For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.

Join me and my friend Mallory Leone, founder of Four Corners Studio, as we move into the end of 2025 (the year of the snake), Mallory and I talk about shedding the old skin that doesn't fit anymore, the power of folk magic, and the art of reality creation. From leaving behind old identities to embracing new beginnings, this episode is for all of us looking who are for clarity on what to create in the New Year. And I finally share the big transition that happened for me this year and what got me through some very tough moments since summer and what I'm leaving behind.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Find Mallory's work here https://www.fourcorners.studio/about.

Grab the Midlife Is More Than HRT guide free right here if, like me, midlife didn't feel quite like you expected. And be sure to listen to episodes #438 and #439, which were all about the mess that midlife can be, and my 3G + 4R process to tackle it!

Stuff I Know You Will Love

If you are looking for an expert prescriber for HRT during your perimenopause or menopause journey but are at odds with your local provider being a bit behind current best practices or you simply can't find anyone near you to help, it is MIDI to the rescue! I've worked with a number of telehealth services in my search for providers that are up to date on modern menopause medicine, have great customer service, and are licensed in all 50 states and I'm so thrilled to have found my provider with MIDI. If you too need help with getting HRT please use this link bit.ly/drbrookemidi to try MIDI with no membership fees and insurance billing available.

Be sure you connect with me in my FREE PRIVATE Facebook group: Hormones & Happiness with Dr. Brooke where other amazing, like-minded women like YOU are already hanging out! Join us!

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To work with Dr. Brooke click here and if you loved this episode please leave a review!

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I've long shared my grievances about testosterone pellets, but as always, I want to give you a balanced and fair take on all things women's hormones. In this episode, I cover some advantages to pellets (there are a few!) as well as going into more detail on the downsides, including some irreversible side effects.

As mentioned in the episode, if you missed the emails about our annual GRATITUDE sale, with 15% off our supplements, email Jess at [email protected].

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Article Pros & Cons of Pellet Therapy For Women

Dr Brooke Show #446 What Women Need To Know About Testosterone HRT

Dr Brooke Show #444 Should You Be Cycling Your HRT?

Grab the Midlife Is More Than HRT guide free right here if, like me, midlife didn't feel quite like you expected. And be sure to listen to episodes #438 and #439, which were all about the mess that midlife can be, and my 3G + 4R process to tackle it!

Stuff I Know You Will Love

If you are looking for an expert prescriber for HRT during your perimenopause or menopause journey but are at odds with your local provider being a bit behind current best practices or you simply can't find anyone near you to help, it is MIDI to the rescue! I've worked with a number of telehealth services in my search for providers that are up to date on modern menopause medicine, have great customer service, and are licensed in all 50 states and I'm so thrilled to have found my provider with MIDI. If you too need help with getting HRT please use this link bit.ly/drbrookemidi to try MIDI with no membership fees and insurance billing available.

Be sure you connect with me in my FREE PRIVATE Facebook group: Hormones & Happiness with Dr. Brooke where other amazing, like-minded women like YOU are already hanging out! Join us!

Follow Dr. Brooke on Instagram and get signed up for my awesome emails here. Seriously, I write really great emails, or so 1000s of women tell me and I'd like to send you one too.

To work with Dr. Brooke click here and if you loved this episode please leave a review!

For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.

The holidays are here, and it's time for the 10th annual Thanksgiving episode! Can you believe it? Gratitude is a powerful and it is tricky. I'll share some new research on the science of gratitude and how it can be an important tool for resilience due to how it triggers a potent feel-good hormone cocktail in our nervous system. I'll also cover a few places where it's easy to get gratitude quite wrong.

AND the annual 15% off sale is on at BetterByDrBrooke.com! Use code GRATITUDE15 to save on all of the Better By Dr Brooke supplements. If you have any other product you don't see online but need, email Jess at [email protected].

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Finding Your Inner Compass FREE download. This is my core value exercise and it's one of my fav tools for actually shifting your experience of stress.

Dr Brooke's Happy Holidays Gluten/Dairy Free Menu

Grab the Midlife Is More Than HRT guide free right here if, like me, midlife didn't feel quite like you expected. And be sure to listen to episodes #438 and #439, which were all about the mess that midlife can be, and my 3G+4R process to tackle it!

