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Hotflash inc is an evidence, expert and human-experience driven podcast looking for the true truth in perimenopause, menopause and beyond. In more than 100 episodes menopause and midlife journalist and host Ann Marie McQueen has spoken to a wide range of experts from around the globe, including practitioners, activists, researchers, doctors and industry leaders about this perplexing transition we still know too little about. She’s talked about her own frustrations and personal experiences. A ...
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A podcast by Rania Masri El Khatib. Discussing society's and industry's rising trends with a collective of change makers and shakers.
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112: Exploring Traditional Arabic and Islamic Medicine with Dr Bibi Ayesha Lockhat
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Send us a Text Message. Dr Bibi Ayesha Lockhat is a Traditional Arabic and Islamic Medicine (TAIM) Specialist practicing in the Middle East at Zulal Wellness Resort at China Som – Qatar, the only place in the in the world to be reviving this traditional holistic healing system. She holds two degrees from The University of The Western Cape (UWC), a …
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111: Connecting with yourself and leaning into your Wise Power with Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer and Alexandra Pope
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Send us a Text Message. Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer and Alexandra Pope are pioneers in the emerging field of menstruality, which my spell check says isn’t even a word! Basically they have created a new lexicon, along with a new approach not only to our health and wellbeing, but our creativity and leadership, and our spiritual life – all based on becoming…
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110: 80s supermodel Kim Alexis: 'Hormones are natural too'
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, host and midlife and menopause journalist Ann Marie McQueen speaks with iconic American model Kim Alexis. They explore Kim's extensive career when she dominated the modeling industry. They talk about what it was like to appear on over 500 magazine – sometimes all of them at once – and cover her journey throu…
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109: SOLO MINI episode: No one wants pianos anymore
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Send us a Text Message. Navigating Midlife Grief: A Personal Journey In this deeply emotional and personal video, host Ann Marie McQueen shares her experience of navigating midlife grief and loss, specifically focusing on the recent death of her father. An audio essay about grief, loss, Boomers and their stuff. Thank you to our sponsor, Midi Health…
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108: The Metabolism Reset with Lara Briden
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Send us a Text Message. Hotflash inc – the platform designed to find the true truth in perimenopause, menopause and beyond – makes a return to the podcast world this week! In the first episode back journalist and host Ann Marie McQueen interviews Lara Briden, an expert in women's health and author of the new book The Metabolism Reset. They discuss …
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Send us a Text Message. Exploring the Truths of Perimenopause and Menopause with Ann Marie McQueenJournalist Ann Marie McQueen delves into the realities of perimenopause, menopause, midlife, and beyond. She emphasizes the importance of opening our minds to new possibilities and shares her journey as a proud woman in her 50s. Join the discussion on …
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107: Mini solo episode: The Comeback is Coming
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Send us a Text Message. Embracing Change and Finding Strength in Uncertainty Listen in as I reflect on a pivotal moment triggered by a quote from the Mel Robbins podcast, leading to the tough decision to pause the Hotflash inc newsletter and podcast – and the easier decision to bring it back. 00:00 Facing Fear and Making Tough Decisions 00:33 Perso…
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ReShape Masculinity | With Adil Hussain, Life & Men's Coach & Founder of BrotherhoodDXB
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In today's world masculinity is often defined as a spectrum of qualities and behaviours traditionally associated with men, including traits like strength, courage, independence, and assertiveness. But what about their emotions? Do they have emotional intelligence? Are they vulnerable? Empathetic? Why don't they cry?... Adil Hussain, a visionary, li…
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ReShape Women's Health | With Ann Marie McQueen, Journalist Specialised in Midlife & Menopause and Founder of HotFlash Inc
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In this episode, we delve into the complex and often misunderstood journey of women's bodies through perimenopause, premenopause, and menopause. Our guest, Ann Marie McQueen, brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table. Her background as a digital journalist and podcaster, along with her foundational role at The National Newspaper and …
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Send us a Text Message. I'm taking a short break, and we are going to come back stronger than ever. Here I explain why! I also butcher Joe Pulizzi's name, and for that I am sorry. See you soon. AMx Thank you to our sponsor, Midi Health. They provide holistic, insurance-covered care by perimenopause and menopause specialists. Check out JoinMidi.com …
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105: The menopause transition: 'It's a deconditioning'
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Send us a Text Message. Today we are doing something a little bit different because let’s be honest, everyone is overwhelmed right now and I’m no different. This summer I was a guest on Sherry Jibb’s Happy & Healthy in Midlife Summit, and had a great conversation with her about so many things we don’t talk about much in the menopause conversation. …
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ReShape Biomedicine | With Dr. Giuseppe Mucci, Bioscientist & CEO of Bioscience Institute SpA
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Biomedicine today stands as the vanguard of human health, weaving together science and technology to unravel the mysteries of our biological intricacies. It plays a pivotal role in advancing medical knowledge, enabling the development of groundbreaking treatments and therapies. From decoding the secrets of our genetics, to preventing and early-dete…
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104: Journalism, my mom, and the search for health harmony
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Send us a Text Message. I'm giving a talk at the Organic & Real show in Dubai and this is my test run. I talk about the intersection of my 30-year journalism career, which launched around the same time as my mother's death from pancreatic cancer. And how that set me on a path to finding out whatever I could about health and wellness, all while I st…
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103: Dr Vonda Wright: What to do about your perimenopause body pain (and protect your body as you age)
