

The Hormone Solution with Karen Martel
Karen Martel: Certified Hormone Specialist
The Hormone Solutions Podcast with Karen Martel is your ultimate guide to understanding the complexities of hormone health, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and optimizing your health in midlife. Hosted by Karen Martel, known as the "Hormone Whisperer," this podcast taps into her deep understanding of hormones—something that sets her apart from most practitioners. As a Certified Hormone Specialist, Transformational Nutrition Coach, speaker, podcaster, and passionate advocate for women's health, Karen brings a unique perspective that combines scientific expertise with a compassionate, holistic approach to hormone balance.
In each episode, Karen dives into the science behind hormonal imbalances, the truth about hormone replacement therapy, and how hormones impact everything from metabolism to mood. The Hormone Solutions Podcast provides science-backed solutions, actionable insights, and empowering strategies for women navigating peri-menopause, menopause, and beyond. Whether you're considering HRT or looking for natural ways to optimize your health, Karen offers the knowledge you need to make informed decisions and thrive through every stage of life.
Tune in to hear from a trusted expert in the field and get the tools you need to reclaim your health and live your best life!
New episodes released every Saturday and Tuesday, and don't forget to start your journey today with Karen's free hormone quiz at https://karenmartel.com. Together, we'll explore the tools and options to help you feel your best at every stage of life.
In each episode, Karen dives into the science behind hormonal imbalances, the truth about hormone replacement therapy, and how hormones impact everything from metabolism to mood. The Hormone Solutions Podcast provides science-backed solutions, actionable insights, and empowering strategies for women navigating peri-menopause, menopause, and beyond. Whether you're considering HRT or looking for natural ways to optimize your health, Karen offers the knowledge you need to make informed decisions and thrive through every stage of life.
Tune in to hear from a trusted expert in the field and get the tools you need to reclaim your health and live your best life!
New episodes released every Saturday and Tuesday, and don't forget to start your journey today with Karen's free hormone quiz at https://karenmartel.com. Together, we'll explore the tools and options to help you feel your best at every stage of life.
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Mar 17, 2021 • 48min
Part 2 Hormone Imbalances That Cause Sugar Addiction
Part 2 Learn about the different hormone imbalances that could be driving your sugar addiction. How to identify and test for them. How each of these hormones can interact with each other. Plus my favorite tips and tricks on how to balance these pesky hormones and drive down sugar cravings. Order your hormone kit today and get $20 off with coupon code sugar. Download your free recipes Cinnamon Flax Muffin and Cozy Tofu Shakshuka What To Eat To Balance Your Hormones (This is GOLD) (podbean.com) Berberine Insulin Support Kit The Truth About The Effects of The Ketogenic Diet on Your Thyroid Hormones Todays show is sponsored by LetsGetChecked. Get 20% off your first kit (full thyroid panel and many more options) with LetsGetChecked.com with coupon code KAREN. Start your membership to the OnTrack group coaching program to help you balance your hormones and lose weight. Take the Hormone Quiz and find out what is stopping you from losing weight. Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert. Visit https://karenmartel.com/ Karen's Facebook Karen's Instagram

Mar 11, 2021 • 51min
Hormone Imbalances That Cause Sugar Addiction
Learn about the different hormone imbalances that could be driving your sugar addiction. How to identify and test for them. How each of these hormones can interact with each other. Plus my favorite tips and tricks on how to balance these pesky hormones and drive down sugar cravings. Order your hormone kit today and get $20 off with coupon code sugar. What To Eat To Balance Your Hormones (This is GOLD) (podbean.com) Berberine Insulin Support Kit The Truth About The Effects of The Ketogenic Diet on Your Thyroid Hormones Todays show is sponsored by LetsGetChecked. Get 20% off your first kit (full thyroid panel and many more options) with LetsGetChecked.com with coupon code KAREN. Start your membership to the OnTrack group coaching program to help you balance your hormones and lose weight. Take the Hormone Quiz and find out what is stopping you from losing weight. Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert. Visit https://karenmartel.com/ Karen's Facebook Karen's Instagram

