What if the symptoms you thought were stress, burnout, or “just getting older” were actually something deeper happening inside your body? In this powerful episode of The Radically Well Podcast, Tessa Tovar sits down with Siddhali Shree and Anubhuti, Jain monks, spiritual teachers, and filmmakers behind the groundbreaking new docuseries Balance. Together, they explore the emotional, physical, and spiritual unraveling that often begins in a woman’s late thirties and early forties, and the path toward reclaiming clarity, peace, and connection during perimenopause.
Siddhali and Anubhuti share their deeply personal stories of anxiety, rage, exhaustion, and confusion, and how their search for answers led them into hormone testing, medical research, and the often misunderstood world of hormone therapy. Their discoveries not only transformed their own wellbeing but also opened their eyes to the urgent gaps in women’s healthcare, medical education, and social awareness.
This conversation shines a compassionate light on a transition almost every woman experiences yet few feel prepared for. It is an invitation to understand your body, release shame, and advocate for the care you deserve. Because when women are informed, supported, and connected, suffering dissolves and healing begins.
✨ What You’ll Learn
- How perimenopause can begin as early as age thirty five and why so many women miss the signs
- Why anxiety, insomnia, fatigue, and emotional overwhelm are often hormone related
- How Siddhali and Anubhuti discovered their own hormone deficiencies and what changed afterward
- What hormone therapy is, how it works, and why so many women were denied it after the 2002 WHI study
- How social stigma and medical gaps keep women from receiving proper care
- Why spiritual practices like meditation, breathwork, and fasting can support emotional balance
- How lifestyle changes such as protein intake, resistance training, and nutrient replenishment help regulate hormones
- Why knowledge, community, and open conversation are essential for women’s long-term health
- How Balance aims to reshape the global conversation around perimenopause and midlife wellbeing
Follow Siddhali & Anubhuti
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/balancedocuseries/
Website: http://balancedocuseries.com
Timestamps
00:04:16 What Led Siddhali and Anubhuti to Create the Balance Docuseries
00:05:47 The First Signs of Perimenopause and Feeling “Not Like Myself”
00:06:40 A Wake Up Call: Severe Deficiencies and Entering a Pre-diabetic State
00:09:25 The Hidden Struggle of Women Ages 35 to 55 Seeking Clarity and Identity
00:10:56 How Balance Helps Women Understand Hormones and Make Informed Choices
00:12:21 The Role of Spiritual Practices in Navigating Hormone Shifts
00:14:20 How Hormone Therapy Immediately Improved Sleep and Emotional Stability
00:22:03 The WHI Study and Why Women Were Denied Hormone Therapy for Decades
00:26:57 What Low Estrogen Really Means for Brain, Bone, and Long-term Health
00:29:44 The Movement: Why Balance Is Changing the Global Conversation for Women
00:37:08 The Future of Women’s Healthcare and the Power of Education
00:40:32 Envisioning a Better World for Women in Midlife
00:45:14 How to Follow and Watch the Balance Docuseries
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