Stuff I Know You Will Love

If you are looking for an expert prescriber for HRT during your perimenopause or menopause journey but are at odds with your local provider being a bit behind current best practices or you simply can't find anyone near you to help, it is MIDI to the rescue! I've worked with a number of telehealth services in my search for providers that are up to date on modern menopause medicine, have great customer service, and are licensed in all 50 states and I'm so thrilled to have found my provider with MIDI. If you too need help with getting HRT please use this link bit.ly/drbrookemidi to try MIDI with no membership fees and insurance billing available.

Be sure you connect with me in my FREE PRIVATE Facebook group: Hormones & Happiness with Dr. Brooke where other amazing, like-minded women like YOU are already hanging out! Join us!

Follow Dr. Brooke on Instagram and get signed up for my awesome emails here. Seriously, I write really great emails, or so 1000s of women tell me and I'd like to send you one too.

To work with Dr. Brooke click here and if you loved this episode please leave a review!

For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.

Testosterone for women is among the most over AND under prescribed hormones out there. Women in their 40s and 50s are suffering and struggling to get treatment OR they are being given dosages high enough to cause potentially irreversible side effects. On the other hand, women in their 20s and 30s are prescribed testosterone with little to no attention paid to diet, stress and exercise first. I cover the importance of thorough testing, how to target nutrition and lifestyle for better testosterone output and the best options, dosages and cadence for women if they are going to start taking testosterone. Share this one with a woman who needs it!

Grab the Midlife Is More Than HRT guide free right here if like me, midlife didn't feel quite like you expected. And be sure to listen to episodes #438 and #439 which were all about the mess that midlife can be, and my 3G+4R process to tackle it!

Stuff I Know You Will Love

If you are looking for an expert prescriber for HRT during your perimenopause or menopause journey but are at odds with your local provider being a bit behind current best practices or you simply can't find anyone near you to help, it is MIDI to the rescue! I've worked with a number of telehealth services in my search for providers that are up to date on modern menopause medicine, have great customer service and who are licensed in all 50 states and I'm so thrilled to have found my provider with MIDI. If you too need help with getting HRT please use this link bit.ly/drbrookemidi to try MIDI with no membership fees and insurance billing available.

Be sure you connect with me in my FREE PRIVATE Facebook group: Hormones & Happiness with Dr. Brooke where other amazing, like-minded women like YOU are already hanging out! Join us!

Follow Dr. Brooke on Instagram and get signed up for my awesome emails here. Seriously, I write really great emails, or so 1000s of women tell me and I'd like to send you one too.

To work with Dr. Brooke click here and if you loved this episode please leave a review!

For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.

It's that time of year when things can get a little chaotic - in a festive way, but still. Your social feed is about to be filled with healthier swaps for holiday treats, experts telling you how horrible sugar is and others telling you: it's only once a year! In this episode, I cover my tried and true tips and perspectives for navigating how this advice can fit for you (or not), where to have grace, where to have grit, and how I'm coming at the holidays this year from a very different perspective.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

FREE Guide to Finding Your Inner Compass

Helps you find what deserves your stress and what you can let go of.

Dr Brooke Show #352 Stop Trying To Find Work/Life Balance & Do This Instead

Dr Brooke SHow #442 Histamine, MCAS + Your Nervous System

Grab the Midlife Is More Than HRT guide free right here if like me, midlife didn't feel quite like you expected. And be sure to listen to episodes #438 and #439 which were all about the mess that midlife can be, and my 3G+4R process to tackle it!

Stuff I Know You Will Love

If you are looking for an expert prescriber for HRT during your perimenopause or menopause journey but are at odds with your local provider being a bit behind current best practices or you simply can't find anyone near you to help, it is MIDI to the rescue! I've worked with a number of telehealth services in my search for providers that are up to date on modern menopause medicine, have great customer service and who are licensed in all 50 states and I'm so thrilled to have found my provider with MIDI. If you too need help with getting HRT please use this link bit.ly/drbrookemidi to try MIDI with no membership fees and insurance billing available.

Be sure you connect with me in my FREE PRIVATE Facebook group: Hormones & Happiness with Dr Brooke where other amazing, like-minded women like YOU are already hanging out! Join us!

Follow Dr Brooke on Instagram and get signed up for my awesome emails here. Seriously, I write really great emails, or so 1000s of women tell me and I'd like to send you one too.

