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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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Dr Nicky Keay
Episode 25 – 6 December

Dr Nicky Keay:
Exercise 4 Woman’s Health

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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Nicky studied medicine at the University of Cambridge. She was part of the international medical team that developed an anti-doping test for growth hormone.

Nicky is an honorary clinical lecturer in the Division of Medicine, UCL. She lectures and researches in the areas of exercise endocrinology. She works mainly with exercisers, dancers and athletes and with women experiencing perimenopause and menopause. She is on the UCL team developing a UK menopause education and support programme.

Nicky is a medical advisor to the Scottish Ballet.

She is the author of the book Hormones, health and Human Potential which we will discuss today.

In this episode, Nicky talks about her passion for dance and explains why she is fascinated by the amazing dance our hormones perform throughout our lives. Exercise is key for our mental and physical health. Nicky explains the importance of looking after our heart, bones, muscles, flexibility and balance.  She talks about how exercise can help women with menstrual and menopause symptoms and why it is important to exercise when trying to get pregnant and throughout pregnancy. Nicky suggests different ways women can exercise, especially exercising in nature and with friends. Our social connections, our gut health and our sleep are also important for good health.

Episode 25 – 6 December

Dr Nicky Keay: Exercise 4 Woman’s Health

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