Jo Moseley, 58, is a single Mum of two adult sons from North Yorkshire. Alongside her lovely day job, she is also a writer, speaker and podcast host. She describes herself as a joy encourager, beach cleaner and midlife adventurer.  

After her mother died and experiencing a difficult perimenopause that left her feeling very broken and crying in supermarkets, Jo discovered the joy of moving for her physical, emotional and mental health. She hikes, cold water dips all year round and paddleboards. It eases her anxiety and helps her sleep.  

In 2019 Jo became the first woman to paddleboard coast to coast across northern England, picking up litter and fundraising. A film about her coast to coast SUP journey in 2019, called Brave Enough - A Journey Home to Joy has been screened at prestigious film festivals and sell out online events.  

Her first book Stand Up Paddleboarding in Great Britain - Beautiful Places to Paddleboard in England, Scotland and Wales was shortlisted for the Best Book of the Year in The Great Outdoors Magazine awards. 

Jo is enjoying and very grateful for her post menopausal years and the freedom it brings to live life to the full. 

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 Do you want all your menopause resources in one place? To pick up your free copy, simply head to amandathebe.com/meno-resource/    PS don’t forget to leave me a nice, juicy review! It really helps support this podcast.    Much Love, Amanda x 

Dr. Maki is best known for her contributions to the field of menopause and cognition. A central focus of her research has been the effects of hormone therapy (HT) and alternative treatments for menopausal symptoms on cognition. 

Professor Pauline Maki, co-author of the IMS White Paper, said: “Patients with cognitive complaints at menopause are often concerned about their risk of dementia later in life and it’s important to let them know that memory problems are common during the menopause transition and the large majority of women will not develop dementia” 

In the show today we discuss: 

• What do we mean by cognitive function and brain fog?  

• How does cognitive function change in menopause? 

• What menopause-related factors appear to influence cognition? What role does MHT play?  

• What other modifiable risk factors influence cognition at midlife? Can we discuss girls/women's education and how that impacts dementia risk?  

• Cultural differences  

 You can read the WHITE PAPER – Brain Fog in Menopause here 

https://www.imsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMS-White-Paper-2022-Brain-fog-in-menopause.pdf 

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 Do you want all your menopause resources in one place? To pick up your free copy, simply head to amandathebe.com/meno-resource/    PS don’t forget to leave me a nice, juicy review! It really helps support this podcast.    Much Love, Amanda x 

Lizzie is a digital lifestyle host and social influencer. She helps women embrace the "middle ages" by sharing tips, advice, and interviews about aging, beauty, style, and menopause. Lizzie B's audience knows she doesn't take herself too seriously, and viewers love following her entertaining behind-the-scenes stories on Instagram and TikTok. Lizzie has 20+ years of experience as an Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist and host. During that time, she interviewed everyone from celebrities to CEOs and developed the skills of storytelling and engaging viewers. If you ask Lizzie about her favorite part of switching from traditional media to digital, she’ll proudly tell you that it’s because she can say whatever the eff she wants and no longer needs a full face of makeup to go on camera.

You can find Lizzie at https://www.instagram.com/lizziebtv/

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Do you want all your menopause resources in one place? To pick up your free copy, simply head to amandathebe.com/meno-resource/ PS don’t forget to leave me a nice, juicy review! It really helps support this podcast. Much Love, Amanda x

Appropriately confident, Dr Jen Gunter, recently joined me on an Instagram Live to answer all your menopause questions and it was so well received that I wanted you to enjoy it here on my podcast.

Dr Jen is an OB/GYN and pain medicine physician. She’s been called Twitter’s resident gynecologist, the Internet’s OB/GYN, and one of the fiercest advocates for women’s health and has devoted my professional life to caring for women.

Her book, The Menopause Manifesto, all about peri-menopause and menopause, and made it to the NY Times Instant Best Seller list.

You can find Jen at drjengunter.com

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Do you want all your menopause resources in one place? To pick up your free copy, simply head to amandathebe.com/meno-resource/ PS don’t forget to leave me a nice, juicy review! It really helps support this podcast. Much Love, Amanda x

Our mutual admiration for one another’s work collides in this episode as we both discuss our own personal journey through menopause and why we do what we do!