To work with Dr Brooke click here and if you loved this episode please leave a review!

In this episode, I am asking a question I get daily in my practice from women taking HRT: do I need to be cycling my progesterone? Or is OK to just take it every day? How about estrogen, does that need to be cycled too? It's a good question and one that experts do not agree on. As I always say though, HRT can't be one size fits all and it's worth understanding why cycling might be better for you - or at least another option! I'm sure you have a friend with this same question, so be sure to forward this episode.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Dr Brooke Show #426 Why Some Women Can't Tolerate Progesterone

Grab the Midlife Is More Than HRT guide free right here if like me, midlife didn't feel quite like you expected. And be sure to listen to episodes #438 and #439 which were all about the mess that midlife can be, and my 3G+4R process to tackle it!

Stuff I Know You Will Love

If you are looking for an expert prescriber for HRT during your perimenopause or menopause journey but are at odds with your local provider being a bit behind current best practices or you simply can't find anyone near you to help, it is MIDI to the rescue! I've worked with a number of telehealth services in my search for providers that are up to date on modern menopause medicine, have great customer service and who are licensed in all 50 states and I'm so thrilled to have found my provider with MIDI. If you too need help with getting HRT please use this link bit.ly/drbrookemidi to try MIDI with no membership fees and insurance billing available.

Be sure you connect with me in my FREE PRIVATE Facebook group: Hormones & Happiness with Dr Brooke where other amazing, like-minded women like YOU are already hanging out! Join us!

Follow Dr Brooke on Instagram and get signed up for my awesome emails here. Seriously, I write really great emails, or so 1000s of women tell me and I'd like to send you one too.

To work with Dr Brooke click here and if you loved this episode please leave a review!

Trend alert: weighted vests. These low-weight vests are all the rage in the midlife/perimenopause space right now. The menopause experts say to wear these babies every day, all day, and for every exercise. The fitness experts say there is a whole lot of problems with wearing a weighted vest for long durations and with certain exercises. I break it all down and go over the most commonly touted studies on bone density and fat loss. I cover some times they definitely aren't a good idea and how to avoid the biggest mistakes if you do choose to use a weighted vest.

Grab the Midlife Is More Than HRT guide free right here if like me, midlife didn't feel quite like you expected. And be sure to listen to episodes #438 and #439 which were all about the mess that midlife can be, and my 3G+4R process to tackle it!

Stuff I Know You Will Love

If you are looking for an expert prescriber for HRT during your perimenopause or menopause journey but are at odds with your local provider being a bit behind current best practices or you simply can't find anyone near you to help, it is MIDI to the rescue! I've worked with a number of telehealth services in my search for providers that are up to date on modern menopause medicine, have great customer service and who are licensed in all 50 states and I'm so thrilled to have found my provider with MIDI. If you too need help with getting HRT please use this link bit.ly/drbrookemidi to try MIDI with no membership fees and insurance billing available.

Be sure you connect with me in my FREE PRIVATE Facebook group: Hormones & Happiness with Dr Brooke where other amazing, like-minded women like YOU are already hanging out! Join us!

Follow Dr Brooke on Instagram and get signed up for my awesome emails here. Seriously, I write really great emails, or so 1000s of women tell me and I'd like to send you one too.

To work with Dr Brooke click here and if you loved this episode please leave a review!

Nervous system regulation is all the rage and it is so important to so many symptoms and health conditions. When you have an overactive and highly sensitive system, it might not be enough to take a deep breath or trigger your vagus nerve with singing or cold water. Those tools are powerful and you should know how to use them but for many of us the ultimate root cause of mast cell activation, autoimmunity, chronic issues like long covid, POTS, etc. is deeper trauma that created a lack of safety and we need to address that before gut health, hormone balance, or other triggers can be safely dealt with. If you or someone you know is chemically sensitive, can't tolerate many foods or supplements or feel like you are spinning your wheels with chasing inflammation or histamine problems, don't miss this episode!

Resources mentioned in the episode:

What Is Histamine Intolerance this article includes a free download for my low histamine diet

Tools For Regulating Your Nervous System

Grab the Midlife Is More Than HRT guide free right here if like me, midlife didn't feel quite like you expected. And be sure to listen to episodes #438 and #439 which were all about the mess that midlife can be, and my 3G+4R process to tackle it!

