Episodes

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 […]

154: REPLAY Dr Vikram Talaulikar: Straight facts about hormone therapy
Send us a text This podcast originally ran on October 21, 2023. This week we get down to basics, and basics are exactly what we need in this confusing world right now. This is THE podcast to listen to if you are confused about all things to do with taking hormone therapy. Dr Vikram Sinai […]

183 The Menopause GAP with Anne-Marie McQueen
Join me and Anne-Marie McQueen in our conversation about how treating menopause can feel like being out in the Wild West. Anne-Marie McQueen, a journalist and founder of Hot Flash Inc, shares her phenomenal insights into what she’s learnt in her year’s interviewing many menopause specialists. In this conversation, we talk about: 🌱 Menopause Journalism […]

Ep. 161 – Should All Women Be Offered Progesterone at 40?
Dr. Fiona Lovely is a longevity, health and wellness expert with specialties in menopause medicine, functional neurology and functional medicine. She is speaking to the topics of women’s health around perimenopause and menopause. Today, we talk about upgrading women’s health and how we can offer women better options earlier and how you can advocate […]

176 Understanding Hormonal Sensitivity in Women with Paula Rastrick
Join me and Paula Rastrick in our candid conversation about understanding hormonal sensitivity in women. You may know Paula from the recent Panorama documentary, The Menopause Industry Uncovered. Well, today she shares the FULL story plus why she is passionate about people in the menopause profession becoming more trauma-informed. We talk about: 🌱 Personal Experience […]

129: 21 questions about hormone therapy
Send us a text In this solo episode, Hotflash inc podcast host and founder Ann Marie McQueen writes down all the questions she has about hormone therapy (and what we hear about hormone therapy). This is a long time coming: she's been researching perimenopause, menopause and women's midlife health for 5+ years now. Settle in. […]

128: When infertility and perimenopause collide with Oova founder Dr Amy Divaraniya
Send us a text Dr Amy Divaraniya is the CEO and Founder of Oova, a leading women’s health platform known for its physician-backed fertility and perimenopause at-home hormone monitoring. Oova empowers people to take control of their hormone health from their first period and to their last and beyond. Prior to founding Oova, Dr. Divaraniya […]

123: You’re Not Too F***ing Old: How Jen Marples is helping women over 40 get seen, heard, paid and make an impact
Send us a text FULL DISCLOSURE: Jen and I recorded this interview last year. Almost a year ago. It was and is so important to me that I am sharing it with you now, with Jen’s blessing. (It fell into the “I took a short break to build my business and then my dad died […]

119: How to keep your bones, muscles, tendons and fascia strong through menopause with Buff Bones' Rebekah Rotstein (Part 2)
Send us a text In part 2 of her interview with Buff Bones' Rebekah Rotstein tells Hotflash inc founder Ann Marie McQueen about the complexities of health during perimenopause and menopause, highlighting the importance of both mineral density, muscles, tendons, collagen and fascia. She outlines the Buff Bones comprehensive exercise plan to hit all the […]

113: Unraveling the truth about testosterone and menopause with Professor Susan Davis
Send us a text You may have been hearing a lot about testosterone lately – what it is, why we need it, why we can’t get it… I’ve gone to Melbourne, Australia to ask an expert in women’s hormones across our lifespan, and one of the few people who has studied testosterone in-depth. Professor Susan […]