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Send us a textI'm journalist and Hotflash Inc founder Ann Marie McQueen and this is my first solo episode. Think of it like MTV Unplugged (GenX, I see you)... stripped down, bell-and-whistle-less. Just me in a hotel room in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, overstaying my late checkout and wondering about the world and our perimenoposse place in it.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 textAmy Schmidt lost herself in her 40s – as so many of us do – and if she can find her confidence again, you can too.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 textMK Czerwiec is a nurse and graphic artist (hence her handle, Comic Nurse) who edited 2020’s Menopause: A Comic Treatment. The book went on to be named on the New York Times’ year-end list of the best graphic novels and won two Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, including one for best anthology. MK talks all about Graphic Medicine, an emerging field that uses comics to enhance medical education and patient care and help people process trauma and painful experiences. MK is also going through menopause, and she's very interested in finding ways to deal with hot flashes and some of the other symptoms we experience. And stay tuned, because near the end of the podcast she offers one of the best tips I’ve heard for creatively making a plan that we can turn to in our hardest, darkest times.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 textDr Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Beverly Hills, California who is passionate about integrative women’s health and has a book on menopause coming out in October.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 textThis episode and all of season 1 is sponsored by Become clothing.Themes: seed oils, nutrition, hot flashes, supplements, perimenopause, menopause, processed foods, nutrition, insulin resistanceSummary: Andrea Donsky is a registered holistic nutritionist, entrepreneur and television personality based in Toronto; co-founder of naturallysavvy.com and new company called Morphus, which is all about menopause supplements. We talk about how to approach menopause via diet, lifestyle and supplements, what her menopause experience was like, and how much better life can be when you do some work on yourself through this transition. Highlights:•her own menopause experience (4.45)•how she dealt with horrid hot flashes without HRT (8.45)•why you need to be careful with menopause supplements (11.10)•why you need a trusted wellness team - even if it's online (15.30)•how exactly to switch up nutrition to lesson symptoms (17.45)•the problem with seed oils (22.00)•what foods can help and hinder during perimenopause (27.20)•insulin resistance + menopausal weight gain (28.30)•see a doctor even if it’s a known perimenopause symptom (31.25)•the weirdest perimenopause symptoms (33.00)•signs you are deficient in this important mineral (33.45)•why this is so much more than a physical transition (47.45)Where to find Andrea:TikTok: @Andrea DonskyInstagram: @wearemorphus @naturallysavvyWeb: Naturallysavvy.comPodcast: Morphus for Menopause; Naturally Savvy SPONSORS: Become anti-flush cooling clothing | Use code HOTFLASHINC to get a 20 percent discount.The Ritual by Pure | Use code HOTFLASH to get the first month free.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 textThis episode and all of Season 1 are sponsored by Become clothing. Themes: Progesterone, perimenopause, hot flashes, anxiety, sore breasts, sleep, estrogen, HRT Summary: Dr Jerilynn Prior is a professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of British Columbia. She also runs CEMCOR, the Center For Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research. Dr Prior has been prescribing progesterone for postmenopausal women and perimenopausal women to treat hot flashes, night sweats, heavy flow, and sore breasts for over 25 years. She has conducted and published research showing that progesterone is an effective treatment for menopausal hot flashes and night sweats. She also wrote a novel to help illuminate some of her findings called Estrogen’s Storm Season. You are going to hear a completely different set of views in this interview, so buckle up. Everything she says is deeply rooted in research, clinical practice and personal experience. Highlights:•Why Google’s explanation of the menstrual cycle is wrong (7.45)•What everyone gets wrong about our menstrual cycle (11.00)•How and why