Stuff I Know You Will Love

If you are looking for an expert prescriber for HRT during your perimenopause or menopause journey but are at odds with your local provider being a bit behind current best practices or you simply can't find anyone near you to help, it is MIDI to the rescue! I've worked with a number of telehealth services in my search for providers that are up to date on modern menopause medicine, have great customer service and who are licensed in all 50 states and I'm so thrilled to have found my provider with MIDI. If you too need help with getting HRT please use this link bit.ly/drbrookemidi to try MIDI with no membership fees and insurance billing available.

Be sure you connect with me in my FREE PRIVATE Facebook group: Hormones & Happiness with Dr Brooke where other amazing, like-minded women like YOU are already hanging out! Join us!

Follow Dr Brooke on Instagram and get signed up for my awesome emails here. Seriously, I write really great emails, or so 1000s of women tell me and I'd like to send you one too.

To work with Dr Brooke click here and if you loved this episode please leave a review!

For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.

Whether you are cycling and have symptoms or are on HRT and having issues, the ratio of these two hormones can be a real indicator of issues like low progesterone, estrogen dominance or estrogen metabolism issues. You can calculate this ratio from values on your serum testing or urine testing such as the DUTCH test. In this episode, I talk about what this ratio should be, how to calculate it (units matter!), what you can glean from various types of testing (i.e. urine shows you something different than serum, both matter) and what to consider to feel better if your P:E2 ratio is off.

Resources mentioned in the show:

Dr Brooke Show #426 Why Some Women Can't Tolerate Progesterone

Dr Brooke Show #429 All About PMDD: Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

Grab the Midlife Is More Than HRT guide free right here if like me, midlife didn't feel quite like you expected. And be sure to listen to episodes #438 and #439 which were all about the mess that midlife can be, and my 3G+4R process to tackle it!

Stuff I Know You Will Love

If you are looking for an expert prescriber for HRT during your perimenopause or menopause journey but are at odds with your local provider being a bit behind current best practices or you simply can't find anyone near you to help, it is MIDI to the rescue! I've worked with a number of telehealth services in my search for providers that are up to date on modern menopause medicine, have great customer service and who are licensed in all 50 states and I'm so thrilled to have found my provider with MIDI. If you too need help with getting HRT please use this link bit.ly/drbrookemidi to try MIDI with no membership fees and insurance billing available.

Be sure you connect with me in my FREE PRIVATE Facebook group: Hormones & Happiness with Dr Brooke where other amazing, like-minded women like YOU are already hanging out! Join us!

Follow Dr Brooke on Instagram and get signed up for my awesome emails here. Seriously, I write really great emails, or so 1000s of women tell me and I'd like to send you one too.

To work with Dr Brooke click here and if you loved this episode please leave a review!

For more info on how I can help you, visit my site BetterByDrBrooke.

The love hormone, the cuddle hormone, the hormone of bonding. Not much bad to say about oxytocin! However, with so many new, compounded hormones easily available on the internet, you may be wondering if you should be taking oxytocin. I cover challenges with oxytocin delivery methods and how to naturally raise it on your own, including common recommendations like hugging but also how the interplay with cortisol might be your biggest needle mover when it comes to boosting this amazing hormone naturally..

Grab the Midlife Is More Than HRT guide free right here if like me, midlife didn't feel quite like you expected. And be sure to listen to episodes #438 and #439 which were all about the mess that can be midlife and my 3G+4R process to tackle it!

Stuff I Know You Will Love

If you are looking for an expert prescriber for HRT during your perimenopause or menopause journey but are at odds with your local provider being a bit behind current best practices or you simply can't find anyone near you to help, it is MIDI to the rescue! I've worked with a number of telehealth services in my search for providers that are up to date on modern menopause medicine, have great customer service and who are licensed in all 50 states and I'm so thrilled to have found my provider with MIDI. If you too need help with getting HRT please use this link bit.ly/drbrookemidi to try MIDI with no membership fees and insurance billing available.

Be sure you connect with me in my FREE PRIVATE Facebook group: Hormones & Happiness with Dr Brooke where other amazing, like-minded women like YOU are already hanging out! Join us!

Follow Dr Brooke on Instagram and get signed up for my awesome emails here. Seriously, I write really great emails, or so 1000s of women tell me and I'd like to send you one too.

To work with Dr Brooke click here and if you loved this episode please leave a review!