{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Walking This Way","title":"Powering through perimenopause with friendship and swimming - with Lorraine Candy","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4189,"description":"This week, Lise is joined by Lorraine Candy, co-host of the award-winning podcast Postcards from Midlife, a journalist who has edited some of Britain's biggest magazines, and a mother of four who is refreshingly honest about what's actually going on in her life - from HRT and perimenopause to friendships and swimming.\nIn this episode, she and Lise dig into the real challenges facing midlife women today, the ongoing debate over HRT, the importance of female friendship and how moving every day - and taking on the occasional swimming challenge - can have a transformative impact on your health and wellbeing.\nIn this episode, join Lise and discover:\nWhy two-thirds of women are wrongly prescribed antidepressants during perimenopause \nThe shocking statistic that only around 10% of women who would benefit from HRT are actually getting it\nWhat the \"anticipatory load\" is, why it's neurologically exhausting, and why it falls so disproportionately on women\nLorraine's honest journey through perimenopause, from night terrors and panic attacks to finding what actually worked\nWhy female friendship isn't a luxury in midlife; according to the research, it might literally save your life.\nQuote of the episode:\n\"If you've got a choice between career and ambition, or helping a friend, or being with a friend, or being good - choose the friendship. Because that is the grit that sees you through.\" - Lorraine Candy\nUseful links:\nLorraine's podcast: https://www.postcardsfrommidlife.com/\nLorraine's books\nLorraine's Substack: https://lorrainecandy.substack.com/\nLorraine's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lorrainecandy/\nWatergate Bay Hotel: https://watergatebay.co.uk/\nBe a part of the show: Here's how to get in touch...\nFollow the show and get all the links you need on LinkTree - https://linktr.ee/walking_this_way\nEmail us: walkingthisway@hotmail.com\nUse the get in touch form HERE - https://tr.ee/r-ePylKE8H\nSend us a voice message HERE- https://www.speakpipe.com/WalkingThisWay\n\nProduced...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/hFSwcVxMBT1ea_hy7S91l-WN2uC4RqNAcSpeeZiIQos/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85MGMw/OTMyNWY2ODFmMzJi/YzMyNGQzNjM4ZTYw/ZGY0ZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}