WomenKind Collective

Jinty Sheerin and Lou Hockings-Thompson
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Welcome to Womenkind Collective: Spill The Tea, the podcast where no topic is off-limits, and every conversation is served with honesty, humour, and heart. Hosted by lifelong friends Jinty and Lou, we bring you a vibrant, fun, weekly mix of education, laughter, and real talk. From health and hormones to family, relationships, equity, and the realities of menopause, we tackle the topics that matter, especially the ones society often shies away from. With the help of expert guests, including Menopause specialists, GPs, Gynaecologists, Nutritionists, Sleep Therapists, Cancer Survivors, Advocates, and Campaigners, we provide evidence-based facts, real-life experiences, and the support you deserve. Beyond the podcast, we take action. We founded Exmouth’s first Menopause Café, giving women a space to connect, and launched the #WheresMyClinic campaign, fighting for an NHS Menopause Clinic in Devon. We’ve even spilled the tea live on BBC Radio Devon, hosting their first-ever menopause café. So, whether you’re navigating the ups and downs of hormones, curious about the latest health insights, or just here for the relatable stories (and occasional faux pas), grab a cuppa and join us. It’s time to spill the tea—because the conversations we have today can change the way we live tomorrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  1. EPISODE 1

    The Menopause Recipe with Karen Newby

    We’re delighted to be back for Series 15 of WKC Spill The Tea, and we’re kicking things off with our brilliant friend Karen Newby, registered nutritionist, author, and menopause champion. With over 15 years of clinical experience in women’s health, Karen is passionate about helping women understand how food can be a powerful ally during perimenopause and menopause. In this episode, we discuss: • The most common nutrition mistakes women make during menopause • How to support our hormones naturally through food • Practical tips for improving sleep during menopause • The one piece of advice Karen wishes every woman knew before menopause With Menopause recipes and foods for menopause symptoms, Karen’s latest book, The Natural Menopause Method Cookbook, features 60 simple, flavour-packed recipes designed to ease symptoms such as fatigue, brain fog, hot flushes, and mood swings without adding pressure to busy lives.  We’ve tried the recipes at home and we can vouch for how easy they are to make and how good they make you feel.  Her compassionate, realistic approach has helped thousands of women embrace menopause with confidence, nourishment, and joy. 🎄We chat about our Christmas break and how Nigella nearly blinded Jinty ☕ Stick around for some words of wisdom to carry you through the week. 📌 SUBSCRIBE for more shenanigans, honest chats on feminist issues, women’s health, sisterhood, and smashing the patriarchy — one cuppa at a time. ☕ 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 💬 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 for more information.

    50 min

  2. EPISODE 2

    Breaking Barriers at 30,000 Feet, with RAF Fast Jet Pilot Mandy Hickson

    This week on WKC Spill The Tea, we’re spilling the tea with Mandy Hickson, former Royal Air Force fast jet pilot and the first woman to fly the Tornado GR4 on frontline operations. Across a remarkable 25-year military career, Mandy flew 45 missions over Iraq while navigating the intense pressure of a male-dominated environment all alongside raising a young family. In this powerful conversation, Mandy opens up about what it was really like to be judged as “a woman” rather than a pilot, the pressure to prove herself, and the realities of balancing ambition, fear, and family life. Mandy is the author of An Officer, Not a Gentleman and An Officer and Her Gentleman, written with her husband Craig, a Royal Navy and commercial airline pilot.  She’s now a highly sought-after motivational speaker, sharing lessons on leadership, resilience, and challenging stereotypes. ✨ In this episode, we ask: • Was flying fast jets always the dream? • What did it feel like being told to be “more feminine”? • Can women really do it all — or do we have to compromise? • How do you push through fear when it really matters? • What cockpit lessons translate into everyday life? • What advice would Mandy give her younger self? 💬 Plus, we share a menopausal brain fog moment from one of our listeners, catch up on our week with you, and leave you with some beautiful inspiration to carry you through the week. 🎧 A must-listen episode about courage, confidence, and owning who you are — both in the cockpit and beyond. Stay in touch   Mandy Hickson:   W: www.mandyhickson.com I: @mandyhicksonspeaker FB: @MandyHicksonSpeaker LinkedIn: @Mandy Hickson   Books: An Officer Not A Gentleman. The Inspirational; Journey of A Female Fighter Pilot. Mandy Hickson. 2020. Independently Published. An Officer And Her Gentleman. Two Aviators, Two Cockpits, One Journey. Mandy & Craig Hickson. 2025. Published by Hickson & Hickson Ltd.  Both Books are available online and also from: www.hicksonbooks.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 💬 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 for more information.