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Send us a Text Message. Dr Vonda Wright is an American double board-certified orthopedic sports medicine surgeon, who has spent a career working with high-level atheletes and immersed in clinical research. She’s also a woman in her mid-50s who experienced terrible body pain and a range of other symptoms. All of that combined is fuelling her mission…
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102: 4 women go through perimenopause and along comes WILE
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Send us a Text Message. I have two power players in this perimenopause space: half of the four-person team that founded Wile, “a plant-powered hormonal and emotional wellness brand for women 40+ that reframes midlife as a time of peak power”. (You will hear the word “tincture”) Introductions: Gwendolyn Floyd is a venture-backed serial social entrep…
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Brand building is an integral aspect of personal and business development. It not only increases the voice and consumer awareness of a brand, but it also gives it an identity and worth. That's why I decided to centre this episode around this interesting topic. From discussing about what it takes to build a brand, reach larger audience and stay rele…
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101: The most inspiring mid-sex-life story ever
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Send us a Text Message. This is a very special podcast, because it’s with a person who is so authentic and honest about what she’s been through – a rare thing indeed. Over in Canada (Peterborough, Ontario, to be specific) Deborah Porteous takes us back eight years to when she was 53, going through menopause – and had never had an orgasm. Through th…
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100: SOLO 10 things I've learned from 100 episodes
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Send us a Text Message. I started the Hotflash inc podcast two years ago on a wing and a prayer and a glass desk, and quickly learned that is the worst possible surface for audio. Along the way I have spoken to the top experts in the world, found out an incredible amount of things, and refined and iterated the podcast intensely, getting it to the p…
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99: Dr Junella Chin, CBD and perimenopause pain knows pain
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Send us a Text Message. Dr June Chin knows about pain and how to treat it on the deepest levels: from her own experiences that started in her teens years and through to that of patients. She’s an integrative medical cannabis physician and has spent more than20 years working in holistic medicine. She is currently a professor at New York University a…
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98: Perimenopause “down there” 101 with Dr Karyn Eilber
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Send us a Text Message. Dr Karyn Eilber is board certified in urology and female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, as well as an associate professor teaching, training and working in administration at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She’s a mom of three, co-founder of the clean, luxury intimacy company Glissant, founding medic…
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97: Dr Vikram Talaulikar: Straight facts about hormone therapy
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Send us a Text Message. This week we get down to basics, and basics are exactly what we need in this confusing world right now. This is THE podcast to listen to if you are confused about all things to do with taking hormone therapy. Dr Vikram Sinai Talaulikar is a specialist in reproductive medicine at University College London Hospital’s NHS Found…
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96: Hot Flashes & Cool Topics x Hotflash inc
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Send us a Text Message. “Just put it out there. No one expects you to be perfect.” When Colleen Rosenblum talks about starting the Hot Flashes & Cool Topics podcast with her partner Bridgett Biagi Garratt in 2019, you kind of want to stand up and cheer. These Nashville-based friends – Colleen is an attorney turned pilates instructor, Brigit is a fo…
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95: Lara Briden explains the stages of perimenopause
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Send us a Text Message. The first encore guest on the Hotlflash inc podcast is the women's health ND Lara Briden, who is a calm, cool, collected and highly knowledgeable voice in the women’s health space. She is the author of two books, period repair manual and hormone repair manual, is a sought after speaker and guest, has her own podcast and help…
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ReShape Marketing | With Carla Hassan, Chief Marketing Officer JPMorgan Chase
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In today's world, marketing is a huge word that encompasses so much and is essential in building a brand and not only in promoting your products or services; it shapes and communicates your brand identity, your purpose, your values...and most importantly it is the key connector between your customers and employees allowing you to create loyal long …
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Send us a Text Message. FUD = Fear, uncertainty and doubt This is a special solo episode on the eve of Menoapuse Awareness Month to talk about the current situation that exists where people are trying to scare women into taking hormone therapy, whether they need it or not. I talk about why that doesn’t make any sense, doesn’t align with any of the …
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93. Compounding pharmacies are not meth labs
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Send us a Text Message. We hear this message all the time: compounding pharmacies and the bioidentical hormones they produce are dangerous and unregulated. But, are they? In an encore episode of Hotflash inc, to find out we turned to two people who are inside the industry, which accounts for about 1 to 2 per cent of drugs sold, and getsa very diffe…
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ReShape Retail | With Thomas Lundgren, CEO & Founder of The One
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Successful retailers know that in order to stand out, retail businesses must build a strong brand, be trustworthy, and provide excellent customer experiences - and our guest in this episode has built such a brand. Thomas Lundgren, is an awarded Swedish entrepreneur and Founder & CEO (Creative Emotional Originator - as per Thomas' words) of THE One …
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92: Why Paula Rastrick wants you to go low and slow on HRT
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Send us a Text Message. Paula Rastrick is a British psychotherapist who was prescribed too-high levels of hormone therapy at a private clinic in the UK, which ended up causing more physical and emotional problems than she originally sought treatment for. She is also complex trauma survivor and classed as a Highly Sensitive Person and her mission is…
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