Our experts / Dr Angela Wright
1. Who, how qualified, why trust her, in one screen. A cold visitor should get all of this before scrolling.
Dr Angela Wright Medical advisor, Hello Nancy
GP, Clinical Sexologist & BMS Menopause Specialist

Dr Angela Wright

MBChB · MRCGP · DFSRH · Dip Pall Med · FECSM · RegCOSRT · DIPM · BMS Meno Cert
UK · Spiced Pear Health, Portland & Wilmslow

Brings medicine, sex therapy and trauma-informed care into one conversation, so the body, hormones and relationships get looked at together.

MenopausePainful sexLow desirePMDDAfter cancer
14 yrsGP partner, North Yorkshire
10 yrsin hospice medicine
FECSMFellow, European Committee of Sexual Medicine
BBCRegular expert, Radio Scotland Mornings
2. One real line in her voice, big. Word for word from her video, never written for her.
“Most of our pleasure doesn't happen on the inside. Actually, it happens on the outside of our bodies.”
From her Hello Nancy video on painful sex, 2026
3. Borrowed from IM8: numbered reasons + 'And for you'. Her lines are verbatim; the plain-words line is ours and labelled as ours.

What Dr Angela tells her patients

Three things she says every week, in her words.

01
Pleasure first

Start with what feels good

“I often tell women to change their focus when they're dealing with this problem and actually to think about what touch their body enjoys, and to try and focus on what can still bring them pleasure instead.”
In plain wordsIf sex hurts, you don't have to start with sex. Start with the touch that feels good.
02
Your body is protecting you

Don't push through

“I often say it's a little bit like trying to put a contact lens in your eye. You're going to blink. Your body has got a response to make sure that you feel safe, and it doesn't help us to push through that response.”
In plain wordsTensing up isn't you failing. It's your body keeping you safe, so go slower, not harder.
03
It's personal

There's no one right massager

“Toys are a really personal thing. Different people enjoy different sensation. But many of my patients have never tried air pulse technology.”
In plain wordsTry a few kinds of sensation. If you've never tried air pulse, the Lem is the one she mentions.
4. Video with chapters, then her library: what's live and what's coming from the London shoot. For go-live, upload the full-quality video to Files and pick it here.

Watch: Painful sex? Start with pleasure

5 min. Tap a chapter to jump.

Dr Angela's video library

Watch nowPainful sex and vaginismus
Coming soonLocal oestrogen and sexual wellbeing
Coming soonGenitourinary syndrome of menopause
Coming soonIntimacy after cancer
Coming soonSex after having a baby
Coming soonSSRIs and desire
5. What she actually treats, from her clinic pages. Lets a menopause or painful-sex shopper self-select.

What she focuses on

The areas she sees patients for every week.

Menopause & perimenopause

Including early, surgical and cancer-treatment menopause.

Sexual wellbeing

Painful sex, vaginismus, low desire, arousal and orgasm difficulties.

Hormones & mood

PMS, PMDD and cyclical mood change, including overlaps with ADHD.

Trauma-informed care

EMDR and somatic therapy, paced and collaborative.

Life after cancer

Intimacy and menopause during and after treatment.

6. Decode the alphabet soup. FECSM and the BMS cert make her rare; nobody knows that unless we say it.

What the letters mean

MBChB · MRCGP · DFSRH · Dip Pall Med · FECSM · RegCOSRT · DIPM · BMS Meno Cert

MBChB
Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery
Her medical degree, University of Leeds.
MRCGP
Member, Royal College of GPs
The UK's specialist qualification for GPs.
FECSM
Fellow, European Committee of Sexual Medicine
Widely seen as the top qualification in clinical sexology.
RegCOSRT
Registered, College of Sexual & Relationship Therapists
Qualified, registered sex and relationship therapist.
DIPM
Diplomate, Institute of Psychosexual Medicine
Training in the mind-body side of sexual problems.
BMS Meno Cert
British Menopause Society, Advanced Menopause Care
Registered menopause specialist.
DFSRH
Diploma, Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
Contraception and sexual health, including coils and implants.
Dip Pall Med
Diploma in Palliative Medicine
Led to ten years in hospice medicine.
7. Her history as a path, not a CV. No dates until she confirms them.

