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- 0:01Welcome to the Diva Detail. Welcome to the Diva
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- 0:30Well, hello, beautiful people. This is Diva Mia.
- 0:33Today we're going to talk about something we've covered in the past,
- 0:36but with a little bit of a new spin. Today we're going to talk about
- 0:40hormones and some of the new research and things that have come about to
- 0:43help women that is very recent. Stay tuned
- 0:47and let's go back to the hormone discussion. Let's picture
- 0:51this. Let's picture, ladies, I want you to picture that you're, it's 3:00 AM.
- 0:54You've kicked off the covers for the third time. Your pajamas are all
- 0:58damp and wet. Your mind is racing. And then tomorrow you have a full day
- 1:01of work and family stuff to do and life waiting for you. And you don't
- 1:04know what to do because you're not getting good sleep. Now I want
- 1:07you to hear me loud and clear. You do not have to just live with
- 1:10that anymore. There are hormones and, and safe things you can do safely
- 1:15in order to help yourself when you're going through menopause. Just to
- 1:19be clear, this episode is for education and empowerment. It's not medical
- 1:23advice. You need to talk to your healthcare provider about what's right for you.
- 1:26For over 20 years though, a lot of women were very scared away
- 1:30from hormone therapy. Maybe your mom was told to stop taking
- 1:34it cuz they used to give hormone therapy to women. Maybe your doctors
- 1:37brushed you off, or maybe you read a scary headline and decided to, to tough
- 1:41it out. But divas, the science has caught up with us finally,
- 1:46and the message has changed. The medical world is now saying menopause symptoms deserve to
- 1:50be treated. And for many women, hormone therapy is very safe and effective way
- 1:54to do it. So here's what we're gonna cover. We're gonna cover what actually changed
- 1:58in the news recently and why it matters to you, what hormone therapy
- 2:02is and what it will Because there's a lot of different things
- 2:05that it treats. All your options. There's so many different options for hormone
- 2:09therapy that I wanna talk to you about, 'cause I've tried most of them.
- 2:12There's even some non-hormone therapy options. So if you need to increase
- 2:16your hormones, sometimes you can just support them. The goods and the bad benefits
- 2:20with hormone therapy, 'cause I've gone through some of the side effects,
- 2:24and I'm not gonna sugarcoat it. I'm gonna tell you straight up how it is.
- 2:27Exactly how to get started, who to talk to, and what to ask. Some really
- 2:30exciting news too about women's health research in the country.
- 2:33A lot of things changed this year. So women,
- 2:36things are going well for us. We're actually getting more of a say.
- 2:40Things are looking up. So grab your tea, your water, your glass of wine,
- 2:43and let's get into the details. So a little history first,
- 2:46because it explains why so many of us are so confused
- 2:50about hormones. Back in 2002, there was a scare. In 2002,
- 2:54a huge government study called the Women's Health Initiative,
- 2:58or WHI, released results that said— the headline
- 3:01said hormones therapy raises the risk of breast cancer, heart attacks,
- 3:05and strokes. Practically overnight, millions of women stopped taking their hormones. They just
- 3:10stopped because they thought the hormones were gonna kill them. In 2003,
- 3:13the FDA put its most serious warning, the black box warning, on hormone therapy
- 3:17products. And here's the thing, over the next 20 years, researchers looked at
- 3:21the data again and again. They found that the women in that study were
- 3:24on average in their early 60s, often more than 10 years
- 3:27past menopause. They were taking an older pill
- 3:31combination that is used much less likely today. Most people are not on
- 3:34hormone pills. And when researchers looked at younger younger women closer
- 3:38to menopause, the picture was much more reassuring. And the
- 3:42data has changed, and so has the medications. So change
- 3:46number 1, the FDA label. In November of 2025, the FDA announced
- 3:50it was removing the black box warning for menopause hormone therapy.
- 3:54And the FDA officials pointed to research showing hormone therapy has very
- 3:58few risks when started before age 60 or within 10 years of menopause.
- 4:03The risks go down as well. One warning stated that if you
- 4:06still have your uterus, estrogen on its own without a can raise
- 4:10the risk of cancer in the uterine lining. If you're not taking progesterone
- 4:14and your progesterone is low and you still have your uterus, you can actually increase
- 4:19your rate of cancer. But we'll come back to that. Then change number 2,
- 4:22there's brand new guidelines just last month on October 15th,
- 4:262026. The American College Board of Obstetrics
- 4:30and Gynecologists, the ACOG, the big
- 4:34professional group for OB-GYNs, I like that better so
- 4:38I don't have to tongue twist it, released its most detailed guidelines
- 4:41menopause guidance ever. It was the first full update since 2014.