she came to focus on progesterone (15.58)•Why wildly swinging estrogen is the quintessential characteristic of perimenopause (18.20)•Why the narrow focus on estrogen and not progesterone is like “looking at the world through a straw” (23.00)•The data backing progesterone for severe hot flashes and night sweats and sleep in menopause (25.00)•Estrogen is addictive; progesterone is not (29.00)•The relationship between marketing, menopause and academia (30.50)•How to talk to your doctor about progesterone (32.30)•One way to figure out if your estrogen levels are high (34.50)•Is HRT safe… and do we need it regardless of symptoms? (41.25)•Does HRT prevent osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease and dementia? (43.00) •Why the resistance to progesterone isn’t scientific (45.45) Where to find Dr Prior’s work:Web: CeMCORYoutube: CeMCORFacebook: Cemcor.research SPONSORS: Become anti-flush cooling clothing | Use code HOTFLASHINC to get a 20 percent discount. The Ritual by Pure | Use code HOTFLASH to get the first month free. 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 textThis episode and all of Season 1 are sponsored by Become clothing.Themes: FDA, HRT, toxins, menopause, perimenopauseSummary: Carmen Stansberry is a nurse practitioner living in San Francisco, California posting to Instagram under the handle Wits and Wellness. I wanted to speak to Carmen because she is so knowledgeable about so many things that impact our care and our health during perimenopause – and not just in the US. She talks a lot about how the for-profit, insurance-based model of health care in the US impacts everything from the FDA approval process to what clinical studies are done to the guidelines doctors use to the screening tests your insurance covers. As a nurse practitioner, Carmen prescribes HRT and she shares her expertise on using bioidentical versions and other advice she gives her patients. She’s also a huge advocate of awareness about the amount of toxins in our environment, whether it’s everyday plastics or the skincare products we use. Highlights:•How the for-profit system impacts health care and why we need to ask questions (4.30)•Why compounding pharmacies are demonized (9.30)•Why you need to pay attention to your Vitamin D (14.00)•How the turf war between conventional and functional medicine impacts women (15.30)•The underlying problems we need to watch out for in perimenopause (25.45)•Her mode of prescribing HRT (28.30)•Back to compounding pharmacies! (36.00)•How hormone-mimicking toxins in our products are making peri/menopause worse (40.00•Life changes you might need to make to ease your peri/menopause transition (43.00)Where to find Carmen:Instagram: @witsandwellnessWeb: The Advanced PracticeSPONSORS: Become anti-flush cooling clothing | Use code HOTFLASHINC to get a 20 percent discount. The Ritual by Pure | Use code HOTFLASH to get the first month free.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 textThis episode and all of season 1 is sponsored by Become clothing.Themes: soy, menopause, HRT, insulin resistance, fat, diet, hot flashesSummary: Dr Neal Barnard is an adjunct professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.He has led an array of important research into the effects of diet on diabetes, body weight, and chronic pain, including work on dietary interventions for Type 2 diabetes. He’s written 100 scientific publications as well as 20 books, including his most recent, Your Body in Balance. He also led a study that was published last year in Menopause, the Journal of the North American Medical Society, which found that eating a soy-rich, all-vegetable diet dramatically cut down on hot flashes and several other menopause symptoms. He is currently replicating that study, which is a big part of the process of scientific inquiry. Dr Barnard explains why diet plays such a major role in the peri/menopause transition, how to make the right changes to go vegan, the problem with fat, as well as provides insight into HRT, genetics, Alzheimer’s and dementia and more. Highlights:•Why we can manipulate hormones by how we eat (3.45)•How menopause is different in Japan (4.45)•The research-driven truth about soy (6.10)•The inside scoop on his “soybean salad” study (9.20)•Reaction to the findings (12.15)•Assessing HRT risks and how to mitigate them (17.30)•There’s a reason we have menopause (20.45)•Dr Barnard’s recipe for plant-based eating (24.24)•Why menopause doesn’t really cause weight gain (26.44)•Fat and insulin resistance (27.55)•Why does everyone push good fats? (31.45)•HRT, diet, genetics, Alzheimer’s + dementia (33.00)•What about vegan-ish? (35.00)•Help for other symptoms (37.00)Where to find Dr Barnard:Website: PCRM.orgInstagram: @physicianscommitteeTwitter: @PCRMSPONSORS: Become anti-flush cooling clothing | Use code HOTFLASHINC to get a 20 percent discount.The Ritual by Pure | Use code HOTFLASH to get the first month free.