Jul 13, 2026 · 36 min · 9 segments
Hormones influence so much more than your menstrual cycle. They play a role in your energy, mood, sleep, metabolism and overall wellbeing throughout every stage of life. In this episode of Glow Talk…
Kate Di PrimaGuest
Millie PadulaHostAmandaGuestThank you for joining me.
Yeah.
Uh, Kate, we will, we'll start with you.
You, um, you know, speak a lot about your own experience-
... with menopause.
But, you know, over the last few years I feel like we're seeing a real shift in the way that women talk about their hormones.
From your perspective, why do you think the conversation is coming to light?
Look, I think women from, you know, getting their period around sort of like 11, 12, 13, young girls getting their period, that's the start of hormone fluctuations.
Then we sort of like have, you know, go- become fertile, um, you know, have our babies.
And then post-babies, there's kind of fluctuations again, and when women struggle.
Yeah
And I know when I speak some, to some of my, even my more mature sort of friends, colleagues, et cetera, who've gone through all those stages, including what I'm going through now, which is menopause, many of them say, "Oh, look, we were just told to just struggle on." And so now I think, you know, it's actually good to have, you know, uh, PMT, postnatal depression-
Mm
You know, and then even for people whose, like, hormone levels might actually change, things for elderly people as well.
I think it's just a conversation to have, whereas I don't think women spoke up enough when they were younger.
Yeah.
And to your point, I think we as women are so often led to believe that these are just a normal part of being stressed and being busy, and, you know, we, we've got so much mentally going on all the time.
Thank you for joining me.
Yeah.
Uh, Kate, we will, we'll start with you.
You, um, you know, speak a lot about your own experience-
... with menopause.
But, you know, over the last few years I feel like we're seeing a real shift in the way that women talk about their hormones.
From your perspective, why do you think the conversation is coming to light?
Look, I think women from, you know, getting their period around sort of like 11, 12, 13, young girls getting their period, that's the start of hormone fluctuations.
Then we sort of like have, you know, go- become fertile, um, you know, have our babies.
And then post-babies, there's kind of fluctuations again, and when women struggle.
Yeah
And I know when I speak some, to some of my, even my more mature sort of friends, colleagues, et cetera, who've gone through all those stages, including what I'm going through now, which is menopause, many of them say, "Oh, look, we were just told to just struggle on." And so now I think, you know, it's actually good to have, you know, uh, PMT, postnatal depression-
Mm
You know, and then even for people whose, like, hormone levels might actually change, things for elderly people as well.
I think it's just a conversation to have, whereas I don't think women spoke up enough when they were younger.
Yeah.
And to your point, I think we as women are so often led to believe that these are just a normal part of being stressed and being busy, and, you know, we, we've got so much mentally going on all the time.
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