The Hotflash inc podcast
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Hotflash inc is an evidence, expert and human-experience driven podcast looking for the true truth in perimenopause, menopause and beyond.
In more than 200 episodes menopause and midlife journalist and host Ann Marie McQueen has spoken to a wide range of experts from around the globe, including practitioners, activists, researchers, doctors and industry leaders about this perplexing transition we still know too little about. She’s talked about her own frustrations and personal experiences. And she has connected with a perimenoposse of powerful women in the midst of a perplexing transition.
As of March 2026, Hotflash inc Podcast is number 1 on GoodPods in Women's Health Podcasts. It is amongst the top 3% percentile on Listen Notes and in the Top 60 Menopause podcasts on Feedspot.
*Last updated January 2026
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"Why I Stopped Weighing Myself For Good": Anne Poirier on Body Neutrality
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Jun 21, 2026 |
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Episode 213: Why you're confused about hormone therapy (and why it's not your fault)
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Episode 212: 'Menopause was the most important event of my life'
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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211 When Hormones Don't Work: Dr. May Hindmarsh on Histamine, Epigenetics, and Trusting Your Body
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May 29, 2026 |
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210: Dr. Maria Luque wants you to stop chasing squirrels in menopause
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May 15, 2026 |
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209: The Best New Menopause Book I've Read – Andrea Donsky on Nourishing Menopause
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May 08, 2026 |
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208: The Hormone Therapy Revolution You've Never Heard Of
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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207: Hot 50 & menopausal with comic JoAnna Ross
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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206: Emotional fitness, primal wounds and perimenopause
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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205 SOLO: Emotional Fitness shouldn't take 15 years
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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204: Why is perimenopause so freaking hard? With Dr Kirsten Smith
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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203 REPLAY: Is estrogen really the problem?
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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202: Unlocking the Hidden Layers or Menopause: Trauma, Hypnosis, and Inner Work with Sally Garozzo
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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201 REPLAY: Dr Lara Briden unpacks what really matters in midlife
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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200: REPLAY The surprising science behind hypnosis and menopause relief with Dr Gary Elkins
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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199: Is menopause really hurting your brain?
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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198: Is Hormone Therapy Being Oversold?
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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197: Menopause, gut health and nervous system regulation with Bonnie Wisener
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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196: Heather Mills talks menopause, gut health & low-FODMAP
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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195: Finding food freedom in perimenopause with Kristeen Pollock
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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194: Am I neurodivergent? With Skylar Liberty Rose
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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193: Funding menopause and midlife women's health with Maryann Selfe
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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192: Are you a millennial thinking about menopause?
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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191: You have a beautiful soul with Miriam Putnam
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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190: Why tracking perimenopause symptoms can change everything
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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189: The surprising science behind hypnosis and menopause relief with Dr Gary Elkins
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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188: Jennifer Block is following the estrogen money
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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187: What everyone got wrong about Dr. Rachel Pope's perimenopause hormone therapy study
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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186 SOLO: Perimenopause, ADHD and the midlife mental load
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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185 SOLO: Black box warnings, all about HRT (and remembering Dr Burt Webb)
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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184: Why self-connection matters most in perimenopause with Dr Leigha Saunders
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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183: How Family Constellation therapy helps you heal midlife patterns
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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182: Journalist Fiona Clark on hype, hormones and finding better science
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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181: How to stop people pleasing and start living for you with Riana Malia
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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180 SOLO: Burnout, news about hormone therapy, Gwyneth Paltrow and three midlife questions that change everything
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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179: REPLAY The Bare-Ass Minimum Approach to Thriving Through Menopause with Jennifer Jefferies
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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178: REPLAY Finding our Pink Zones: How women really thrive in perimenopause, menopause + midlife with Dr. Heidi Lescanec, ND
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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177: SOLO Inside the Hotflash inc Summit
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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176: REPLAY Cracking the perimenopause code with Jessica Barac
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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175: SOLO Updates, books deals and what's next
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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174: REPLAY Your midlife brain health action plan with neurologist Dr Teryn Clarke
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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173: REPLAY Why Do Women Go Through Menopause? with Dr Deena Emera
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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172: REPLAY The Musculoskeletal Syndrome of Menopause with Dr Vonda Wright
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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171: REPLAY The Metabolism Reset with Lara Briden
