Too many women are told their symptoms are "normal," dismissed, or left without answers. In this powerful conversation with Amy and Heidi Andrews, Founders of The Khush Place, we explore the realities of living with undiagnosed PCOS, endometriosis, the heartbreaking IVF rollercoaster and the devastating impact of medical gaslighting in women's healthcare.

You'll hear their first-hand experiences of what it's like to be ignored by specialists, misdiagnosed for over a decade and repeatedly told that your pain and anxiety are "just in your head." These experiences are not from the 1970s — they are happening today, in modern healthcare systems across Australia and beyond.

Their online platform and in-person events across Australia give women the space to connect, share openly, and finally feel validated. The Kush Place's goal is to lead a new conversation around hormones, cycles, and women's health that medical systems often neglect.

In this episode we explore:

• Why women's pain is still dismissed in medicine

• The shocking gap in knowledge around women's hormones, cycles, and reproductive health

• How functional and integrative medicine offer a way forward by looking at root causes, not just symptoms

• How personal struggles with IVF and anxiety sparked the creation of The Kush Place

• Why Balance Me is the first supplement in Australia to target emotional, metabolic, and hormonal health — all in one

This episode is not just about frustration, feeling dismissed, unseen, or gaslit by the healthcare system. It's a powerful conversation about reclaiming the narrative around periods, hormones and women's health. It's about ending the silence and saying: this is not normal and you deserve better care.

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In this episode of Things I Want My Daughters to Know, I sit down with Fiona Clark, a women's health physiotherapist, menopause movement specialist, and author of MenoWars. Together, we explore the realities of how menopause impacts the body—not just hormonally, but physically and functionally—and why the current healthcare system often leaves women without the answers and support they need.

Fiona shares her mission to challenge the gaps in women's healthcare, where menopause is still too often misunderstood, dismissed, or oversimplified. Through her work and her book MenoWars, she brings clarity, compassion, and empowerment to women navigating this stage of life.

In this episode we explore:

· 🌸 How menopause changes the body's relationship with movement, energy, and recovery.

· 🌸 Why pelvic floor health matters for every woman—and how it connects to confidence, vitality, and long-term health.

· 🌸 The myths around exercise in midlife, and why "pushing harder" isn't always the answer.

· 🌸 The role of movement as medicine—supporting mood, bone health, cardiovascular function, and nervous system regulation.

· 🌸 The challenges of the conventional medical system—why women are often offered quick fixes rather than true understanding, and how we can change the conversation.

· 🌸 Fiona's vision for empowering women to understand and honor their bodies, rather than seeing them as "failing" in midlife.

This is a conversation that reframes movement as a source of empowerment, not pressure—while also shining a light on the urgent need for better menopause education and support in healthcare.

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