Midlife Hormones, Real Answers: What If "Normal" Syndromes Deserve More Attention

About this episode

The episode discusses midlife hormonal changes and offers insights and next steps for women experiencing these shifts.

Send us Fan Mail “It’s normal” can be comforting, but it can also be a conversation stopper. If you’ve been told your midlife symptoms are just part of getting older and then sent on your way, we want to offer something better: context, clarity, and real next steps. We sit down with nurse practitioner Rachel Smith, owner of Aspect Wellness, who focuses on optimizing health for midlife women. Together we unpack what hormonal shifts in perimenopause and menopause can look like in real life: sl...

People in this episode

Host: Shelly Jefferis

Guest: Rachel Smith

Topics covered

• midlife hormones
• perimenopause
• menopause
• women's health
• hormonal shifts

Keywords

• midlife symptoms
• hormonal shifts
• perimenopause
• menopause
• women's health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Aspect Wellness

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