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Link to Pre Order: Tackling Gender Bias in The Healthcare System. What Patient stories Teach Us About Implementing Systemic Change: https://www.waterstones.com/book/tackling-gender-bias-in-the-healthcare-system/louise-hockings-thompson/jinty-sheerin/9781805018810 This week on Spill The Tea, Lou and Jinty are joined by Sarah West, a nurse, ADHD coach, and passionate advocate for women who've spent years being everything except correctly diagnosed.Sarah first joined us in Series 12, Episode 3 to share her own story. Now she's back as part of our Gender Bias in Healthcare series, and this conversation goes deeper.Together we explore how ADHD research was almost entirely built around hyperactive boys and the lasting legacy for generations of women and girls who simply didn't fit that picture. We discuss why girls tend to internalise where boys externalise, and whether that's still playing out in referral pathways today. We examine why so many women receive anxiety, depression, or even bipolar diagnoses before anyone considers ADHD and what it does to a woman to have her neurology repeatedly mistaken for a mood disorder.Sarah also tackles the topic of perimenopause and how it can dramatically unmask ADHD symptoms, the emerging research linking ADHD and autism with hypermobility, the "over-diagnosis" backlash and whether that criticism is actually a gender bias story in disguise, plus what still needs to change, and what good post-diagnosis support should look like. We also share what we’ve been up to this week, and stick around for some beautiful inspiration to carry you through the week.☕ Subscribe for honest chats on women's health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment! 🙏 Scroll down ⬇️☕ Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 Email Jinty & Lou: womenkindcollective@gmail.com👀 Join us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3🎧 And all your favourite podcast platformsThank you for listening 💛Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Sarah West:Web: https://www.sarahwest-adhd.com/LinkedIn: Sarah WestInsta: @sarahwest_adhd  ADHD & Menopause Book by Dr Helen Wall - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Menopause-ADHD-neurodivergence-Vermilion-Empowered/dp/178504642XSarah West ADHD & Menopause, previous episode here - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/adhd-late-diagnosis-with-adhd-coach-sarah-west/id1557937820?i=1000687993934Further Information: & SupportWeb: https://adhduk.co.ukBooks: Menopause and ADHD: How to Navigate Hormone Flux and Neurodivergence. Dr Helen Wall. Vermillion. 2026☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ womenkindcollective@gmail.com👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the Womenkind Collective Spill The Tea Podcast tackles one of the most urgent issues in modern medicine: the systemic gender bias that has shaped women’s healthcare for centuries. We dive deep into the systemic gender bias baked into healthcare and we’re beyond excited to introduce a guest who is fighting for change.After hearing countless stories from listeners, guests, and our own lived experiences, one thing is clear: For years, we’ve uncovered story after story about the massive gaps in women’s health research and this episode proves once again that these aren’t isolated incidents.They stem from centuries of male-centric medicine and underfunded research, the lack of research in women’s health is not an accident, it’s structural.In this episode, we unpack:• The long-standing funding gaps in women’s health research• The near-halt of major US research databases since October 2025• The consequences for gender-specific research and medicine• How women turn dismissal into determinationWe’re so thrilled to introduce a guest who brings expertise, fire, and a fearless voice to this conversation. To find out who this guest is, take a listen on your favourite podcast platform.Stick around for a beautiful quote to carry you through the week.SUBSCRIBE for more shenanigans, honest chats on feminist issues, women’s health, sisterhood, and smashing the patriarchy — one cuppa at a time.Drop us a comment — we love hearing from you! Or email Jinty & Lou at womenkindcollective@gmail.com🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & YouTube▶️ Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel☕ Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastBook:Tackling Gender Bias in The Healthcare System. What Patients Stories Teach Us About Implementing Systemic Change. Jinty Sheerin & Louise Hockings-ThompsonReady for Pre-Orders. Published 21st September 2026. Jessica Kingsley Publishing. https://www.waterstones.com/book/tackling-gender-bias-in-the-healthcare-system/louise-hockings-thompson/jinty-sheerin/9781805018810?sv1=affiliate&sv_campaign_id=531573&awc=3787_1763489275_8383ca5407e1af5521f03fad96fcaca1&utm_source=531573&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=https%3A%2F%2Fshopforward.nl%2F https://amzn.eu/d/baVbLBm☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ womenkindcollective@gmail.com👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the Womenkind Collective Podcast, we’re spilling the tea (again!) with Caro Giles — writer, teacher, and mum of four.We first met Caro in Series 7, Episode 3, where she shared the story behind her book 12 Moons. She’s back to tell us about her powerful new memoir Unschooled — a moving and deeply honest look at the cracks in our education system, and the unseen, undervalued labour of caring and advocating for children.Caro’s story captures the exhaustion, love, and resilience of mothers and carers everywhere, and the freedom that can come when you dare to step outside the system.We talk about what it really means to be unschooled , as a mother, as a carer, and as a woman reclaiming her own identity.