Changing Seasons Podcast
A podcast that explores the changing seasons of our life through a traditional medicine and lived experience lens. The first season of ten episodes focuses on Peri Menopause and Menopause phase of life.
Changing Seasons Podcast
4 - Is It Possible To Have A Healthy Intimate Relationship Whilst Navigating Perimenopause? with Scott & Kate Foster
In this episode Jody has an honest conversation with her friends Scott and Kate Foster about what it is like to be a couple navigating peri menopause and menopause.
Scott and Kate own Mrs Birdy Café in South Golden Beach on the Northern Rivers in NSW. Scott has 3 beautiful daughters and he and Kate share a daughter. Scott also works as counsellor specialising in eating disorders. Kate has a Bachelor of Performing Arts from Monash University. She moved to the Northern Rivers in 2017 and returned to the stage with the Bangalow Theatre Company.
Jody, Scott and Kate discuss the joys of perimenopause and topics they touch on include:
- How perimenopause has impacted them as a couple
- Kate’s journey with anxiety, indecision and anger and how she has managed that
- Scott’s own aging process and his challenges watching Kate change from a confident woman to a partner who now can find herself questioning everything
- How they keep on top of their sexual relationship in this phase of life
- Kate’s surprise at the emotional side of perimenopause and how more need to be talking about that