In this week's episode, we're talking mood and hormones with Dr Samantha Newman!

We loved chatting with Samantha all about how hormones affect mood, including:

• how our hormone levels fluctuate throughout the menstrual cycle, and during perimenopause
• why hormones affect how we feel
• how this can impact on mood and energy levels
• the link between oestrogen, progesterone, and serotonin
• what to expect at different parts of your cycle
• her top tips to help improve mood and hormonal symptoms
  
  Samantha is a GP in Napier who works in women's health and runs the FemaleGP clinic. She enjoys integrating lifestyle and hormonal health together with positive ageing and feels that General Practice is key to good midlife care.
  
  Samantha grew up in London, trained at The University of Bristol, and has now been in New Zealand for almost 10 years.  She is happy to call Hawkes Bay her forever home.
  
  Samantha is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Auckland, an Adjunct Associate Researcher at the Health and Research Centre at the University of Monash, is an Accredited Forensic Examination for MEDSAC and does a couple of tenths of General GP at a local practice.

You can find Dr Samanthas website here: https://www.femalegp.co.nz/, and follow her on FB here https://www.facebook.com/FemaleGP