
Heavy Bleeding, the Mirena Coil and Speaking Up with Dr Áine Dempsey #176
How many women quietly put up with heavy bleeding, painful periods or a difficult coil fitting, telling themselves it is just part of being a woman?In this episode, Laura sits down with obstetrician a...
2 Jul 41min

A Generational Story Behind Women & Dieting with Aimee Donnellan #175
Aimee Donnellan joins Laura to talk about her new book Off the Scales: The Inside Story of Ozempic and the Race to Cure Obesity, and the much bigger story sitting underneath it - how generations of wo...
25 Jun 1h

Grief, Poetry and a New Kind of Masculinity with Darragh Fleming #174
Darragh Fleming went viral last year for a poem — but this conversation is about everything that came before it. The Cork writer talks to Laura about a childhood spent lost in books, a long detour thr...
18 Jun 1h 6min

Why So Many Women Suffer in Silence with Dr Fadi #173
In this episode, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Fadi joins Laura for an open, practical conversation about pelvic floor health, incontinence, prolapse and the realities of modern obstetr...
11 Jun 50min

Bitesize Moment: "She Wasn't Lazy. She Was Drowning." — Dr Sarah Carty on ADHD in girls
In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, GP Dr Sarah Carty explains why ADHD looks so different in girls and women — and why so many only recognise it years, so...
9 Jun 6min

What Menopause Care Should Really Look Like with Dr Caoimhe Hartley #172
What does proper midlife care actually look like, and who keeps getting left out of it?In this episode, Laura sits down with Dr Caoimhe Hartley - founder of Menopause Health in Dalkey, clinical lead o...
4 Jun 57min

Bitesize Moment: "We Cured Your Cancer. You Should Be Grateful." — Dr Deirdre Lundy on HRT after breast cancer
In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, menopause specialist Dr Deirdre Lundy walks Laura through how decisions about HRT and family history of breast cancer a...
2 Jun 7min

Pamela Deasy | Trusting Her Gut: A Pancreatic Cancer Survivor Story #171
Pamela Deasy was in her early 40s, working full time and volunteering with the RNLI, when fatigue started dragging her back into bed in the middle of the day. Her bloods were clear. She was told it wa...
28 Mai 52min




















