Wait! I could also have a thyroid issue?!

If you listened to our original episode about weight gain and perimenopause, you may have come away more educated but potentially more frustrated. Thanks to advances in medications (and some old ones) there may be something you can do about those perimenopause pounds. Listen to our update and see if there may be an answer for you.

In November of 2025, the "black box warning" was removed from Hormone Replacement Therapy for women. What does that mean to you and how much does your medical provider know about hormone therapy.

As crazy as the perimenopause years are, there is life after perimenopause when you are in complete menopause. What can you expect to happen and what types of hormone treatments are available or should you even take hormones at all?

In these 20-something episodes we have given our listeners an OVERWHELMING number of options to address their perimenopause symptoms and sometimes this can be paralyzing.  So in this episode, we decided to simplify things a little bit by organizing your options into four distinct groups.   Where you decide to land will depend on the severity of your symptoms, what you usually like to use in your day-to-day health and wellness routine, and how much weight you give to the risks based on your history.

Even though every woman will go through menopause at some point doesn't mean you have to go it alone. This episode discusses finding your tribe to help you ride this out. A tribe of healers, a social tribe of likeminded women are all going to make this a little bit easier.

As a result of your perimenopause symptoms, you may find that you scarcely recognize yourself some days. Imagine how your family and loved ones are feeling. In this episode, we talk about how to have conversations with your family and loved ones so you can get the support you deserve

Maybe your “menopausal journey” doesn’t coincide with a standard timeline. For example, what if you had a complete hysterectomy when you were 32? Without ovaries, you are considered menopausal a doctor will refer to it as surgical menopause. Or maybe you are one of those women who start getting perimenopause symptoms when you were 37 and everyone (including your doctor) tells you that you are too young to start perimenopause. If this sounds familiar, this episode is for you.

Continuing last week's discussion of issues that can be triggered by wild fluctuations in hormones, this episode discusses the possible instances of hyperimmune and auto-immune responses in perimenopause.

Your out-of-control hormones could impact your thyroid. Problematically, symptoms of hypothyroidism and perimenopause are nearly identical. Lear what this is all about, how to get tested, and what you can do about it.

Continuing our conversation about perimenopause and sex this episode focuses on solutions and options for you.