Hello, I'm Dr Louise Newsome. I'm a GP and menopause specialist, and I'm also the founder of the Newsome Health Menopause and wellbeing centre here in Stratford-Pon-Avon.

I'm also the founder of the free Balance app.

Each week on my podcast, join me and my special guests where we discuss all things perimenopause

and menopause. We talk about the latest research, bust myths on menopause symptoms and treatments,

and often share moving and always inspirational personal stories.

This podcast is brought to you by the Newsome Health Group,

which has clinics across the UK dedicated to providing individualised perimenopause and menopause care for all women.

So many of you know I'm really interested in the brain. I'm very interested in mental health.

And it wasn't until I started to do as much work as I do with hormonal

health, but I realise the association between hormones and the brain. And also just how

many women are affected with different mental health conditions and often find it really

difficult to get treatment. So I'm very privileged and honored to have with me today, a consultant psychiatrist

who actually is from Manchester, which is where I trained, so another coincidence.

So Linda is someone I reached out to on Twitter, I think. So Linda Gask was a consultant,

psychiatrist, NHS consultant, academic, and has written a book which is incredible.

Everyone needs to have a read, but be quite shocked when you read as well.

So really honoured that you're here on the podcast.

So thanks for joining me today, Linda.

Thanks for asking me.

So I read something on Twitter about your work and then I saw that you had a book coming

out, and I think I just messaged you on Twitter, and then we had a great conversation,

didn't we?

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