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Send us a textKaren Arthur is the ultimate multi-potentate: a leader in the global menopause space; former teacher, fashion creative, model, activist, grandmother, mentor and so much more. Her podcast Menopause Whilst Black is now in it’s third season; she’s been featured across major media platforms in Britain and North America, and she’s a well-respected and reasonable presence on social media. Karen speaks on a range of topics including mental wellbeing and finding courage to change your mind, your direction and your life. Highlights:The power of learning to make choices (4.00)Realizing it was always peri/menopause (5.45)“I fell down a hole” (8.00)Navigating the space between saying “f*** it” to the life you don’t want and finding one you do (11.00)What helped her out of physical pain (18.27)Recognizing and rejecting expectations (27.15)A path to curating the next decades of your life (36.21)Affirmations are woo-woo but they work (39.50)What she found out about Black women in menopause (49.05)What helps her in menopause, including HRT, and why you have to be patient (59.50)We can change – and should – change our minds (1.07.29)Where to find Karen: Web: TheKarenArthur.comPodcast: MenopauseWhilstBlackInstagram: @MenopauseWhilstBlackTwitter: @thekarenarthurSPONSORS:Become anti-flush cooling clothing | Now shipping to the US | Use code HOTFLASHINC to get a 20 percent discountJoin the Hotflash inc perimenoposse: Web: hotflashinc.comNewsletter: Hotflash inc. on SubstackTikTok: @hotflashincInstagram: @hotflashincX: @hotflashinc Episode website: Hotflashinc Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Substack See hotflashinc.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

Send us a textAnn Marie speaks with Sally Mueller and Michelle Jacobs, who as co-founders of the skin and supplement line Womaness have surged to the forefront of the industry since they launched in 2021. Highlights: • Celebrities and menopause (4.00)• How they settled on their brand of menopositivity (9.12)• Why a business partnership is like a marriage (11.26)• How to run a company with your BFF (12.45)• The fun way they deal with disagreements (15.21)• Their own perimenopause and menopause experiences (19.36)• What Sally wish she knew earlier about taking care of herself (25.00)• What's menopause + what's life? (28.00)• Why so many of us are taking big chances these days (31.32)SPONSORS:Become anti-flush cooling clothing | Now shipping to the US! | Use code HOTFLASHINC to get a 20 percent discountIf you liked this episode and you wanted to do some shopping, Hotflash inc is part of the Womaness affiliate network. Use the code HFINC20 to get a 20 percent discount (fyi: Hotflash inc will get a percentage of the sale).Web: Womaness.comInstagram: @womaness Twitter: @mywomanessTikTok: @womanessJoin the Hotflash inc perimenoposse: Web: hotflashinc.comNewsletter: Hotflash inc. on SubstackTikTok: @hotflashincInstagram: @hotflashincX: @hotflashinc Episode website: Hotflashinc Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Substack See hotflashinc.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

Send us a textWe hear this message all the time: compounding pharmacies and the bioidentical hormones they produce are dangerous and unregulated. But, are they? To find out Ann Marie turns to two people who are inside the industry, which accounts for about 1 to 2 per cent of drugs sold, and gets a very different story. They are Scott Brunner, CEO of the Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding, which represents compounding pharmacists and technicians as well as prescribers, educators, researchers and suppliers in the United States, and Jennifer Burch, a doctor of pharmacy and owner of the independent pharmacy her father started in Durham, North Carolina. Although this episode focuses on the compounding pharmacies industry in the US, there are takeaways that can be applied all over the world. Highlights: • The drug industry began with compounding pharmacies – so why are they still here? (4.45)• The rigorous regulatory framework in place to oversee them (5.50)• How compounding pharmacies help patients traditional pharmaceuticals cannot – including in menopause (7.32)• Examples in peri/menopause where compounded medications help where pharmaceuticals cannot (10.13)• How practioners work collaboratively with compounding pharmacists (12.30) • The one way pharmacists can tell if a medication is working for a patient (13.10)• How compounded menopause hormone therapy works and is overseen by pharmacists, practitioners and patient consulation for peri/menopause symptoms – and how it’s different from how the majority of HRT prescriptions handled (13.30)• The rare cases where compounding has gone wrong (17.30)• The difference between synthetic and bioidentical hormones (and how even doctors confuse them) (19.01)• Why you probably want to skip medroxyprogesterone and go for bioidentical progesterone instead (21.00)• The imminent threat facing the compounding industry (26.00)• Why the compounding isn’t even suited to the large-scale clinical trials it’s demonized for not having – and how it’s actually tested (27.23)• The issue of pellets (and why the Alliance wants a more rigorous reporting system for adverse events for all drugs) (37.30)• The case that may have scarred the FDA about compounding pharmacies (42.20)• Are compounded medications really more expensive?(43.30)Find out more:Web: Compounding.comTwitter: A4PC @a4pcrx Jennifer Burch @drjenn93Join the Hotflash inc perimenoposse: Web: hotflashinc.comNewsletter: Hotflash inc. on SubstackTikTok: @hotflashincInstagram: @hotflashincX: @hotflashinc Episode website: Hotflashinc Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Substack See hotflashinc.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

