Karen is a registered nutritional therapist who specialises in women's hormone health, especially at menopause, with over 10 years clinical experience. She holds a BSc in Nutritional Medicine and is registered with BANT and CNHC. She runs a specialist menopause clinic, and hosts regular retreats, corporate talks and workshops on the subject. She's very much a complementary practitioner, often working with GP menopause specialists and women on HRT. Her approach is highly practical, realistic and achievable as we deal with very low bandwidth in amongst our turbo charged, modern day world.
Twitter: @karennewby
Instagram: karen.newby.nutritionist
In this episode, Karen talks about the importance of getting nutrition right at all stages of our lives, from the menstrual cycle to the menopause. She gives advice on how to navigate through the menopause when we can be feeling very overwhelmed and stressed. She explains the four shifts: reset, cleanse, rest and eat. And how we need to consid
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3/20/2023
Episode 4: Hannah Vaughan Jones, Finding your identity
In this episode Hannah will talk about her fertility journey and how it took 15 rounds of fertility treatment to conceive her son, who is now 3 years old. Joyce and Hannah discuss IVF add-ons and how Hannah was offered numerous tests and treatments on her quest to get pregnant. And how, since becoming a mother, she has thought about her identity and what this means to her. If you had to describe yourself in three words, what would you say?
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2/16/2023
Episode 2: Jessica Hepburn: Turning life into an adventure
In this episode, Jessica talks about her first book - The Pursuit of Motherhood - which is a raw and honest description of her journey through 11 rounds of unsuccessful fertility treatment. This led to Jessica setting up Fertility Fest, which brought together artists and fertility specialists to explore infertility. She also discusses her second book - 21 Miles - which chronicles her inspiring journey to successfully swim the channel and how along the way, she ate with 21 women and asked them “does motherhood make you happy or can you have a fulfilling life without children”. Jessica also talks about running the London Marathon and how she finally conquered Everest to become the first woman in the world to complete the sea, street, summit challenge. Listen in to find out what motivates Jessica, what makes her happy and her advice to her younger self.
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2/15/2023
In this podcast Professor Joyce Harper will be interviewing guests to discuss all things health related and debunking some of the many myths around our health.
In episode 1, Joyce will tell you about her work, her fertility journey, why she wrote a book on fertility and the research she is doing into reproductive health education: from teenagers to post-menopausal women. Joyce will explain when she has heard people say – why didn’t anyone tell me this? She will tell you what motivates her, what makes her happy, where is her happy place and why she thinks vision boards are such a good idea. Finally Joyce will tell you what advice she would give her younger self, which relates to the four pillars of wellbeing and how she wishes she had not have left it to her 50s to make some major health changes. Episode 1 is out on 17th Jan on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, www.joyceharper.com. This podcast is made in collaboration with UCL Minds.
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1/12/2023