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Unprepared for perimenopause? (Same!) Felt misunderstood or alone during it all? (Yup.) Feel too young for this? (Me, too!) So I'm on a quest with my friends (and my aloof vagina) to understand what other "surprises" to expect AND to get a handle on all this midlife stuff, from sex & relationships to the weird stuff happening to our bodies. (The stuff nobody wants to talk about.) Warning: Like to laugh and sometimes pee your pants when you do? This podcast was designed to serve you. Grab lea ...
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Seizing and Navigating Joy in Midlife - Interview with guest Martha McBride with Host Lauren Raymond on the Navigating Joy Together Podcast - Season 1 BONUS Episode
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Choosing joy can be a practice. And in this Season 1 Bonus episode, Martha was a guest on the Navigating Joy Together podcast. In this conversation, Martha and pod host Lauren talk about: ways to cultivate joy in the mundane how Martha knows when she's allowing joy into her life (and when she's NOT!) how starting her podcast helped Martha get back …
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Broken Hips, Caregiving & the End of Season 1
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Martha shares the toll unexpected caregiving responsibilities have taken on the show and reveals the plan for going forward. Bonus episodes are on their way. And Season 2 episodes will begin showing up at the end of the summer. In the meantime, treats and updates will be shared via email to MAV Sisterhood members. (Free! So sign up today and don't …
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HRT or the "Natural Route" for Perimenopause? With Hormone Replacement Therapy, Why Is Your Own Research Key? When Should You Give Up Alcohol? with Guest Deanna Boyd
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Martha is joined again by Deanna Boyd, Make Up Artist & Photographer, and they discuss the different paths. To HRT or Not to HRT? What is the outlook and perspective of a woman who has decided to manage all this “naturally” - without HRT and or even herbal HRT alternatives? How might someone end up on the HRT path in her early 50s? Which lifestyle …
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Clitoral Atrophy: What Is It & What Causes It? Plus What Do Make-Up Artists Know About the Aging Perimenopausal Face That We Don't? And How Are Our Sleeping Habits Related? With Guest & Make-Up Artist ...
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Martha is joined by her friend Deanna Boyd, a longtime make-up artist and photographer who, through her work & her brand, encourages women to embrace their unique look. Find Deanna: Unfiltered and Evolving Beauty Instagram YouTube In this conversation recorded before the podcast even launched, they compare notes on aging and discuss: What exactly I…
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Why Is Pelvic-Floor Health So Important? What Makes Minor Urine Leakage Worsen? What Are Urinary Urgency Triggers? How Can You Avoid Them? Does Peeing When You Sneeze Lead to Bigger Issues? With Guest ...
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Dr. Wendy Chorny is back after What Happens to Our Vaginas As They Age & What Does Estrogen Have To Do With It? What do Pavlov’s dogs and your coffee-break and post-commute habits have in common? How can understanding pelvic-floor dysfunction help you slow things down? Do you know the difference between urinary urgency and stress urinary incontinen…
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What Happens to Our Vaginas As We Age & What's Estrogen Got To Do (Got To Do) With It? What Happens To Our Vagina & Our Skin If We Don't Stay Hydrated? Why Is Good Circulation Essential To Our Vulva? With ...
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Martha talks with the informative & entertaining Dr. Wendy Chorny about the aging vagina, what that means, why it happens & how you can sustain the hydration & health of those delicate tissues, and: What do the Lion King (and existential dread) have to do with your perimenopause experience? And what’s really important about being 35 & why might you…
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Ducky DooLittle on Intimacy After Hysterectomy - How Can You Have Good Sex After Major Surgery? What Makes Colonoscopy Prep Easier? What Are Signs of Uterine Cancer? Why is the Right Partner in Midlife ...
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In this episode, Martha is joined by her friend Certified Sex Educator Ducky DooLittle. They explore important health issues: Why is it particularly essential to reassess your partner in midlife? What menstrual change could indicate uterine cancer and is a reason to get in with your doctor? How can you return to a satisfying sex life after a total …
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How Does Sex Change in Midlife? What Are the Best Toys for Avoiding Clitoral & Vaginal Atrophy? What Body & Sex Changes Do Men Go Through? What's a Kink Coach? And Why Did Martha Have One Help With Her ...
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In this Bonus Episode from the Galentine's Day Livestream - the day before Valentine's - or V-day - for VAGINA which was the official launch day of My Aloof Vagina - Martha is joined by Tara, a kink coach she's known for almost 20 years, to celebrate the long-awaited launch of this way overdue podcast. Tara, a favorite guest from episode 2, returne…
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How Can I Tell If I'm in Perimenopause? What Are the Symptoms of Menopause or Almost Menopause? What Surgeries Are Sometimes Unnecessary? What Alternatives Are There for Hysterectomy? And What If I'm Not ...
