The Hotflash inc podcast

Alternative Health Health & Fitness Mental Health

Hotflash inc is an evidence, expert and human-experience driven podcast looking for the true truth in perimenopause, menopause and beyond. In more than 100 episodes menopause and midlife journalist and host Ann Marie McQueen has spoken to a wide range of experts from around the globe, including practitioners, activists, researchers, doctors and industry leaders about this perplexing transition we still know too little about. She’s talked about her own frustrations and personal experiences. And she has connected with a perimenoposse of powerful women in the midst of a perplexing transition.Hotflash inc is among the top 1.5 percent of podcasts in the world according to Listen Notes. It was named the number one podcast in women’s health in August 2023 by GOODPODS.

Episodes (227)

August 28, 2026 ∙ 33 mins

222 Roxanne Prichard: Sleep Is a Feminist Issue

🌿 THE HOTFLASH INC SUMMIT IS COMING BACK IN SEPTEMBER! Get on the newsletter to be the first to hear, so you can sign up the moment doors open. You do not want to miss this year. Get on the newsletter → here. This was one of my favourite talks from last year’s inaugural Hotflash […]

August 21, 2026 ∙ 58 mins

221 Dr Aviva Romm wants to know: how are you really feeling?

THE HOTFLASH INC SUMMIT IS COMING BACK IN SEPTEMBER! Watch this space, get on the newsletter, or follow us on socials to find out more. This is one of our most popular talks from last year’s inaugural event, recorded in mid-2025. Dr. Aviva Romm is a Yale-trained MD, board-certified family physician, and world-renowned midwife and […]

August 15, 2026 ∙ 16 mins

220 SOLO: THE ONE QUESTION EVERY WOMAN IN PERIMENOPAUSE NEEDS TO ASK HERSELF

🌿 The Hot Truth About Hormone Therapy — I mapped what’s actually happening in our bodies, the 12 different (and often conflicting) approaches to prescribing hormone therapy that are on offer – YES 12 – answered the tough questions, pointed out the gaps and so much more so YOU can feel good about what you […]

August 7, 2026 ∙ 37 mins

219 'Perimenopause Doesn't Break Relationships – It Reveals the Cracks Already There' – Simon Salt

🔥 The Hot Truth About Hormone Therapy – get the guide that cuts through the noise on HRT Simon Salt spent four years watching his wife get dismissed by doctors – told it was UTIs, bad diet, lack of sleep, anything but perimenopause — before she finally got a diagnosis. He spent another year and […]

July 24, 2026 ∙ 43 mins

218 Anissa Nova on Reclaiming Menopause with Traditional Chinese Medicine

🔥 Breaking news! Get The Hot Truth About Hormone Therapy – it’s out now! This is a digital guide to help women and the women who care for them to navigate the chaos. Anissa Nova spent years in corporate tech before retraining as a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture, herbalism and energy work. Now […]

About

Hotflash inc is an evidence, expert and human-experience driven podcast looking for the true truth in perimenopause, menopause and beyond.

In more than 100 episodes menopause and midlife journalist and host Ann Marie McQueen has spoken to a wide range of experts from around the globe, including practitioners, activists, researchers, doctors and industry leaders about this perplexing transition we still know too little about. She’s talked about her own frustrations and personal experiences. And she has connected with a perimenoposse of powerful women in the midst of a perplexing transition.

Hotflash inc is among the top 1.5 percent of podcasts in the world according to Listen Notes. It was named the number one podcast in women’s health in August 2023 by GOODPODS.

Most replayed moment: What your wearable is really telling you | Dr Malcolm Finlay

From smartwatches to fitness trackers, more of us than ever are monitoring our health in real time. With just a glance at our wrist, we can check our step count, sleep quality, heart rate and, more recently, something called HRV. But what do these numbers actually mean? And more importantly, how can we use them […]
235 | Want Less Belly Fat? Stop Throwing Away Your Good Weeks

What if the healthy habits you’re tempted to dismiss are already changing your body? You planned three workouts but finished two. You ate well most of the day, but dinner went sideways. You walked three times instead of every day. When the week wasn’t perfect, you decided it didn’t count. But it did count. In […]
354 🪞 How We Lose Ourselves in Love: Trauma Bonding, Self-Abandonment & Breaking Free with Jessica Anne Pressler, Author of “Traitor Within”

Have you ever looked back at a relationship and wondered, how did I lose myself like that? In this powerful episode, Wendy sits down with Jessica Anne Pressler — a Columbia-trained psychotherapist, hospice grief counselor, and author of the new psychological suspense novel Traitor Within — to talk about self-abandonment, trauma bonding, and the hidden […]