Female Focused Health & Well-being: Podcast Recommendations

Female Focused Health & Well-being: Podcast Recommendations

March 02, 2023

Curator

Becky Lamb-Pritchard (she/her), Head of Marketing at This is Distorted

Why did you choose this theme?

I have chosen this category as less than a third of the most successful podcasts worldwide are hosted by women, and we have stuff we want to talk about!A lot of what we learn about health and well-being is primarily through a male lens (shocking right!?) This has resulted in a lack of education about female health, and in some cases, incorrect diagnoses. Did you know that many women are incorrectly diagnosed with depression, when in fact it was menopause? Or that there are many cases of mis-diagnoses of ADHD, as symptoms in females manifest differently than the better-known symptoms often displayed in males? Or that, thanks to female hormones, alcohol does, in fact, react differently in women than men? I certainly didn't until I discovered podcasts that gave me the information and tools to navigate life as a female, with all the beautiful and painful parts that come with it. 

PODCAST PICKS:Click on the podcast art to listen đź‘‚

Rhiannon Lambert: Food Truths, Pre & Post Pregnancy Nutrition and Fuel For Perimenopause

With honest chats, expert advice, and real insight, U.K.-based actress and presenter Natalie Anderson created this podcast to provide a safe space in which all aspects of women's well-being and mental health could be talked about. This podcast was shortlisted for an International Women's Podcast Award in 2022 and it's easy to see why

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she doesn't shy away from sensitive matters and often draws on her own personal experience. This episode is focused on female nutrition and features one of the U.K.'s leading nutritionists, Rhiannon Lambert. 

Women's Health UnpluggedYour hormones after 40. What stage are you in?The mission of Women's Health Unplugged is to educate and empower women across all generations on how to advocate for themselves in their healthcare and how to support themselves through better health education. EarBuds curator Becky thinks that this episode is one every woman should hear, especially those approaching 40 or already aged 40-60. This episode takes you through what your hormones are doing through each of the transition stages of menopause and how the changes impact you. 

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast

How hormones can directly impact our ADHD

In this new podcast, ADHD lifestyle and well-being coach and Emotional Freedom Techniques practitioner Kate Moryoussef has conversations with global experts, thought leaders, and authors about how we can harness our well-being to enhance our lives as women with ADHD. EarBuds curator Becky picked this episode because it is an incredibly insightful episode for women who have ADHD. It covers different stages of the female cycle, how to advocate for yourself if you have ADHD, how hormones can affect ADHD, and much more. 

Wellness Women RadioMenstrual FluWellness Women Radio is raising the bar for women's health by bringing you the most up-to-date information on all things health, hormones, and fertility. EarBuds curator Becky recommends this episode, as it explains how the menstrual cycle can exacerbate health conditions and cause menstrual flu, complex interactions between the immune and endocrine systems that causes affect the immune system. 

Brown Women HealthSexual Education for South Asians ft. Bushra Mollick | Sexual Health Mini-SeriesThis podcast highlights the amazing South Asian women working in healthcare and brings their expertise to podcast listeners — and brings culturally-specific health information to South Asian women globally. In this episode, guest Bushra Mollick talks about her work in breaking down the sex stigma in the South Asian community. 

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Why We Mine 

Power TripTatiana Maslany stars as a chronically-ill (and chronically-sarcastic) woman who acquires magical abilities via a black-market kidney donation. Now, she can command anyone to do her bidding. The city is her playground and dating is a riot… that is, until she falls in love for real. 

FEEDBACK WITH EARBUDS:

Becky Lamb-Pritchard, Head of Marketing at This is Distorted, 

is on Feedback to share female-focused health and well-being podcasts. PLUS: We've got a voice clip from the host of this week's spotlight pick, FOGO: Fear of Going Outside. This is 

a nature show with the most reluctant host ever, and she's back for season 2. 

COMMUNITY:

🎤This week in Podcast The Newsletter: K-Pop Dreaming technically traces the origins of K-pop from its origins to its global popularity today, but more specifically it’s about the host, Vivian Yoon, who finally is able to fangirl over a kind of music she been secretly loving for years. This is a lesson in K-Pop history with a coming of age story that will make us think about the own joys we harbored when we were younger, and the freedom to embrace those things as grown ass adults.

🤖A sci-fi podcast is launching SaveGarbageIsland.org “so humans will have somewhere to live after the AI Takeover.” The sci-fi comedy Human B-Gon predicts a future where robots capture stray humans and dump them onto Garbage Island. Says creator Drew Frohmann, “We have to preserve our children’s future home.”🎙️Our buddies at MIC's Podcast Club this / next month have top vocal coach Nic Redman joining their monthly online meetup to show you some simple tips to make your voice sound great on your podcast. Including ways to tackle your nerves, sound more confident, and deliver with authenticity! March 8th, online at 6PM (U.K. time). RSVP for free here.

Maed in India is India's first indie music podcast that showcases the best independent music from India. The 4th annual Ladies Special will be released March 6, 2023. The Ladies Special (much like the Mumbai Local train it's named after) will bring you names and faces you may have never heard of, but their story and music will captivate you. From Assamese Afrobeat soul to Bhojpuri blues, to Carnatic fusion and Punjabi folk, we host 4 women from 4 different regions in 4 languages.

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CLASSIFIEDS:

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SPOTLIGHT:

FOGO: Fear of Going Outside

is a nature show — by the most reluctant host ever. Most nature shows are hosted by reckless white men, but avid indoorswoman Ivy Le is an Asian mom with severe allergies. Last season, Ivy conquered camping. She’s back, braving the outdoors, to go hunting â€” or die trying!

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