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Martha & Sally talk about the collection of changes that made Sally realize she was in perimenopause, even as her doctors continued to claim that her hormones “looked fine” and they didn’t “think” she was in it yet. Is part of “the change” external and more connected to the messages we’re getting about being “too old” or “past our prime”? (Things t…
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What's the Deal With Phantom Smells & Heart Palpitations in my 40s and 50s? Are They Dangerous? Should I Be Consulting Dr. Google? Why Do I Have to Self Diagnose to Be Taken Seriously? And What If the ...
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Martha is joined by her friend Kristen who shares a back-to-back series of alarming symptoms she had. What does it look when you go to even your GOOD doctor with hard-to-document symptoms when they know you have struggled with anxiety in the past? What about when you advocate for yourself, they run tests and the tests show nothing? Or the tests sho…
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How Does Viagra Change Sex After 50? How Can I Tell If My Man Is Using It? And What's the Deal Marathon Men in Bed As We Get Older? Why Does Midlife Sex Seem to Take So Long?
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Martha's friend "Jen" joins her to talk about things she's learned about sex with men as they age. “Jen” blew Martha's mind last fall with her insights about sex with guys after they're 50. That led to this recorded conversation revisiting the revelations and exploring what may be driving the changes we’re noticing in our sexual encounters in the o…
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Flooding periods, IUDs and IUD Removal and Progesterone the HRT "Gateway Drug" - BONUS
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In this NSFM* ladies-only episode, Martha's friend returns to talk about midlife issues that are top of mind. This shorter episode contains just one side of the conversation about flooding periods during perimenopause, IUDs and IUD removal, and how progesterone is often the first HRT intervention suggested and the first "needed" (by those who choos…
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Why So Many Uninformed Hysterectomies in Midlife? How Did YOU Know You Were in Perimenopause? What Was Your First Menopause Symptom? What’s the Deal with Younger Guys Hitting on Older Women? Ladies Only ...
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Warning: NSFM* What it’s like to wait for “the menopause symptoms” to show up & then have your “big sign” be your period shifting a little at 55 and just *poof* ending in a span of less than 3 months? Oh. AND mood swings? JUST crazy mood swings! And what ABOUT those periods? What drastic intervention are some doctors offering as a “solution” to hea…
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How Do Happy Endings Work? Is It Cheating to Get a Happy Ending? And What Do Guys Already Know About How They Work? (That They Don't Want to Tell Us!)
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Martha visits her friend Dr. K who's moved to Arizona and found the desert energy has led to an influx of interested men in her life. This Part 1 episode from their conversation touches on dating in your 50s, learning to trust your instincts, and provides a sneak peek into how massage "Happy Endings" work. This felt like inner-sanctum dude intel an…
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What Does It Mean if You Pee When You Cough, Laugh, Sneeze or Jump in Your 40s or 50s? Why Do Midlife & Senior Women Get Dehydrated So Easily? Plus Martha's Bladder Emergency in a Cockpit
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Martha recalls a harrowing incident with a dangerously full bladder in the cockpit of a tiny plane mid flight. And she and her friends drive themselves to distraction about their over-50 bladder habits & the "easy-peasy" procedure that helped their friend KK with her stress incontinence. Imaginations run wild with the idea that you could go in for …
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How Does Intimacy & Sex Evolve As We Age? And What Do Sex Educators & Adult Toy Sellers Know That We Don't About Acceptance & Going With the Flow in the Bedroom in Midlife?
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Martha talks to her friend Tara, with whom she was a "sex-toy lady" about 20 years ago. They discuss how many of "the ladies" evolved into sex educators and some, like Tara, went on to work more seriously as sexologists later. Tara spills some tea about the life of a dominatrix, fetish parties, and how sex changes as we age. And, with her help, Mar…
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What Are the Dangers of Midlife Celibacy? What Happens to MY Clitoris If I Don't Have Sex? And What If I Want to Avoid Botox?
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Martha & a longtime friend got silly talking about: Botox alternatives and clitoral atrophy (C.A.) Brace yourself! Sight gags in expanded YouTube version on the MAVPod channel. Note: Editing was tough due to having to remove my guest 🤦🏼♀️, mic issues & excessive laughter. C.A. info: NIH Study of treatments ABC Australia on "Use it or Lose it" hyst…
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Martha explains why she is talking PUBLICLY (!!) about perimenopause symptoms and a "malfunctioning" vagina. "A midlife hookup surprised me! Nobody warned me to expect THAT at this age. The first thing I did when my vagina let me down was start talking to my friends about it. And, just as important, LAUGHING about it. My lackadaisical labia and cli…
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