From Burnout to Balance: Women’s Health in Rural Australia with Jayne Sharpham

Wellness by Designs - Practitioner Podcast · Jul 3, 2026 · 39m · transcript

Perimenopause can feel like your body has changed overnight, but what if the real problem is that the health system around you is stretched thin and your nearest “next step” is hours away? We sit down with Tamworth naturopath Jane Sharpham to talk about women’s health in rural Australia, where isolation, long travel times, and limited access to gynaecologists and integrative doctors can turn manageable symptoms into months of stress, poor sleep, and feeling dismissed.

We unpack what Jane sees daily in clinic: anxiety and depression that women feel they “shouldn’t” talk about, hot flushes and…