Menopause Mastery

Menopause Mastery | What Women Need to Know About Burnout and Menopause | Episode 301 with Dr. Tanya Destang-Beaubrun

Menopause Mastery | What Women Need to Know About Burnout and Menopause | Episode 301 with Dr. Tanya Destang-Braebrun 

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What if you're doing everything right for your menopause health—but you still don't feel like yourself?

In this episode, Dr. Betty Murray sits down with Dr. Tanya Destang-Braebrun, author of *Held and Healed*, to explore the connection between burnout, stress, midlife health, and the often-overlooked importance of rest and self-compassion.

Dr. Tanya shares...

Menopause Mastery | Histamine, Mold, & Menopause: Why Your Symptoms Suddenly Change | Ep. 300 with Marieke Steen

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💭 Are you experiencing new allergies, brain fog, insomnia, digestive issues, skin reactions, or heart palpitations during perimenopause or menopause? Hormones may be part of the picture, but they may not tell the whole story.

In this episode, Dr. Betty Murray is joined by Marieke Steen, creator of the SENSE Framework, functional nutrition therapy practitioner, and author of the upcoming book *Stranger in Your Own Body*. Together, they explore the possible connections between histamine, mast cells, hormon...

Menopause Mastery | Can Brain Retraining Help Perimenopause Symptoms? Inside a New Research Study | Ep. 299 with Kate Staszel

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👉 What if retraining the brain could help women better navigate some of the symptoms of perimenopause and early menopause?

In this episode, Dr. Betty Murray is joined by Kate Staszel, a research manager with the Chronic Conditions Research Fund, to discuss a new exploratory study examining amygdala and insula retraining (AIR) in women experiencing perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms.

The conversation explores how hormonal changes may affect the nervous system, stress respon...

Menopause Mastery | Glutathione, Menopause, & Aging: The Missing Piece in Oxidative Stress and Why It Matters | Ep. 298 with Dr. Gina Nick 🌿Welcome to The Menopause Mastery Show!

What if some of the changes women experience during perimenopause and menopause are connected to more than changing hormone levels? In this episode, Dr. Betty Murray dives into oxidative stress, inflammation, detoxification, and the role glutathione may play in supporting the body's natural processes.

Dr. Gina Nick, a naturopathic physician, researcher, and expert in detoxification, joins the conversation to explain how she became focused on glutathione and why she bel...

Menopause Mastery | Why Stress Makes Menopause Symptoms Worse (and What to Do About It) | Episode 297

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🤔 What if your menopause symptoms aren't just about declining sex hormones?

In this episode, Dr. Betty Murray takes a deeper look at the relationship between chronic stress, the HPA axis, thyroid function, blood sugar regulation, and ovarian hormone production. When the body's stress-response system stays activated, it can affect multiple interconnected systems—and that may help explain why some women continue to struggle even when they're using hormone replacement therapy.

✅ You'll lea...

Menopause Mastery | The Grief No One Talks About: Menopause, Caregiving & the Weight We Carry | Ep. 296 solocast 🌿Welcome to The Menopause Mastery Show!

What happens when you're the one everyone depends on—but you never get a chance to stop and feel what you're carrying? ❤️‍🩹

In this deeply personal episode of Menopause Mastery, Dr. Betty Murray talks about the grief that can surface in midlife: losing parents, caring for aging family members, losing a beloved pet, and mourning the dreams and parts of ourselves we had to put aside. This is the side of menopause and midlife that d...

The Menopause Mastery Show | Your Gut Is Talking to Your Hormones: The Menopause Microbiome Connection | Ep. 295 with Dr. Eddie Romo 🌿Welcome to The Menopause Mastery Show!

👉 What if your gut microbiome is influencing far more than digestion? In this episode of Menopause Mastery, Dr. Betty Murray sits down with microbiologist Dr. Eddie Romo, to explore the powerful connection between the gut microbiome, estrogen metabolism, menopause, inflammation, and brain health.

Dr. Romo explains why the microbiome should be viewed as an active metabolic ecosystem—not simply a collection of "good" and "bad" bacteria. They discuss the estrobol...

Menopause Mastery | I Changed My Mind About GLP-1s: What You Need to Know About Ozempic, HRT, and Longevity | Ep. 294 solocast with Dr. Betty Murray 🌿Welcome to The Menopause Mastery Show!

👉 What if midlife weight gain isn't a failure of willpower—but a biological shift that requires a different strategy?