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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170: How blockchain could finally fix the menopause research gap
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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169: SOLO Hormone therapy confusion, five years of Hotflash inc, and how to figure out what's right for you
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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168: Is estrogen really the problem? Jay Feldman breaks down what’s actually driving your midlife symptoms
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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167: Dr Lara Briden unpacks what really matters in midlife
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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166: From Scotch to hot flashes: Carin Luna-Ostaseski’s journey to perimenopause
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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165: SOLO Let's maybe cool it a bit on the supplements
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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164: Busting menopause muscle myths with kinesiology professor Dr Stuart Phillips
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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163: What hypnosis has to do with the gut–brain connection and healing in perimenopause with Dr Tiffany Duffing
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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162: Why your pelvic floor matters more than you think in perimenopause with Dr Sara Reardon
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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161: Finding our Pink Zones: How women really thrive in perimenopause, menopause + midlife with Dr. Heidi Lescanec, ND
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May 29, 2025 |
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160: Your Perimenopause Game Plan with Dr Lydia Kostopoulos
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May 22, 2025 |
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159: Can magic mushrooms help you heal in midlife? Talking psychedelic therapy and seeking more with The Journeymen Collective
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May 15, 2025 |
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158: The Bare-Ass Minimum Approach to Thriving Through Menopause with Jennifer Jefferies
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May 09, 2025 |
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157: REPLAY 80s supermodel Kim Alexis: 'Hormones are natural too'
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May 01, 2025 |
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156: REPLAY Unraveling the truth about testosterone and menopause with Professor Susan Davis
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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155: REPLAY Let's optimize our hormones and not get cancer with Dr Leigh Erin Connealy
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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154: REPLAY Dr Vikram Talaulikar: Straight facts about hormone therapy
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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153: REPLAY 21 questions about hormone therapy
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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152: Why Do Women Go Through Menopause? with Dr Deena Emera
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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151: Shredding menopause silence with Tamsen Fadal
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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150: Cracking the perimenopause code with Jessica Barac
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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149: SOLO I get texts, trust and what the birds taught me
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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148: Science-backed holistic healing for migraines with Diane Ducarme
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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147: Yoga for menopause and beyond with Niamh Daly
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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146: BONUS: The power of cellular nutrition & Urolithin A with Jennifer Scheinman, RDN
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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145: Your midlife brain health action plan with neurologist Dr Teryn Clarke
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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144: The evolutionary approach to midlife + menopause with Jenny Powers
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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143: SOLO episode: What's my hormone therapy dose, talking back to doctors, sore hips and more
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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142: Understanding hormones, movement and perimenopause with endocrinologist Dr Nicky Keay
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Jan 25, 2025 |
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141: More truth about progesterone, estrogen and women's health with Dr Jerilynn Prior
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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140: Unpacking estrogen: myths, realities and menopause and midlife health with Lara Briden
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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139: Exploring the untold symptoms of menopause with Andrea Donsky
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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138: Revolutionizing Perimenopause with EJ Kim and Marina Pen of NNABI
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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137: From Diet Struggles to Metabolic Health: Kitty Blomfield's Approach to Diet and Exercise
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Jan 04, 2025 |
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136: Navigating midlife with purpose and intention: Coach Stef Ziev's choice approach
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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135: Loving your inner child with Srini Bhat
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Dec 28, 2024 |
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134: SOLO episode: Magical mish-mash
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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133: Navigating peri-to-post menopause, spiritual growth, trauma and more (with really good protein powder) with XO Jacqui's Jacqui Burge
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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132: Introducing YOUR Perimenopause Game Plan
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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131: NEW INTRO! Breast health, pain and molecular iodine with Violet Daily founder Dianne Wist
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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131: Breast health, pain and molecular iodine with Violet Daily founder Dianne Wist
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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130: Midlife Strong's Maryann Jacobsen on the intersection of menopause and everything else
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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129: 21 questions about hormone therapy
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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128: When infertility and perimenopause collide with Oova founder Dr Amy Divaraniya
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Nov 09, 2024 |
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127: SOLO episode: I want you to forgive yourself. I'll go first.
