Menopause Reimagined with Andrea Donsky

I wore the Leela Quantum H.E.A.L. 360 Capsule necklace for months before recording this episode because I wanted to experience it firsthand before sharing it with you. I took it to California and had a really interesting experience with my daughter that I'll tell you about in this interview with Todd Shipman, a wellness entrepreneur who came into this space as a skeptic and stayed because of what he found. We explore what "quantum energy" actually means, what EMFs from your phone, car, and AirPods may be doing to your body, and how to stay both open-minded...

Dry, irritated, and every lubricant burns or makes a mess? You're not alone. 91% of women say their libido changes in menopause.

Andrea Donsky, nutritionist, author of Nourishing Menopause, 7x published menopause researcher and menopause educator, and co-founder of wearemorphus.com, sits down with Deborah Porteous, co-founder of The Pleasure Pods Company, who hit vaginal dryness in her early 50s and couldn't find a single product that didn't irritate her, ran everywhere, or ruined the sheets. So she and her partner Brian spent two years with a formulator and a team of plant scientists building something better: a 100...

If you're on a GLP-1 and nobody told you how to eat on it, this one's for you. We get into it in depth.

Andrea Donsky, nutritionist, bestselling author of Nourishing Menopause, 7x published menopause researcher, menopause educator, and co-founder of wearemorphus.com, sits down with nutrition and fitness coach Natalie Bean, who is GLP-1 certified and has spent 31 years helping people change how they eat. If you're taking Ozempic, Mounjaro, or Wegovy, thinking about it, or you just want to take back control with food, Natalie walks through what actually protects your body. Spoiler: protein is...

If you have been watching the GLP-1 conversation explode and quietly wondering if there is another way, this one is for you. Andrea sits down with Sarah Kennedy, founder and CEO of Calocurb, for an honest, science-forward talk about appetite, cravings, and why our relationship with food shifts in perimenopause and menopause. Sarah explains why hunger is biology rather than a willpower problem, and how Calocurb uses a hops extract from New Zealand research to gently support your own natural appetite hormones. It is not a pitch for a magic pill, just a grounded look at one more option...

Andrea Donsky is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist with over 20 years of experience in health and wellness, a published menopause researcher, and the founder of Morphus. She is the author of Nourishing Menopause (Simon and Schuster) and Unjunk Your Junk Food, and the host of the Menopause Reimagined podcast, where she shares the latest science, real-talk strategies, and tools to help women thrive through perimenopause and menopause.

Andrea shares her own perimenopause story, the messages from readers that brought her to tears, and the work still ahead for menopause education and care. If you have ever wondered "what...

Andrea Donsky is a registered holistic nutritionist with 20+ years of experience, a published menopause researcher, the co- founder of Morphus, the host of this podcast, Menopause Reimagined, and the author of Nourishing Menopause (Simon & Schuster) and Unjunk Your Junk Food.

In this episode, Andrea sits down with Dr. Amie Hornaman, "The Thyroid Fixer," to unpack what happens to your thyroid in perimenopause and menopause. If you've been told your labs are "normal," but you still feel exhausted, foggy, freezing cold, and like your body isn't your own, this conversation is for you. Dr. Amie introduces a term...

Andrea Donsky is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist with over 20 years of experience in health & wellness, a published menopause researcher, and the founder of Morphus. She is the author of Nourishing Menopause (Simon and Schuster) and Unjunk Your Junk Food, and the host of the Menopause Reimagined podcast, where she shares the latest science, real-talk strategies, and tools to help women thrive through perimenopause and menopause.

If you've ever been told it's just stress, just aging, or just in your head, this episode and Andrea's new book are what you've been waiting for.

In this very...

You walked out of another appointment feeling unheard. Here's how to flip the next one. 

In this week's episode of Menopause Reimagined, Andrea Donsky, nutritionist, published menopause researcher, educator, author, and co-founder of wearemorphus.com, sits down with Shirley Weir, founder of Menopause Chicks and one of the original voices in the menopause conversation. Shirley has spent over a decade moderating questions from a community of more than 60,000 women, and she's distilled what she's learned into a practical framework called Script Tips, designed to help you stop being dismissed at the doctor's office and start getting the a...

You used to digest everything. Now a salad wrecks you. If perimenopause changed your gut overnight, this one's for you.

Andrea Donsky, nutritionist, published menopause researcher, menopause educator, author, and co-founder of wearemorphus.com sits down with nurse practitioner and bestselling author Cynthia Thurlow to unpack the gut-hormone connection nobody warned us about. Cynthia's brand new book, The Menopause Gut (out April 28), is the paradigm-shifting guide to why 94% of perimenopausal women suddenly have digestive issues, and what to actually do about it.

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In this interview, Andrea Donsky, a nutritionist, published menopause researcher, menopause educator, author, and co-founder of wearemorphus.com, discusses PCOS and HRT with Dr. Felice Gersh, an integrative gynecologist and women’s health expert specializing in hormones, menopause, and the connection between lifestyle and hormonal balance.

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In this interview, Andrea Donsky, a nutritionist, published menopause researcher, menopause educator, author, and co-founder of wearemorphus.com, discusses the challenges women face in the workplace during perimenopause and menopause with Lisa Boate, a menopause consultant, workplace educator, and host of the Transforming 45 podcast. 

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Has your libido disappeared? You're not alone. Listen to this interview to learn why and what you can do about it.