In this episode of Menopause Mastery, Dr. Betty Murray is making a confession: She's changed my mind about GLP-1 medications. When medications like semaglutide and tirzepatide first exploded into mainstream culture, she was deeply skeptical—not because she doubted the underlying science, but because she was concer...

Menopause Mastery | 6 New Menopause Studies Every Woman Should Know About | Ep. 293 solocast with Dr. Betty Murray
 
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In this episode, Dr. Betty Murray takes a closer look at six recent studies exploring some of the biggest unanswered questions in perimenopause and menopause research.

From the surprising role of the postmenopausal ovary to the global factors associated with early menopause, new nonhormonal approaches to vaginal health, and the disconnect between what women experience and what gets documented in the doctor's office, these studies reveal just how much there is stil...

Menopause Mastery | Menopause and Genetics: Why Your DNA Test Might Be Missing the Real Story | Ep. 292 with Dr. Tracey Steady-Hardcastle 

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In this episode, Dr. Betty Murray talks with Dr. Tracey Steady-Hardcastle of The DNA Company about how functional genomics can help women better understand the changes happening in perimenopause and menopause.

They dig into why many common DNA tests feel overwhelming or too narrow, and why a polygenic approach can give a more useful picture of how genes work together. The conversation also covers estrogen detoxification myths, MTHF...

Menopause Mastery| Beyond Hormones: The Cellular Health Secrets to Aging Well | Episode 291

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What if the fatigue, brain fog, and changes you experience during perimenopause and menopause aren't just about hormones? 🤔 In this episode of Menopause Mastery, Dr. William Haas, MD, MBA, joins Dr. Betty Murray for a fascinating conversation about the often-overlooked foundation beneath hormone health: cellular health and mitochondrial energy production.

Dr. Haas shares his journey from family medicine and human performance into root-cause and cellular health medicine, including his own experience with energy, fatigue, and brain...

Menopause Mastery | Perimenopause vs. Menopause: What Most Women Never Get Told | Episode 290

👉 Do you really know what your body is really doing in perimenopause and menopause? For years, women have been told that menopause begins when their periods stop—but that's only part of the story.

In this episode, Dr. Betty Murray breaks down the science behind perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause so you can finally understand what's happening inside your body. You'll learn why symptoms like brain fog, insomnia, anxiety, weight gain, and fatigue often begin years before your last period—and why many women are mis...

The Menopause Mastery Show | DNA Is Not Destiny: The Future of Personalized Menopause Care | Episode 289 with Tracy Wood

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👉 What if the symptoms you've been told are "just part of getting older" actually have a deeper explanation?

In this episode of Menopause Mastery, Dr. Betty Murray sits down with Tracy Woods, CEO of The DNA Company, to explore how genetics can transform the way we approach menopause, hormone therapy, metabolism, inflammation, brain health, and longevity.

Rather than relying on one-size-fits-all protocols, Tracy explains why personalized medicine begins...

The Menopause Mastery Show | What's Really Making Me Angry About Menopause (And Why It Should Make You Angry Too) | Episode 288 solocast with Dr. Betty Murray

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 👉 Let's cut to the chase: Menopause is ignored — and that's a big problem. 

In this passionate, informative episode of Menopause Mastery, Dr. Betty Murray tackles the issues in women's health that continue to frustrate me—and why it's time we stop accepting them as "just the way things are."

From the staggering lack of menopause research funding compared to erectile dysfunction, t...

The Menopause Mastery Show | Invisible Abuse, Early Menopause, and the Hidden Stress Women Carry | Episode 287 with Melissa Rymer

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When Menopause Isn't the Whole Story: The Hidden Impact of Narcissistic Abuse

Many women assume hot flashes, anxiety, insomnia, brain fog, and emotional overwhelm are simply part of menopause—but what if there's another factor making those symptoms dramatically worse?

In this powerful episode of Menopause Mastery, we sit down with Melissa Rymer, survivor, author, and founder of the Victim to Warrior Method, to discuss the often-overlooked connec...

The Menopause Mastery Show | PMOS Explained: How to Read the Patterns (and What You Have Missed) | Episode 286 Solocast with Dr. Betty Murray

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Could you have been living with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) for decades without knowing it?  In this episode of Menopause Mastery, Dr. Betty Murray shares her personal journey—from puberty and birth control to unexplained weight gain, insulin resistance, hormone therapy, and the frustrating search for answers.

In this episode, we cover:
🔹PMOS isn't just "cysts on ovaries." It's a metabolic + endocrine syndrome with diffe...