Dr. Jenn Salib Huber is a Canadian Registered Dietitian, Naturopathic Doctor and Intuitive Eating Coach and she's on a mission to help women thrive in midlife. She helps women navigate the physical and emotional changes that happen in perimenopause and menopause, including their search for food freedom and body confidence. Working from a health at every size approach, she teaches women to become intuitive eaters and build body confidence at any stage of midlife.

In addition to her 1:1 and group programs, she's the host of 'The Midlife Feast' podcast and community that helps women "undiet" their lives after 40 so they can nourish a relationship with food that helps them discover the magic of midlife!

Learn more about Jenn at www.jennsalibhuber.ca

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Do you want all your menopause resources in one place? To pick up your free copy, simply head to amandathebe.com/meno-resource/ PS don’t forget to leave me a nice, juicy review! It really helps support this podcast. Much Love, Amanda x

For American women today, working out is as accepted as it is expected, fueling a multibillion-dollar industry. But it wasn’t always this way. For much of the 20th century, sweating was considered unladylike, and girls grew up believing physical exertion would cause their uterus to literally fall out. Danielle’s book, digs deep into the history of women’s fitness and how it has evolved from a beauty tool promoted to “reduce” towards a path of promoting mental, emotional and physical well-being.

You can find Danielle at https://www.instagram.com/daniellefriedmanwrites/

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Do you want all your menopause resources in one place? To pick up your free copy, simply head to amandathebe.com/meno-resource/ PS don’t forget to leave me a nice, juicy review! It really helps support this podcast.

Much Love, Amanda x

Are you open to learning how menopause impacts more than cisgender women? Well, I am, because I have had to have some difficult conversations in my menopause group, Menopausing So Hard. Lasara Firefox is a wonderful representative for people navigating queer menopause and for people like me, who need and want to learn more. This topic is complex and confusing, I trip up a lot during the conversation and you know what, that’s ok – I want to get this right and I want to by an ally for everyone who goes through menopause.you can contact Lasara directly at [email protected] Or on Instagram at www.instagram.com/lasara_firefox_allen/

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Do you want all your menopause resources in one place? To pick up your free copy, simply head to amandathebe.com/meno-resource/ PS don’t forget to leave me a nice, juicy review! It really helps support this podcast. Much Love, Amanda x

Julie is a psychology educator and specialises in helping women in menopause manage their stress through mindfulness techniques. BUT she doesn’t make it feel exotic or extreme, even people like me can do it. I love talking with Julie, and even better, she is from the same small town in the northeast of England as me. Enjoy this podcast, it’s a good un! 

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Do you want all your menopause resources in one place? To pick up your free copy, simply head to amandathebe.com/meno-resource/ PS don’t forget to leave me a nice, juicy review! It really helps support this podcast.

Much Love, Amanda x

Imagine finding out in your teenage years that you are menopausal? It would be utterly devastating, even getting that same diagnosis in your 20’s or 30’s - we consider menopause to be associated with midlife or older. POI and early menopause are more common than you think, and Dr Hannah Short & Dr Mandy Leonhardt have made it their mission to provide as much helpful, evidence-based information as possible for women in this category. The co-authors of the new book, The Complete Guide to POI & Early Menopause, is a must-read and quite frankly a brilliant resource.

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Do you want all your menopause resources in one place? To pick up your free copy, simply head to amandathebe.com/meno-resource/ PS don’t forget to leave me a nice, juicy review! It really helps support this podcast.

Much Love, Amanda x

OM is a company that was created by Anca Griffiths, born out of her own personal experience of 3 different continents and 3 different healthcare systems. It was apparent to her that women were being fed a “one-size-fits-all" message that was doing women a huge disservice.

So, she created OM where the best minds in healthcare come together to offer precision medicine support and preventative therapeutic strategies to corporates and individuals in a captivating way.

For consumers, OM is the place to go to engage with the best health experts from across the world to find trusted information/support at any stage in their health journeys.

For corporates working with OM, they get personalised precision medicine and therapeutic strategies for each of their employees (wherever they are, and at any time) from the best health experts across the world.

For health experts, they get a platform enabling them to share their cutting-edge knowledge/experience in a new, engaging format with a wider audience.

https://www.om-experts.com/

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Do you want all your menopause resources in one place? To pick up your free copy, simply head to amandathebe.com/meno-resource/ PS don’t forget to leave me a nice, juicy review! It really helps support this podcast. Much Love, Amanda x