Joyce Harper
@ProfJoyceHarper
Author, Podcaster, Public Speaker, Professor. Empowering women to have good health and happiness #yourfertileyears.
Singing is really good for our health and happiness. It can certainly help us reclaim joy – the title of my podcast mini series. Singing alone is great. But singing with a community is even better. Since COVID, there’s been a surge in singing groups and choirs, and for good…
The healing power of being in nature. On this weeks podcast I am talking to an inspiring man - Harrison Ward - The Fell Foodie. He's had a journey and he has reclaimed his joy and is embracing life. This podcast is for people we know who are struggling. We all know someone.…
“Sex and masturbation are good for us and can indeed become more satisfying as we age,” said Professor Joyce Harper (@UCL_IfWH), adding: “We should make it a priority in our lives.” Read more here ⬇️ @ProfJoyceHarper #WomensHealth #UCL bit.ly/3ID6cNr
Want to know about egg freezing? I go through the main points in this podcast. Or read the egg freezing chapter in my book. Your Fertile Years. #eggfreezing
Do you have enough joy and play in your life? When we are kids, we were great at playing but society wants us to stop. Reclaim it. On this weeks podcast I am talking to my drumming mentor - Sophie Messager - about the joy of drumming. Anyone can do it - you just bang the drum…
Well ChatGPT seriously gets things wrong. Especially when you ask it for references to scientific papers. I do use it a lot but I have been seeing an increasing amount of errors in it's response. Last night I was marking my student essays about AMH testing and was shocked to…
This weeks podcast, another in the series on reclaiming joy, is with my drumming mentor, Dr Sophie Messager whose latest book - The beat of your own drum - is available to pre order. This podcast is a conversation between two PhD's who feel that drumming is beneficial to our…
I love being in a room full of amazing people. Yesterday that happened thanks to Pause Live I took part in a panel debate - Women’s Health at Breaking Point: Who Will Shape the Future? We discussed the PAUSE Manifesto to improve funding, research and access to female care.…
It’s difficult to rename a disorder but maybe we should? #pcos
🚨Time to rename PCOS?! 🔹Clinical relevance: Under its current definition, PCOS is too heterogeneous, making diagnosis and management inconsistent 🔹Research relevance: A clear and precise definition is essential to conduct studies on targeted, homogeneous populations
We all want to reduce our risk of dementia. I am hearing more and more about how our lifestyle is important. And I will be having one of the world experts on dementia on my podcast soon. Did you know that singing can help? Listen to the full podcast with Julia Hollander on all…
Will you sing tonight? Singing is embedded in almost (maybe every) culture globally. On this weeks podcast - in the series on Reclaiming Joy - I've talked to Julia Hollander about Why We Sing. You can listen to the full podcast on all podcast channels - Why didn't anyone tell…
Self care. After a crazy but brilliant 6 days at @eshre_official Paris - today I’m making sure I have some self care. #selfcare #exercise #soundbath
A great part of my job is that I get to teach some of the future leaders in our field. I’ve just been at the biggest fertility conference in the world @eshre and I’ve caught up with many of our alumni. I’m feeling the love and I’m very proud of them. And next year we…
The Glastonbury of conferences. Day 1 in the bag. Meeting up with so many wonderful friends. A talk where I discussed our work on education and a meeting of the IRHEC. @eshre_irhec @ESHRE
At the Big Retreat Festival this year I did a 90 minute session on why orgasms are good for our health. I've even explained sex to Philomena Cunk. I have finally written a blog about it. Let's talk about sex and orgasms. Why is it still taboo? #sex #orgasms…
Sex. Almost all of us do it. And orgasms - hopefully almost all of us have them. I'm quoted in this article about sex as we age and today I'm posting my blog on why orgasms are good for our health. #sex #orgasms thetimes.com/life-style/hea…
ESHRE Paris has arrived. Dinner with the executive committee last night. I’m talking at the precongress talk tomorrow. Chairing the @eshre_irhec talk on Monday. Alumni and staff from UCL - meet Tuesday between 1 - 1.30 at the ESHRE village. We’ve got a dinner/party every…
Singing is a great way to reclaim our joy - the title of my current podcast series of my podcast Why didn't anyone tell me this? When did you sing? Maybe try it this weekend? I talked to Julia Hollander - author of the book Why We Sing. She said "We’re not singing because…