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160: Your Perimenopause Game Plan with Dr Lydia Kostopoulos

Send us a text In this episode, Ann Marie McQueen speaks with globally recognized strategist Dr Lydia Kostopoulos, whose work spans emerging technology, national security, and macrotrends. But it’s her deep interest in human performance and healthy aging that brings her into the perimenopause conversation. Lydia shares her experience preparing for this life phase with […]
22 mins 22.05.25

158: The Bare-Ass Minimum Approach to Thriving Through Menopause with Jennifer Jefferies

Send us a text In this honest and energizing conversation, Ann Marie sits down with 64-year-old Australian naturopath, speaker, and wellness rebel Jennifer Jefferies – aka @presentdaywisewoman – to talk about how women can embrace midlife and menopause without fear, extremes, or pharma dependency.  Jen brings over 30 years of clinical experience, a surfboard, and […]
46 mins 09.05.25

155: REPLAY Let's optimize our hormones and not get cancer with Dr Leigh Erin Connealy

Send us a text This podcast originally ran on October 15, 2024. Hotflash inc founder and host Ann Marie McQueen sits down with Dr Leigh Erin Connealy, a leading figure in integrative medicine, known for her unique approach in combining conventional and alternative treatments in addressing chronic illnesses and cancer. Dr Connealy is the founder […]
57 mins 17.04.25

152: Why Do Women Go Through Menopause? with Dr Deena Emera

Send us a text In this episode of the Hotflash inc Podcast, GenX journalist Ann Marie McQueen sits down with Dr Deena Emera, an evolutionary geneticist, senior scientist at the Buck Institute’s Buck Center for Healthy Aging in Women, and author of A Brief History of the Female Body: An Evolutionary Look at How and […]
61 mins 27.03.25

140: Unpacking estrogen: myths, realities and menopause and midlife health with Lara Briden

Send us a text In this episode of the Hotflash inc podcast, host Ann Marie McQueen is joined by naturopathic doctor and women’s health expert, Lara Briden. With decades of clinical experience, she is the author of three books: Period Repair Manual, Hormone Repair Manual, and her newest release, Metabolism Repair for Women. Lara’s work […]
69 mins 18.01.25

132: Introducing YOUR Perimenopause Game Plan

Send us a text Today host and Hotflash inc founder Ann Marie McQueen introduces an ambitious project: the Perimenopause Game Plan. This compiles 5 years of research, more than 100 interviews, many conversations with women and her own experience. This is unrolling over on Substack. Listen to the podcast to find out how.  Send a […]
10 mins 05.12.24

120: Dr Salome Masghati knows how complicated perimenopause is

Send us a text Today Hotflash inc founder Ann Marie McQueen is speaking with a board-certified gynecologist whose surgical career was focused on fibroids and endometriosis before she discovered her love for functional medicine and holistic therapy and discovered what it could do for women struggling with menopause, hormones and wellness. Dr Masghati, who offers […]
66 mins 05.09.24

106: Solo episode: BRB

Send us a text I'm taking a short break, and we are going to come back stronger than ever.  Here I explain why!  I also butcher Joe Pulizzi's name, and for that I am sorry.  See you soon. AMx Join the Hotflash inc perimenoposse: Web: hotflashinc.comNewsletter: Hotflash inc. on SubstackTikTok: @hotflashincInstagram: @hotflashincX: @hotflashinc Episode website: […]
6 mins 30.12.23

101: The most inspiring mid-sex-life story ever

Send us a text This is a very special podcast, because it’s with a person who is so authentic and honest about what she’s been through – a rare thing indeed. Over in Canada (Peterborough, Ontario, to be specific) Deborah Porteous takes us back eight years to when she was 53, going through menopause – […]
62 mins 24.11.23

100: SOLO 10 things I've learned from 100 episodes

Send us a text I started the Hotflash inc podcast two years ago on a wing and a prayer and a glass desk, and quickly learned that is the worst possible surface for audio. Along the way I have spoken to the top experts in the world, found out an incredible amount of things, and […]
27 mins 17.11.23