Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information: Menopause, Midlife, and More

S2 Ep81: I’m Almost 81 and Couldn’t Be Happier with That Number and My Life: A conversation with Kathryn Leigh Scott


Listen Later

It is no longer unusual for a woman to live well into her 80s or 90s, allowing for multiple career chapters.  Today, my guest is 80-year-old former Playboy Bunny, actor, and author Kathryn Leigh Scott. 
Kathryn Leigh Scott is best known as the actor who was the leading lady of NBCs Dark Shadow, the gothic vampire drama that is now a cult classic. 

In this episode, we discuss what keeps someone youthful and productive from decade to decade. :
  • Why being in her 80s is an exciting time of life
  • Kathryn Leigh Scott’s experience as a Playboy Bunny, and how it changed her
  • The story behind the Gloria Steinem article
  • Kathryn’s years as the lead actress in Dark Shadows
  • Her acting life post Dark Shadows
  • Kathryn’s writing career
  • What comes next
  •                                                   Kathryn Leigh Scott
                                         https://www.kathrynleighscott.com
                                           https://twitter.com/kathleighscott
                               https://www.instagram.com/kathrynleighscott

    Best known for playing multiple roles in the classic Gothic daytime drama Dark Shadows Kathryn Leigh Scott has also appeared in many other movies and TV shows. She is a prolific author and a former Playboy Bunny. She’s appeared in The Eleventh Green, Three Christs (2020) with Richard Gere and Juliana Margulies and Woody Allen’s A Rainy Day in New York (2020). In addition to The Bunny Years (the 25-year history of Playboy Clubs told through the women who worked as Bunnies), Katherine has written four novels, September Girl, Jinxed, Down and Out in Beverly Heels, and Dark Passages; a memoir, Last Dance at the Savoy (Cumberland Press), and a trilogy of books on caregiving: Now With You, Now Without, The Happy Hours and A Welcome Respite  

                                             Articles by Katherine Leigh Scott
    I’m turning 80 and Why I Couldn’t Be Happier with That Number and My Life
    https://www.aarpethel.com/fulfillment/im-turning-80

    Why This May Be the Best Time of the Day to Have Sex
    https://www.aarpethel.com/relationships/why-this-might-be-the-best-time-of-day-to-have-sex


    Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society. 

    Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER

    Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine. 
    Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on 
    DrStreicher.com

    Instagram @DrStreich
    Twitter @DrStreicher
    Facebook  @DrStreicher
    YouTube  DrStreicherTV
    Books by Lauren Streicher, MD

     Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain

    Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat

    Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever

    The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy





    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store

    Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information: Menopause, Midlife, and MoreBy Lauren Streicher, MD

    • 4.7
    • 4.7
    • 4.7
    • 4.7
    • 4.7

    4.7

    334 ratings


    More shows like Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information: Menopause, Midlife, and More

    View all
    HOT For Your Health by Dr. Vonda Wright

    HOT For Your Health

    177 Listeners

    Not Your Mother's Menopause with Dr. Fiona Lovely by Dr. Fiona Lovely

    Not Your Mother's Menopause with Dr. Fiona Lovely

    285 Listeners

    The Peter Attia Drive by Peter Attia, MD

    The Peter Attia Drive

    8,521 Listeners

    Health By Heather Hirsch by Heather Hirsch

    Health By Heather Hirsch

    232 Listeners

    The Hormone Solution with Karen Martel by Karen Martel: Certified Hormone Specialist

    The Hormone Solution with Karen Martel

    333 Listeners

    Everyday Wellness: Midlife Hormones, Menopause, and Science for Women 35+ by Everyday Wellness™

    Everyday Wellness: Midlife Hormones, Menopause, and Science for Women 35+

    139 Listeners

    BETTER! Muscle, Mobility, Metabolism & (Peri) Menopause with Dr. Stephanie by Dr. Stephanie Estima

    BETTER! Muscle, Mobility, Metabolism & (Peri) Menopause with Dr. Stephanie

    611 Listeners

    You Are Not Broken by Kelly Casperson, MD

    You Are Not Broken

    1,100 Listeners

    Hack My Age by Zora Benhamou

    Hack My Age

    119 Listeners

    Hit Play Not Pause by Hit Play Not Pause

    Hit Play Not Pause

    722 Listeners

    The Metabolism and Menopause Podcast by Stephanie Crassweller

    The Metabolism and Menopause Podcast

    214 Listeners

    OvaryActive by Dr Rebecca Dunsmoor-Su, Dr Amy Voedisch

    OvaryActive

    83 Listeners

    The Tamsen Show by Tamsen Fadal / Authentic Wave

    The Tamsen Show

    408 Listeners

    All About You With Dr Shauna Watts by Dr Shauna Watts

    All About You With Dr Shauna Watts

    14 Listeners

    unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver by Audacy | Mary Claire Haver, MD

    unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver

    956 Listeners