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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…

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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.

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Kate Codrington Joyce Harper Podcast 01
Season 2 / Episode 19 – 18 September

Kate Codrington: Second Spring

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.

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Kate Codrington is a pioneering, pro-ageing activist, author, menstrual health menopause mentor, speaker, workshop facilitator, artist, yoga Nidra guide, podcaster and has been a therapist for nearly 30 years. She is author of two books: Second Spring: the self-care guide to menopause and just out – The Perimenopause Journal.  Kate’s mission is to change the way we regard menopause and show how we can relax into our own, inner authority through our cyclical nature and menopause process. She refuses to take herself too seriously and try to never take on anything that is not pleasurable and delicious. She is also an artist currently weaving textiles, words, story and stitch. She’s in her second spring, which means post-menopause, and has deep gratitude for the education that the menopause process has gifted her. It was ouchy for sure, but it did what years of therapy did not; took her head out of her arse.

Kate has a hugely positive view of life post menopause – she says it is the best time of her life.  Kate also feels that we can gain a lot from our perimenopause transition – she has deep gratitude for the education that the menopause process has gifted her. Kate does not feel that the menopause is a disorder or that everyone needs to take HRT. We discussed why there is such a negative narrative around menopause in the UK. Kate’s work is centred on the cycles of the seasons, and she explains how this works through a woman’s life, and how we enter our second spring. Kate also explains the three processes in Second Spring: separation, surrender and emergence. We are both very happy people, and Kate explains how happiness is U-shaped. Kate feels that it is important for women to chart and track their feelings, which women can explore more in the Perimenopause Journal. We also discussed the importance of relaxing, meditation such as with yoga Nidra, movement and being in nature. Kate and I are both huge fans of women’s circles. It is so powerful to be with other women, sharing stories and giving support.

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