In this episode of Her Kind of Brave, journalist, TV presenter and media trainer Shelly Horton shares the story behind her book I’m Your Peri Godmother and what really happens when perimenopause hits like a freight train. Shelly opens up about decades of undiagnosed PCOS, “Armageddon” periods, multiple surgeries, a collapsed lung during a routine procedure, and the perimenopausal depression that left her suicidal.

She and Chloe and Kellie dive into medical gaslighting, fat-shaming from health professionals, how to advocate for yourself, why HRT (hormone replacement therapy) can be life-changing, and the campaign that took her all the way to Parliament House to fight for better menopause care in Australia. If you’ve ever felt dismissed, “too much”, or like you’re going mad in midlife, this conversation will put words (and power) to what you’re carrying.

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