{"podcast":{"title":"Well Enough","slug":"well-enough-7486036","podcast_index_feed_id":7486036,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6877a2d54633a88a38ec3a2a","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/well-enough","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6877a2d54633a88a38ec3a2a/1753267445263-9e7ffc95-4bab-4ffc-a21e-2525ee0ee410.jpeg","author":"The Independent","episode_count":39,"summary":"WELL ENOUGH is here to make sense of the wild world of health and wellness, answering the biggest questions and busting myths and misinformation wide open. How do I know if my gut is healthy? Should I freeze my eggs? What is manifestation? Do I really need therapy? And why is everyone telling me to just be grateful? Join Fitness and Wellbeing Editor Emilie Lavinia and inspiring expert guests as we uncover the truth about mindfulness, the microbiome, fertility, relationships and more. Each episode will tackle a new subject with the help of household names and leaders in their fields, dispelling the nonsense you might have read on TikTok and giving you peace of mind. Fascinated by the pursuit of wellness Emilie Lavinia is one of the UK’s leading health and wellbeing journalists. She’s tried every trend, treatment and life-altering practice, reported on it and lived to tell the tale. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T12:19:48.259241+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/well-enough-7486036"},"episode":{"title":"Cherry Healey: This is what happened when I hit perimenopause at 40","slug":"cherry-healey-this-is-what-happened-when-i-hit-perimenopause-at-40","published_at":"2026-03-18T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/well-enough-7486036/cherry-healey-this-is-what-happened-when-i-hit-perimenopause-at-40","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/well-enough-7486036","url":"https://shows.acast.com/well-enough/episodes/cherry-healey-this-is-what-happened-when-i-hit-perimenopause","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6877a2d54633a88a38ec3a2a/e/69b98d019472186e415d0591/media.mp3","summary":"TV presenter Cherry Healey shares her unexpected perimenopause journey, revealing how debilitating anxiety and heart palpitations at age 40 led her to nearly seek antidepressants, before discovering her symptoms were hormonal. In this conversation, Cherry discusses the misdiagnosis crisis facing women in their forties, the connection between depleting estrogen and UTIs (including her own life-threatening sepsis scare), and why she believes perimenopause is actually \"the main event\", not menopause itself. Follow the show: Follow Well Enough on Instagram here Follow Emilie on Instagram here   Timecodes: 00:00 Perimenopause Hit at 40: Cherry's Story 02:11 When Menopause Was Taboo 04:01 The Dread That Won't Go Away 05:36 Finally Getting Diagnosed 07:01 How Misdiagnosis Destroys Women's Lives 08:06 Is Perimenopause the Main Event 10:06 Perimenopause as a Gift 11:21 Why Lifting Weights Changes Everything 14:31 Perimenopause Ended My Relationship 16:01 Should You Get Your Hormones Tested? 17:26 Track Your Cycle to Understand Your Body 21:26 The Power of Sleep 22:31 UTIs & Perimenopause: The Hidden Link 24:26 My UTI Turned Into Sepsis 27:01 Advice for Women Turning 40 32:21 The Wellness Boom & Longevity 38:46 What Makes You Feel Well Enough Follow Cherry on Instagram here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"TV presenter Cherry Healey shares her unexpected perimenopause journey, revealing how debilitating anxiety and heart palpitations at age 40 led her to nea…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2523,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/well-enough-7486036/episodes/cherry-healey-this-is-what-happened-when-i-hit-perimenopause-at-40/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/well-enough-7486036/cherry-healey-this-is-what-happened-when-i-hit-perimenopause-at-40.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}