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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126: Liminal's Rebekah Brown wants a more intelligent conversation about perimenopause
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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125: REPLAY: Dr Junella Chin knows all about pain (and perimenopause)
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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124: REPLAY: Ob-gyn Dr Vikram Talaulikar's straight talk on hormone therapy
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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123: You’re Not Too F***ing Old: How Jen Marples is helping women over 40 get seen, heard, paid and make an impact
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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122: Meet Joe Sealey, the Menopause Man
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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121: SOLO EPISODE: Menopause research, hormone therapy and spiritual consciousness
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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120: Dr Salome Masghati knows how complicated perimenopause is
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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119: How to keep your bones, muscles, tendons and fascia strong through menopause with Buff Bones' Rebekah Rotstein (Part 2)
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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118: BONUS SOLO EPISODE: Me and hormone therapy
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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117: Navigating menopause and bone health with Buff Bones' Rebekah Rotstein (Part 1)
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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116: Let's optimize our hormones and not get cancer with Dr Leigh Erin Connealy
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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115: The Musculoskeletal Syndrome of Menopause with Dr Vonda Wright
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Aug 10, 2024 |
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114: Bonus mini solo episode: My going-through menopause manifesto
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Aug 03, 2024 |
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113: Unraveling the truth about testosterone and menopause with Professor Susan Davis
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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112: Exploring Traditional Arabic and Islamic Medicine with Dr Bibi Ayesha Lockhat
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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111: Connecting with yourself and leaning into your Wise Power with Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer and Alexandra Pope
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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110: 80s supermodel Kim Alexis: 'Hormones are natural too'
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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109: SOLO MINI episode: No one wants pianos anymore
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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108: The Metabolism Reset with Lara Briden
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Hotflash inc comeback trailer
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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107: Mini solo episode: The Comeback is Coming
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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106: Solo episode: BRB
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Dec 30, 2023 |
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105: The menopause transition: 'It's a deconditioning' with Sherry Jibb
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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104: Journalism, my mom, and the search for health harmony
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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103: Dr Vonda Wright: What to do about your perimenopause body pain (and protect your body as you age)
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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102: 4 women go through perimenopause and along comes WILE
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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101: The most inspiring mid-sex-life story ever
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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100: SOLO 10 things I've learned from 100 episodes
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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99: Dr Junella Chin, CBD and perimenopause pain
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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98: Perimenopause “down there” 101 with Dr Karyn Eilber
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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97: Dr Vikram Talaulikar: Straight facts about hormone therapy
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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96: Hot Flashes & Cool Topics x Hotflash inc
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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95: Lara Briden explains the stages of perimenopause
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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94. SOLO episode: Don’t get FUDed
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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93. Compounding pharmacies are not meth labs
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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92: Why Paula Rastrick wants you to go low and slow on HRT
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Sep 16, 2023 |
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91. SOLO episode: My big big big big news
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Sep 09, 2023 |
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90. Kashif Khan - What’s your DNA got to do with menopause?
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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89. Tania Elfersy: What is your body telling you?
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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88. Andrea Donsky knows her menopause supplements
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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87. HRT + heart disease: 'We don't believe it's going to protect you' with Kathryn Lindley
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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86. SOLO episode: 'I belong in this room'
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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85. REPLAY Dr Maria Luque: "Muscle is life"
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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84. Part 2: More menopause vagina stuff with Dr. Burt Webb
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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83. Part 1: Menopause vagina stuff with Dr. Burt Webb
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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82. Michelle Aspinwall is a Body Whisperer
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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81. Elisa Kurylowicz wants you to think about what you believe
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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80. KC Councilor can talk about menopause now
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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79. Dr Angela DeRosa wants you to think about testosterone
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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78. Karen Newby is all about increasing your nutrients
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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77. Holly Grigg-Spall is still talking about the pill
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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76. Dr Mikhail Kogan: Medical marijuana + menopause
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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75. Jennifer Harrington doesn’t want you to start at the end of perimenopause
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May 27, 2023 |
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74. Dr Kirstey Holland & The most helpful perimenopause podcast ever
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May 20, 2023 |
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73. SOLO: I had a good mother
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May 13, 2023 |
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72. Morgan Adams will get you to sleep
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May 06, 2023 |
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71. Dr Quentin Oury talks andropause (aka manopause)
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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70. Dr Mary Claire Haver has to take a stand on hormone therapy
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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69. Joyce Harper believes in HRT and worries about it at the same damn time
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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68. SOLO My big health kerfuffle (and why I'm not on HRT - yet)
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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67. SOLO: Things I'm concerned about