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 textThis episode and all of Season 1 are sponsored by Become clothing.Themes: pelvic floor, GSM, vaginal health, core strength, spiritual Summary: Today on the podcast is Kim Vopni, better known as The Vagina Coach and author of Your Pelvic Floor. As I say to her, I’ve been a fan of Kim and her approach since I launched Hotflash. We talk about it all here: her number one piece of advice, why taking care of your pelvic floor actually makes your whole life better, and why there is just no excuse to feel uncomfortable or be in pain or just have the sense that something isn’t right. We talk about gadgets, about jade eggs and why there is never a justification to put up with an unsatisfying sex life. Highlights:•The main problems she sees in perimenopause (8.30)•Why we may have difficulty achieving orgasm (11.30)•Her #1 tip for pelvic floor health (13.29)•How the pelvic floor impacts your whole life (25.25)•The two gadgets she likes (33.52)•What to do about the pelvic floor issue you’re ignoring (41.00)•The next step for her Buff Muff Challenge (44.25)Where to find Kim Vopni:Web: VaginaCoach.comInstagram: @VaginaCoachTwitter: @VaginaCoachSPONSORS: Become anti-flush cooling clothing | Use code HOTFLASHINC to get a 20 percent discount.The Ritual by Pure | Use code HOTFLASH to get the first month free.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 textThis episode and all of Season 1 are sponsored by Become clothing. Themes: Perimenopause, humanity, upgrades, wisdom, HRT, lifestyle, relationships, patriarchy, periodsSummary: Dr Christiane Northrup is the author of the New York Times bestselling book The Wisdom of Menopause, which was first published in 2012, has gone on to sell more than 1.6 million copies, revised and updated for the fourth time in 2021.In her 30-year-career as a board certified OB/GYN, Dr Northrup focused on empowerment, on accepting that mainstream medicine has a role, and that the natural world does as well. And it was that approach that drew in none other than Oprah Winfrey, who reached out when menopause threw her for a loop. Since giving up her medical license, and particularly since Covid hit, Dr Northrup has become a vocal advocate for informed consent and medical freedom. And that makes her an anti-vaxxer and a controversial figure that many people believe should be silenced.. But Hotflash Inc is all about having the freedom to ask questions and explore different perspectives, and provide access to different experts – without endorsing what they say or believe. That part is up to you, so take what resonates from Dr Northrup and leave the rest. And as always, remember that Hotflash Inc does not provide medical advice. Highlights:•Why I chose to speak to such a controversial figure (2.18)•Why she thinks the planet is going through perimenopause (5.15)•How your beliefs about menopause are everything and how we are programmed to believe the opposite (6.35)•How she sees women evolving into their power (8.45)•Learning to listen to our bodies – and ask for more the feminine way (10.00) •Alzheimer’s is Type 3 diabetes and the role of prescription drugs in women’s health (15.00)•Looking at perimenopause as a portal to understanding the dictates of your soul and a wakeup call for what you’ve been putting up with (16.14)•Dr Northrup’s take on HRT – and pharmaceutical companies – over the years (20.16) •Why some women do better on hormones – especially if they reach perimenopause in body burnout (23.00)•The industry shift to bioidentical hormones away from synthetics (24.00)•Her insight into the pharmaceutical industry (30.00)•Progesterone for migraines and chest pain (38.45)•Why people think she’s wacky (41.48)•Her view of the medical field and how it’s evolved (49.00) Where to find Mona:Web: DrNorthrup.comTwitter: DrChrisNorthrupFacebook: Dr Christiane NorthrupTelegram: Christiane NorthrupSPONSORS: Become anti-flush cooling clothing | Use code HOTFLASHINC to get a 20 percent discount. The Ritual by Pure | Use code HOTFLASH to get the first month free. 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