Send us a textDr Kourtney Sims has an unusual combination of skillsets when it comes to menopause, and has really dedicated her continuing education post-medical school to understanding this transition. The Texas-based, North American Menopause Society-certified obstetrician-gynecologist is also an herbalist, a yoga teacher, and a functional integrative women's health advocate. And she's chief medical advisor to Phenology, which is a new US company led by former Silicon Valley executive Jess Graham aimed at offering relief and guidance to women through supplements and rescue remedies.Highlights:What MDs learn about menopause in medical schoolThe lack of oversight of menopause treatment How the system works in the UK (hint: it’s driven by pharma)Her take on the “menopause is a disease” narrativeThe holistic, energetic, ritual-based view of menopauseDo worse symptoms mean larger health problems? Menopause hormone therapy, disease prevention, longevity and antiaging HRT + the individual Why other countries are doing research on herbs and not the US2 good herbs you may not have heard of for sleep + hot flashesTracking perimenopause by testing progesterone levelsWhat the women she sees who have an easier time have in commonWhere to find more:Web: DrKourtney.com, Myphenology.comAnd no affiliation, but if you wanted to check out Phenology, use code HOTFLASHINC for 10 percent off your order.SPONSORS:Become anti-flush cooling clothing | Now shipping to the US! | Use code HOTFLASHINC to get a 20 percent discountJoin the Hotflash inc perimenoposse: Web: hotflashinc.comNewsletter: Hotflash inc. on SubstackTikTok: @hotflashincInstagram: @hotflashincX: @hotflashinc Episode website: Hotflashinc Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Substack See hotflashinc.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

Send us a textDr Jenn Salib Huber is a Canadian registered dietitian, naturopathic doctor and intuitive eating coach and she's on a mission to help women thrive in midlife.Dr Jenn Salib Huber is a Canadian registered dietitian, naturopathic doctor and intuitive eating coach and she's on a mission to help women thrive in midlife.She uses Instagram to break down some of the most common things you hear about food, the pervading and stubborn impact of diet culture, and help women navigate the physical and emotional changes that happen in perimenopause and menopause, including their search for food freedom and body confidence.She's the host of 'The Midlife Feast' podcast and runs Beyond The Scale, a program that helps women "undiet" their lives after 40. Highlights: • How the menopause conversation is changing (4.30)• What she loves about menopause (5.15)• Early (ish) menopause (7.00)• Being hormone sensitive (10.00)• The power of and problem with nutrition (11.19)• The issue of research into nutrition and lifestyle (18.50)• The sugar conversation (23.10) • The problem with restrictions (26.00)• Insulin resistance and the best way to combat it (28.55)• The obsession with inflammation (32.15)• The problem with armchair medicine (34.30)• How to stay well beyond menopause (41.15)Where to find Jenn:Instagram: @menopause.nutritionistTikTok: @menopause.nutritionistWeb: JennSalibHuber.ca SPONSORS:Become anti-flush cooling clothing | Now shipping to the US! | Use code HOTFLASHINC to get a 20 percent discountJoin the Hotflash inc perimenoposse: Web: hotflashinc.comNewsletter: Hotflash inc. on SubstackTikTok: @hotflashincInstagram: @hotflashincX: @hotflashinc Episode website: Hotflashinc Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Substack See hotflashinc.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

Send us a textDr Alicia Jackson is an American scientist, health-tech entrepreneur and CEO and founder of Evernow — a next-generation telemedicine startup that is completely focused on menopause and provides FDA-approved treatment from specialists. Evernow also recently announced a very significant round of funding, with some very influential donors. We speak all about how Alicia went from MIT to menopause, how and why Evernow attracted A-list celebrity funding, modern menopause hormone therapy and what she sees as most important moving forward.Join the Hotflash inc perimenoposse: Web: hotflashinc.comNewsletter: Hotflash inc. on SubstackTikTok: @hotflashincInstagram: @hotflashincX: @hotflashinc Episode website: Hotflashinc Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Substack See hotflashinc.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

Send us a textAnn Marie speaks to Martha Hickey, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Melbourne and co-director of the Gynaecology Research Centre at the Royal Women’s Hospital. Prof Hickey is a leader in developing national guidelines for menopause management in Australia and New Zealand and also in developing a new model of care for managing menopausal symptoms after breast cancer.Join the Hotflash inc perimenoposse: Web: hotflashinc.comNewsletter: Hotflash inc. on SubstackTikTok: @hotflashincInstagram: @hotflashincX: @hotflashinc Episode website: Hotflashinc Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Substack See hotflashinc.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

Send us a textI'm Ann Marie McQueen, a Canadian-born, Middle East-residing, perimenopausing journalist. I'm also founder of Hotflash Inc, a platform to inform, entertain and encourage the global perimenoposse. I'm here reminding you that while nothing about this peri/menopause transition is easy, it is going somewhere good.Join the Hotflash inc perimenoposse: Web: hotflashinc.comNewsletter: Hotflash inc. on SubstackTikTok: @hotflashincInstagram: @hotflashincX: @hotflashinc Episode website: Hotflashinc Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Substack See hotflashinc.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

Send us a textAnn Marie talks about some of the cool things that are happening – including season 2 of the podcast starting Friday, September 9 2022 – before moving on to why perimenopause is all about figuring out how to exist in the middle. Then a few words about something that is definitely not our friend at this time, and that is A-L-C-O-H-O-L.Join the Hotflash inc perimenoposse: Web: hotflashinc.comNewsletter: Hotflash inc. on SubstackTikTok: @hotflashincInstagram: @hotflashincX: @hotflashinc Episode website: Hotflashinc Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Substack See hotflashinc.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

Send us a textDebbie Baisden is a popular British menopause campaigner, comedian and Pub Landlady (which, if you are not from the UK, is quite different from a bartender. Ann Marie speaks to Debbie while she is in Scotland, spending a week performing and promoting her one-woman show Menopause Party at the annual Edinburgh Fringe Festival.Join the Hotflash inc perimenoposse: Web: hotflashinc.comNewsletter: Hotflash inc. on SubstackTikTok: @hotflashincInstagram: @hotflashincX: @hotflashinc Episode website: Hotflashinc Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Substack See hotflashinc.com/privacy-policy for privacy information