WomenKind Collective

About WomenKind Collective

Womankind Collective: Spill The Tea Podcast Women’s health, gender bias, extraordinary stories, and the menopause conversation, served with honesty, humour, and heart by authors and lifelong friends Jinty and Lou. Every Sunday we spill the tea on the stuff society shies away from: hormones, health, relationships, equity, midlife pivoting, and finding your confidence again, plus menopause, because it keeps coming up for good reason. No topic’s off-limits and no conversation is too awkward. With expert guests including Menopause specialists, GPs, Gynaecologists, Nutritionists, Sleep Therapists, Advocates, and Comedians, we mix evidence-based facts with real talk, real laughs, and the occasional faux pas. Beyond the podcast, we’re authors of Tackling Gender Bias in the Healthcare System: What Patients Stories Teach Us About Implementing Systemic Change, and our #WheresMyClinic campaign helped bring the NHS Devon Menopause Service to life. We founded Exmouth’s first Menopause Café and hosted BBC Radio Devon’s first-ever menopause café. Find us daily on Instagram as Womankind Collective. New episodes every Sunday, grab a cuppa and join us. It’s time to spill the tea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Jinty Sheerin and Lou Hockings-Thompson

Category

arts · education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Mar 2021

Latest episode

31 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

213 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   31 Oct 2026

   How To Talk So Your Doctor will Listen, with Author Penny Parkes

   Link to Order Our Best Selling Book: Tackling Gender Bias in The Healthcare System. What Patient stories Teach Us About Implementing Systemic Change: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tackling-Gender-Bias-Healthcare-System/dp/1805018817 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tackling-Gender-Bias-Healthcare-System/dp/1805018817) Today’s guest is bestselling author and health journalist Penny Parkes. Penny has topped both the Audible and Kindle charts, written for The Telegraph, and appeared at literary festivals across the country. But her seventh book, How To Talk So Your Doctor Will Listen, is the one she’s been waiting a lifetime to write. Living with multiple invisible and chronic conditions for decades, she had no choice but to learn, through trial and error, hard-fought diagnoses and heart-breaking emergencies, how to navigate a healthcare system that so often leaves patients feeling unheard. She’s also a fierce advocate for patients with Mast Cell disorders and a champion for inclusivity in publishing. In this episode, we chat to Penny about: 🌸How she’s navigated the healthcare system with chronic and rare conditions 🌸What are the most important things someone can do before a ten-minute appointment? 🌸What can we do when things don’t go to plan at your GP appointment and you leave feeling dismissed or unheard? 🌸Will there be a time when we won’t need to fight for our health, and if so, what needs to change? And much more.... We also have a great tip to help keep yourself warm this winter and help with the cost of living crisis that includes body hair. Stick around as we revisit 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! Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast (https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast) 💬 We love hearing from you. Email your ideas to Jinty & Lou @ womenkindcollective@gmail.com (mailto:womenkindcollective@gmail.com) Penny Parkes: Book: How To Talk So Your Doctor Will Listen: Helping Your Doctor To Help You. Penny Parkes. Short Books. 2026 Website: https://pennyparkes.com/meet-penny/ (https://pennyparkes.com/meet-penny/) Instagram: @how2talktoyourdoctor Substack: https://pennyparkes.substack.com/ (https://pennyparkes.substack.com/) ☕ 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 (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=e14a83c93a304bb3 And all your favourite Podcast Platforms Thank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   24 Oct 2026

   Gender Bias in Healthcare: Why Women's Health Training Needs to Change, with Dr Carys Sonnenberg & Dr Angela Sharma