Andrea Donsky, nutritionist, published menopause researcher, menopause educator, author, and co-founder of wearemorphus.com, interviews Dr. Diane Mueller. Dr. Mueller is a naturopathic doctor and board-certified sexologist with two doctoral degrees and over 15 years of clinical experience helping more than 30,000 couples restore libido and intimacy. She founded the Hot and Modern Monogamy Club, wrote Want to Want It, and hosts the Libido Lounge podcast.

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So many symptoms in perimenopause and menopause can be traced back to hormones, including sex hormones and the thyroid. In this episode, we take a deep dive into thyroid health and PCOS, and we touch on bone health. Andrea Donsky, nutritionist, published menopause researcher, menopause educator, author of Nourishing Menopause, and co-founder of wearemorphus.com, interviews with Dr. Damola Aje, a board-certified endocrinologist who specializes in PCOS, thyroid disorders, and menopause.

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Our Morphus research shows that 66% of perimenopausal and menopausal women feel more stressed and less able to cope with daily pressures than they did before entering this stage of life. 

In this episode, Andrea Donsky, nutritionist, published menopause researcher, menopause educator, author, and co-founder of wearemorphus.com sits down with mentor Lisa Borden. Lisa is a business development consultant and founder of Borden Communications + Design Inc. She’s also an author, speaker, and creator of The Wellness Intelligence Collective.

They discuss how to reframe our lives by ditching rigid rules and finding curiosity-driven solutions for pur...

Do you know your true purpose? Many women in this phase of life are pulled in so many directions by family obligations, careers, and everything else on their plates. The stress can be a lot, and as we enter perimenopause and menopause, we're less able to cope with it.

In this interview, Andrea Donsky, nutritionist, published menopause researcher, menopause educator, author, and co-founder of wearemorphus.com, talks with Kerstin Lindquist, an Emmy Award–winning journalist, certified health coach, keynote speaker, and Christian author who blends health science with biblical truth to help individuals and organizations thrive in fa...

Are you a tea drinker? We do! It offers many health benefits and is a great way to increase your water intake and hydration during perimenopause and menopause.

In this interview, Andrea Donsky, a nutritionist, published menopause researcher, menopause educator, and co-founder of wearemorphus.com, talks with Cindi Bigelow, the third-generation President and CEO of Bigelow Tea, the family-owned American tea company founded in 1945. 

She helped transform the brand from a traditional grocery-store staple into a modern wellness-focused tea company, expanding into specialty blends, green teas, and functional teas while keeping the business privately held a...

Leaking urine? Painful sex? Constipation? TMJ? Back Pain?

They can all be related to the musculoskeletal or genitourinary syndrome of menopause. Simply, tightness and/or dysfunction in the pelvic floor.

In this interview, Andrea Donsky, a nutritionist, published menopause researcher, author, menopause educator, and co-founder of wearemorphus.com, talks with Jana Danielson, a wellness entrepreneur, Pilates educator, and creator of the Cooch Ball pelvic floor training tool.

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In this episode of Menopause Re-Imagined, host Andrea Donsky, a nutritionist, published menopause researcher, author, menopause educator and co-founder of wearemorphus.com, and guest Dr. Emaline Brown, a licensed naturopathic doctor and Clinical Lab Educator at Vibrant Wellness, discuss why women in perimenopause and menopause should consider functional medicine testing, emphasizing the saying, "don't guess, test". 

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Hormone Testing Types: Traditional blood tests, saliva tests, and urine tests.

Cortisol and Stress (HPA Axis): For assessing the "get up and go signal" and stress responses.

On Menopause Reimagined, your host, Andrea Donsky, nutritionist, author, menopause researcher, educator, and co-founder of wearemorphus.com, is joined by Dr. James Simon, a board-certified OB-GYN, reproductive endocrinologist, and clinical professor at George Washington University. He’s the only physician to have served as president of both The Menopause Society and the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, and is the author of Restore Yourself: A Woman’s Guide to Reviving Her Sexual Desire and Passion for Life.

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Sexual Health Survey Results: Nearly 1,300 women shared their experi...

Struggling with debilitating anxiety? Doctors are telling you that you're okay when you know you aren't. Not sleeping? We want you to know, you're NOT crazy!

On this episode of Menopause Reimagined, Andrea Donsky, nutritionist, menopause educator, published menopause researcher, author of Nourishing Menopause (May 2026), and co-founder of WeAreMorphus.com, interviews Patrice Lockhart, the Caribbean's first certified menopause health and wellness coach and founder of Menopause Survival Care. She uses her personal eight-year struggle with undiagnosed severe menopausal symptoms to advocate for women and guide them through a powerful midlife transformation.

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Are you considering GLP-1 medications? Are you currently taking them? You're going to want to watch this interview.

Andrea Donsky, nutritionist, menopause educator, published menopause researcher, author, and co-founder of WeAreMorphus.com, welcomes acclaimed weight health expert and Registered Dietitian, Ashley Koff, to discuss how personalized nutrition, focusing on how women in perimenopause and menopause can achieve "weight health", a concept that breaks up with traditional weight loss. 

Ashley Koff's new book, Your Best Shot: A Personalized System for Optimal Weight Health, GLP-1 Shot or Not, explains the profound link between overall health signals and w...

Join Andrea Donsky, nutritionist, menopause educator, published menopause researcher, author, and co-founder of wearemorphus.com, and her guest, Jen Aks for another inspiring episode. Jen is a TEDx-speaker, dance educator and creator of The Power of Gesture®, a bodyset practice that bridges thought and embodied wisdom to cultivate courageous, authentic leadership.

On this episode of Menopause Reimagined, Andrea and Jen explore the power of our inner guidance system and embark on a journey of self-reflection. They discuss the importance of personal growth and self-improvement to help you cultivate greater self-awareness and overall wellness.

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