Mar 4, 2021 • 45min
Optimizing Your Thyroid with Dr. Amie Hornaman
My guest is Dr. Amie Hornaman a leading thyroid expert! Amie Hornaman is a certified functional-medicine expert on a mission to optimize thyroid patients around the world and give them their lives back using scientific elements of nutrition and functional medicine. Amy I jump into all things thyroid from how to get properly tested, best diet, how to interpret your labs, reverse t3, dosing of thyroid meds, what meds are best for thyroid function and so much more! Amie's journey is one of pain to purpose. After her own experience of insufferable symptoms while preparing for a national figure competition, she set out to find answers as to why her body was rebelling against her. Coming from a past of fitness modeling, figure competitions and powerlifting meets, Amie knew how her body should be responding and it didn't involve a 20 pound weight gain and debilitating fatigue. Through a series of misdiagnoses followed by improper treatment, Amie changed her trajectory from the fitness world to the functional medicine world as she set out to help others who were on the same medical roller coaster. She KNEW others were suffering from the same set of frustrations as she experienced. Amie now consults with people around the world. She examines all factors that tie into thyroid dysfunction and thyroid symptoms and treats the person from top to bottom to give them their lives back. Dr. Amie Hornaman Todays show is sponsored by LetsGetChecked. Get 20% off your first kit (full thyroid panel and many more options) with LetsGetChecked.com with coupon code KAREN. Start your membership to the OnTrack group coaching program to help you balance your hormones and lose weight. Take the Hormone Quiz and find out what is stopping you from losing weight. Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert. Visit https://karenmartel.com/ Karen's Facebook Karen's Instagram

Feb 25, 2021 • 1h 24min
How to Detect Possible Health Issues Through Basic Blood Work with Dr. Kylie Burton
Dr. Kylie Burton is a functional medicine specialist who has helped thousands of individuals with seemingly impossible health struggles to find answers, healing, and hope, even if they've been told their labs are normal. In this episode Dr. Kylie Burton teaches you how to interpret our own basic blood work called a CBC panel. Complete Blood Count (CBC) gives important information about the numbers and kinds of cells in the blood, especially red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. A CBC helps your health professional check any symptoms, such as fatigue, weakness, or bruising, that you may have. A CBC also helps your health professional diagnose conditions, such as infection, anemia, and several other disorders. Often times labs can come back looking normal but DR. Kylie will teach you how to spot health problems even though everything is in range. How to detect if there are parasitic infections, viruses, bacteria, food sensitivities, EBV and autoimmune flares. You will want to grab your latest blood work to follow along! Watch the video interview with Dr. Kylie Thanks to BetterHelp for sponsoring this episode! Get 10% off your first month with BetterHelp.com/otherside Start your membership to the OnTrack group coaching program to help you balance your hormones and lose weight. Take the Hormone Quiz and find out what is stopping you from losing weight. Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert. Visit https://karenmartel.com/ Karen's Facebook Karen's Instagram

Feb 18, 2021 • 1h 3min
Positive Psychology: Harnessing the Power of Happiness with Rob Mack
Robert is an ivy-league-educated Positive Psychology Expert, Celebrity Happiness Coach, Executive Coach, and Author. Robert studied under the direction of Martin Seligman, the founder of Positive Psychology, at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn). UPenn is the only institution in the world to offer a master's degree in Applied Positive Psychology. Robert is one of the world's leading experts on the relationship between happiness and success. He helps individuals and organizations achieve an energizing balance of authentic personal happiness and effortless professional success, based on time-tested, face-valid, empirical data and timeless, transcendental wisdom. Robert's work has been endorsed by Oprah, Vanessa Williams, and many others, and he has been seen on Good Morning America, The Today Show, Access Hollywood, E!, OWN, GQ, Self, Health, Cosmopolitan, and Glamour. Robert's first book, Happiness from the Inside Out: The Art and Science of Fulfillment, is celebrity-endorsed and critically acclaimed. It has been translated into various languages, including Chinese. http://www.coachrobmack.com/ Watch the video interview with Rob! Start your membership to the OnTrack group coaching program to help you balance your hormones and lose weight. Take the Hormone Quiz and find out what is stopping you from losing weight. Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert. Visit https://karenmartel.com/ Karen's Facebook Karen's Instagram