The Menopause Mastery Show | Fiber: The #1 Nutrient Menopausal Women Are Missing  | Episode 285 Solocast with Dr. Betty Murray

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Protein matters in midlife—but it is not the whole story. In this episode of Menopause Mastery, Dr. Betty Murray explains why fiber may be the missing nutrient behind stubborn menopause weight gain, visceral fat, glucose spikes, hormone detox issues, and gut imbalance. 🍏

✨ You'll learn how soluble fiber, resistant starch, short-chain fatty acids, bile acids, and the estrobolome all influence insulin sensitivity, cholesterol, estrogen clearance, inflammation, and metabolic health. Dr. Betty also b...

The Menopause Mastery Show | PCOS Is Dead: Why PMOS Changes Everything for Midlife Women  | Episode 284 Solocast with Dr. Betty Murray

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PCOS has been renamed PMOS — Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome — and Dr. Betty Murray explains why this is a major shift for women's health. In this solocast, Dr. Betty breaks down why PCOS was never just an ovarian condition, how insulin resistance, androgen signaling, and brain-based hormone feedback loops shape the condition, and why so many midlife women were missed by outdated diagnostic criteria. She also shares her own PMOS story, di...

The Menopause Mastery Show | The Lymphatic Connection: An Overlooked Driver of Menopause Symptoms | Episode 283 with Dr. John Douillard

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Most conversations about menopause focus on hormones—but what if hormones aren't the whole story? 🤔🚺 In this episode, Dr. Betty Murray sits down with Dr. John Douillard to explore one of the most overlooked systems in women's health: the lymphatic system. We discuss how lymphatic congestion can contribute to stubborn belly fat, brain fog, digestive issues, swelling, fatigue, skin problems, and why many women continue to struggle even when they're doing all the "ri...

The Menopause Mastery Show | The Fracture Risks Most Women Miss | Episode 282 with Dr. John Neustadt 

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💊 What if some of the most commonly prescribed medications are quietly increasing your fracture risk?

In this Menopause Mastery episode, Dr. John Neustadt joins Dr. Betty Murray to discuss the updated edition of his book Fracture-Proof Your Bones and why the standard approach to osteoporosis screening may be missing the bigger picture. We get into the limitations of DEXA scans, why bone density alone is not a strong predictor of fracture risk, and the...

The Menopause Mastery Show | The Hidden Shift In Midlife: Hormone Decline, Muscle Loss, and Healthy Aging During Menopause | Episode 281 with Jerry Mixon, MD

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🚺Why do women lose muscle during menopause? And, what happens next? 

In this episode, Dr. Betty Murray sits down with Dr. Jerry Mixon to unpack the deeper biology of perimenopause and menopause. They explore why this transition is about far more than hot flashes, including the major shifts in metabolism, brain health, stress resilience, and body composition that can begin long before a woman's final pe...

The Menopause Mastery Show | How Menopause Health Research Is Failing Women: Why So Many Symptoms Are Missed | Episode 280 with Andrea Donsky

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🚺 What are the real symptoms of perimenopause and menopause, and why are so many women still being overlooked in the conversation around women's health?

In this episode of The Menopause Mastery Podcast, Dr. Betty Murray is joined by Andrea Donsky, a nutritionist, entrepreneur, podcast host, and published menopause researcher, for a conversation about perimenopause, menopause, and the urgent need for better women's health research. Andrea shares insigh...

The Menopause Mastery Show | She Did Everything Right and Still Needed a Hip Replacement: Osteoarthritis, Menopause, and Joint Health | Episode 279 with Zora Benhamou

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What really causes hip problems, even in active women who lift weights, play sports, and take their health seriously?

In this episode, Dr. Betty Murray sits down with gerontologist and longevity expert Zora Benhamou to talk about hip osteoarthritis, joint health, menopause, and what happens when chronic pain leads to hip replacement surgery earlier than expected. This is an honest, practical conversation about why join...

The Menopause Mastery Show | Low Libido in Perimenopause and Menopause: The 4 Biochemical Pathways Behind Low Sex Drive (and How to Rebuild Intimacy) | Episode 278 

🚺✨ Loss of Desire in Perimenopause and Menopause: What Every Woman Needs to Know 

🎙️ Welcome to Menopause Mastery! In this episode, Dr. Betty Murray talks about one of the most common and least talked about symptoms of perimenopause and menopause: low libido.

If your sex drive has changed and you're wondering what happened, you're not alone. Libido is influenced by hormones, stress, sleep, brain chemistry, and vaginal health, which means shifts during midli...

