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What The Peri? - With Kirsten Cooke
You're not going crazy. You're not broken. And no — it's not "just stress."
Somewhere in your 40s or 50s, your body starts doing things nobody warned you about — the weight that won't shift, the broken sleep, the brain fog, the anxiety from nowhere, the feeling that you've lost yourself. And when you finally go looking for answers, too often you're dismissed, brushed off, or sent away still confused.
What the Peri? is the podcast for women navigating perimenopause and menopause who are done…
Episodes
What The Peri? - With Kirsten CookeNot in the Mood? Perimenopause, Desire and Your Sex Drive — Part 2 (Ep 15)
(Ep 15) Last week I left you with a woman lying awake in the dark, Googling her symptoms. A few months on, she's said the words out loud to her GP, the vaginal…
What The Peri? - With Kirsten CookeDry, Sore and Dreading Sex? Perimenopause and Your Vagina — Part 1 (Ep 14)
(Ep 14) Picture an ordinary week. An itch you can't quite settle, a sting when you wee, jeans that suddenly feel unbearable by Wednesday afternoon. A thrush…
What The Peri? - With Kirsten CookeOne Drink, Full Hangover in Perimenopause — Why Alcohol Hits Harder Now (Ep 13)
(Ep 13) Picture a girlfriend's fiftieth — a long table in her backyard, fairy lights in the trees, and a bucket of ice with the bubbles already chilling…
What The Peri? - With Kirsten CookePerimenopause & Your Pelvic Floor — Leaking, Urgency & What Actually Helps (Ep 12)
(Ep 12) You're at a concert with your oldest friends, and when the chorus hits you jump, just once — and you feel it. You tell your friend you just peed a…
What The Peri? - With Kirsten CookePerimenopause & Supplements - What's Actually Worth Your Money (Ep 11)
(Ep 11) You're standing in the vitamin aisle at the chemist with a basket on your arm, stopped in front of a wall of bottles. Some of them say women's on the…
What The Peri? - With Kirsten CookePerimenopause & Protein - What You Need & Why It Matters More Now (Ep 10)
(Ep 10) You've heard that protein matters at this stage of life, so you've done something about it. A poached egg on your toast in the morning, next to your…
What The Peri? - With Kirsten CookePerimenopause & Exercise - The 3 Jobs Nobody Told You About (Ep 9)
(Ep 9) You've been doing the same thing for a year. You trained through Christmas, and through the cold of Winter, and right through the school holidays. You…
What The Peri? - With Kirsten CookeThe Mid Section Weight Gain (Ep 8)
You haven't changed a thing. Not one thing. You're eating the way you've always eaten and moving the way you've always moved, and somewhere in the last year or…
What The Peri? - With Kirsten CookePerimenopause & Mental Health - Mood, Anxiety, Depression & The Mental Load (Ep 7)
(Ep 7) You get through the day. But you are not the woman you were, and you cannot work out where she went. The sadness that turns up with no reason attached…
What The Peri? - With Kirsten CookeBrain Fog & Perimenopause - You're Not Losing Your Mind! (Ep 6)
(Ep 6) Have you ever been mid-sentence — mid-thought — and had the whole thing simply vanish? Not slip away and come back a moment later. Gone. Or walked into…
What The Peri? - With Kirsten CookeThe 3am Club - Perimenopause, SLEEP, and How to Get Your Nights Back (Ep 5)
Have you ever fallen asleep exhausted, only for your eyes to fly open at 3am — wide awake, heart pounding, mind racing through everything you forgot to do…
- What The Peri? - With Kirsten Cooke
Hot Flushes & Night Sweats (Ep 4)
Have you ever been mid-sentence in a meeting, or standing at the front of a room full of people, when a wave of heat rolls up your chest and neck, your face…
What The Peri? - With Kirsten CookeHRT Debunked - What the Science Actually Says (and Why It Matters for You) (Ep 3)
If the words "hormone replacement therapy" make you nervous — you're not alone. For over twenty years, women have been quietly suffering, too frightened to…
What The Peri? - With Kirsten CookeHow Your Hormones Actually Work - Oestrogen, Progesterone & Testosterone in Plain English (Ep 2)
Have you ever felt like something has shifted — like you don't quite feel like yourself anymore — but you can't put your finger on why? So many women are…
What The Peri? - With Kirsten CookeIs This Perimenopause? The 34 Symptoms & Counting (Ep 1)
You're not going crazy. You're not broken. And no — it's not "just stress." Somewhere in your 40s or 50s your body starts doing things no one warned you about…