Pleasure in the Pause: Midlife Conversations About Menopause, Sex & Pleasure
by Gabriella Espinosa
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109 | The Perimenopause Revolution: What Your Body Is Actually Telling You with Dr. Mariza Snyder
Jun 24, 2026
56m 35s
108 | Midlife, Sobriety, And Returning To Yourself With Ashley Kelsch
Jun 17, 2026
46m 50s
107 | From Survival Mode To Self-Connection: A Nervous System Reset For Midlife Women
Jun 10, 2026
31m 50s
106 | The Menopause Gut: The Missing Link Between Hormones, Mood, Sleep & Energy with Cynthia Thurlow
Jun 3, 2026
49m 12s
105 | Hormone Therapy After Breast Cancer: Breaking Down The Fear, Myths & Research With Dr. Susan Hardwick Smith
May 27, 2026
47m 27s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/24/26 |  109 | The Perimenopause Revolution: What Your Body Is Actually Telling You with Dr. Mariza Snyder | Most women step into perimenopause the same way Gabriela did — in the dark, without language, without a roadmap, and without anyone telling them what was actually happening in their bodies. The anxiety, the brain fog, the rage, the fatigue, the loss of libido — they could feel it all, but they could not make sense of it. Dr. Mariza Snyder felt the same way. Even after 17 years of clinical experience supporting women through this transition. In this episode of Pleasure in the Pause, Gabriela s... | 56m 35s | ||||||
| 6/17/26 |  108 | Midlife, Sobriety, And Returning To Yourself With Ashley Kelsch | What if the question is not why can't I quit, but what is this doing for me? In this installment of the Return to Her series, Gabriela sits down with Ashley Kelsch, writer, coach, and somatic practitioner who helps midlife women change their relationship with alcohol and reconnect with themselves. Ashley spent a decade running a sexual wellness shop in Austin, where women quietly confided things in dressing rooms they were not sharing with anyone else — and underneath it all was the same thre... | 46m 50s | ||||||
| 6/10/26 |  107 | From Survival Mode To Self-Connection: A Nervous System Reset For Midlife Women✨ | nervous systemself-connection+3 | — | — | — | nervous system resetmidlife+3 | — | 31m 50s | |
| 6/3/26 |  106 | The Menopause Gut: The Missing Link Between Hormones, Mood, Sleep & Energy with Cynthia Thurlow✨ | menopausegut health+4 | Cynthia Thurlow | Everyday WellnessThe Menopause Gut | — | menopausegut health+5 | — | 49m 12s | |
| 5/27/26 |  105 | Hormone Therapy After Breast Cancer: Breaking Down The Fear, Myths & Research With Dr. Susan Hardwick Smith✨ | hormone therapybreast cancer+3 | Dr. Susan Hardwick Smith | Pleasure in the Pause | — | hormone therapybreast cancer+3 | — | 47m 27s | |
| 5/20/26 |  104 | Untamed Pleasure: The Keys To Unlocking Desire In Midlife With Carly Mountain✨ | eroticismmidlife+3 | Carly Mountain | — | — | eroticmidlife+5 | — | 1h 02m 40s | |
| 5/13/26 |  103 | Learning To Trust Your Body Again After Surgical Menopause With Julie Parana✨ | surgical menopausebody trust+3 | Julie Parana | — | — | surgical menopausehealthcare professional+3 | — | 39m 07s | |
| 5/6/26 |  102 | When Mother's Day Hurts, Modern Loss, Grief, and Finding Meaning with Rebecca Soffer✨ | Mother's Daygrief+4 | Rebecca Soffer | — | — | Mother's Daygrief+5 | — | 1h 01m 31s | |
| 4/29/26 |  101 | How To Find Your Way Back To Pleasure: Healing Trauma With Brooke Bralove✨ | intimacydesire+4 | Brooke Bralove | Pleasure in the Pauselicensed clinical social worker | — | intimacydesire+5 | — | 56m 01s | |
| 4/22/26 |  100 | Celebrating 100 Episodes Of Pleasure In The Pause: What These Conversations Have Revealed✨ | midlifemenopause+4 | Karen Cerezo | — | — | menopausesexual health+4 | — | 47m 47s | |
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| 4/15/26 |  99 | Your Body Is Speaking— Here’s How To Listen (A Simple Practice For Midlife Women)✨ | menopauseintimacy+4 | — | — | — | menopauseintimacy+3 | — | 23m 01s | |
| 4/8/26 |  98 | When Longing Becomes Your Lover: Understanding Romantic Obsession And Finding Your Way Back To Authentic Love With Amanda McCracken✨ | romantic obsessionlimerence+3 | Amanda McCracken | Pleasure in the Pause | — | romantic obsessionlimerence+3 | — | 45m 07s | |
| 4/1/26 |  97 | This Is 60: A New Way to Step Into This Decade✨ | milestone birthdayturning 60+3 | — | — | — | menopausesex+3 | — | 17m 36s | |
| 3/25/26 |  96 | Dressing For The Woman You're Becoming: Style, Aging & Self-Discovery with Christine Morrison✨ | styleaging+3 | Christine Morrison | Clothes Minded: Fashionable Essays About Finding Yourself | — | styleaging+5 | — | 47m 48s | |
| 3/19/26 |  95 | How To Build Meaningful Female Friendships In Midlife✨ | female friendshipsmidlife+3 | — | — | — | friendshipmidlife+3 | — | 27m 51s | |
| 3/11/26 |  94 | Weight Loss vs. Weight Health: The Hormone Truth About GLP-1, Metabolism, and Your Body with Ashley Koff, RD✨ | weight healthGLP-1+5 | Ashley Koff | Your Best Shot: The Personalized System for Optimal Weight Health, GLP-1 Shot or Not | — | weight lossweight health+5 | — | 43m 46s | |
