Hello, Hot Flash: Christian Menopause, Weight Loss, Hormones & Midlife Health

In this week's episode, hear from Dr. Mindy Goldman as we explore her remarkable career in women's health, delving into the challenges of menopause and cancer survivorship. Serving as the Chief Clinical Officer for MIDI Health and Director of the Gynecology Center for Cancer Survivors, she is passionately dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for those who have triumphed over cancer.

Dr. Mindy explores the ins and outs of complementary therapies, gain insights into innovative guidelines, and tackle the big question on many minds: the ins and outs of hormone replacement therapy. Dr. Mindy breaks it down with facts, research, and her seasoned perspective, empowering you to make informed decisions on your menopausal path.

Timestamps:

(00:00:18) Improving Quality of Life for Midlife Women

(00:05:11) Menopausal Side Effects in Cancer Survivors

(00:09:43) The Impact of the Women's Health Initiative

(00:13:50) Benefits of Early Hormone Treatment for Menopause

(00:19:23) Bioidentical Formulations: Natural and Covered by Insurance

(00:29:42) Testosterone Supplementation for Sexual Function in Women

(00:42:13) Alternative Treatments for Menopausal Symptoms

About Our Guest

Mindy Goldman is an Ob/Gyn who practiced on the faculty at UCSF for 30 years. Based on a personal experience, she became interested in providing women's health care for breast cancer survivors.  At the time, there was very little known, and she helped create a field bridging breast oncology and gynecology. She has become a nationally recognized leader in the field. In 2012, she authored the American College of Ob/Gyn (ACOG) Practice Bulletin as part of the College’s comprehensive clinical guidelines on the management of gynecologic issues in women with breast cancer.  She serves on the Survivorship Panel for the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and is the Sub-committee Chair for the panels on sexual functioning and menopause. She semi-retired from UCSF in order to join Midi Health, where she supervises clinical care and will be helping launch a survivorship platform in order to provide holistic, evidenced-based survivorship care to cancer survivors nationally.

Learn more about her work in the following channels:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/goldman-mindy-9b7a8930/

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Additional Resources

• Are you struggling with hot flashes or any of the 100 perimenopause symptoms? Take the 28-Day Hot Flash Free Scorecard Challenge and manage your symptoms.  You will get tips on how to navigate the menopause journey!  https://hellohotflash.com/scorecard

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In this episode, I take you through my personal journey of perimenopause and how I transformed my life through self-care and personal responsibility. I share my experiences with hot flashes, anxiety, and sleepless nights and how I learned to take control of my health beyond relying solely on doctors. My journey has been shaped by the struggles I faced and the growth I attained through confronting uncomfortable truths about myself. Throughout the episode, I emphasize the significance of honesty, self-care, and addressing the root cause of health issues. My journey wasn't just about surviving perimenopause; it was about thriving and utilizing the lessons learned to navigate life more effectively.

(00:19:45) Hello Hot Flash: Three-Day Menopause Solution

Are you struggling with hot flashes or any of the 100 perimenopause symptoms? Take the 28-Day Hot Flash Free Scorecard Challenge.  You will get tips on how to navigate the menopause journey!  https://hellohotflash.com/scorecard

What can you do to maintain youthful vibrancy in midlife? In your 40s and beyond, taking care of your health and fitness should become a non-negotiable priority.

Hear from Tamara Mutter, a certified personal trainer, nutritionist, and hormone coach. She is passionate about fitness and specializes in helping women navigate perimenopause through exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle choices. 

Tamara believes that perimenopause is a time for introspection and intentionality, emphasizing stress management, lifestyle habits, training, and nutrition. She also believes all these elements work together to create a healthy system and encourage women to find joy in movement, starting with strength training.

Timestamps:

(00:05:33) Managing Fitness During Perimenopause

(00:06:38) Managing Perimenopausal Symptoms Through Tailored Exercise

(00:14:51) Holistic wellness program with personalized fitness

(00:21:38) Transitioning to cleaner products for holistic health

About Our Guest

Formerly Trained in Fashion, which led into the Special Event Industry as an award-winning Wedding and Event Designer, Tamara found Fitness and Health suffering from burnout. She had neglected her health and found that she was no longer as passionate about a career she once loved and was even somewhat resentful.

She got out of her own way, joined a fitness class, and fell in love! With a new energy, optimism, and outlook, she hired a personal trainer to get ready to compete in a bikini competition at 45 and was obsessed.  

Tamara has supported 100’s of women with her bespoke form of bio-individual coaching through their menopause journey and beyond. She has made it her mission to inform, inspire, impact, and empower as many women as possible.