    55 min

  3. EPISODE 3

    Neck pain, Back pain & Breast Support: The Posture Connection with Siobhan O'Donavan

    This week on Spill The Tea by Womenkind Collective, we’re joined by the brilliant  Siobhan O’Donovan, physiotherapist, biomechanics expert, and founder of Posture Fitting, a science-led approach helping women understand the real impact of breast weight, posture, and movement on everyday health. We first met Siobhan, at the Hands on Hub & STA Conference, where she captivated the room even before taking the stage. Through a simple yet powerful exercise, she demonstrated just how much lighter and freer the body can feel when breast weight is properly supported and lifted. With a background in sports rehabilitation, strength and conditioning, and women’s health, Siobhan has spent years studying how posture, alignment, and breast support affect neck and back pain, breathing, pelvic floor health, movement, and confidence. In this episode, we ask: • What makes Posture Fitting different from a regular bra fitting? • What are the most common mistakes women make with bras and breast support? • How does breast weight affect posture, movement, breathing, and pain? • What simple posture, movement, and bra tips can women try today? • What’s one thing Siobhan, wishes every woman knew about her body and breast support? Plus, Jinty & Lou chat about their week (including WW2 bombs!) and explore the question: Should a bride be given away by a parent? ✨ Stick around for our beautiful podcast inspiration to carry you through the week. ✨   Siobhán O’Donovan: Posture Fitting W: www.posturefittingphysio.com E: contact@posturefittingphysio.com I: @posture.fitting ☕ 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 💬 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 for more information.

    54 min

  4. EPISODE 4

    The History of Childbirth with historian & author Lucy Inglis

    Birth is often treated as timeless and unchanging but the way we give birth has always reflected power, politics, and gender. In this episode of Womenkind Collective: Spill The Tea, we’re joined by cultural historian and novelist Lucy Inglis, author of Born: The Untold History of Childbirth, to explore how childbirth has been shaped and controlled across history. From Neolithic birthing practices to ancient contraceptives, from upright labour to the medicalisation of birth, Lucy charts the moments when women were pushed out of decision-making and examines how patriarchal systems and medicine became deeply intertwined. We discuss: • What inspired Lucy to write a full history of childbirth • The “obstetric dilemma” and why humans need help in labour • Medical misogyny from Hippocrates to the modern maternity ward • Pain relief in the 1840s and the story of Fanny Appleton Longfellow • The experiences of Anarcha, Betsey and Lucy — and why their stories are essential • Why women still struggle for autonomy over pregnancy and birth today • What must change to create safer, more humane birthing experiences Lucy Inglis is also the author of Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium, a blogger at GeorgianLondon.com, and a regular contributor to radio and television. We catch up on our weeks adventures and learn about a beautiful tradition from the women of Kongthong, a remote part of India and their tradition of Jingrwal iawbei when a baby is born.  Stick around for something for our 'thought for the week'.   Lucy Inglis : Books:  • Born. The Untold History of Humanity. Lucy Inglis. 2025. Bloomsbury Continuum • Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium. Lucy Inglis. 2018. Picador • Georgian London: Into the Streets. Lucy Inglis. 2013. Penguin   Socials: I: @lucyinglis X: @lucyinglis L: Lucy Inglis    ☕ 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 💬 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 for more information.

    52 min
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About

Welcome to Womenkind Collective: Spill The Tea, the podcast where no topic is off-limits, and every conversation is served with honesty, humour, and heart. Hosted by lifelong friends Jinty and Lou, we bring you a vibrant, fun, weekly mix of education, laughter, and real talk. From health and hormones to family, relationships, equity, and the realities of menopause, we tackle the topics that matter, especially the ones society often shies away from. With the help of expert guests, including Menopause specialists, GPs, Gynaecologists, Nutritionists, Sleep Therapists, Cancer Survivors, Advocates, and Campaigners, we provide evidence-based facts, real-life experiences, and the support you deserve. Beyond the podcast, we take action. We founded Exmouth’s first Menopause Café, giving women a space to connect, and launched the #WheresMyClinic campaign, fighting for an NHS Menopause Clinic in Devon. We’ve even spilled the tea live on BBC Radio Devon, hosting their first-ever menopause café. So, whether you’re navigating the ups and downs of hormones, curious about the latest health insights, or just here for the relatable stories (and occasional faux pas), grab a cuppa and join us. It’s time to spill the tea—because the conversations we have today can change the way we live tomorrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Jinty Sheerin and Lou Hockings-Thompson
  • Episodes
    164
  • Seasons
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Jinty Sheerin and Lou Hockings-Thompson
  • Show Website
    WomenKind Collective