Dear Hormones

Welcome to Dear Hormones, the Christmas special, packed with letters about your festive hormonal mishaps.

Hear how one woman dealt with her frustration over irritating little noises on Christmas Day, how a mum handled her daughter's first period on Christmas Eve and one women tells of her perimenopausal sense of humour failure while playing a family board game with the family.

Dear Hormones is a podcast for women to fess up to some of the things they may have said or done whilst under the influence of their hormones. Be it puberty, PMT, pregnancy or the menopause, Jenny Smith and Kate Bauss are there to lend a sympathetic ear whilst sharing their own hormonal experiences too. 

Anyone featured on the show will receive an exclusive Dear Hormones badge. To get in touch with Jenny and Kate simply send an email to [email protected] or DM them via instagram @dearhormones.

In today's episode, school shoe shopping takes an unexpected turn thanks to a perimenopausal mother, how brain fog lead to police intervention for one poor woman and standby by for a letter about menstrual mayhem at a swimming pool.

Dear Hormones is a podcast for women to fess up to some of the things they may have said or done whilst under the influence of their hormones.  Sharing their own experiences too, Jenny Smith and Kate Bauss read letters from women spilling the beans about all things hormones from puberty, PMT, pregnancy and the menopause. 

Letter writers are rewarded with an exclusive Dear Hormones badge.

If you have a story to share please send an email to [email protected] or DM Jenny and Kate via instagram @dearhormones

Coming up on today's show, how one woman coped with a dire sweating episode whilst on a date with a new man, reasons NOT to go boating when on your period and another tale of menopausal fury with a teenager.

Dear Hormones is a podcast for women to fess up to some of the things they may have said or done whilst under the influence of their hormones. Be it puberty, pregnancy, PMT or the menopause, Jenny Smith and Kate Bauss read letters from women sharing their hormonal hell as well as discussing their own experiences.

If you have a story you would like to share you can email the show at [email protected] or contact them on instagram @dearhormones

This podcast will hopefully put a smile on your face and help you come to terms with all the things you may have said or done over the years when your hormones have been in charge.  Please know you are not alone. 

Warning: episode contains a conversation about suicidal thoughts.

In this special episode of Dear Hormones, Jenny Smith and Kate Bauss are joined by actress, TV presenter, columnist and equality campaigner Nicola Thorp.  Nicola speaks openly and honestly about her struggles with PMT, taking the pill and all things hormones.  She shares stories from her childhood revealing how much she struggled with her periods as well as revealing a very recent hormonal episode involving her long term boyfriend.  

Dear Hormones is a podcast for women to confide in each other about the times their hormones have got the better of them be it puberty, PMT, pregnancy or the menopause. Sharing their own experiences too, Jenny and Kate read letters from women talking about all kinds of issues relating to their hormones.

Anyone featured on the show will receive an exclusive Dear Hormones badge and you can contact the show by writing to [email protected] or via instagram @dearhormones

Stand by for a brilliant letter about PMT and the dreaded 'school photo day', another women shares her despair over a menopausal flooding incident and Carolyn Harris MP, who campaigned for the HRT Bill in parliament, talks about her own menopausal journey. 

Dear Hormones is a podcast for women to fess up to some of the things they may have said or done whilst under the influence of their hormones (men are welcome to share too though).  Hosts Jenny Smith and Kate Bauss read letters from listeners sharing tales of when their hormones have got the better of them, as well as discussing their own hormonal experiences.

Listeners who are featured on the podcast will receive an exclusive Dear Hormones badge. If you'd like to get in touch with the show you can write to the girls at [email protected] or find them on instagram @dearhormones

In today's episode, Jenny and Kate read a letter from a family of three women who all suffer from uncontrollable hormonal rage. There's also a letter from their first male writer and a story about snoring that both of them can relate to. 

Dear Hormones is a podcast for women to fess up to the things they may have said or done whilst under the influence of their hormones.  Be it puberty, PMT, pregnancy or the menopause, Jenny Smith and Kate Bauss are there to lend a sympathetic ear.

If you are suffering from the effects of the menopause there are many online resources that can help you, but a good place to start would be https://www.themenopausecharity.org .  

If you have a story to share please write to the girls at [email protected] or they're @dearhormones on instagram.

Jenny Smith and Kate Bauss are back reading confessions from women of when their hormones have got the better of them.  In today's episode, how pregnancy hormones rendered one woman incapable of naming her baby, menopausal rage over a barely damp flannel and how being a scout leader in your 40s is more stressful that you might think.

Dear Hormones is a podcast for women to fess up to the things they may have said or done whilst under the influence of their hormones. Be it puberty, PMT, pregnancy or the menopause, Jenny and Kate are there to lend a sympathetic ear.  Sharing their own stories too,  nothing is off limits and nobody is judged.

If you have a hormonal story to share then you can send an email to [email protected] or find Jenny and Kate on instagram @dearhormones where you can send them a DM.

Writers who are featured on the show will earn themselves a lovely Dear Hormones badge. What's not to love?

In today's episode of Dear Hormones, a mortifying experience in the church hall, a top tip on dealing with period stains and Kate's Menopause Watch continues.  

Dear Hormones is a podcast for women to fess up to the things they may have said or done whilst under the influence of their hormones.  Be it puberty, PMT, pregnancy or the menopause, Jenny Smith and Kate Bauss are there to lend a sympathetic ear. 

Writers span the generations from teenagers to pensioners all sharing their hormonal stories that most women can relate to.  

If you have a hormonal story to share, you can write to Jenny and Kate at [email protected] or DM them via their instagram page @dearhormones

Anyone featured on the podcast will be sent an exclusive Dear Hormones badge, that's right, bribery.

Dear Hormones Season 2 is back!  In today's show a menopausal woman faces her fears on the new road, how to avoid being called a w@nker by wild water swimmers and a tale of clashing hormones between mother and son. 

Dear Hormones is a podcast for women to fess up to the things they may have said or done whilst under the influence of their hormones.  Be it puberty, PMT, pregnancy or the menopause, Jenny Smith and Kate Bauss are there to lend a sympathetic ear. 

Writers span the generations from teenagers to pensioners all sharing their hormonal stories that many women can relate to.  The podcast has also built a following of men too. One male reviewer said of the podcast that it has provided an 'a-ha' moment as the penny dropped that his wife was menopausal too.

If you have a hormonal story to share, you can write to Jenny and Kate at [email protected] or DM them via their instagram page @dearhormones

Jenny and Kate are back with Season 2 of Dear Hormones where women write in with their hormonal tales of woe.  In today's show a bladder emergency on a road trip, menopausal fury with a teenager and one woman takes the girls on a menstrual trip down memory lane. 

Dear Hormones is a podcast for women to fess up to the things they may have said or done whilst under the influence of their hormones.  Be it puberty, PMT, pregnancy or the menopause, Jenny Smith and Kate Bauss are there to lend a sympathetic ear. 

Writers span the generations from teenagers to pensioners all sharing their hormonal stories that many women can relate to.  The podcast has also built a following of men too. One male reviewer said of the podcast that it has provided an 'a-ha' moment as the penny dropped that his wife was menopausal too.

If you have a hormonal story to share, you can write to Jenny and Kate at [email protected] or DM them via their instagram page @dearhormones