Health and Continence Physiotherapist. We learnt so much about the impact that menopau...
Episode 04 - Coming out of the mist with Nikki Valentini
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So many topics are explored in this episode with Clinical Nutritionist and Functional Medicine Practitioner, Nikki Valentini. Nikki explains how estr...
Episode 03 - Ride that lunar cycle with Jane Mallick
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane has been teaching Yoga for decades. Her own experience of menopause spurred her on to develop a specific style of yoga to better support people i...
Episode 02 - What's Up Doc? with Louisa Hope
14 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Pause, we sit down with Dr. Louisa Hope, a local Castlemaine GP who’s been supporting people through every stage of life for ...
Episode 01 - Hormones 101 with Bron Grieve
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our first episode of The Pause, Bron, our local community health nurse, gives us the lowdown on hormones – specifically those involved in our men...
The Preamble
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A trailer of what's to come.....