Walking This Way

This week, Lise is joined by Jinty Sheerin and Lou Hockings-Thompson, founders of The Womenkind Collective, podcast hosts, menopause campaigners and co-authors of a forthcoming book on gender bias in healthcare. What began as two lifelong friends chatting over FaceTime during lockdown has grown into a thriving community helping thousands of women navigate midlife, menopause, health, identity and everything in between.

This conversation goes far beyond hot flushes and HRT. Together, they explore the hidden ways women are taught to minimise their pain, the shocking reality of gender bias in healthcare and why speaking openly about our experiences matters more than ever.

In this episode, join Lise and discover:
  •  How two hairdresser friends turned lockdown conversations into the hugely successful Womenkind Collective 
  •  Why women can wait years longer for diagnosis and treatment, including the average eight-year wait for endometriosis diagnosis 
  •  Why so many women mistake perimenopause symptoms for serious illness, including dementia, anxiety disorders and chronic health conditions 
  •  The concept of internalised misogyny and how it can influence healthcare experiences, even among women themselves 
  •  Honest reflections on anxiety, exhaustion, body changes, vaginal health and the shame many women carry silently through midlife 
Quote of the episode
"I've felt shame at the time, but now I think I celebrate it as a post-menopausal woman."
– Jinty Sheerin

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Produced by The Good Studio - thegoodstudio.co.uk

Creators and Guests

Host
Lise Thorne
Host of Walking This Way and champion of midlife women
Guest
Jinty Sheerin and Lou Hockings-Thompson
Founders of The Womenkind Collective, hosts of WKC Spill The Tea podcast
Producer
Tim Beynon
Podcast producer and Founder of The Good Studio

What is Walking This Way?

Welcome to Walking This Way - the upfront, no-nonsense podcast about midlife for women who are done with pretending it’s all fine.

Join Lise Thorne for honest conversations, unfiltered stories and a good dose of humour as she explores what it really means to be a woman in midlife - from shifting priorities and changing bodies to rediscovering joy, purpose and self.

Real talk. Real women. Real midlife.

Because this isn’t about surviving midlife - it’s about walking it your way.

Walking This Way is produced by The Good Studio.