🌿 Stick around for a beautiful quote to carry you through the week.☕ SUBSCRIBE for more shenanigans, honest chats on feminist issues, women’s health, sisterhood, and smashing the patriarchy — one cuppa at a time.💬 Drop us a comment — we love hearing from you!🎥 Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel.☕ Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ womenkindcollective@gmail.com👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this empowering episode of Spill The Tea from the Womenkind Collective, we’re joined by Sarah Newman, founder of Get Me Back, Cancer & Exercise Specialist, and Breast Cancer Rehab Coach.After her cervical cancer diagnosis in 2018, Sarah was thrust into surgical menopause and discovered how transformative exercise could be for recovery both physically and mentally.Today, she helps women regain strength, confidence, and control after cancer, creating safe spaces where no one has to feel alone.We chat with Sarah about:⭐️her own cancer diagnosis,⭐️how Get Me Back began,⭐️the biggest challenges of returning to exercise post-treatment,⭐️why it’s never too late to get fit, at any age or stage.⭐️Plus, Sarah shares what keeps her feeling strong and empowered on the toughest days.It really is a conversation full of heart and HOPE.⚠️ Trigger warning: This episode contains discussion of difficult medical decisions related to cancer treatment (13 to 15 minutes in).We also spill the tea on:📚 Our round-up of our tried and tested Menopause Books☕ Why a certain part of the male anatomy makes a terrible pet🎂 Baking disasters that’ll make you laugh 🌊 Seas The Day we chat about the two incredible women who rowed across the Pacific💬 Plus, a beautiful quote to carry you through your weekSUBSCRIBE for more shenanigans, honest chats on feminist issues, women’s health, sisterhood, and smashing the patriarchy one cuppa at a time.If you enjoy the show, consider supporting us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast🎧 Watch the full interview on YouTube, or listen now on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.  Sarah Newman:Get Me Back is focusing on helping people stay strong through winter, sharing simple, realistic ways to keep moving, boost mood, and support both physical and emotional wellbeing after cancer.If you would like to be part of their membership community, you can find out more here-Website www.getmeback.uk Insta @getmebackuk FB: Get ME Back Seas The Day:Donations & Info: www.seasthedayoceanrowing.com/thechallenge☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ womenkindcollective@gmail.com👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this Menopause Month episode of Spill The Tea, we’re joined by the remarkable Dr Juliet Balfour — GP, menopause specialist, and advocate for improving women’s health across the UK.With over three decades of NHS experience, Juliet has played a pivotal role in shaping menopause care, from leading the Somerset NHS Menopause Service to advising the British Menopause Society.Together, we explore everything you need to know about Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) — from foundational facts to the latest guidance:• What HRT is and how it supports the body• Who benefits most, and when to start• The differences between oral and transdermal HRT• Understanding risk, safety, and long-term effects• How to access HRT through the NHS or privately• Monitoring, side effects, and real-world experiencesThis episode offers clarity, evidence, and practical insight — helping you make informed choices about your health and wellbeing.Stick around for a beautiful quote to carry you through the week.SUBSCRIBE for more thoughtful conversations on feminist issues, women’s health, sisterhood, and smashing the patriarchy — one cuppa at a time.💬 We’d love to hear your thoughts — leave us a comment or review.🎥 Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel.☕️ Support us at https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast.🎧 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & YouTube.Dr Juliet Balfour:W: www.wellsmenopauseclinic.co.ukI: @menopausehealthL: @Dr Juliet BalfourBook Recommendation: The Little Book of HRT by Dr Ellie Cannon (66 minutes) https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-little-book-of-hrt/dr-ellie-cannon/9781399423694☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ womenkindcollective@gmail.com👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.