On today’s episode, I was thrilled to welcome Dr. Louann Brizendine, author of the bestselling book “The Female Brain” and the new book “The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond.” Dr. Louann and I got into some amazing conversation around how our female hormones aren’t just sex hormones, but are also neurochemicals (affecting our brains), how those changes are different between cycling women and women after menopause (which she calls “the upgrade”), and what women can expect from not just their brains but their entire lives after the upgrade. A must listen for any woman over 35!

Is your menstrual cycle irregular? Do you sometimes miss entire cycles, or you can’t count on if it will come in 25 days or 40? There’s probably a reason why. On today’s episode, 5 reasons why your period might be playing hide and seek.

Women have been fed a crap story about what happens after menopause--basically, it’s all downhill from here. This may be especially felt by women who’ve been active in their younger years, and worry that life after menopause will mean a rapid physical decline. Not so fast. Enter Dr. Stacy Sims and her co-author, Selene Yeager. First they blew the doors off with the radical idea that “women are not small men” in the book Roar. Now they’re back with the next chapter, Next Level: Your Guide to Kicking Ass, Feeling Great, and Crushing Goals Through Menopause and Beyond. Selene and I talked about how to get women represented in science and media, what it’s like to start feeling the peri- and menopausal changes, and why it’s important for women to “lift heavy sh*t.” Get the book AND all the bonus material when you purchase directly from https://www.feistymenopause.com/nextlevelbonus

Wanna know how to eat to have great sex? I mean, who doesn’t? To the rescue: Christine DeLozier, L.Ac., author of the fantastic book Diet for Great Sex. On the podcast today, you get 2 Christines for the price of 1! Christine and I talk about everything from where exactly you put acupuncture needles for great sex (Christine is an acupuncturist in private practice as well) to her favorite mushrooms, to the story of a chunky squirrel. And of course, what to eat for dinner if you’re going to get frisky that night. Find Christine HERE, and buy her book on Amazon. Christine’s article on why media is bad for sex: HERE

In the last of this 3-part series on weight, I share my thoughts on thoughts, why mindset matters, and why we have to unhook self worth from weight before we can make any lasting changes.

Bonus! This is a special invitation episode for my new 6-week metabolic reset, The Bitch Fix Anti-Bootcamp. Get the details at www.antibootcamp.com

On part one of this topic, I addressed what I see as the ends of the spectrum in the larger cultural and personal context of weight loss. In part 2, I’m getting into why I think black and white thinking in this arena can be problematic, and how we can start to have a more nuanced, gray-zone conversation and thoughts around this.

Discussions around weight, body size and body image can be pretty fraught. I’m wading into these waters with a series on the topic, starting with providing what I see as the current context of the larger conversation, and then considering what might be impacting YOUR particular context.

On this “best of” episode, we revisit the idea of doing a detox or a cleanse in honor of the start of spring and the spring equinox. I also share why I love the equinoxes of the year as the perfect time for a detox!

Within the last few decades, fats have been both demonized and hailed. But there's more to the story. The TYPES and QUALITY of your fats have as much if not more to do with the health of your metabolism and hormones as how much you consume. On this episode, what types of fats heal and what types inflame.