The Hormone Solution | Menopause, Perimenopause, & Women's Midlife Health

Dr. Jessica Peatross has a passion for uncovering the mystery behind chronic illness, whether that be stealth infections, heavy metals, stress, trauma, or other environmental toxicities.

She is visionary for the future of healthcare and left her position as a board-certified, internal medicine hospitalist to pursue Functional Medicine in order to better serve her patients. By getting to the real, root cause answers for WHY the body might be malfunctioning.

Her philosophy embraces that health encompasses the whole patient – mind, body, and spirit – and Dr. Jess has become one of the most-sought after Functional Medicine Leaders. She is known for her ability to help identify the root cause of illness, most often traced back to hidden, stealth infections like Lyme, parasites and mold, Dr. Jess's area of expertise.

Get the details and apply to be part of my 3-month Mastering Peri & Post Menopause coaching program.

Are struggling with perimenopausal symptoms? Hot flashes, weight gain, weight loss resistance, low libido?

Check out the most comprehensive and affordable peri and post-menopause monthly course OnTrack. OnTrack is a group coaching program to help you balance your hormones, lose weight and sail through peri and post-menopause at a fraction of what it costs to work with me privately.

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Start your membership to the OnTrack group coaching program to help you balance your hormones and lose weight.

Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert.

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When it comes to a weight-loss journey it's oh-so-satisfying to see those numbers go down. BUT your weight is not the only thing you should be tracking. It is so important to your success to watch for non-scale victories and also have non-scale victories to work toward.

In this episode, I have a candid conversation with my friend, business partner, and personal trainer Pam Sherman.

Our society and especially women put a lot of emphasis on weight, and it can seem like you have spent a lifetime trying to lose those extra pounds.

Pam and I dive into why focusing on weight alone isn't the best thing to do and why it is important to have non-scale victories and goals.

We share our own non-scale victories that we have had from working with each other and some of our client's victories as well.

Plus we answer some of our member's questions and let you in on the details of our new program for women in peri and post-menopause!

Are struggling with perimenopausal symptoms? Hot flashes, weight gain, weight loss resistance, low libido?

Check out the most comprehensive and affordable peri and post-menopause monthly course OnTrack. OnTrack is a group coaching program to help you balance your hormones, lose weight and sail through peri and post-menopause at a fraction of what it costs to work with me privately.

Use coupon code 40OFF to get $40 off the monthly membership for the life of the membership. Register and get the details here.

Episode discussed

The Science Behind How to Lose Weight with Stephan Guyenet

Pam has been a coach for 24+ years, starting as a group exercise instructor and personal trainer. After struggling with her own weight Pam started strength training in 2014 and has never looked back.

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Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert.

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Mollie McGlocklin is the creator of Sleep Is A Skill and the host of The Sleep Is A Skill Podcast. Sleep Is A Skill is a company that optimizes people's sleep through a unique blend of technology, accountability, and behavioral change. After navigating insomnia while traveling internationally, she created what she couldn't find - a place to go to learn the skill set of sleep. With a background in behavioral change from The Nonverbal Group, she became fascinated with chronobiology and its practical application to sleep and our overall experience of life. Knowing the difference between a life with sleep and without, she's now dedicated her life to sharing the forgotten skill set of sleep.

In this episode, Molly shares with us the newest science and sleep hacks to help you beat insomnia once and for all!

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Are struggling with perimenopausal symptoms? Hot flashes, weight gain, weight loss resistance, low libido?

Check out the most comprehensive and affordable peri and post-menopause monthly course OnTrack. OnTrack is a group coaching program to help you balance your hormones, lose weight and sail through peri and post-menopause at a fraction of what it costs to work with me privately.

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In this episode, I interview my mom! We have a candid conversation about our eating disorders. How we grew up with no money and what my mom did to survive and raise her 3 daughters. How she found the strength to face her fears in life. What she did to overcome her eating disorders and what she still struggles with at the age of 68. Plus the two biggest lessons my mom taught me and could teach you as well.

Get the details and apply to be part of my 3 month Mastering Peri & Post Menopause coaching program.

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Are struggling with perimenopausal symptoms? Hot flashes, weight gain, weight loss resistance, low libido?

Check out the most comprehensive and affordable peri and post-menopause monthly course OnTrack. OnTrack is a group coaching program to help you balance your hormones, lose weight and sail through peri and post-menopause at a fraction of what it costs to work with me privately.

Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert.

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Dr. Seema Kanwal, Naturopathic doctor and speaker, was voted one of Vancouver's top 10 Naturopathic doctors on Rate MD Dr. Kanwal has been a practicing naturopathic doctor in Vancouver since 2006 and is the only Naturopathic doctor trained in Canada in the Apo E Gene diet.

She has extensive experience with and is passionate about working with individuals who have rare genetic diseases and suffer many stress related conditions as a result such as mental health issues, insomnia, and low energy.

She helps to guide people living with rare diseases to increased mental wellness, energy, vitality and an overall higher standard of life – they often didn't know was possible to experience with their condition.

She has 10 years of experience in sport medicine and treating a wide range of conditions such as cancer, hormonal imbalances for women and men, stress related conditions, pre and post natal care, cardiovascular disease, chronic fatigue, autoimmune, thyroid imbalances, digestive issues (IBS, Chron's, Candida), Alzheimer's (through the APOE Gene), sports related injuries and many more.

In this episode

• How you can influence your genes to optimize your health
• Why you should always combine genetic testing with hormone testing and health protocols in general
• Why you need to know what your genes are doing before you take supplements
• DNA testing and what it tells you about detoxification
• What urine metabolite testing shows us about your hormones and common symptoms
• Difference between urine testing and serum testing pros and cons
• Why you can gain weight on hormone replacement based on your genes
• The importance of gut and liver health when it comes to hormone replacement
• What the APOE 4 gene can tell you about your ability to handle stress and take on hormone replacement
• Why you have to exercise when you use hormone replacement
• Estrogens effect on developing Alzheimer's
• Estrogen metabolites and what they tell us
• The three estrogens and their roll
• Foods that help with estrogen metabolism
• Genes and detoxification

and much more!

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Are struggling with perimenopausal symptoms? Hot flashes, weight gain, weight loss resistance, low libido?

Check out the most comprehensive and affordable peri and post-menopause monthly course OnTrack. OnTrack is a group coaching program to help you balance your hormones, lose weight and sail through peri and post-menopause at a fraction of what it costs to work with me privately.

Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert.

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One of the most common things to happen in perimenopause is changes to your periods and normal period cycle, including heavier bleeding or irregular periods, which can begin happening as early as your 30s.

Hysterectomies are routinely performed on women to solve abnormal, and heavy periods during this time. Yet women are not being told the risk of hysterectomies and this does not get to the root of the heavy bleeding.

In this episode

• the mainstream medical systems solutions to heavy bleeding.
• the risk of hysterectomies.
• the top causes of heavy periods and what you can do about it to get to the root of the problem.

Episodes discussed;

The Dark Side of The Birth Control Pill

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Are struggling with perimenopausal symptoms? Hot flashes, weight gain, weight loss resistance, low libido?

Check out the most comprehensive and affordable peri and post-menopause monthly course OnTrack. OnTrack is a group coaching program to help you balance your hormones, lose weight and sail through peri and post-menopause at a fraction of what it costs to work with me privately.

Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert.

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Danielle Hamilton is a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner & Restorative Wellness Practitioner who specializes in blood sugar regulation & digestion. She became interested in blood sugar issues when she learned that Insulin Resistance was at the root of her PCOS.

She was able to reverse her PCOS, cystic acne, PMS & weight loss resistance by reversing Insulin Resistance.

Her mission is to help others uncover their blood sugar & insulin issues (as most people don't know the early signs), as well as help them optimize digestion for low-carb diets.

Dani promotes a holistic approach to reversing Insulin Resistance which goes beyond just changing macros. She is the host of the Unlock the Sugar Shackles Podcast and the creator of the Blood Sugar Mastery Program.

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Get your emf and stress protecting Harmoni pendant for 66% off for the Mothers Day Special.

A study by 9 doctors found that wearing this pendant improves your ability to manage stress by 700%!

Wearing it also…

• shields the brain from EMF radiation
• improves nervous system health
• boosts energy
• improves biorhythms (including sleep cycles) by 160%

Purchase your home Hormone Test Kits here.

Are struggling with perimenopausal symptoms? Hot flashes, weight gain, weight loss resistance, low libido?