   Women’s Health Made Easy: The GPs Closing the Gaps in Medical Training and Women’s Healthcare Today we’re joined by two incredible guests who between them bring decades of experience as GPs, menopause specialists and sexologists. They’ve written the book that probably should have existed in medical training for the last fifty years. Dr Angela Sharma is a Notting Hill GP who leads her own NHS menopause service and supports women with everything from heart disease to sexual health. Dr Carys Sonnenberg, who some of you will remember from her episode on metabolic syndrome in menopause, is a BMS-registered menopause specialist, NHS GP and founder of Rowena Health. Together with Dr Angela Wright, they’ve written Women’s Health Made Easy, a practical clinical guide for GPs and primary care teams that every woman should probably read too. Today we spill the tea on what happens when the gaps in medical training meet the gaps in women’s healthcare, and what these three did about it. We ask the questions about the book and why it needed to exist: • Women’s health has been made complex by decades of under-research, under-teaching and historical bias. When did each of you first realise something was missing? • What was mandatory in women’s health during your training, and where were the biggest gaps? • What does it look like in a consultation when you’re managing high-impact, intimate care with limited formal training? • Is it getting better? Are medical schools doing more? • Has social media changed how patients and doctors interact, with more information, and sometimes misinformation? • After the Renewed Women’s Health Strategy in April, we spoke to Wes Streeting about misogyny in healthcare. Do you see clinicians denying it exists in practice? They’re the doctors who need this book most. • On the patients behind the book, whose stories stayed with you? There’s a celebration as we have news on the 2nd anniversary of the Devon NHS Menopause service. We also spill the tea about our week and there’s never a dull moment. 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! If you would like to, you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast (https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast) 💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here: Jinty & Lou @ womenkindcollective@gmail.com (mailto:womenkindcollective@gmail.com) Further Information: Book: Women’s Health Made Easy. Carys Sonnenberg, Angela Wright & Angela Sharma. Scion Publishing Ltd. 2026 Dr Carys Sonnenberg: Web: www.rowenahealth.co.uk (http://www.rowenahealth.co.uk/) Insta: @drcaryssonnenberg Dr Angela Sharma: Web: www.spicedpearhealth.co.uk (http://www.spicedpearhealth.co.uk/) Insta: @spicedpeardrsharma Dr Angela Wright: Web: www.drangelawright.com (http://www.drangelawright.com/) Insta: @spicedpeardrwright Get Our Book ,Tackling Gender Bias in the Healthcare System here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tackling-Gender-Bias-Healthcare-System/dp/1805018817/ref=asc_df_1805018817?mcid=d38cac876f0e30a2a067ddf7a6cf560c&th=1&psc=1&hvocijid=6409217010879027921-1805018817-&hvexpln=74&tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=696285193871&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6409217010879027921&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006709&hvtargid=pla-2281435176458&psc=1&gad_source=1 ☕ 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 (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=e14a83c93a304bb3 And all your favourite Podcast Platforms Thank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   17 Oct 2026

   Strength Training Myth Busting, with Jane Wake

   Link to Order Our Best Selling Book: Tackling Gender Bias in The Healthcare System. What Patient stories Teach Us About Implementing Systemic Change: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tackling-Gender-Bias-Healthcare-System/dp/1805018817 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tackling-Gender-Bias-Healthcare-System/dp/1805018817) Strength Training, Protein & Collagen: Menopause Myths Busted with Jane Wake With so much life-hacking, quick fixes and outright lies flying around on social media and in marketing, it’s hard to know what to believe, so we needed an expert to help us cut through it. Our guest has 35 years in sports science, is one of the most respected names in UK fitness, and has spent her career backing everything she says with evidence, most recently training doctors on what they should actually be telling midlife women about exercise. Today we spill the tea with Jane Wake on the truth about strength training, protein, collagen, and separating what’s real from what’s just noise. Whether you’re in perimenopause, menopause or beyond, this one is for you. In this episode, we ask Jane: What’s the worst myth about strength training you keep hearing, even from so-called experts? Where is most of this misinformation coming from? How do you tell the difference between solid evidence and a wellness trend? What does the evidence actually say about strength training and menopause, bones, muscle and hormones? How much do we really need to do, and how often, to make a difference? Is there such a thing as “too late to start”? Are there any risks people should be aware of? Protein is a buzzword right now. What’s the truth about protein needs for women in midlife, and are most of us eating enough? Collagen: worth the hype, or just another wellness trend? Which other supplements or claims would you like to bust? If someone has never picked up a weight, where should they start? Can strength training be worked into things we’re already doing, rather than being “one more thing” on the list? What’s one thing you wish every midlife woman knew about her body right now? We also catch up on our busy week, including Jinty going to the Frida Kahlo exhibition. 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! If you would like to, you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast (https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast) 💬 We love hearing from you. Email us your ideas: Jinty & Lou @ womenkindcollective@gmail.com (mailto:womenkindcollective@gmail.com) Jane Wake Web: https://www.janewake.com/ (https://www.janewake.com/) Instagram: @janewakeuk Facebook: @Jane Wake ☕ 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 (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=e14a83c93a304bb3 And all your favourite Podcast Platforms Thank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Who has been a guest on WomenKind Collective

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jan Brierton
• Professor Joyce Harper
• Emma Ellice-Flint
• Paul Windle
• Lauren Currie OBE

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

6,709

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

30 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

48

Social presence

0

YouTube

74

Engagement

51

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