Learn more about her work in the following channels:

• https://www.iconicphysique.ca/

SHOW NOTES LINK:

https://hellohotflash.com/episodes

Additional Resources

• Are you struggling with hot flashes or any of the 100 perimenopause symptoms? Take the 28-Day Hot Flash Free Scorecard Challenge and manage your symptoms.  You will get tips on how to navigate the menopause journey!  https://hellohotflash.com/scorecard

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HelloHotFlashPodcast

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In today's solo episode, I share insights on the transformative power of habit formation. Things like - how did I turn things around? And what habits made a real impact on my health and relationships during perimenopause?

Join me as I open up about my personal experiences and emphasize the role of habits beyond just diet and exercise. 

Are you ready to discover the keys to graceful habit-building?

Timestamps:

(00:01:49) Menopause Health and Wellness Habits

(00:05:17) Navigating habit formation challenges for success

(00:09:28) Creating a supportive environment for success

(00:14:33) Graceful Habit Building

Additional Resources: 

• Ready to kickstart your metabolism so you can lose weight, sleep better, and stop the hot flashes? Well, join us on March 12, 13, and 14 for Menopause Reset. A FREE challenge that included FREE nightly coaching. Let’s get this party started. Go to https://hellohotflash.com/challenge for details.

Click here to access your Free Healthy Habits Builder. This resource is designed to guide your journey to better health.

In this episode, Samantha Gladish, a hormone nutritionist and business mentor who also hosts the podcast, the Wellness Witch, discusses thyroid health and taking a comprehensive approach to address underlying causes. She emphasizes the significance of the immune system and gut health, stress management, and conducting a full thyroid panel for accurate diagnosis. 

Samantha also provides tips for healing beyond nutrition, such as prioritizing sleep, incorporating movement, and getting natural light exposure. She further explains how chronic stress can lead to hypothyroidism and offers simple yet effective strategies to combat stress. 

Timestamps:

(00:00:38) Holistic Hormone Nutrition: Insights and Conversations

(00:01:08) Autoimmune Hashimoto's and Thyroid Health Journey

(00:08:12) Holistic Healing for Thyroid Dysfunction

(00:11:04) Similarities between Thyroid Problems and Menopause

(00:15:04) The significance of a comprehensive thyroid panel

(00:24:31) The Thyroid Benefits of Beef Liver

(00:33:10) The Impact of Chronic Stress on Hypothyroidism

(00:43:02) Prioritizing Sleep and Movement for Healing

About Our Guest

Samantha Gladish is a Hormone Nutritionist, with a speciality in metabolic and thyroid health. She is author of the Amazon bestseller, The 30-Day Hormone Solution and the host of one of Canada’s top-rated podcasts, The Wellness Witch. She is the founder of HolisticWellness.ca; a website dedicated to helping women optimize their health and hormones.   Her passion for business is an extension of her work as a Health Coach, which led her to develop her own online business mentorship program for practitioners and nutritionists. She knows exactly how to help others grow and scale their online wellness and coaching business to up-level their bank account - with alignment, ease, and flow. Samantha speaks internationally on all things health, wellness and entrepreneurship and in her spare time, you can find her baking up delicious healthy treats in her kitchen and getting woo-woo with tarot cards, plant medicine and diving into spiritual growth.

Learn more about her work in the following channels:

• https://holisticwellness.ca/

SHOW NOTES LINK:

https://hellohotflash.com/episodes

Additional Resources

• Are you struggling with hot flashes or any of the 100 perimenopause symptoms? Take the 28-Day Hot Flash Free Scorecard Challenge and manage your symptoms.  You will get tips on how to navigate the menopause journey!  https://hellohotflash.com/scorecard

FOLLOW US:

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanielynnshaw/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HelloHotFlashPodcast

TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@hellohotflashpodcast 

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On This Episode

Are limiting beliefs holding you back from embracing the best version of yourself during menopause? In today's episode, I delve into the transformative power of challenging these beliefs and shifting our mindset towards a healthier, more empowered life. How can we break free from the cycle of self-doubt and embrace positive changes in our menopausal journey? Join me as I explore strategies to overcome limiting beliefs and unlock our true potential.

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) Menopause Metabolism Kickstart Challenge

(00:14:39) Embracing the Journey to a Healthier You

On This Episode

Dr. Cindy Tsai is a board-certified physician and Chief Wellness Officer who has dedicated her career to promoting a holistic approach to health and self-compassion. Dr. Tsai's perspective on health and self-compassion is rooted in her belief that superficial solutions, such as masking symptoms with medication, are not effective in achieving true healing. Instead, she emphasizes the importance of addressing the root cause of health issues and looking at the whole person, comparing this approach to nurturing the dry soil of a dying plant rather than just spraying water on the yellowing leaves. 

Her own experience with burnout and a rare autoimmune condition that could have resulted in blindness led her to discover the power of integrative functional medicine, mindfulness coaching, and energy healing. She believes that self-compassion is crucial for women's well-being and healing and that it goes hand in hand with growth and forgiveness. 

