Best Im Not 20 Anymore Podcasts (2024)

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112: Exploring Traditional Arabic and Islamic Medicine with Dr Bibi Ayesha Lockhat 48:54

5h ago48:54

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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 1:16:16

5d ago1:16:16

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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' 48:30

7d ago48:30

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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 14:18

10d ago14:18

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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 53:21

9d ago53:21

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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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Hotflash inc comeback trailer 0:19

10d ago0:19

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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 4:49

12d ago4:49

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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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106: Solo episode: BRB 6:14

7M ago6:14

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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' 31:32

7M ago31:32

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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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104: Journalism, my mom, and the search for health harmony 32:06

8M ago32:06

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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) 48:06

8M ago48:06

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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 48:31

8M ago48:31

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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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101: The most inspiring mid-sex-life story ever 1:01:34

8M ago1:01:34

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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 26:05

8M ago26:05

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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 42:38

9M ago42:38

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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 41:25

9M ago41:25

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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 41:08

9M ago41:08

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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 57:45

10M ago57:45

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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 49:37

10M ago49:37

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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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94. SOLO episode: Don’t get FUDed 21:18

10M ago21:18

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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 50:13

10M ago50:13

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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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92: Why Paula Rastrick wants you to go low and slow on HRT 1:05:01

11M ago1:05:01

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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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91. SOLO episode: My big big big big news 6:54

11M ago6:54

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Send us a Text Message. Hotflash inc is the #1 podcast in Women's Health on Goodpods and in the top 1.5 percent globally according to Listen Notes. A quick update this week on where I am at right now, and how I feel about it, and what I think it means. Thank you to our sponsor, Midi Health. They provide holistic, insurance-covered care by perimenop…

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90. Kashif Khan - What’s your DNA got to do with menopause? 44:33

11M ago44:33

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Send us a Text Message. There is something that is discussed very little in the current wave of menopause awareness, yet it is, in essence, our very structure. Yet obviously our DNA is a very big piece of this midlife puzzle. And if you, like me, thought that DNA testing was something to avoid, because you don’t want to find out what diseases you a…

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89. Tania Elfersy: What is your body telling you? 49:53

11M ago49:53

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Send us a Text Message. Tania Elfersy is a transformative coach, speaker and award-winning author specializing in midlife women's health. Tania has spent years researching perimenopause and menopause: what causes it, what makes it worse and what can relieve the symptoms. She suffered too, and then after a profound emotional shift, became free of he…

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88. Andrea Donsky knows her menopause supplements 54:46

11M ago54:46

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Send us a Text Message. The Hotflash inc podcast is the #1 podcast in Women’s Health on Goodpods and in the top 1.5 percent on Listen Notes. Thank you for making that happen! Andrea Donsky is a Canadian nutritionist who turned her own terrible and epic perimenopause into a movement – and a company. Now a Menopause Educator and Researcher with 300,0…

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87. HRT + heart disease: 'We don't believe it's going to protect you' 23:19

12M ago23:19

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Send us a Text Message. BIG NEWS: Hotflash inc is the #1 Women's Health Podcast on Goodpods, and in the top 1.5 percent of podcasts according to Listen Notes. Thanks so much for making that happen! While Hotflash inc takes a break, we are replaying a popular and confounding episode here: With so much hype surrounding menopause hormone therapy today…

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86. SOLO episode: 'I belong in this room' 30:16

12M ago30:16

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Send us a Text Message. BIG NEWS: Hotflash inc is the #1 Women's Health Podcast on Goodpods, and in the top 1.5 percent of podcasts according to Listen Notes. Thanks so much for making that happen! In today's episode, I talk about traveling to New York for my first big event on behalf of Hotflash inc. And how I finally realized that I belong in the…

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85. REPLAY Dr Maria Luque: "Muscle is life" 50:56

1y ago50:56

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Send us a Text Message. BIG NEWS: Hotflash inc is the #1 Women's Health Podcast on Goodpods, and in the top 1.5 percent of podcasts according to Listen Notes. Thanks so much for making that happen! While Hotflash inc takes a break, we are replaying a popular episode: Dr Maria Luque is an Austin, Texas-based, United States Air Force veteran (she was…