- 4:45Now I will say, ladies, I'm kind of upset that women— women's
- 4:49health seems to just always be put on the back burner. We're going to talk
- 4:52a little bit more about that lately, but for decades, in fact for all
- 4:56history, women's health has always been the last to be addressed.
- 5:00So it's time that we start taking our own health seriously, and we need
- 5:03to advocate for ourselves too. And Divas, this— it's a big deal because they
- 5:08gave hormone therapy a strong recommendation for hot flashes, night sweats,
- 5:12and the sleep problems that they cause. Because honestly, if you're not
- 5:15getting sleep, it's going to cause even more problems. They've also dropped the old lowest
- 5:19dose for the shortest time rule. Instead, they recommend regular check-ins with your
- 5:23provider, and they're going to have you do blood work more often.
- 5:26They said that the best time to start is before age 60 or within 10
- 5:31years of your last period. Some people are starting right before their period ends,
- 5:34and they're in perimenopause. And they also laid out solid
- 5:38options for women who can't, can't or don't want to use hormones.
- 5:42One of the doctors who wrote the guidelines said hormone therapy is probably the best
- 5:45option for women with symptoms who are newly menopausal.
- 5:48Another expert said there's growing agreement that menopause symptoms should be treated,
- 5:52period. Change number 3 is that the experts are talking.
- 5:56Just this past week, the Menopause Society held its 2026 annual
- 6:00meeting in San Diego. Doctors talked about how misread that
- 6:04old WHI data led to less treatment and
- 6:08less education for women, and it was just a scary thing.
- 6:12They talked about menopause as a window to protect your heart. They even talked
- 6:16about low sexual desire after menopause and how to treat it as a whole-person
- 6:20issue. Because ladies, there are some women whose sex drive goes down
- 6:24postmenopausal. And yes, Divas, they are finally talking about
- 6:28our libido at medical conferences. So the bottom line from the news is
- 6:31this: the experts are aligned, the warnings have been updated,
- 6:35and women are being encouraged to have real conversations about treatments,
- 6:38which is a huge shift. This is huge for us because honestly,
- 6:42I don't think they even cared before. It felt like women were the last thing
- 6:45that actually got talked about whenever it came to hormones. So let's
- 6:49bring it down in plain language though. What happens in your body? Menopause is often
- 6:54one full year without a period. The average age is around 50.
- 6:58I think I went into menopause right around 51,
- 7:02but the first— the years leading up to it, called perimenopause, can start
- 7:06in your early 40s, sometimes earlier. During that time, your estrogen
- 7:10and progesterone go up and down like a roller coaster, then drop. That drop
- 7:14is behind so many of the we feel. You may have less libido and not
- 7:17know why. And hormones therapy can also help
- 7:21with hot flashes and night sweats. This is what it treats
- 7:25best. There's sleep problems caused by night sweats, and when you're not sleeping,
- 7:29everything else seems to be off. I know when I don't get enough sleep,
- 7:32I, I feel like nothing works well the next day.
- 7:36It can also cause vaginal dryness, pain with sex. So if
- 7:39sex is painful, guys, women aren't going to want to have it, and they
- 7:43may just be deterred from having it because they've decided that
- 7:47it's always going to be painful. But maybe it's a hormonal issue that you can
- 7:51work with your spouse or your wife to get fixed. Sometimes there's even bladder issues,
- 7:54the old sneezing and leaking after you've had a baby. Sometimes it's hormonal.
- 7:58Bone loss too. It helps prevent osteoporosis and fractures.
- 8:02And this is a big thing for women. Many women also say it
- 8:05helps with their mood, their energy, joint aches, and sometimes you just don't feel like
- 8:09yourself. Talk to your provider though about these because the evidence
- 8:13is less clear with the feelings, but it is as clear with osteoporosis.
- 8:17One honest note, the new ACOG guidelines said that there isn't
- 8:20enough evidence yet to recommend hormone therapy just for depression anymore.
- 8:24If mood is your issue, there are other great treatments and we're
- 8:28gonna get into that as well. So there's 2 ingredients,
- 8:32actually 3 total. There's 2 main ingredients,
- 8:35estrogen. This is part of the, that relieves symptoms and progesterone.