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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65. Kate Deering: ‘Stop blaming your metabolism on aging’
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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64. SOLO: How my perimenopause is going
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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62. OG Menopause Goddess Lynette Sheppard: 'Now there's TOO MUCH information' (REPLAY)
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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61. SOLO: How to stop spending so much money on perimenopause
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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60. Gerianne DiPiano: "We've been conditioned to accept hormones from cradle to grave"
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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59. Dr Rachel Rubin: "Too often the word hormone scares people"
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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58. Brooke Faught wants you to know more about testosterone
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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57. Ann Garnier is donating her hot flashes to science
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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56. SOLO: 11 lessons about menopause + midlife for 2023
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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55. Amy Fleming is way too young for menopause but it's happening anyway
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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54. Jessica Jolie Badonsky: ‘Take the pressure off perimenopause with HRT’
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Dec 10, 2022 |
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53. How Hello Again's Patty Pappas and Carrie Mapes turned a parking lot conversation into perimenopause solutions
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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52. Esther Blum is going to sort your perimenopause out
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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50. Rochelle Weitzner is the menopause skincare OG
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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49. Gennev co-founder and CEO Jill Angelo is riding the highs and lows of perimenopause too
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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48. How Irene Ndagire launched Menopause Uganda
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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47. Karen Arthur doesn’t want menopause to bite anyone else in the butt
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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46. Sally Mueller and Michelle Jacobs are climbing a Womaness-sized mountain
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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45. Why compounding pharmacies are not meth labs with Scott Brunner + Jennifer Burch
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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44. Dr Kourtney Sims does not want you sliding down a wall
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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43. Jenn Salib Huber loves being in menopause
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Sep 24, 2022 |
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42. Evernow founder Alicia Jackson is all-in on menopause
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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41. Professor Martha Hickey: Menopause IS Normal
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Hotflash inc podcast – Season 2 trailer
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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40. SOLO: How to be in the peri-middle
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Sep 03, 2022 |
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39. Debbie Baisden is having a Menopause Party
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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38. Revelry is about menopause, not getting high
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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37. Amy Schmidt lost herself once, too
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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36. Earning a PhD in LGBTQ+ menopause
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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35. SOLO: Menopause Shift Summit Part recap Part 2
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Jul 23, 2022 |
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34. SOLO: How to ruin your sleep in perimenopause
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Jul 16, 2022 |
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33. SOLO: That time chest pain sent me to the ER
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Jul 09, 2022 |
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32. SOLO AMA: "How did DHEA change your life"?
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Jul 02, 2022 |
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31. SOLO: Menopause Shift Summit recap, Part 1
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Jun 25, 2022 |
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30. SOLO: Turkey hiking, fear and new things
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Jun 11, 2022 |
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29. Dana Marlowe: Homelessness, poverty + menopause
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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28. The truth about UK HRT shortages with Emma Hartley
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May 20, 2022 |
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27. SOLO: This is going somewhere good
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May 13, 2022 |
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26. Rachel Lankester thinks you are magnificent
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May 06, 2022 |
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25. SOLO: Menopause brain drain
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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24. SOLO: Me + HRT
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Apr 23, 2022 |
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23. Cindy Barshop wants to fix your vagina
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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22. SOLO: HUGE NEWS
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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21. SOLO: NOT a p**** hamster
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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20. SOLO: Death of the party girl
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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19. SOLO: This is not a effing syndrome
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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18. SOLO: Hang in there and follow Will Smith
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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17. SOLO: The ruckus
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Mar 06, 2022 |
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16. Amy Schmidt thinks its better to be real
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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15. MK Czerwiec wants you to draw it out
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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14. Dr Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz has no time for "either or"
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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13. Andrea Donsky wants you to follow the research
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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12. Dr Jerilynn Prior wants you to think about progesterone, too
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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11. Carmen Stansberry tires of medical turf wars
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Jan 22, 2022 |
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10. Dr Neal Barnard is a soy man
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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9. Kim Vopni is THE Vagina Coach
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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8. Dr Christiane Northrup is still talking about menopause
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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7. Revelry Cannabis is made for menopause
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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6. Lynette Sheppard is still a Menopause Goddess
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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5. Heather Corinna doesn’t want you to ask how they are
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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4. Annice Mukherjee, hormone doc
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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3. Mona Eltahawy could hot flash to the moon
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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2. Lara Briden is ahead of the curve
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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1. Stacy London isn't crying – right now
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Trailer: Welcome to the Hotflash Inc podcast!
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Nov 28, 2021 |