Hello Menopause!

Night sweats waking you up again and again? You may fall right back asleep, but Dr. Hadine Joffe says those repeated interruptions do real damage, even if you’re in bed for eight hours. She tells Stacy how hot flashes set off a domino effect—first broken sleep and then low mood—and why fragmented sleep raises the long-term risk for heart disease and weight gain. She also explains how to tell the menopause “blues” from major depression and why that changes the treatment, and shares the options that work: hormone therapy, new non-hormonal medications, and CBT for insomnia.

Dr. Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc, is Chair and Psychiatrist-in-Chief of the Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She founded and directs the Women's Hormones and Aging Research Program at BIDMC's RHYME Research Center, where her work focuses on depression, insomnia, hot flashes, and fatigue in women going through menopause or breast cancer treatment. She has led NIH-funded research for more than 26 years and published over 200 studies.

Hello Menopause is a podcast from Let’s Talk Menopause. Produced in partnership with Studio Kairos. Supervising Producer: Kirsten Cluthe. Artwork by Stacey Geller. Subscribe to Hello Menopause on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. And if you loved this conversation, leave us a review and share it with your community. Learn more at letstalkmenopause.org.

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Planned Parenthood isn't just for your 20s. Dr. Amna Dermish, a board-certified OB-GYN at Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas, tells Stacy that menopause care has always been part of what they offer, and why more women are coming back to the provider they trusted when they were younger. She walks through what a perimenopause visit actually looks like, why you still need to think about contraception, how to filter menopause advice online, and what worries her about the rush of telehealth apps selling hormones and GLP-1s.

Dr. Amna Dermish, MD, is a board-certified OB-GYN specializing in reproductive health and family planning, and serves as Chief Operating and Medical Services Officer at Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas. She earned her medical degree at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, completed her OB-GYN residency at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, and completed a Fellowship in Family Planning along with a Master's in Clinical Investigation at the University of Utah. Her work focuses on removing barriers to comprehensive reproductive and sexual health care.

Hello Menopause is a podcast from Let’s Talk Menopause. Produced in partnership with Studio Kairos. Supervising Producer: Kirsten Cluthe. Artwork by Stacey Geller. Subscribe to Hello Menopause on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. And if you loved this conversation, leave us a review and share it with your community. Learn more at letstalkmenopause.org.

This episode is sponsored by CVS Health. CVS Health is committed to closing gaps in women's health at every life stage – because every woman deserves care that is accessible, affordable and personalized. Learn more at CVSHealth.com.

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If you've had breast cancer, carry a BRCA mutation, or have a family history, the menopause conversation can feel like it isn't for you. Dr. Corinne Menn, a board-certified OB-GYN, 24-year breast cancer survivor, and BRCA carrier who has been through menopause three times, tells Stacy it is. She explains the real options for survivors and high-risk women, from hot flash relief during treatment to vaginal estrogen to hormone therapy after surgical menopause, and how to walk out of a short appointment with a plan. 

About Dr. Corinne Menn: Dr. Corinne Menn, DO, FACOG, MSCP, is a board-certified OB-GYN and Menopause Society Certified Practitioner. She focuses her practice on menopause care for cancer survivors and women at high risk for breast cancer. Find her at drmenn.com and on Instagram @drmennobgyn.

Hello Menopause is a podcast from Let’s Talk Menopause. Produced in partnership with Studio Kairos. Supervising Producer: Kirsten Cluthe. Artwork by Stacey Geller. Subscribe to Hello Menopause on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. And if you loved this conversation, leave us a review and share it with your community. Learn more at letstalkmenopause.org.

This episode is sponsored by CVS Health. CVS Health is committed to closing gaps in women's health at every life stage – because every woman deserves care that is accessible, affordable and personalized. Learn more at CVSHealth.com.

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Dr. Joanne Armstrong, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Women’s Health and Genomics at CVS Health, joins Stacy to discuss why menopause has long been overlooked in the workplace and in medicine. They cover what it takes to improve care at a national scale and the steps women can take when they feel dismissed by their doctors.
A board-certified OB-GYN with more than 20 years of experience in clinical practice and health policy, Dr. Armstrong leads women’s health and genomics strategy across CVS Health. She is also an associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, where she continues to see patients and train medical students and residents. She holds degrees from Cornell University, the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. She completed her residency at Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island/Brown University and a health policy fellowship with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Hello Menopause is a podcast from Let’s Talk Menopause. Produced in partnership with Studio Kairos. Supervising Producer: Kirsten Cluthe. Artwork by Stacey Geller. Subscribe to Hello Menopause on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. And if you loved this conversation, leave us a review and share it with your community.
This episode is sponsored by CVS Health. CVS Health is committed to closing gaps in women's health at every life stage – because every woman deserves care that is accessible, affordable and personalized. Learn more at CVSHealth.com.

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Bobbi Brown built two beauty brands, reinvented herself at 59, and at 69 is strength training three days a week and refusing to apologize for any of it. The makeup artist and founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics and Jones Road Beauty joins Stacy London to talk about midlife beauty, starting over, and the simple daily habits that actually make a difference.

"When you get to fifty, I could either be depressed 'cause I'm fifty, or I could just say, okay, watch me." — Bobbi Brown

Bobbi Brown is a renowned makeup artist and entrepreneur, best-selling author, sought-after speaker, beauty industry icon, and a hotelier. She founded two successful cosmetic brands: Bobbi Brown Cosmetics and, more recently, created the clean beauty brand Jones Road. She also envisioned and now operates The George Hotel in Montclair, NJ.

