Grey Matter Podcast
The Grey Matter Podcast was set up to have deep conversations with people who are thriving on the outside.
We’re here to learn about the stuff in their grey matter — and for their grey area stories. The messiness of progress.
We’re here to humanise the pursuit of success, performance, healthspan, and wellbeing.
Let’s unearth what we actually want, and what actually matters to us.
Grey Matter Podcast
If this is the first episode of Grey Matter you've watched.
The premise is simple. Deep conversations with people who are thriving on the outside, about the grey areas underneath.
No motivational poster energy. No shouting. Just honest conversations about what actually matters to us.
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Perimenopause can start at 35.
It can last up to a decade.
It's a clinical diagnosis. Not a blood test.
Most women are told they're fine.
Dr. Shireen Henry on Grey Matter.
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One of the segments we almost cut from this episode because it made it too long:
Shireen walking us through exactly how to sequence hyperbaric, red light, sauna, and cold plunge by cycle phase. It's 30 minutes long. It's practical.
Then she moved into stress, jet lag, and autoimmune.
We kept thinking. Someone is going to save this and come back to it.
So we left it in. If you work in wellness or coach women, watch this.
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New episode. Live now.
Dr. Shireen Henry. On apartheid, med school, the Covid frontline, motherhood, anxiety, perimenopause, hormone therapy, and what actually changes when a woman hits her mid-30s.
Full conversation below.
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HOW TO SEQUENCE RECOVERY BY CYCLE PHASE:
Menstrual (Days 1-7): Red light > Hyperbaric > Infrared. Skip the cold plunge.
Follicular + Ovulation (Days 7-15): Contrast > Hyperbaric > Red light. Hormetic stress is your friend.
Luteal (Days 15-28): Red light > Contrast > Hyperbaric. Cold plunge optional. Keep it short.
P.S. Watch Ian try to break it down here.
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If you're a woman over 35. Which of these have you been told to "just deal with"?
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This is Dr. Shireen Henry.
She grew up during apartheid. Fought for a place in medical school at 17 after being rejected. Rebuilt her career from scratch twice.
Then Covid hit. And she got stuck on the frontline in Kazakhstan for 8 months.
This one isn't a highlight reel of wins. It's a conversation about what progress actually looks like when it's not neat.
Full conversation now live.
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This week's guest was stuck on the Covid frontline in Kazakhstan for 8 months.
Singapore closed its borders. No flights home. No air ambulance. Two ventilators. No paracetamol.
One night she stood on her balcony and called a colleague. She asked him to keep her alive.
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