Check out the most comprehensive and affordable peri and post-menopause monthly course OnTrack. OnTrack is a group coaching program to help you balance your hormones, lose weight and sail through peri and post-menopause at a fraction of what it costs to work with me privately.

Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert.

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In this episode, I answer listeners' questions.

1. "I had a hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy in 2020 due to a large cyst. I was put on the estradiol patch. I also use OTC progesterone cream. It helps with hot flashes but after a few days makes me very, very bloaty and I've gained several pounds. I want to use HRT due to the health benefits, but I can't deal with this bloatedness and weight gain. What do you suggest?" Angela
2. "OK...Go! Hi - I'm dealing with 40 extra lbs that came on suddenly and inexplicably between ages 35-40 (currently 40). I have a Stressful career, Thyroid that is now being optimized (split dose T3 and T4 at night) and confirmed mold which I'm remediating at home. Was once told I had high aluminum and haven't tested in 10 years. Could that be what's preventing me from losing any weight? Can you walk us through chelation - length of time, how you know it's working etc. Many thanks Karen!" Nina
3. "Should I test hormone levels after starting HRT to see if I'm getting enough? And if so, how long after should I do so?" Mamacheryl123
4. "Is there anything that works as an appetite suppressant? Menopause with weight gain and now a fatty liver. I need to lose some weight I have been working out but stay hungry!!" Dana🥺
5. "Can low estrogen lead to UTI issues?"
6. "I have Hashimotos and low cortisol in the am and noon making it very hard to wake up in the mornings, what can I do?" Ariesbeston

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In this interview, I speak with compounding pharmacist Shawn Needham.

• Shawn's personal weight loss success story
• How he lost over 50 pounds in 6 months
• Why doctors are not being educated in hormone replacement for women
• What is wrong with the current medical system when it comes to treating disease
• Why do we have to change the way we treat lifestyle-based diseases
• What is the difference between a compounding pharmacist versus a regular pharmacist
• My own story as to why I changed to a compounding pharmacist
• How do they help their customers navigate the world of hormone replacement therapy
• The difference between the drug companies' bioidentical hormones versus the compounded formulas.
• What estrogen is best for vagina atrophy
• Why it is so important to tailor your hormones for your body!
• Hormones and sexual function
• Bioidentical compounded hormones dosages, delivery forms, and more!

Shawn and his wife Janet, (also a pharmacist) own Moses Lake Professional Pharmacy, which is a specialized compounding pharmacy creating customized solutions to health problems that drug companies cannot solve. The pharmacy educates and empowers patients to take charge of their health and has done so for over 20 years.

Shawn is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor for the University of Washington School of Pharmacy and teaches the Advanced Compounding Course. He has spoken on topics across the nation from hormone replacement, innovative pain therapies, and marketing a pharmacy.

Shawn has a passion for helping patients achieve optimum health via hormone balancing and nutrition.

Shawn is also an Amazon best-selling author with Sickened How the Government Ruined Healthcare and How to Fix it. Shawn and Janet host an ever-growing podcast, Health Solutions with Shawn and Janet Needham where Team Needham discusses everything health care.

Moses Lake Pharmacy

Health Solutions podcast with Shawn

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Are struggling with perimenopausal symptoms? Hot flashes, weight gain, weight loss resistance, low libido?

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Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert.

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As humans, we come up with a lot of excuses when it comes to sticking with a healthy eating plan and workout regime. In this episode, I will share with you why we are so prone to make up excuses and how to squash them once and for all so you can finally reach your weight loss and health goals.

Shows mentioned in this episode.

Ditch Your Sugar Addiction Once and For All with Danielle Daem.

Register for the 3 part (FREE) Emotional Eating Bootcamp with Danielle Daem Sugar Freedom Coach.

How I Finally Lost Weight and Got in Shape.

How to Change Your Poor Eating Habits and Self Sabotaging Behavior with Matty Landsdown.

Get the details and apply to be part of my 3 month Mastering Peri & Post Menopause coaching program.

Purchase your at home Hormone Test Kits here.

Are struggling with perimenopausal symptoms? Hot flashes, weight gain, weight loss resistance, low libido?

Check out the most comprehensive and affordable peri and post-menopause monthly course OnTrack. OnTrack is a group coaching program to help you balance your hormones, lose weight and sail through peri and post-menopause at a fraction of what it costs to work with me privately.

Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert.

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