Feb 11, 2021 • 1h 2min
Hormone Balancing
In this episode I share with you a great podcast interview that I did on Kick it Naturally podcast with my friend T.C. Hale. It was such a great interview packed full of key information on diet and hormones that I had to share it on my podcast too. You can check out the Kick it Naturally podcast for more great episodes here. Start your membership to the OnTrack group coaching program to help you balance your hormones and lose weight. Take the Hormone Quiz and find out what is stopping you from losing weight. Karen Martel, Certified Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert. Visit https://karenmartel.com/ Karen's Facebook Karen's Instagram

Feb 4, 2021 • 1h 1min
How to Workout to Meet Your Hormonal Needs with Jenni Hulbert
Fitness coach and essential oil specialist Jenni Hulbert discusses matching workouts with hormonal needs for women, emphasizing alignment with natural cycles. Topics include hormonal imbalances, optimizing workouts based on phases, and promoting rest during menstruation for personalized fitness gains.

Jan 28, 2021 • 1h 7min
Deep Healing, Optimizing & Repairing Metabolism, Sex Drive, DNA, Bioidentical Hormone Therapy Lesson 10
Lesson 10 in my top 10 lessons learned in 2020. I had the pleasure of interviewing some amazing guests in 2020 so my last lesson learned is a collection of my favorite lessons from my top interviews of the year. Listen to the full episodes: You're Not Crazy You're Not Alone with Stacey Robbins How to Optimize Your Metabolic Health with Josh and Jeanne Rubin How to Keep Your Sex Drive Alive with Susan Bratton Discover Your Weight Loss Code Through Your DNA with Dr. Lois Nahirney Todays podcast is sponsored by DNA Power! Get $50 off your Total DNA kit when you use this link here and coupon code karenmartel! How to Heal Your Metabolism with Kate Deering Bioidentical Hormones with Deb Mathews Todays Podcast is sponsored by Thryve. Use coupon code KAREN to get 10% off your first kit! Thryve is the world's first gut health company that incorporates microbiome testing with personalized dietary and probiotic recommendations.

Jan 14, 2021 • 31min
Women Facing Menopause are Betrayed by Ignorance and Sexism in the Health Community Lesson 9
My top 10 lessons learned in 2020 Lesson 9 Night sweats. Mood swings. Insomnia. Hot flushes. Weight gain. Headaches. Depression. Anxiety. Dry Skin. Vaginal Atrophy . . . I could go on. It's a sad list, isn't it? Yet these are just a few of the often times debilitating side-effects of peri-menopause and menopause. You would hope that a list of such symptoms in women in their 40s and 50s would be enough to at least pique a doctor's interest and encourage them to find a solution. But unfortunately that is not the case. Instead women are being met with ignorance and even sexism by the people who they regard as medical professionals including Medical doctors, Functional MD's, Nutrition Coaches and even Hormone "experts"! The number of postmenopausal women has only risen over time. Statistics show that in the year 1998, only 477 million postmenopausal women were present in the world however, this number is expected to rise to around 1.1 billion by 2025. Estrogen at one time was the #1 prescribed medicine in North America. Helping women all around the world sail through their menopausal years. Then something changed and the world became misinformed and unjustifiably scared of hormone replacement. In this episode I carefully go over the study that ruined millions of women's lives. How we have been mislead into believing from our highly respected health practitioners that estrogen and hormone replacement therapy is bad. Why it is of the utmost importance that women educate themselves on this and help me to spread the word so women do not have to suffer needlessly. Check out the Women's Wellness Shop your one stop shop for women's bioidentical hormones and supplements.

Jan 8, 2021 • 1h 1min
The Importance of Detoxification with Dr. Joseph Pizzorno Lesson 8
Lesson #8 in my top 10 lesson learned in 2020 Dr. Pizzorno has been a leader in advancing science-based natural medicine for several decades. He has authored/coauthored 7 books, including The Toxic Solution, for consumers and his 6 textbooks have set the academic standards for the field. He has been licensed as a naturopathic doctor in Washington State since 1975 and has served on 2 federal committees advising the President and Congress on how to integrate natural medicine into the healthcare system. Take the hormone quiz and find out which hormones could be stopping from losing weight.