- 8:39Now we did have a podcast talking about testosterone as well. We're not going to
- 8:42cover that much here, but estrogen and progesterone are the
- 8:462 that they were specifically focused on. Estrogen is the part that relieves
- 8:50symptoms, and progesterone, or a similar hormone, if you have— still have your uterus,
- 8:54you need this along with estrogen to protect the lining of the uterus. If you've
- 8:58had a hysterectomy, you can usually take estrogen alone, although progesterone does help with sleep
- 9:03regulation. The way you take it is— this is where it gets
- 9:06fun, because these— there's 2 options. You can take pills that you take by mouth.
- 9:10You can do patches. You stick the patch on your skin and change it once
- 9:14or twice a week. And there's gels or sprays. I've actually had pressed lotion
- 9:18that you put on. Um, there's a vaginal ring that you can have inserted
- 9:21and replace it every 3 months. The progesterone cream is great.
- 9:25And progesterone often comes as a capsule at
- 9:28bedtime. And some women use a hormonal IUD instead. I personally
- 9:33would prefer to do the cream, but it's up to you what you're looking for.
- 9:36Most doctors today like the skin options, the patch, the gel, the spray,
- 9:39or the lotion because they skip the liver. That means a lower
- 9:43risk of blood clots compared to pills. Also, when you're processing everything with
- 9:47your liver, if you have an issue with your liver, you can have problems created
- 9:50by some of the pills. So sometimes the cream just is better.
- 9:54Ask your provider what is right for you. If you have a liver condition,
- 9:56I would not recommend taking the pills, but that's between you and your provider.
- 10:00There's also local or vaginal estrogen you can do if you have
- 10:04a dryness issue. I do recommend the vaginal inserts
- 10:07of estradiol or estrogen, that it's a little different.
- 10:11It's a low-dose cream or a tablet that you have inserted
- 10:15into the vagina. It treats dryness, painful sex, and some bladder symptoms.
- 10:18Very little gets into your bloodstream, so many women can use it safely.
- 10:22So even if you don't have super low estrogen but you seem
- 10:26to have vaginal dryness, which is what I've had,
- 10:29you can use this option. I've done it. It seems to work very well for
- 10:33me. And if sex has become uncomfortable, please know that this is
- 10:37a simple fix for a lot of women. It decreases your vaginal
- 10:41dryness greatly. I will say it has worked well for me. And prescription— there's
- 10:45prescription options as well. And there's a— ACOG also
- 10:49mentions Duavee. I haven't used that. It's a combination of
- 10:52estrogen with another medicine called bethydoxyphenol.
- 10:57Don't know if I said that right. It protects the uterus without a separate progesterone.
- 11:02I'm more about being as close to natural
- 11:05as possible instead of having a bunch of pharmaceuticals. But hormones
- 11:10in general are a pharmaceutical. So there's also non-hormonal. If you
- 11:14can't take hormones or just don't want to, you're not out of luck because there's
- 11:18things you can do too, because there's newer non-hormonal pills and
- 11:21they work on the brain's temperature control center to calm hot flashes.
- 11:25But they're pharmaceuticals as well. And there's certain antidepressants.
- 11:29They can reduce hot flashes and help with mood. The ACOG strongly recommends
- 11:32these for women who can't or don't want to use hormones. There's also gabapentin,
- 11:37which can help with hot flashes and sleep. Lifestyle tools
- 11:40like cognitive behavior therapy, mindfulness, exercise, hypnosis,
- 11:44and acupuncture also help. I know a lot of people that have done acupuncture
- 11:48and it seems to work very well for people. These work best alongside
- 11:53other treatments though. A word on the bioidentical and supplements
- 11:57industry, because you'll hear a lot about compound bioidentical hormones and herbal remedies.
- 12:01I go to a compounding pharmacy that makes a bioidentical cream.
- 12:05But the FDA-approved products already include bioidentical estradiol
- 12:09and progesterone, and those are tested for dose and safety.
- 12:12There's custom compound versions as well, and many herbal supplements
- 12:17that aren't regulated. So just be careful because you don't really know what you're gonna
- 12:21get when it's unregulated. And even when it is regulated, there's no perfection.
- 12:24The new guidelines actually recommends avoiding certain plant-based estrogen-like
- 12:29supplements. Bioidenticals are a little bit better. So ask questions before you
- 12:32spend money. And I know, here's another thing, as a side note,
- 12:36I know some people have been prescribed estrogen cream and
- 12:40they've been using it on their face because it does help with wrinkles.