Bobbi made the TIME100 “Most Influential People in the World” list and was also named one of Fortune's Most Powerful Women and Forbes' "50 Over 50" Most Influential Women. She has received the Glamour Woman of the Year Award, the Fashion Group International Night of Stars Beauty Award, and the Jackie Robinson Foundation’s ROBIE Humanitarian Award. She was appointed to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. 

Hello Menopause is a podcast from Let’s Talk Menopause. Produced in partnership with Studio Kairos. Supervising Producer: Kirsten Cluthe. Artwork by Stacey Geller. Subscribe to Hello Menopause on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. And if you loved this conversation, leave us a review and share it with your community.

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and in this episode, Stacy is joined by three women who've lived where breast cancer and menopause collide: journalist and survivor Gaby Natale, Alloy co-founder/co-CEO and survivor Monica Molenaar, and breast oncologist and survivor Dr. Marisa Weiss of Breastcancer.org.

Gaby talks about "breaking the news to yourself" after her diagnosis, and the hot flashes that hit mid-interview on live TV. Monica shares how she went into surgical menopause overnight at 40 with no warning, spent years getting conflicting advice, and later chose a preventive double mastectomy partly so she'd never have to give up hormone therapy. Dr. Weiss breaks down what's actually on the table for survivors and high-risk women, because "no hormones" isn't the same as "no relief."

In this episode:

Gaby Natale is a three-time Daytime Emmy–winning journalist, author, and founder of Menopausia.com, a bilingual menopause platform. Monica Molenaar is co-founder and co-CEO of Alloy Women's Health. Dr. Marisa Weiss is a breast oncologist and the founder of Breastcancer.org.

Hello Menopause is a podcast from Let’s Talk Menopause. Produced in partnership with Studio Kairos. Supervising Producer: Kirsten Cluthe. Artwork by Stacey Geller. Subscribe to Hello Menopause on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. And if you loved this conversation, leave us a review and share it with your community.

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Penn Holderness is the first husband to join Hello Menopause — and he and Kim (married 21 years, and the comedic duo behind the Holderness Family's viral songs and videos) sit down with Stacy to talk about what happens when perimenopause shows up in a marriage. They cover the physical-touch code words that saved their intimacy, the hormone "character" they invented to separate Kim from her symptoms, Kim's own panic-attack-to-diagnosis story, and why they think there needs to be a book about menopause written for men.

Follow Kim and Penn @theholdernessfamily

Hello Menopause is a podcast from Let’s Talk Menopause. Produced in partnership with Studio Kairos. Supervising Producer: Kirsten Cluthe. Artwork by Stacey Geller. Subscribe to Hello Menopause on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. And if you loved this conversation, leave us a review and share it with your community.

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We're back. Season 4 of Hello Menopause returns with part two, and Stacy's kicking things off with a lineup that spans beauty, partnership, and breast cancer. In the trailer: Kim & Penn Holderness open up about navigating perimenopause as a couple, Bobbi Brown talks aging without apology, and Dr. Corinne Menn joins for a conversation on breast cancer and menopause — plus so many more incredible guests on the way.

First episode of part two drops September 23.

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This season of Hello Menopause is sponsored by CVS Health. CVS Health is committed to closing gaps in women's health at every life stage — because every woman deserves care that is accessible, affordable and personalized. To learn more, visit CVSHealth.com.

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Dr. Mary Claire joins Stacy for a robust discussion about the reality of menopause, and shares her top exercise and nutrition tips, as well as her toolkit philosophy - techniques that she’s incorporated into her own life that she can apply as she ages to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

In this episode:

Dr. Mary Claire Haver is a board-certified OB-GYN and leading advocate for midlife women's health, with a social media following of over 7 million. She is the founder of The 'Pause Life educational platform and The 'Pause Wellness Clinic, where she focuses on evidence-based care for hormonal transitions. She is also a multi-time bestselling author, known for her books The Galveston Diet, the #1 New York Times bestseller The New Menopause, and The New Perimenopause.

Listen to the full episode and subscribe to Hello Menopause at letstalkmenopause.org.

This is a Summer Short. Season 4 is taking a quick summer breather, but we're dropping bite-sized episodes every other week all summer long. Real talk. Real experts. All-new episodes return in September.

Hello Menopause is a podcast from Let’s Talk Menopause. Produced in partnership with Studio Kairos. Supervising Producer: Kirsten Cluthe. Artwork by Stacey Geller. Subscribe to Hello Menopause on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. And if you loved this conversation, leave us a review and share it with your community.

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"Muscle is nature's Spanx." Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Vonda Wright joins Stacy to make the case for why your bones deserve as much attention as your hot flashes. They cover what a DEXA scan number actually means, why bone loss isn't just a postmenopausal problem, and why women with osteoporosis can — and should — still lift heavy.

Listen to the full episode at ⁠letstalkmenopause.org⁠ or wherever you get your podcasts.

This is a Summer Short. Season 4 is taking a quick summer breather, but we're dropping bite-sized episodes every other week all summer long — our most-loved conversations plus brand-new voices. Real talk. Real experts. All-new episodes return in September.

Hello Menopause is a podcast from Let’s Talk Menopause. Produced in partnership with Studio Kairos. Supervising Producer: Kirsten Cluthe. Artwork by Stacey Geller. Subscribe to Hello Menopause on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. And if you loved this conversation, leave us a review and share it with your community.

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