Welcome to "MENOPAUSE: THE FUTURE”.
This series is Inspired by the 2024 Senate Inquiry’s recommendations into “Issues related to menopause and perimenopause” and it aims to explore and interrogate the recommendations, in the hope to further public awareness.
Each week, world renowned Psychiatrist Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, along with co-host Caroline Kelly, will explore best practice in perimenopause and menopause care from around the globe. Women need more information – and we want to leap out ahead of the pack in terms of the Inquiry.
Dr. Ginni Mansberg explains sleep challenges during perimenopause and menopause, covering causes, strategies, and technology for better rest in this interview.
25 Nov 2025
Foggy Brain with Assoc. Prof. Caroline Gurvich
Associate Professor Caroline Gurvich discusses the cognitive symptoms of menopause-related brain fog, including its hormonal causes, and shares research on wearable technologies for brain health in this interview.
10 Nov 2025
Tech meets empathy - Dr. Nicole Avard
Dr. Nicole Avard discusses how technology and empathetic care converge to revolutionize menopause support through data-driven insights, empowering women, in this interview.
28 Oct 2025
Hormones & Hope: Menopause and Mood-Dr. Eveline Mu
Neuroscientist Eveline Mu discusses hormone-driven mood changes, emerging therapies, and personalized care for women experiencing mental health challenges during menopause in this interview.
14 Oct 2025
Breaking Silence on GSM - Dr. Kelly Casperson
Dr. Kelly Casperson discusses Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause, highlighting its symptoms and the importance of seeking treatment, in this interview episode.
30 Sept 2025
Dr. Ceri Cashell lives "MENOPOWER"!
Dr. Ceri Cashell, GP and co-founder of Healthy Hormones, champions GP education and patient advocacy, revolutionizing menopause care and empowering women to shape a more equitable future; this is an interview.
26 May 2025
Senator Larissa Waters - FUTURE FOCUS!
Senator Larissa Waters shares her experiences introducing a menopause report to the Senate and analyzes the government's reaction, providing insights into future directions in menopause support in this interview.
12 May 2025
Dr Louise Newson The Menopause Wars!
Dr. Louise Newson is a renowned British GP and menopause specialist who many would say, has revolutionized women's health care. She founded Newson Health Menopause and Wellbeing Centre in 2018, now the world's largest menopause clinic. She has recently been in the eye of controversial storms, and we are so privileged to hear about her experience of "The Menopause Wars"
27 Apr 2025
Kaz Cooke - It's time to get bolshie!
This week, Kaz Cooke, author of "It's the Menopause" insists that it's time women rattle the political cages and get bolshie! It's time to make a big stink about lack of MHT supply, and the woeful lack of regulation of so-called "miracle" herbal menopause supplements.
14 Apr 2025
Dr. Sonia Davison - Educating the medicos
Dr Sonia Davison is at the forefront of education for health practitioners pertaining to the peri/menopause space. She is an endocrinologist at the Jean Hailes Medical Centre in Melbourne with interests including gynaecological and general endocrinology. She is also a Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Women’s Health Research Program, Monash University where her research focus is on women's health, which includes health issues at mid-life and beyond. Jean Hailes made a significant submission to the Senate Inquiry on the education of health practitioners in 2024.
1 Apr 2025
Sarah White - CEO Jean Hailes - Flex my workplace arrangements
Sarah White is a powerhouse in the women's health space as CEO of Jean Hailes for Women's Health. Along with Louise Browne, her crucial submission points are reflected all through the Senate Inquiry's 25 recommendations.
18 Mar 2025
Perimenopausal Depression and Eco Impacts - Dr. Rebecca Lo
Dr. Rebecca Lo is a woman with lived experience of perimenopausal depression, still managing the up and down nature of dealing with these symptoms and juggling a busy full time working schedule, primary school aged children, with care-giving responsibilities for an elderly parent - a classic example of what is known as the "sandwich" generation.
4 Mar 2025
Menopause: Where's the evidence and the town crier?
Jayashri and Caroline investigate Recommendations 1 and 2 of the Senate Inquiry into Issues Relating to Perimenopause and Menopause and touch on areas such as;
- Why has there been neglect in this area? - and in women’s health overall?
- We outline some misunderstandings in women’s health.
- We examine the lack of robust evidence based data in this area.
- Jayashri explains how peri/menopause is a “natural transition” yet there is v “low community awareness”
- We discuss why there has been the need for the 2024 Senate Inquiry.
- We touch on the controversies in this space.
19 Feb 2025
Episode Teaser - Introduction to Menopause: The Future
Caroline Kelly here – host of Menopause: The Future! MENOPAUSE is HUGE in the zeitgeist right now, and we’re absolutely fascinated by the ramifications of perimenopausal and menopausal issues on mental health, access to hormone treatment if appropriate, issues related to a woman’s capacity to work and finance and improving education for all - including for the clinicians.
So we’re taking a close look at as many of the 25 recommendations as we can, interviewing guests with varying opinions such as Becky Lo - a GP with debilitating lived-experience of perimenopausal depression, we speak to Dr. Sarah White - CEO of Jean Hailes for Women’s Health about workplace arrangements and flexibility, Kaz Cooke - on the dire situation of MHT shortages and some questionable unproven menopause supplements that are available, we speak to Dr. Louise Newson about the “Menopause Wars” between varying opinions in this space, but also - hopefully, how we can learn best practice from overseas clinicians (as per the Recommendations) and we round out the series with Senator Larissa Waters - Leader of the Greens in the Senate - who initially petitioned for the Inquiry to get her take on the recent official Government response to the Inquiry, and her views overall.
This will prove, no doubt to be a vital source of information for all women aged 40 and over, considering the symptoms of perimenopause can often begin early in the decade.
Prof. Jayashri Kulkarni and I invite you into the conversation very warmly - see you March 5!
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Dr Nicole Avard
Eveline Mu
Dr Kelly Casperson
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