- 12:43That's kind of off the box, but it's off-label. But instead of putting it
- 12:48between their legs as prescribed, they've been putting it on their wrinkles,
- 12:51and some people have been having very good luck. So you can talk to your
- 12:54doctor about that too, because it is actually a thing all over YouTube right now.
- 12:58Anyway, so, all right, Divas, you know I keep it real.
- 13:02Hormone therapy is a powerful tool, and like any medicine, it has
- 13:06ups and downs. And here's the honest picture: it's most effective
- 13:10treatment for hot flashes and night sweats. Many women feel a big difference within weeks.
- 13:14So if you can get this to decrease your hot flashes— I never had hot
- 13:18flashes, so I don't know how bad it is, but some women
- 13:21tell me it's terrible— so it might help. Then you're
- 13:25also going to get better sleep. When the night sweats calm down, you sleep,
- 13:28and when you sleep, everything else gets better. You're strong. You also potentially
- 13:32have stronger bone. It helps prevent bone loss and lower fracture risk and
- 13:35more comfortable intimacy. That was a big thing for me. That's why I did the
- 13:39inserts, because less dryness and less pain, especially with vaginal estrogen,
- 13:43is important. And then your quality of life will improve if,
- 13:47if sex is no longer painful. Sexual intimacy and sexual health
- 13:51is very important, and I know we've talked about it here on the Diva Details
- 13:55lots, um, because I think a lot of people are afraid. It's, it's part of
- 13:59health. It's, it's your sexual health, and it needs to be addressed.
- 14:03And don't run away from it because it's part of keeping your down as well.
- 14:07And there's a quality of life. Women tell me that they feel like themselves
- 14:11again, more focused, more patient, more energized. You might be more
- 14:14connected to your partner, more loving. Hormones matter, and timing
- 14:19matters in a good way too. When started before 60 or within 10 years
- 14:22of menopause, experts say the benefits generally outweigh any risk for healthy women.
- 14:26There are bads too. There's cons to everything. It's not risk-free,
- 14:30and you deserve to know that. There are blood clots and strokes that can
- 14:33happen. There's a small increased risk, mostly with the pill,
- 14:37and And that's for blood clots and stroke. The skin patch or
- 14:40gel carry less of a risk. I, I'm,
- 14:43I, if I, if it was me, I would not want a pill, but that's
- 14:47up to you. And breast cancer, combined estrogen plus progesterone therapy has been
- 14:50linked to a small increase in breast cancer risk,
- 14:53especially with long-term use. Estrogen alone has shown
- 14:57a different, more reassuring pattern in research. This is very personal conversation
- 15:01to have with your provider. So if you have a history of breast
- 15:04cancer or if your family does, you really need to talk to your doctor about
- 15:08this first, and they can lay out a plan for you. And then you treat
- 15:12the uterine lining. If you have a uterus, estrogen without progesterone
- 15:16raises the risk of uterine cancer. So you got to make sure you're also doing
- 15:19progesterone. That's exactly why you take the 2 together.
- 15:23And starting later in life, starting for the first time after 60 or
- 15:27more, then 10 years past menopause carries more risk. That's why
- 15:31timing is very important. I think one day we'll probably just have a patch or
- 15:34something that is regulated based off of each individual person.
- 15:38There's common side effects, especially in the first few months as you
- 15:42adjust to your breasts might become more tender. You might gain some weight. There might
- 15:46be a little bit of bloating. Your period could also, you could spot a little
- 15:50bit or have irregular bleeding. It could give you headaches, nausea, mood changes,
- 15:54sometimes linked to the progesterone and skin irritations with
- 15:58a patch happens as well. If you have some type of reaction to the patch,
- 16:01the good news is these often fade within a few months. Your provider
- 16:05can also help you adjust your dose and switch the type if it's not working
- 16:09for you, or you could change it to something else. Don't quit on day 10
- 16:12and call your doctor and tweak it. One thing we also didn't talk
- 16:16about is they also have pellets, and the pellets can actually get inserted by
- 16:20your doctor. They're inserted every 3 months into your hip. They have it for testosterone
- 16:25and some other types of hormones. One of the things just to be aware of
- 16:28is I haven't been a big fan of the pellets because what seems to happen
- 16:32is at first you don't get much of a feeling from the pellet,
- 16:36and then it, during the middle of it, it's kind of high and then it
- 16:39drops back down. The pellets can be okay for some people that don't want to
- 16:43deal with daily insertion or daily shots
- 16:47or daily patches. To me, the pellets, it was too irregular on my hormones.
