The Dr Louise Newson Podcast30 Syys 2025

27 - Elizabeth Day on The Cost of Not Believing Women

Why are women still not believed when they describe their symptoms? And what happens when stories of pain, struggle or resilience are dismissed by healthcare professionals, families or even society?

In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by award-winning author and podcaster Elizabeth Day for a conversation that cuts to the heart of these questions. Best known for her podcast How to Fail and her new novel One of Us, Elizabeth brings both personal experience and cultural insight to a wide-ranging discussion about fertility, perimenopause and the ongoing stigma around conditions like PMDD and menopause.

Together they explore how women often minimise their own symptoms, how fertility treatment can mask or trigger later hormonal issues and why mental health struggles linked to hormones are so easily overlooked. Elizabeth also shares how fiction, vulnerability and social media can create unexpected spaces for recognition and empathy, helping women feel less isolated.

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Join me on my upcoming theatre events in London, Birmingham and Glasgow 👉 https://www.nlp-ltd.com/dr-louise-newson-qanda/

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Buy Elizabeth’s new book 👉https://lnk.to/OneOfUsElizabethDay

Take my online education course, Hormones Unlocked 👉 https://www.learningwithexperts.com/products/hormones-unlocked-dr-louise-newson

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134 - Advice from James Smith for exercise and nutrition in the perimenopause and menopause

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133 - Recognising and getting help for your perimenopause with Dr Rebecca Lewis

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131 - Joining the dots through research and education with Lucy Chatwin

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130 - ‘It‘s a scandal that more isn‘t known about the menopause‘ with Dr Richard Hull

Dr Richard Hull teaches philosophy at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Due to a coming together of work life and home life in lockdown and his wife’s experience, Richard began thinking and ...

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