With my monthly guest, Dr Christine Hyde, sex therapist, we discuss affairs, why they happen and how to recover from them.

Topics include:

What is monogamy?  Statistics on the low success rate of monogramy.

Reasons why men and women cheat.

How to navigate the post affair relationship.

Are cheaters always cheaters?

Is it possible to repair a relationship without outside help?

How to get back to a healthy sexual relationship after an affair.

Dr. Christine Hyde is the founder of NJ Center for Sex Therapy and has been a practicing sex therapist for over 26 years.

Instagram: @sexconsultingwithdr.hyde

Website: https://njsextherapy.com/

Where to find me or work with me:

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@IronStrongFit ⁠⁠⁠⁠

Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠IronStrongFitness.net⁠⁠

Each week's episode drops Tuesday 7am ET

I talk with Amparo Penny, licensed therapist and health coach about common issues people have with the relationship between food and their bodies.

Her passion for working with people with food or exercise obsessions stems from her own 20 year battle with disordered eating, dieting and over-exercise. We talk about her personal experiences, client struggles and strategies to break the black and white thinking about "good" and" bad" foods, restrictions and other common mindsets ingrained through diet culture.

We end with 2 questions that came through my instagram: how do overcome stress or emotional eating that comes with anxiety in peri-menopause? How do tune out the "almond moms" who normalize diet culture?

Amparo Penny, LCMHC is a licensed therapist and health and mindset coach based out of Asheville, NC. She helps people stop obsessing about food and their body and create healthy habits for life. She got into this work after her own 20+ year battle with disordered eating, yo-yo dieting, and using exercise and punishment. Now she is on a mission to help people improve their relationship with food and their body and stop sabotaging their health goals. 

Where to find Amparo:

Instagram: @AmparoPenny

Website: https://www.amparopenny.com/

Where to find me or work with me:

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@IronStrongFit ⁠⁠⁠⁠

Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠IronStrongFitness.net⁠⁠

Each week's episode drops Tuesday 7am ET

In this episode I talk about how I found each of my career paths starting from equities trader at Goldman Sachs, to jewelry designer entrepreneur to fitness coach.

While I have talked about this in the past, I go more in detail about how I transitioned into each career. While my path will not be yours, I hope this will help guide you on figuring out what you might want to do next.

Where to find me:

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@IronStrongFit ⁠⁠⁠

Website: ⁠⁠⁠IronStrongFitness.net⁠

Each week's episode drops Tuesday 7am ET

Dr Melanie Llanes, pelvic floor physical therapist and I discuss the normal changes that happen to the vagina in midlife.

Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM) is a term used to describe a group of symptoms that affect the genital and urinary tracts in women who have gone through menopause.

GSM can cause a range of uncomfortable symptoms, including vaginal dryness, itching, burning, pain during intercourse, urinary urgency and frequency, and recurrent urinary tract infections.

GSM is caused by the declining levels of estrogen that occur during menopause, which can lead to thinning and dryness of the vaginal walls and changes in the tissues of the urinary tract. While GSM is common in menopausal women, many women are reluctant to seek treatment.

50% of women experience some of the symptoms of GSM: urine leakage, painful sex (thus affecting libido), incontinence/UTI, and organ prolapse.

In today's episode, we discuss all these common GSM symptoms and how they can be treated with a pelvic floor physical therapist.

About Dr Melanie Llanes

Melanie Llanes is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and owner of Best Self Wellness. She specializes in women's pelvic health and provides in home physical therapy services for people in Hudson County. She completed the Integrative Women's Health Institute Menopause Certification because she believes that every person deserves to feel their best self at whatever stage or transition they may be in their life.

Website: https://www.bestselfwellnesspt.com/

Instagram: @BestSelfWellness.pt

Where to find me:

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@IronStrongFit ⁠⁠⁠

Website: ⁠⁠⁠IronStrongFitness.net⁠

Each week's episode drops Tuesday 7am ET

This week's episode features my monthly guest, Dr Christine Hyde, sex therapist, who provides a masturbation primer for women.

She sites a statistic from Dr. Aliyah Moore's research that 21% of women have never masturbated. Oftentimes this is due to stigma's from religion, societal expectations or shame. Dr Hyde shares the many positive health benefits of masturbation and how it is part of our mental health and happiness.

Dr Hyde covers the normality of masturbation at any age, different types of masturbation, popular sex toys for the different ways of masturbating, how to talk to a partner if this would be a new part of the sex life.

