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Am I Making You Uncomfortable?

A new, weekly women's health podcast brought to you by HuffPost. This podcast is a frank, honest conversation about women's bodies, health and private lives. Fearless, inclusive and empowering, we cover under-reported issues and tackle the topics you're too squeamish to talk to your friends about.


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Untangling Mother-Daughter Relationships, With Rosjke Hasseldine And Carina White from 2021-02-02T05:59

When it comes to mother-daughter relationships, it’s complicated: some are best friends, others aren’t on speaking terms, while some daughters still revert to acting like a teenager around their...

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The Problem With ‘Problem’ Skin, With Lou Northcote And Dr Shaaira Nasir from 2021-01-26T05:59

From acne to eczema, psoriasis to rosacea, there’s no shortage of skin conditions that are broadly labelled “problem skin”. But would these conditions be such a problem, if the world stopped obs...

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Women Have A Poo Problem, With Elaine Miller And Dr Megan Rossi from 2021-01-19T05:59

Women – not so great at pooing and even worse at talking about it. But fear not - in this episode, we chat to physiotherapist Elaine Miller and gut health specialist Dr. Megan Rossi who are here...

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I'm Broke And My Friends Don't Get It, With Clare Seal and Kia Commodore from 2021-01-12T05:59

It's tough when your mates earn more than you – and the pandemic has only exacerbated the friendship money gap. In this episode, My Frugal Year founder Clare Seal talks about the pressure to kee...

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The Truth About Childbirth, with Midwife Marley and Clotilde Rebecca Abe from 2021-01-05T00:01

The first rule about fight club is you don't talk about fight club. Often it feels like the same principle applies when it comes to giving birth – the majority of women have little or no clue wh...

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I Think We're Alone Now, With Shani Dhanda And Francesca Specter from 2020-12-08T06:00

2020 has been the year of isolation and for many, it's also been a year of loneliness. In this episode, we explore how the pandemic has changed our relationship with alone time – for better or w...

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We’re All A Little Bit Ageist, With Jane Evans, Carol Russell And Jacynth Bassett from 2020-12-01T05:59

We're feminists but we still fear ageing. Is it any wonder, in a world that values the wrinkle-free and writes off older women in the workplace? It's time for a change. In this episode, we chat ...

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Redefining Sexless Relationships, With Ruby Rare And Professor Jacqui Gabb from 2020-11-24T05:59

The word 'sexless' implies there's a lack or an absence in your relationship, but is a dry spell really such a bad thing? In this episode, sex educator Ruby Rare shares how to embrace the ebbs a...

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Why Are We Afraid Of Angry Women? With Kelechi Okafor And Jen Brister from 2020-11-16T19:00

How do we express our anger? And how - or why - do we often avoid it? In this episode, we’re joined by funny, fast and often furious Listen

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'I Feel Guilty For Having A Baby': Navigating Fertility And Friendship, With Jessica Hepburn, Gabby Voutier and Vanessa Haye from 2020-11-10T05:58:49

When Gabby Voutier got pregnant with twins following IVF and a five-year struggle for a baby, she felt "guilty". Her friend, Jessica Hepburn, had struggled to conceive for over a decade. In this...

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21: Am I Making You Uncomfortable? Season Two Trailer from 2020-11-02T10:36:05

Brogan Driscoll and Rachel Moss return for the second season of Am I Making You Uncomfortable?

This podcast is a frank, honest conversation about women's bodies, health and private live...

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20: Stop Policing Our Body Hair, With Rhyannon Styles And Aisha Mirza from 2020-09-08T06:00

Why does body hair make us so uncomfortable? Because it’s about so much more than the decision to remove it or let it grow. (Although waxing is uncomfortable, I’ll give you that.)
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19: ‘I Stood In A Puddle On The Kitchen Floor’: Talking Incontinence, With Luce Brett And Tiffany Sequeira from 2020-09-01T05:00

Incontinence is not an “old lady problem”. It’s thought to impact one in three women in the UK, although the actual number could be even higher, as shame stops many from seeking help. In this ...

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18: Why Women Cheat, With Miranda Christophers, Audrey Indome And Tolani Shoneye from 2020-08-25T06:00

The cheating gap has closed, with women just as likely to cheat on a long-term partner as men. But why? In this episode, we explore what leads to women cheating – and dispel some myths that it...

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17: Everything Nobody Tells You About Perimenopause, With Dr Nighat Arif And Tillie Harris from 2020-08-18T06:00

Having hot flushes but still getting your period? Welcome to the perimenopause – the transition before menopause, which can begin in your thirties and last a full decade. The perimenopause imp...

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16: Best Friends Forever? We Talk Friendship Breakups And Makeups, With Aminatou Sow and Dr Miriam Kirmayer from 2020-08-10T23:01

Whether there was a huge bust up or some good old fashioned ghosting, breaking up with a friend can be devastating – and can still haunt us years later. And while some friendships really do ne...