The Menopause Mastery Show | Master Your Thyroid: Navigating Hormones and Health In Menopause | Episode 277

🩺 Thyroid Pauses in Perimenopause & Menopause: Labs, Reverse T3, and Getting Proper Treatment with Dr. Amie Hornaman, "The Thyroid Fixer"

🌱 Welcome to The Menopause Mastery Show! In this episode, Dr. Betty Murray welcomes thyroid and hormone expert Dr. Amie Hornaman to discuss how thyroid dysfunction can overlap with the hormonal shifts of perimenopause and menopause. Together, they explain why this stage of life can be confusing for many women, especially when symptoms like fatigue, mood changes, weight struggles, and low energy are brushe...

The Menopause Mastery Show | Menopause Q&A: Top 10 Questions and Expert Answers to Common Concerns | Episode 276

Q&A with Dr. Betty: Top 10 Questions Women Ask About Perimenopause and Menopause

🌱 Welcome to The Menopause Mastery Show! In this episode, Dr. Betty Murray answers the top 10 most frequently asked questions about perimenopause and menopause. She breaks down what's really happening in the body during hormonal transition, why so many symptoms get overlooked, and what women can do to feel better with the right support, testing, nutrition, and treatment options.

You'll learn more about: 🔹perimenopause symptoms and wh...

The Menopause Mastery Show | The Gut-Hormone Connection In Menopause: Why It Matters and What You Should Know

💡 What if your menopause symptoms are being shaped by your gut health?

🌱 Welcome to The Menopause Mastery Show! In this episode, Dr. Betty Murray sits down with metabolic health expert and author Cynthia Thurlow, NP to explore the powerful connection between the gut microbiome, hormones, and the menopause transition. Together, they unpack how changes in gut health can influence symptoms in perimenopause and menopause, and why the microbiome may play a bigger role in metabolism, bone health, inflammation, and ov...

The Economic Impact of Menopause Women Can't Ignore | The Menopause Master Show | Episode 274

💰 Women, Wealth, & Menopause: Why It's an Economic Emergency!

🌱 Welcome to Menopause Mastery! Did you know: Women control $31.8 trillion in global consumer spending? It's true, yet the healthcare system designed to serve them is falling short. In this episode, Dr. Betty Murray breaks down the staggering economic cost of untreated menopause, why midlife women are the most powerful demographic in human history, and what happens when they step into that power.

From the $1.8 billion in annual U.S. productivity losses to the $2...

GLP-1/GIP Drugs & HRT in Midlife: What the New Data Suggests for Women's Health | The Menopause Master Show | Episode 273 

🩺 Rethinking GLP-1/GIP Drugs: A New Perspective on the Impact During Perimenopause and Menopause 

🌱 Welcome to Menopause Mastery! In this episode, Dr. Betty Murray revisits prior criticism of GLP-1/GIP drugs (semaglutide, tirzepatide). She clarifies that the concern was poor prescribing and inadequate nutrition guidance, then reviews emerging data for midlife women in perimenopause/menopause. She explains how declining estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone shift fat distribution to the abdomen, worsen insulin resistance and cortisol, and change thyroid...

The Menopause Mastery Show | Understanding Women's Cardiac Health In Menopause | Episode 272 with John Osborne, MD, PhD, FACC, FNLA

🌱 Welcome to The Menopause Mastery Show! In this episode, Dr. Betty Murray welcomes cardiologist Dr. John  Osborne to discuss menopause as a major cardiovascular transition and how women are often misassessed using a male-centered model. They discuss women's higher rates of missed or atypical heart attack symptoms (fatigue, shortness of breath, nausea) and conditions more common in women such as microvascular disease, Takotsubo ("broken heart") cardiomyopathy, and SCAD. Osborne criticizes stress tests and the frequent, unnecessary caths, arguing that prev...

The Menopause Mastery Show | Ageless Beauty: Embracing Energy Medicine for Skin Health | Episode 271 with Cathy Goldstein 

🌱 Skincare in Menopause: Energy Medicine, Acupuncture, & the 7-Minute "Facelift" (Plus What Actually Works)

In this Menopause Mastery episode, Dr. Betty Murray and acupuncturist Cathy Goldstein discuss why skincare in perimenopause and menopause is about more than wrinkles and products, focusing on skin as a communication system tied to the nervous system, emotions, hormones, fascia, muscles, and lymphatic flow. They explain how repeated facial expressions and stress can tighten muscles, constrict fascia, reduce lymphatic movement, and impact collagen and skin appe...