The questions I asked:

1. How common is it for some women to have never masturbated? Masturbation stats: https://sexualalpha.com/female-masturbation-statistics/

2.  Discuss common feelings/stigmas as to why some women have not experimented.

3. How is a good way to start?

4. A couple favorite or popular toys to try

5. How to incorporate masturbation with a partner - bringing it up for first time?

6. Any other professional tips or notations based on your professional experience working with clients

Toys recommended by Dr Hyde during episode:

Clitoral toys:

Lelo 2 Sona Cruz

We-Vibe Touch

Dame Fin

Classic toy:

Hitachi Magic Wand

G Spot Toys:

Dame Arc Vibrator

Internal and External Toy

We-Vibe Nova 2

A go to sex shop in New York City: Babeland

Dr Christine Hyde is the founder of NJ Center for Sex Therapy and has been a practicing sex therapist for over 26 years.

https://njsextherapy.com/

Instagram: @SexConsultingwithDr.Hyde

Where to find me:

Instagram: ⁠⁠@IronStrongFit ⁠⁠

Website: ⁠⁠IronStrongFitness.net

Each week's episode drops Tuesday 7am ET

In my 30’s, I owned and ran three of my own jewelry stores, Tina Tang Studio, Gold Label by Tina Tang, and Tina Tang Nolita.  I sold my own designs for 10 years in those stores.

I was established and listed in Zagats Shopping.  My jewelry was featured in InStyle and Lucky Magazine more than 20 times over the years.  

Magazine editors know me and my stores. I share that to express the experience behind today's 3 lessons.

1. Dummy Proof (when explaining) anything you need help with.

2. Grease Palms - Be generous with your money to show appreciation.

3. Customer service establishes a long term trust. Clients want to know you care.

Where to find me:

Instagram: ⁠@IronStrongFit ⁠

Website: ⁠IronStrongFitness.net

In this episode, I interview dating coach, Tylar Dykman where we discuss best practices for dating in midlife.  Topics covered:

Bio:

For more than a decade, Tylar Dykman has been coaching corporate professionals in the field of organizational and change management. A couple years ago she started working with renowned dating coach, Logan Ury, and since then Tylar has been guiding clients to finding long term relationships.  Even she used a dating coach to meet her now fiance, Adam.

Resources cited by Tylar during podcast:

How to Not Die Alone by Logan Ury

Attached by Amir Levine & Rachel Heller

How to reach Tylar:  [email protected]

Instagram: @theorgialtydy

Where to find me

Instagram: @IronStrongFit 

Website: IronStrongFitness.net

As mentioned in the podcast introduction, to apply for the Master Your Body coaching mentorship, ⁠⁠head here.⁠⁠ Or head to https://bit.ly/master-your-body-apply

As mentioned in the podcast introduction, to apply for one of the 3 spots for Master Your Body, head here. Or head to https://bit.ly/master-your-body-apply

In this episode, I talk about symptoms I experienced when I did not know I was going through peri-menopause. I also discuss the mis diagnosis by my (now fired) gynecologist.

I share common symptoms many women feel besides the most well known ones like hot flashes or night sweats.

Resources cited in this episode:

My favorite guide for going through menopause: The Menopause Manifesto by Dr Jen Gunter

Read about this trainer's menopause journey which started at 41: Menopocalypse by Amanda Thebe

Find a menopause educated & certified gynecologist near you at https://menopause.org/

New episodes drop every Tuesday at 7am ET. Check back next week!

In this episode, nutrition coach (and my fitness partner) Michelle Farrell  talks about what nutrition for women over 40 looks like with the purpose of long term health rather than deprivation, what to include in every meal, how much protein women need, and how the crucial role that protein, carbs and fats contribute to a healthy body.

Diets are often what midlife women turn to as a reaction to weight gain. Coach Michelle challenges the status quo that the scale weight represents ideal body goals.

Michelle provides 3 strategies to change one’s nutrition approach.

BIO:

Michelle (she/her)  is a nondiet, weight inclusive fitness and nutrition coach who loves to lift heavy things and help others experience the joy of lifting and the freedom of breaking up with diet culture.  In addition to a fitness and nutrition coach, Michelle is a special education teacher (Ms. Ed.) in a large and diverse school district (entering my 19th year!). Her skills as an educator play a large roll in her ability to coach folks with a variety of unique needs, current ability levels and learning profiles.

Find her:

Website: https://www.michellefarrellcoaching.com/

Instagram: @_michelle_farrell

Podcast:Strong and Simple

Where to find me:

Instagram: @IronStrongFit 

Website: IronStrongFitness.net

New episodes drop every Tuesday 7am ET. Come back next week!

I talk about how arguments with my (now ex) husband about the drug use of my step son (his birth son) precipitated our divorce. It wasn't the step kids but the situations that reflected our different core values.

It was (and still is) the darkest time of my life. The process was 2 years due to the contentious nature.

This process lead me into fitness, because the gym was a social escape for me.

Even from those dark times, I pulled through, just as you will.

Where to find me:

Instagram: ⁠@ironstrongfit⁠

⁠IronStrongFitness.net⁠

New Episodes Drop every Wednesday 7am ET