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15: Who Am I Without My Job? With Ama Quashie And Emily Liou from 2020-08-03T17:25:43

Work forms a key part of our identities, so what happens when it’s suddenly taken away? In this episode, we explore why our self-worth is often entangled with our jobs – and how to break free ...

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14: The Orgasm Gap: Rethinking Pleasure, With Sex Educator Portia Brown And Intimacy Coach Charlene Douglas from 2020-07-27T18:25

“There are people that still believe that it's harder for people with vulvas to achieve orgasm, or that women have to have some sort of crazy emotional, psychological connection in order to ac...

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13: 'I'm Not Good Enough': The Lies That Social Anxiety Tells Us, With Claire Eastham And Lucy Beresford from 2020-07-20T16:05:49

We’re joined by mental health blogger and campaigner Claire Eastham, who shares her own experience of social anxiety, plus psychotherapist Lucy Beresford, who helps us to understand the causes...

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12: Are You Drinking Too Much? With Anjula Mutanda and Club Soda’s Laura Willoughby from 2020-07-14T05:00

Drinking is such a normalised part of British culture that binge drinking as young adults is a rite of passage, hangovers are laughed off, social lives are built around the pub. We celebrate t...

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11: Envy can be ugly, here's how to redirect it – with Comparison Coach Lucy Sheridan from 2020-07-07T05:00

We all feel envy sometimes, even if we’d rather not admit it. But comparing yourself to others – often without knowing the full story of how hard so-and-so worked to get to where they are toda...

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10: IVF Should Be Free, So Why Is Access So Hard? With Seetal Savla and Sara Marshall-Page from 2020-06-30T04:59

Gaining access to IVF is a struggle, before you even begin treatment. In this podcast, we speak about the cultural, financial and geographical barriers that prevent people from accessing IVF i...

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9: What People Need To Know About Heavy Periods, With Tasha Hinde And Dr Brooke Vandermolen from 2020-06-23T04:59

Heavy periods affect around 1 in 5 women of reproductive age in the UK. Combined with the stigma that already surrounds menstruation, the added pain, fatigue and fear of leaks can have a debil...

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8: Money Talks: Breaking The Silence On Women and Debt (With Bola Sol and Josie Warner) from 2020-06-16T01:00

“We talk about sex more than we talk about money,” says Bola Sol, financial wellness coach and founder of the Rich Girl Chronicles. “You have to question these things. I don’t get it.” 
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7: ‘My Vagina's A Venus Flytrap’: Talking Vaginismus with Lisa Mackenzie and Dr Wafaa Eltantawy from 2020-06-09T05:00

It’s in Netflix shows such as Unorthodox and Sex Education, but why is it still taboo to talk about vaginismus? In this episode, we discuss the condition that impacts millions of people around...

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6: Mum’s The Word: Exploring Motherhood And Identity, With Candice Brathwaite and Kate Everall from 2020-06-02T23:01

For this podcast we wanted to tackle identity and motherhood – specifically, how your sense of self changes when you become a mum and as your children grow up, and how the intersection of othe...

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5: Let’s Talk About Porn, Baby (With Sex Educator Sangeeta Pillai) from 2020-05-26T07:00

In this episode, hosts Brogan Driscoll and Rachel Moss are joined by Sangeeta Pillai, a sex educator and founder of the Soul Sutras network, to talk about how porn impacts our sex lives, relat...

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4: We Need To Talk About Nipples (With Artist Emma Low & Nurse Clare O’Neill) from 2020-05-19T04:00

Women’s bodies, particularly breasts, are hypersexualised – yet our nipples are often censored. And the nipples we do see are almost always the same: small, pert, pink, probably symmetrical an...

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2: Everything You Want To Know About Vaginal Discharge (With Dr Anita Mitra - Gynaecologist aka Gynae Geek) from 2020-05-12T04:00

In this episode of Am I Making You Feel Uncomfortable? we speak to gynaecologist Dr Anitra Mitra - aka Gynae Geek - about everything you wanted to know about vaginas and discharge but felt too...

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3: The Art Of Masturbation (With Alix Fox) from 2020-05-12T04:00

This episode of Am I Making You Uncomfortable? is all about enjoying time with yourself.

Journalist and sex educator Alix Fox joins Brogan Driscoll and Rachel Moss to ...

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1: Body Image in Lockdown (With Body Image & Mental Health Campaigner Natasha Devon) from 2020-05-12T04:00

The world and its marketing agency might be trying to tell us body positivity is in, but the reaction to singer Adele’s recent social pics show that everyone is still hung up on an ‘ideal’ bod...

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1: Am I Making You Uncomfortable? Trailer from 2020-05-07T14:24:12

A new, weekly women's health podcast brought to you by HuffPost. This podcast is a frank, honest conversation about women's bodies, health and private lives. Fearless, inclusive and empowering...

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