Menopause Mastery Show |  Hormone Health 101: HRT Myths & What Symptoms Really Mean | Q&A w/ Dr. Betty Murray, featuring guest Kelly Resendez

📌 What Every Woman Needs to Know About Perimenopause, Menopause, and Beyond

Welcome to Menopause Mastery! Join  Dr. Betty Murray and Kelly Resendez, President of Menrva, as they discuss myths and truths about hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and clarify the difference between menopause and perimenopause. 

They review early symptoms beyond hot flashes, including anxiety, depression, fatigue, brain fog, abdominal weight gain, joint pain, palpitations, skin and hair changes, and shifts in libido and sexual...

Menopause Mastery Show | Understanding Progesterone: Myths, Science, and Health Impacts

Progesterone in Perimenopause & Menopause: Bioidentical vs Progestins, Sleep, Cognition, and the Real Science

Welcome to Menopause Mastery! Join Dr. Betty Murray in this episode as she breaks down the science behind progesterone.  Amid online controversy, Dr. Betty explains what progesterone does in the body, how it declines first in perimenopause, and why bioidentical micronized progesterone differs from synthetic progestins used in birth control and older HRT like Prempro. 

She reviews evidence that oral micronized progesterone (often ~300 mg at be...

Menopause Mastery Show | Starting HRT After 65: Is It Too Late? Transdermal Estrogen and Bone, Sleep & Dementia Risk

Welcome to Menopause Mastery! In this episode, Dr. Betty Murray examines whether starting menopausal hormone therapy after age 65 is always unsafe, arguing that blanket "no" answers stem from an evidence vacuum and fear following the 2002 Women's Health Initiative (WHI), which used oral conjugated equine estrogen and synthetic progestins. 

Dr. Murray contrasts oral therapy's first-pass liver metabolism and clotting risk with transdermal bioidentical estradiol, which has observational and retrospective data (including a large Medicare analysis) ass...

Perimenopause and Menopause Myths Busted!

Welcome back to the Menopause Mastery Podcast! In this eye-opening episode, Dr. Betty Murray and guest Kelly Resendez get real about the top myths and truths that surround perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause—especially when it comes to hormone replacement therapy.

From the difference between bioidentical and synthetic hormones to the controversies sparked by past research, they break down the complexities in simple, relatable terms. Dr. Betty Murray shares the latest science on what actually keeps women healthy as they age, including the impact of hormones on long-term health, bone density, bra...

What if the missing piece in your menopause journey isn't hormones, but your nervous system?
I'm Dr. Betty Murray, and in this episode, I sit down with Dr. Patrick Porter, founder and inventor of of BrainTap technology, a revolutionary light, sound, and vibration system that uses brain wave entrainment to flip the switch on sympathetic syndrome (chronic fight-or-flight), restore sleep, build stress resilience, and rewire neural pathways in just 20-30 minutes a day.

Dr. Porter has been pioneering neuroplasticity technology since 1986, starting with the first personal light and sound machine for pain clinics. 

What if the missing piece in your menopause journey isn't hormones, but your nervous system?
I'm Dr. Betty Murray, and in this episode, I sit down with Dr. Patrick Porter, founder and inventor of of BrainTap technology, a revolutionary light, sound, and vibration system that uses brain wave entrainment to flip the switch on sympathetic syndrome (chronic fight-or-flight), restore sleep, build stress resilience, and rewire neural pathways in just 20-30 minutes a day.

Dr. Porter has been pioneering neuroplasticity technology since 1986, starting with the first personal light and sound machine for pain clinics. 

What if your breast implants are quietly triggering an immune response like organ rejection?
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Robert Whitfield—the only surgeon performing explants
with simultaneous fat transfer—to discuss breast implant illness, why 29% of capsules show
bacterial contamination, and his SHARP Method for optimizing any surgical outcome through
genetics, toxicity testing, and holistic preparation. We also expose how GLP-1 drugs are
destroying fat transfer results and causing premature facial aging.

What if your breast implants are quietly triggering an immune response like organ rejection?
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Robert Whitfield—the only surgeon performing explants with simultaneous fat transfer—to discuss breast implant illness, why 29% of capsules show bacterial contamination, and his SHARP Method for optimizing any surgical outcome through genetics, toxicity testing, and holistic preparation. We also expose how GLP-1 drugs are destroying fat transfer results and causing premature facial aging.

Why aren't your workouts working anymore? In this episode, I break down the exercise science that actually builds muscle in menopause, and why most midlife women are doing it wrong. Learn why exercise must come before increasing protein to fix anabolic resistance, how to use zone 2 cardio without burning muscle, why high-intensity classes may be counterproductive, and the exact strength training prescription (including heavy lifting, progressive load, and protein timing) that signals your body to build muscle and bone instead of storing fat.