About this episode
The episode discusses the complexities of midlife, women's health, and the evolution of maternal roles.
Hi friends, { words below are mostly penned by the wondrous wordsmith Lindsay Johnstone ! } We wanted to get this out to you ASAP so you can dig in over the weekend. This is the second part of our chat inspired by All Fours by Miranda July , which far more famous women than us implore you to read : We talk about leaning in to the messiness of midlife ; fear of what’s going on inside our bodies ; our relationship to our sexual bodies and how midlife offers us an opportunity to (re)discover who we are and what we like . This post from Celeste Davis was mentioned more than once in the chat: We dig into what it feels like to emerge from the oestrogen fug - what Dr. Susan Hardwick Smith calls the veil of oestrogen - and recognise that the mothering / caring part of us is evolving . What can we / do we expect from grandmothers, too? The chat was on fire over maternal burnout and whether it breeds future generations of grandmothers who will be less available when there are (more) small people to take care of. We talk about the conflicting information we’ve been told about testing for perimenopause and HRT and the complex landscape of women’s health generally, which can make it so hard…
People in this episode
Host: Layla O'Mara
Topics covered
- midlife
- women's health
- perimenopause
- maternal burnout
- sexuality
- self-discovery
Keywords
- midlife
- perimenopause
- HRT
- maternal burnout
- women's health
- self-discovery
- sexuality
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