(00:36:46) "The So Much Better Blueprint" by Dr. Cindy Tsai

About Our Guest

Dr. Cindy Tsai, MD, is an award-winning board-certified Physician, TEDx Speaker, Bestselling Author and Chief Wellness Officer. As the Founder of Yes & More, a personal growth and wellness company, she empowers leaders and organizations to say YES to themselves and more through comprehensive mind-body-spirit wellness programs. Her extensive training at Ivy League institutions and clinical experiences as an Internal Medicine and Integrative Medicine physician highlighted the impact of chronic stress on the body and fueled her mission to do more than prescribe medications as a band-aid. Her passions lie in preventative health and holistic well-being with a vision to foster a healthier and happier world.

Learn more about her work in the following channels:

• https://cindytsaimd.com

SHOW NOTES LINK:

https://hellohotflash.com/episodes

Additional Resources

• Are you struggling with hot flashes or any of the 100 perimenopause symptoms? Take the 28-Day Hot Flash Free Scorecard Challenge and manage your symptoms.  You will get tips on how to navigate the menopause journey!  https://hellohotflash.com/scorecard

FOLLOW US:

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hellohotflashpodcast

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanielynnshaw/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HelloHotFlashPodcast

TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@hellohotflashpodcast 

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Welcome to another episode of Hello Hot Flash! In this episode, we are excited to launch our new segment, Lifestyle Conversations, where we engage with listeners like you to address your health goals and challenges.

MEET OUR GUEST:

This week, we are joined by Monifa, who is determined to embark on a journey of weight loss, healthier eating habits, and incorporating exercise and strength training into her lifestyle She's seeking practical tips to achieve these goals and enhance her overall well-being.

Are you ready to take charge of your health goals? 

Don't miss the opportunity to be a guest on our podcast and share your wellness journey. Book your spot for a FREE 30-minute Lifestyle Conversation at https://www.hellohotflash.com/meno-audit.

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Are you struggling with perimenopause symptoms? If yes, then you may find expert tips from Joanna Strober helpful. She is the co-founder and CEO of Midi Health and a passionate advocate for raising awareness and improving treatment for perimenopause. 

Joanna's personal experience with perimenopause symptoms, combined with her professional background in women's health, has led her to believe that women should demand expert care and not consider common symptoms as normal. She suggests focusing on symptoms instead of tests and integrating specialized care with primary care physicians or OBGYNs for comprehensive treatment. Joanna aims to change the conversation surrounding perimenopause and ensure that women receive the care they deserve.

Timestamps:

(00:02:12) Navigating the Transitional Phase of Perimenopause

(00:04:22) Navigating Menopause Symptoms in Women's Careers

(00:13:15) Convenient and Personalized Telehealth for Menopause

(00:19:59) Personalized Treatment Options for Menopause Symptoms

(00:25:06) Tailored Insurance-Covered Care for Women

About Our Guest

Joanna is the co-founder and CEO of Midi Health, the leading virtual care clinic focused exclusively on women navigating midlife hormonal transition. The company brings insurance-covered expert care for the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause o women nationwide. A successful serial entrepreneur in the digital health space, Joanna previously served as CEO and founder of Kurbo, the first digital therapeutic for childhood obesity, which she sold to Weight Watchers. Recently named to the “Forbes 50 Over 50” list and a featured speaker at the 2023 Fortune Most Powerful Women Conference, Joanna is a frequently quoted expert on issues related to digital health, women in business, startups and leadership. Prior to becoming a founder, Joanna spent more than 20 years in direct private equity and venture capital investing in health and consumer companies, including a number of notable consumer internet companies, such as BlueNile, eToys, Babycenter, HotJobs and Flycast. Joanna is also the author of the book, “Getting to 50/50,” a primer on how women can succeed and thrive at work and at home.

Learn more about her work in the following channels:

• https://www.joinmidi.com/

SHOW NOTES LINK:

https://hellohotflash.com/episodes

Additional Resources

• Are you struggling with hot flashes or any of the 100 perimenopause symptoms? Take the 28-Day Hot Flash Free Scorecard Challenge and manage your symptoms.  You will get tips on how to navigate the menopause journey!  https://hellohotflash.com/scorecard

FOLLOW US:

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hellohotflashpodcast

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanielynnshaw/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HelloHotFlashPodcast

TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@hellohotflashpodcast

On This Episode

Do you ever catch yourself procrastinating when it comes to your menopause health? 

Do you wonder if procrastination is making perimenopause more challenging?  I totally get it – from health to work and relationships, procrastination can impact how you look and feel.

 In my latest solo episode of  Hello, Hot Flash, I’m answering the question: "Is Procrastinating Making Menopause Worse?" and I'll discuss the connection between mindset, menopause, and procrastination.

 Expect some real talk, personal stories, and actionable tips to shake off procrastination during menopause. 

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