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84. Part 2: More menopause vagina stuff with Dr. Burt Webb 26:40

1y ago26:40

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Send us a Text Message. Dr. Burt Webb is an Arizona-based ob-gyn and intimate wellness specialist who takes a holistic, functional, integrative approach to women’s health. (He also represents the non-invasive soundwave treatment Cliovana, which we discuss in part 2 of this podcast.) This week he gets into all the different treatments, hormone thera…

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83. Part 1: Menopause vagina stuff with Dr. Burt Webb 35:17

1y ago35:17

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Send us a Text Message. Dr. Burt Webb is an Arizona-based ob-gyn and intimate wellness specialist with a holistic approach to women’s health. (He also represents the non-invasive soundwave treatment Cliovana, which we discuss in part 2 of this podcast.) He joins the Hotflash inc podcast to talk about how our entire body plays a role in our vaginal …

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82. Michelle Aspinwall is a Body Whisperer 59:57

1y ago59:57

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Send us a Text Message. Michelle Aspinwall is a Medical Intuitive, Body Whisperer, and transformative healer whose mission is to shift women’s health specifically beyond 40. Michelle works with women worldwide using both science and spirit channeling leading them through specific and transformative health challenges. She teaches women that how they…

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81. Elisa Kurylowicz wants you to think about what you believe 1:15:52

1y ago1:15:52

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Send us a Text Message. This conversation was life-shifting for me and I hope it will be for you too. Elisa Kurylowicz is a Canadian former World Cup freestyle mogul skier turned coach and wellness mentor and host of the highly rated Elisa Unfiltered Podcast. Elisa teaches the practice of intuitive awareness, helping women to love themselves in bod…

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80. KC Councilor can talk about menopause now 47:54

1y ago47:54

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Send us a Text Message. KC Councilor is an assistant professor in Communication, Media, and Screen Studies at Southern Connecticut State University. He is also a cartoonist who draws about the experiences of being a trans and transitioning person in the world. His graphic memoir, Between You and Me: Transitional Comics, came out in 2019. He has als…

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79. Dr Angela DeRosa wants you to think about testosterone 48:40

1y ago48:40

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Send us a Text Message. Dr Angela DeRosa is a doctor of osteopathy, integrative physician and hormone specialist in Arizona. She has a unique take on the current peri/menopause landscape as a doctor of osteopathy who also worked as senior medical director for Procter & Gamble, helping them launch osteoporosis treatments and try – and fail – to get …

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78. Karen Newby is all about increasing your nutrients 35:34

1y ago35:34

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Send us a Text Message. Karen Newby is a UK-based nutritional therapist and author of The Natural Menopause Method - a nutritional guide to perimenopause and beyond. She runs a specialist menopause clinic and hosts regular retreats, corporate talks and workshops, helping women toward greater midlife vitality. A complementary practitioner, she often…

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77. Holly Grigg-Spall is still talking about the pill 57:42

1y ago57:42

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Send us a Text Message. In a week where we had the release of the new Davina McCall documentary Pill Revolution, Holly Grigg-Spall joins the Hotflash inc podcast to talk all about hormonal birth control. Holly is the author of the 2013 book Sweetening The Pill: Or How We Got Hooked on Hormonal Birth Control, and a writer on 2021's The Business of B…

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76. Dr Mikhail Kogan: Medical marijuana + menopause 58:38

1y ago58:38

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Send us a Text Message. Dr Mikhail Kogan came to medical marijuana via his work as a geriatrician at GW Medical Faculty Associates and as an associate professor of medicine at George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences in the US. He co-wrote one of the most comprehensive books on the subject of cannabis in health care, Medica…

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75. Jennifer Harrington doesn’t want you to start at the end of perimenopause 47:13

1y ago47:13

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Send us a Text Message. FYI: this is a very important replay of one of my most popular episodes, which was originally posted in November. Jennifer Harrington is a naturopathic doctor based in Sydney, Australia. Her interest in natural therapies started when she was diagnosed with PCOS in her early twenties and told she may struggle to ever have chi…

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74. Dr Kirstey Holland & The most helpful perimenopause podcast ever 53:38