- 16:52I could tell a difference depending on where I was in the cycle of
- 16:55the pellets. You may want to talk to your doctor about it. It's an option,
- 16:59but for me, it wasn't a good fit. And then who, who usually
- 17:03should not take hormone therapy is important as well, because women with a history of
- 17:06breast cancer, you're cancer should not be necessarily on
- 17:09hormone therapy. If you've had blood clots or a stroke or a heart attack,
- 17:12you might wanna talk to your doctor about that too. If you have active
- 17:16liver disease, talk to your doctor before you actually take a, a pill
- 17:20because the pills get processed by the liver. There's another issue
- 17:24with women that have had unexplained vaginal bleeding that doesn't stop.
- 17:27Sometimes you have to have surgery to stop it. So if that's one
- 17:31of your issues, you may wanna talk to your doctor before getting on any hormone
- 17:34therapy. Even if that's you, Divas, don't lose heart because remember all those non-hormonal
- 17:39options we just talked about. And vaginal estrogen is sometimes still possible if
- 17:43your specialist is okay with it. Here's the thing. If you're having— if you're on
- 17:46hormones, you need to know also when to call your doctor and when to
- 17:50go to the emergency room right away. Because if you're having chest pains or shortness
- 17:53of breath or leg pains or swelling, it might be time to go to the
- 17:56hospital. Even a severe headache or vision changes, you may need to
- 18:00go to the hospital right away. And if you do develop any lumps or
- 18:03bleeding after menopause, it's a good idea to get those checked
- 18:08out by your doctor too. The big takeaway though, The question isn't,
- 18:11is hormone therapy good or bad? The question is, is it right for you?
- 18:15That's a decision you make with your doctor or your provider based
- 18:19on your symptoms, your age, your health history. It's a decision for you, and everybody
- 18:23has to make that decision for themselves. Okay, divas, this is the part I'm
- 18:27most excited about because this is where you take action. Here's your game
- 18:31plan. You need to know who to talk to, your OB-GYN or primary care
- 18:35doctor. This is the easiest place to start. Many are now more comfortable
- 18:39prescribing hormone therapy because there's new guidelines. And those new guidelines
- 18:43will help them do the prescribing. There's also telehealth menopause
- 18:47clinics. There's also pharmacists can answer some of the questions, although they'll probably refer
- 18:51you back to your doctor. If your provider brushes you off and says this is
- 18:54just aging or won't discuss it when you're having hot flashes and you can't sleep
- 18:58at night, it's okay. Get a second opinion or find a different provider. You don't
- 19:01have to stay with a doctor that's dismissing your concerns. And Divas,
- 19:05if your provider brushes you off, it's definitely an idea to look around and
- 19:09find somebody else. And do your homework before each visit because you need
- 19:13to track your symptoms for 1 or 2 weeks or up to 4 weeks even.
- 19:16Your hot flashes, your sleep, your mood, your periods. If you have vaginal dryness,
- 19:19if it hurts. I will say when I had vaginal dryness, it was
- 19:23kind of painful. You need to track this. If you're having brain fog, write it
- 19:26all down. There's apps for this too that you can use in order to record
- 19:30all this information. And know your family history, especially breast cancer,
- 19:34heart disease, blood clots, etc. And then you need to know what
- 19:37medications you're on. So before you go to your provider and say, hey, get me
- 19:40on hormones, you should also tell them what medications you are on, what other conditions
- 19:43you have, because you don't want to just willy-nilly this. You need to be clear
- 19:46and see if there's any contraindicating or things that would happen that
- 19:50you take a certain medication and the hormones interfere
- 19:53with it. And write down your goals. I mean, because here's the thing, you may
- 19:56want to be on more testosterone because you're trying to build muscle mass. You may
- 20:00want to be on more estrogen because you have a lot of vaginal dryness.
- 20:04Do you want better sleep, fewer hot flashes, better sex life?
- 20:08Your provider should know what your goal is so that they know how to help
- 20:11regulate this and measure it, because they're going to do blood work and they're going
- 20:14to check you out. Here's some questions that you can ask your provider: Based on
- 20:18my age and health history, am I a good candidate for hormone therapy?
- 20:21That's question number 1. And then ask them which type, which one—
- 20:25the pill, the patch, the gel, the ring— and ask them why.
