Your Fertile Years - What You Need to Know to Make Informed Choices by Professor Joyce Harper
Your Fertile Years - What You Need to Know to Make Informed Choices by Professor Joyce Harper

Your Fertile Years

When Joyce was in her twenties she started working in the field of fertility and she often had conversations with friends about their bodies and their fertility.  At this time she read ‘Ourbody, ourselves’ and felt it was a book that every woman should read…

Your Joyful Years

In Your Joyful Years, Professor Joyce Harper provides an empowering, evidence-based guide to thriving beyond 50. Moving past the menopause, this book reframes later life as a vibrant new beginning—a time to rediscover purpose and prioritise self-care. Combining 40 years of scientific expertise with the candid wisdom of 50 inspiring women, Professor Harper offers a reassuring roadmap to health, happiness, and living authentically. This is the essential second book in her life-stage trilogy, proving that your best years are still to come.

Episode 15 – 2 August 2023

Dr Nighat Arif: The Knowledge Your Guide to Female Health – From Menstruation to the Menopause

In this podcast Professor Joyce Harper will be interviewing guests to discuss all things health related and debunking some of the many myths around our health.

Nighat is a GP specialising in women’s health, family planning and menopause care with over 15 years of experience in the NHS and she runs her own private practice. She is the resident Doctor on BBC Breakfast and ITV This Morning. She is a radio presenter at BBC Three Counties. As well as an Ambassador for Wellbeing of Women and member of the UN backed Team Halo initiative. She is the honorary recipient of the 2023 SHE Awards for her work around Women’s Health and author of her new book ‘The Knowledge. Everything you need to know from Menstruation to Menopause’. It is an illustrated, inclusive book for all things Women’s Health.

In this episode, Nighat talks about why she became a doctor and what inspired her to start making videos to increase awareness about women’s health.  Check out her videos on Tiktok. Her book, The Knowledge, came out in August 2023. The book is a comprehensive guide that is essential reading for all women, from teenagers through to those in the perimenopause. It covers puberty, the fertile years and menopause. Nighat ensured that the images in her book show women of colour and discusses the specific issues affecting women from ethnic minorities. In this episode, important issues affecting women’s health are discussed. Having The Knowledge will save lives.

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