1y ago53:38

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Send us a Text Message. It's a broad claim, but if I’m more clear on what is going on now that I’ve done it, I can guarantee you will be if you listen. Dr Kirstey Holland is a Melbourne, Australia-based doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine who holds a double degree in acupuncture and herbal medicine. She is a practitioner of environmental and nut…

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73. SOLO: I had a good mother 31:45

1y ago31:45

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Send us a Text Message. A solo episode where I talk about my mom. She died right after she turned 53. I am about to turn 53. This has been a thing. This is a thing for people. Also: the gifts my mom gave me by dying young, the message I want to give you about living courageously, with fear, honoring the ones we love that we lose, energy, breaking g…

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72. Morgan Adams will get you to sleep 33:24

1y ago33:24

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Send us a Text Message. Morgan Adams is a holistic sleep coach, with two advanced certifications in sleep science coaching. She works withwomen who struggle to get a good night's sleep consistently. And that is something she knows all about, because she spent almost a decade using prescription sleeping medication, even though she knew that her over…

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71. Dr Quentin Oury talks andropause (aka manopause) 39:32

1+ y ago39:32

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Send us a Text Message. Dr Quentin Oury is a leading British GP at a busy NHS service with 16,000 patients. He is focused on men’s health, including the areas of erectile dysfunction and low testosterone. He joins me to talk about a topic that doesn't get much air time, but we are slowly starting to hear more about: andropause. Many people don’t ev…

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70. Dr Mary Claire Haver has to take a stand on hormone therapy 41:38

1+ y ago41:38

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Send us a Text Message. Dr Mary Claire Haver is a Texas-based board-certified ob-gyn and Certified Culinary Medicine specialist. She’s also TikTok’s top menopause doc with two million followers, published The Galveston Diet in January and is working on another book, this one specifically about menopause. I spoke to Dr Haver in early April and we ta…

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69. Joyce Harper believes in HRT and worries about it at the same damn time 45:42

1+ y ago45:42

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Send us a Text Message. Day raver, cold swimmer, rabble-rouser, educator, author, podcaster, academic and publisher of scientific papers: Joyce Harper is a professor of reproductive science at the Institute for Women's Health, University College London. She’s also author of the 2021 book Your Fertile Years and hosts the podcast Why didn’t anyone te…

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68. SOLO My big health kerfuffle (and why I'm not on HRT - yet) 38:22

1+ y ago38:22

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Send us a Text Message. A special episode in which I talk all about being beset with a variety of health problems that could spell trouble, and how that made me feel, and what I was finally able to do about it. This is a podcast for anyone who is trying to get help but is tired, sick and down, or for someone who wants to avoid feeling that way. It'…

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67. SOLO: Things I'm concerned about 35:29

1+ y ago35:29

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Send us a Text Message. I'm a journalist critical thinking my way through my own perimenopause. In searching for good information, balance and context for myself, the Substack I publish on the subject, various social media accounts, and the interviews and solo episodes I do on this podcast, sometimes I just get floored at the things I see and hear …

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65. Kate Deering: ‘Stop blaming your metabolism on aging’ 42:55

1+ y ago42:55

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Send us a Text Message. Kate Deering is a San Diego-based personal trainer, holistic nutritionist and author of the ground-breaking book How to Heal Your Metabolism. Kate has some no-nonsense guidance for healing broken metabolisms and how to make the transition through menopause as easy as possible by drawing on the pro-metabolic approach to nutri…

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64. SOLO: How my perimenopause is going 35:36

1+ y ago35:36

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Send us a Text Message. Today I unleash an update on my own epic perimenopause experience, which began sometime in my early 40s, wreaked all sorts of havoc, and continues to this day – aged 52, looking ahead to turning 53. I cover a lot here, so buckle up! • A little about my early years and what led to Hotflash inc • A taster of some of the sympto…

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62. OG Menopause Goddess Lynette Sheppard: 'Now there's TOO MUCH information' (REPLAY) 45:56

1+ y ago45:56

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Send us a Text Message. Lynette Sheppard is such an important voice in the menopause space because she has such depth of experience and context for this conversation. The former nurse/manager, artist, speaker, advocate and more has, for 17 years now, been the author of The Menopause Goddess Blog. She started it, and gathered a group of 15 women aro…

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