- 20:28Maybe they're just used to prescribing a pill But maybe the gel or
- 20:32the patch might be better for you. And then ask them what the side effects
- 20:36have of each medication that they're going to prescribe. You've got to take control of
- 20:40your health as well. And for each different thing, you'll— there'll be a timeline
- 20:43on when you should start feeling better. And sometimes hormones
- 20:47aren't right for you. It's— it based off your health history, it may not
- 20:51be the right thing. So you have to talk to your provider in detail.
- 20:54And don't feel bad about talking to them in detail because this is a big
- 20:57shift if you're going to go on hormones. Give it time and, and, you know,
- 21:00and stay in touch. Many women feel better within a few weeks, but it can
- 21:04take 2 or 3 months to find your sweet spot. So you may need to
- 21:07reach out to your doctor again and expect a follow-up visit. But I will tell
- 21:11you, once you get on hormones, it feels so much better. And many hormone therapist
- 21:15provide products have affordable generic versions too. So it's not that expensive
- 21:19if you can find the generic version. Now, divas, I have to share some good
- 21:23news because women's health is getting a lot of attention right now. On October
- 21:2719th, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order
- 21:31called Advancing Women's Health to Improve Outcomes in All Phases
- 21:35of Life. I think this is what's triggering a lot of the changes
- 21:38right now. And First Lady Melania Trump was the one that was really pushing for
- 21:42this. But the quick clarification is this was an executive order signed at the White
- 21:46House. It wasn't a bill signed by Congress. But here's what it does.
- 21:49It creates a new Women's Health Division at the National Institutes of Health. There wasn't
- 21:53one before. And that shocked me. They don't even have a women's division.
- 21:58The country's largest medical research agency,
- 22:01this division is supposed to be set up in the next 90 days.
- 22:04The National Institutes didn't have one. Anyway, it works alongside the
- 22:09existing National Institutes of Health office,
- 22:12and its job is to find women's health conditions that haven't
- 22:16been studied enough and steer more research towards them. Now,
- 22:20there's a lot of women's health conditions. There's things related specifically
- 22:24to women and things that only affect women, and I hope that they dive deep
- 22:27into this. It also creates a White House Women's Health Task Force to coordinate
- 22:31effort across the federal government, and the goal includes speeding up research
- 22:35using new technology like AI and making medical breakthroughs more accessible and
- 22:39affordable for women. Now, as anything in the news, people have
- 22:43different views. Some advocates and lawmakers in both parties have raised questions
- 22:47about funding and about how the division will be staffed and paid for, but experts
- 22:51say we'll learn more over the coming months. And honestly,
- 22:54honestly, they might have to reallocate some funds from something else. So just
- 22:58pay attention to it. But it's kind of nice to actually have something
- 23:01focused on women because here's what I want you to take away from this.
- 23:04It's— if we put it all together, the updated FDA labels,
- 23:07the new medical guidelines, the expert gathering in San Diego,
- 23:11women's health and our health is finally front and center.
- 23:13Menopause has gone from whispered talk about in back rooms that nobody
- 23:17wanted to address, and it's now something to celebrate because it's part
- 23:21of the national conversation. For too long, women were told menopause
- 23:25is just something we have to suffer through, and now it's actually getting some
- 23:29attention, I think is very important. We used to just grit our teeth
- 23:32and fan ourselves and say, don't complain, but untreated symptoms
- 23:36aren't just uncomfortable. They can affect your sleep, your mood, your focus,
- 23:40your relationships, your work, and even your health down the road.
- 23:43So bone loss can lead to fractures and painful sex
- 23:46can take a toll on your marriage. And intimacy and confidence. You don't
- 23:51need a medal for suffering. You don't need to ask for help
- 23:55and then not be heard. Asking for help is not a weakness, it's wisdom.
- 23:59So your homework for this week is start tracking any symptoms you have if you're
- 24:03going through menopause, write down your questions and book the appointment.
- 24:07Do one thing for yourself. This is important because here's the truth.
- 24:10Menopause is not the end of anything. It's a new chapter and you get to
- 24:13write it. Your 40s, 50s, and 60s and beyond can be some of the most
- 24:17confident, vibrant, sexy, and, and sexiness unstoppable years of
- 24:21your life. In this episode, you, if it helped,
- 24:24share it with your friends, share it with somebody that needs it, share it with
- 24:28your bestie or your sister or your mom. This is Diva Mia. Remember that a
- 24:32diva never goes out of style. Take care of yourself. Take care
- 24:36of your hormones. Take care of your health. Love yourself first. This is Diva
- 24:40Mia. I'll see you next time.
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