Sobriety, empowerment and navigating perimenopause with Donna Francis

In this week’s episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by Donna Francis, an award-winning Beauty Editor with over 25 years of experience in the industry, having worked with magazines such as InStyle, Company, and Cosmo/Fabulous. Now Beauty Editor At Large at Hello! Magazine, Donna shares her personal experience with perimenopause, opening up about the profound impact it had on her life. She discusses the pressures around alcohol in midlife, how exercise became her mental health saviour, and how addressing her wellbeing helped her regain a sense of self during this challenging time. Now over six months sober, Donna is passionate about supporting women facing similar struggles and is on a mission to rebrand menopause as meno-power! 00:00 Introduction 02:04 Perceptions of beauty 06:32 Donna’s perimenopause journey 12:47 Perimenopause and alcohol 18:35 Hormones and addiction 21:35 Improving future health 25:09 Empowerment during menopause 26:36 Take home tips To learn more about Donna, visit her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebeautyed/ and check out her podcast, Smiling Gives You Wrinkles: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/smiling-gives-you-wrinkles/id1725957283 We’re delighted to have been nominated in the Listeners’ Choice category for the British Podcast Awards. There’s still time to vote visit: ⁠⁠https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting LET'S CONNECT Website 👉 www.drlouisenewson.co.uk Instagram 👉 www.instagram.com/drlouisenewsonpodcast LinkedIn 👉 https://uk.linkedin.com/in/drlouisenewson Spotify 👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/7dCctfyI9bODGDaFnjfKhg Apple 👉 https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-dr-louise-newson-podcast/id1459614845 LEARN MORE Sign up to my Menopause Masterclass 👉 https://newson-health.teachable.com/p/dr-louise-newson-menopause-masterclass Sign up for my Confidence in Menopause Course 👉 https://newson-health.teachable.com/p/confidence-in-the-menopause Sign up to my Upcoming Webinar 👉 https://newsonwebinars.com/agenda/ Email dlnpodcast@borkowski.co.uk for any media enquiries.