Welcome to Womenkind Collective: Spill The Tea, the podcast where no topic is off-limits, and every conversation is served with honesty, humour, and heart.
Hosted by lifelong friends Jinty and Lou, we bring you a vibrant, weekly mix of education, laughter, and real talk. From health and hormones to family, relationships, equity, and the realities of menopause, we tackle the topics that matter—especially the ones society often shies away from.
Menopause might not be our sole focus, but it’s a conversation that keeps coming up—for good reason. With the help of expert guests, including Menopause specialists, GPs, Gynaecologists, Nutritionists, Sleep Therapists, Cancer Survivors, Advocates, and Campaigners, we provide evidence-based facts, real-life experiences, and the support you deserve.
Beyond the podcast, we take action. We founded Exmouth’s first Menopause Café, giving women a space to connect, and launched the #WheresMyClinic campaign, fighting for an NHS Menopause Clinic in Devon. We’ve even spilled the tea live on BBC Radio Devon, hosting their first-ever menopause café.
So, whether you’re navigating the ups and downs of hormones, curious about the latest health insights, or just here for the relatable stories (and occasional faux pas), grab a cuppa and join us.
It’s time to spill the tea—because the conversations we have today can change the way we live tomorrow.
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Welcome to Womenkind Collective: Spill The Tea, the podcast where no topic is off-limits, and every conversation is served with honesty, humour, and heart.
Hosted by lifelong friends Jinty and Lou, we bring you a vibrant, weekly mix of education, laughter, and real talk. From health and hormones to family, relationships, equity, and the realities of menopause, we tackle the topics that matter—especially the ones society often shies away from.
Menopause might not be our sole focus, but it’s a conversation that keeps coming up—for good reason. With the help of expert guests, including Menopause specialists, GPs, Gynaecologists, Nutritionists, Sleep Therapists, Cancer Survivors, Advocates, and Campaigners, we provide evidence-based facts, real-life experiences, and the support you deserve.
Beyond the podcast, we take action. We founded Exmouth’s first Menopause Café, giving women a space to connect, and launched the #WheresMyClinic campaign, fighting for an NHS Menopause Clinic in Devon. We’ve even spilled the tea live on BBC Radio Devon, hosting their first-ever menopause café.
So, whether you’re navigating the ups and downs of hormones, curious about the latest health insights, or just here for the relatable stories (and occasional faux pas), grab a cuppa and join us.
It’s time to spill the tea—because the conversations we have today can change the way we live tomorrow.
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In this week’s episode of the Womenkind Collective Podcast we have a very special Book Club episode as we Spill the Tea with the brilliant author of this season’s book club pick, The Book of Secrets, Anna Mazzola.
Anna is an award-winning writer of historical, gothic, and crime fiction, and our book club choice for this series, The Book of Secrets, is her fifth superbly written novel and is based around a story of true crime and women in 1659 Rome. She also writes gripping legal and political thrillers under the name Anna Sharpe, the first of which, Notes on a Drowning, was published in January 2025.
Anna also works as a human rights and criminal justice solicitor acting for survivors of crime.
We are absolutely thrilled to have her with us today to dive into The Book of Secrets, Anna answers some of our (and your) burning questions. We uncover the inspiration behind The Book of Secrets, explore the real-life history that shaped it, and discuss the powerful themes of women’s resilience, oppression, and survival—themes that, heartbreakingly, still resonate today. Plus, we dig into Anna’s writing process, the true spells and remedies woven into the story, and how she brings her unforgettable female protagonists to life.
As every day is a school day we tell you what we have learned this week, there’s a new WI which we have changed to stand for (weekly inspiration) to give you some good news stories that you might have missed, and there’s a beautiful quote to send you off into the week.
It’s an episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, go and get the kettle on and settle in for our weekly collective chat while we spill the tea!
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Anna Mazzola:
Website: www.annamazzola.com
I: @annamazzolawriter
F: Anna Mazzola
Books: Anna Mazzola.
The Unseeing. 2016. Published - Tinder Press
The Story keeper. 2018. Published - Tinder Press.
The Clockwork Girl. 2022. Published - Orion.
The House of Whispers. 2023. Published - Orion.
The book of Secrets. 2024. Published - Orion
Anna Sharpe.
Notes on a Drowning. 2025. Published - Orion
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