| 3/4/26 |  93 | Rewriting the Rules of Sex in Midlife: Dr. Maria Sophocles on the Bedroom Gap✨ | midlifemenopause+3 | Dr. Maria Sophocles | Pleasure in the Pause | — | midlifemenopause+3 | — | 1h 00m 28s | |
| 2/25/26 |  92 | Your Midlife Vitality Blueprint: How To Thrive In Your 50s, 60s & Beyond with Dr. Noor Al-Humaidhi✨ | midlife healthmenopause+4 | Dr. Noor Al-Humaidhi | Lifestyles by Noor | — | midlifemenopause+6 | — | 1h 03m 29s | |
| 2/18/26 |  91 | The Cost of Quiet: Relationship Advice for Midlife Women with Colette Jane Fehr✨ | relationship advicemidlife women+3 | Colette Jane Fehr | The Cost of Quiet | — | midliferelationships+5 | — | 52m 26s | |
| 2/11/26 |  90 | The Business of Pleasure: Tools for Self-Love in Midlife with Oboo founder Amy St. Germain | What if the most important love story you nurture this Valentine's Week isn't with a partner, but with yourself? In this conversation on Pleasure in the Pause, host Gabriella Espinosa sits down with Amy St. Germain, founder of Oboo, a pleasure-forward wellness brand creating tools designed specifically for midlife bodies. This episode is a shame-free exploration of self-pleasure as self-care, the health benefits of vibrators for midlife women, and why desire doesn't disappear as our bod... | 54m 22s | ||||||
| 2/4/26 | ![89 | Motherhood, Mental Health And Return To Self With Lizzie Bermudez [Return to Her Series] episode artwork](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/uhwm3k99sa978411pwa54c441snd?.jpg) 89 | Motherhood, Mental Health And Return To Self With Lizzie Bermudez [Return to Her Series] | What happens when your child's mental health crisis becomes your entire world and you quietly lose yourself in the process? In this debut episode of Return to Her, a new monthly series on Pleasure in the Pause, host Gabriella Espinosa sits down with lifestyle host and midlife influencer Lizzie Bermudez for an honest conversation about walking through over three years of her daughter's mental health struggles while putting her own life completely on hold. Lizzie shares what it felt like to be ... | 53m 00s | ||||||
| 1/28/26 |  88 | The Intimate Animal: Why We’re Wired For Love, Desire, And Connection In Midlife with Dr. Justin Garcia | Have you ever looked at your long-term partner and wondered: Is this still the connection I want? Who are we now? Can we feel close again? If you've reached midlife and found yourself in a relationship that feels more like roommates than lovers, if the spark has faded and you're not sure how to reignite it, or if you're navigating the dating world again after years away, this episode is for you. Gabriella Espinosa sits down with Dr. Justin Garcia. Dr. Garcia brings decades of research to answ... | 57m 02s | ||||||
| 1/21/26 |  87 | Unapologetic Aging: How to Build a Loving Relationship with Your Midlife Body with Deb Benfield | When you look in the mirror, what's the first story you tell yourself about your body? If you're like most midlife women, that internal dialogue is often rooted in criticism, comparison, and the relentless pressure to "fix" an aging body that was never broken in the first place. In this episode of Pleasure in the Pause, host Gabriella Espinosa sits down with registered dietitian and body image coach Deb Benfield to explore how internalized ageism and diet culture keep us disconnected from our... | 51m 56s | ||||||
| 1/14/26 |  86 | Psychedelics, Menopause & Mental Health: What Midlife Women Need to Know with Ashley Turner | Are you doing all the "right things" for your menopause symptoms—hormone therapy, nutrition, exercise, stress management—but still not feeling like yourself? In this episode of Pleasure in the Pause, host Gabriela Espinosa welcomes back licensed psychotherapist Ashley Turner for a groundbreaking conversation about psychedelic-assisted therapy and microdosing as complementary support during the menopause transition. Ashley Turner is a licensed marriage and family psychotherapist, yoga/me... | 1h 05m 03s | ||||||
| 1/7/26 |  85 | Breaking the Silence: Reclaiming Sexual Desire and Pleasure During Menopause with Gabriella Espinosa | Are you experiencing low libido, loss of sexual desire, or intimacy challenges during perimenopause or menopause? In this episode of Pleasure in the Pause, host Gabriela Espinosa joins Dr. Anna Cabeca on The Girlfriend Doctor Show to share her deeply personal story of sexual awakening during midlife. Together, they address one of the most common yet rarely discussed symptoms of perimenopause: the complete loss of sexual desire. Gabriela opens up about how her libido plummeted overnight,... | 46m 18s | ||||||
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3 placements across 3 markets.
Chart Positions
3 placements across 3 markets.