How she got here

Medicine first, then sex therapy, menopause and trauma care on top.

  1. Medical school

    Trained in medicine at the University of Leeds.

  2. GP training

    Trained as a GP in Airedale and joined the Royal College of GPs.

  3. Hospice medicine

    Ten years in hospice care, then led palliative care inside her GP practice.

  4. GP partner

    Fourteen years as a GP partner in Masham, North Yorkshire.

  5. Sexual medicine & therapy

    Fellowship of the European Committee of Sexual Medicine, psychosexual medicine diploma, and registration as a sex and relationship therapist.

  6. Menopause specialist

    British Menopause Society Advanced Menopause Care certification.

  7. Trauma & neurodiversity

    Somatic trauma therapy, EMDR (Queen's University Belfast) and ADHD training.

  8. Today

    Clinics with Spiced Pear Health. Secretary of the British Society for Sexual Medicine, coSRH Menopause Guardian, and teaches the biomedical module of the Contemporary Institute of Clinical Sexology.

8. Proof from outside Nancy. Press names stay plain text until we have logo rights. IM8 leaves this out.

Writing & media

Where else you can read and hear her.

Books & chapters
  • Women's Health Made EasyCo-author. Practical guide for primary care clinicians (Scion, 2026).
  • Women's Health in Primary CareChapters on premenstrual disorders and psychosexual medicine (Cambridge University Press, 2026).
  • Handbook of the Institute of Psychosexual MedicineChapter: The organic causes of sexual dysfunction (4th ed., 2026).
  • Routledge Handbook of Compulsive SexualityChapter: The organic causes of hypersexuality (2026).
On air & on stage
  • BBC Radio Scotland, MorningsRegular guest expert on menopause, HRT, testosterone and sexual wellbeing.
  • Holly Willoughby's TogetherSexology roundtable on better sex in midlife.
  • PodcastsPain Talking, Mad With The Menopause, The Naked Unashamed Life, Am I Crazy? Or... is it Perimenopause.
  • Maggie's CentresHelped set up menopause workshops for people living with cancer, across the UK.
Quoted inThe Times · The Telegraph · The Independent · Daily Mail · woman&home
9. Her job at Nancy, then the real Lem product card (live price from Shopify) quoting her on-camera line.

Dr Angela at Hello Nancy

What she does with us, and where her name shows up.

On camera

Explains painful sex, arousal and where massagers can help, in her own words.

Checks the evidence

Co-curated the "Six studies, annotated" section on the Lem page.

Signs off

Nothing with her name goes out until she has approved it.

Lem Clitoral Massager
The massager she talks about

Lem Clitoral Massager

So I often talk about toys like the Lem. The Lem is a toy that uses air pulse technology.
$89.00 $159.00
See the Lem
10. FAQs answered with verbatim video lines. Every new video adds answers.

Questions she gets asked

Answers in her own words.

Why focus on pleasure when sex hurts?

“Being in pleasure can be really helpful. It helps the nervous system to settle, brings more blood flow to the tissues, and it helps our pelvic muscles to relax a little bit.”

Dr Angela, from her Hello Nancy video, 2026
What does air pulse actually do?

“It's gentle waves of suction. It sucks and then it releases. And this brings a small wave of blood into the tissues underneath, which can help them to become more engorged and more aroused.”

Dr Angela, from her Hello Nancy video, 2026
Where do dilators and trainers fit in?

“From a place of arousal and pleasure, we often find that using techniques like massage or pelvic floor trainers is a little bit more successful.”

Dr Angela, from her Hello Nancy video, 2026
11. Say the quiet part out loud: paid, she signs off, her views are her own, not medical advice. This stops a doctor page reading like an ad and protects her registration.

How we work with our doctors

They're paid advisors

Dr Angela is paid by Hello Nancy for her time. We say so here.

They sign off

Nothing goes out with her name or face until she has approved it.

Their views are their own

She speaks from her clinical experience. We don't script her opinions.

Not your doctor

This page is education. For your own care, see your clinician, or book with her directly.

Hello Nancy massagers are personal wellness products. They are not medical devices and don't diagnose, treat or cure any condition.

13. Cross-link the panel. One doctor is a spokesperson; three is a medical team.

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