Hormone Freedom
Hormone Freedom is the podcast for women over 40 who want freedom from the confusion of midlife health — not freedom from hormones. If you're doing all the “right” things but still struggling with fatigue, stubborn weight gain, brain fog, disrupted sleep, or simply not feeling like yourself, Amanda Hinman and Helen Birney help you connect the dots. Each episode blends functional medicine insight, practical coaching, and real-life perspective to help you ask better questions, recognize possible patterns, and make realistic choices that support your energy, strength, sleep, and confidence. With more than 40 years of combined experience, Amanda and Helen are health practi...
Why Your Metabolism Feels Different After 40 (And What Your Hormones Are Actually Telling You)
If you're over 40 and wondering why the things that used to work for your weight, energy, and metabolism suddenly don't seem to work anymore, you're not imagining it.
In this episode of Hormone Freedom, Amanda Hinman and Helen Birney unpack why metabolism is about so much more than calories in and calories out. As hormones shift in midlife, your thyroid, cortisol, estrogen, progesterone, blood sugar, nutrition, stress, and recovery all play a role in how your body uses energy and responds to food and exercise.
You'll learn why your body isn't broken, why pushing harder...
Your Body Isn’t Broken: How to Decode Your Symptoms and Move Out of Survival Mode
In this special bonus episode of the Hormone Freedom Podcast, Amanda Hinman invites you to look at your symptoms differently. Your body isn't broken—and you're not failing. Your body may simply be trying to get your attention.
Amanda shares her own journey with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and explains why women over 40 often find that the strategies that worked for them in the past no longer deliver the same results. She also shares why understanding your body's unique hormone patterns, nervous system, and signals can help you stop chasing trends and start creating meaningful, sustainable change.
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The Permission You May Need More Than Another Health Plan with Jenna Webster
In this episode of Hormone Freedom, Amanda Hinman and Helen Birney sit down with Jenna Webster, a personal trainer and health and fitness coach with more than 15 years of experience and founder of Body in Motion.
Jenna shares why sleep, rest, and recovery are essential for women over 40 and how giving your body time to recover can create more energy, mental clarity, and resilience for everything you want to do in life.
For women over 40, this conversation is a reminder that you don't have to wait until life slows down to take care of yourself...
The Permission You May Need More Than Another Health Plan with Jenna Webster
In this episode of Hormone Freedom, Amanda Hinman and Helen Birney sit down with Jenna Webster, a personal trainer and health and fitness coach with more than 15 years of experience and founder of Body in Motion.
Jenna shares why sleep, rest, and recovery are essential for women over 40 and how giving your body time to recover can create more energy, mental clarity, and resilience for everything you want to do in life.
For women over 40, this conversation is a reminder that you don't have to wait until life slows down to take care of yourself...
How to Show Up When You Don’t Feel Like It with Audrey Faust
In this episode of Hormone Freedom, Amanda Hinman and Helen Birney sit down with Audrey Faust, also known as the Manifesting CFO, a CFO strategist who helps financially phobic women business owners overcome fear, limiting beliefs, and confusion around their business finances.
Audrey explains why skipping the things that support your health can actually make you less productive, even when you feel like you're too busy to take a break. For Audrey, prioritizing her health gives her the energy, clarity, and compassion to show up as the best version of herself for her clients and her business.<...
Is Your Nervous System Running an Outdated Survival Strategy? With Carissa Brockman
In this episode of Hormone Freedom, Amanda Hinman and Helen Birney sit down with Carissa Brockman, somatic therapist, coach, and founder of Soulfully Embodied.
Carissa shares how understanding your nervous system and subconscious patterns can help you recognize when behaviors that once protected you are no longer serving you.
She explains why so much of how we respond to life is shaped by early experiences and how updating those old patterns can help you reclaim choice, boundaries, safety, and agency in the present.
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Why hormone freedom can begin with...She Walked Out With a Chainsaw, and Came Back a Different Woman with Melissa Lerner
In this episode of Hormone Freedom, Amanda Hinman and Helen Birney sit down with Melissa Lerner, a national board-certified health and wellness practitioner.
Melissa shares how prioritizing her health helped her build resilience, recovery, and strength—especially during challenging seasons of life.
She opens up about how landscaping her yard during a difficult time helped her reconnect with her physical strength, nature, and a stronger version of herself. Melissa also explains why mental, emotional, and physical health are deeply connected and how the small healthy choices we make today can become a “health bank” we can dr...
What If Your Body Is Asking for a Boundary, not Another Health Strategy? With Lindsay Piersol
In this episode of Hormone Freedom, Amanda Hinman and Helen Birney sit down with Lindsay Piersol, a family nurse practitioner, certified nutrition coach, and certified stress management and recovery coach.
Lindsay shares why hormone freedom starts with listening to your body, setting boundaries, and giving yourself what you need in each season of life.
For women over 40, this conversation is a reminder that setting boundaries isn't selfish—it's part of taking care of your health so you can be more present in your life.
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Why hormone freedom means not le...Stop Everything and Be Ridiculously Silly with Shane Kulman
In this episode of Hormone Freedom, Amanda Hinman and Helen Birney sit down with Shane Coleman, also known as Enchantress Shane, to explore how play, movement, and silliness can help women get out of their heads and reconnect with their bodies.
Shane shares why women often carry so much pressure to be productive, serious, and “do it right,” and how even 30 seconds of ridiculous play can create a shift. She explains how sound and movement can quiet the logical mind, help release tension, and open up new perspectives.
For women over 40, this conversation is a remi...
All-or-Nothing Is Setting You Up to Fail After 40 with Tara Roscioli
In this episode of Hormone Freedom, Amanda Hinman and Helen Birney sit down with Tara Roscioli, a certified functional nutrition practitioner and author of Clean Cocktails, Righteous Recipes for the Modern Mixologist.
Tara shares why hormone freedom after 40 starts with getting back to the basics—nutrition, movement, sleep, and stress reduction—and why the strategies that worked in your 30s may not work the same way in your 40s and 50s.
She also explains how an all-or-nothing mindset can make it harder to reach your health goals and why consistency, self-compassion, and mindful indulgences can help...
Why Stopping the Guesswork Helped Her Lose 22 Pounds with Suzanne
In this episode of Hormone Freedom, Amanda Hinman and Helen Birney sit down with Suzanne Longstreet, known as the Millionaire Activator, who specializes in identifying and clearing the subconscious patterns that can lead to hesitation, overthinking, and self-sabotage.
Suzanne shares a powerful lesson from her own health journey: you don't have to figure it all out on your own. After years of trying different approaches, working with professionals, and hearing advice that never seemed to stick, Suzanne finally became willing to receive support, get curious, and actually apply what she was learning.
Because hormone freedom...
When Your Health is Asking You to Change More Than Your Diet with Cheryl Cuozzo
In this episode of Hormone Freedom, Amanda Hinman and Helen Birney sit down with Cheryl Cuozzo, a dual board-certified nurse practitioner and integrative health expert with more than 25 years of healthcare experience.
Cheryl shares why there is no single magic bullet for midlife health and why the strategies that worked for you at 30 may not work the same way at 40 or 50.
Drawing from her own healing journey with Lyme disease, Cheryl explains the importance of looking at the whole picture—including nutrition, sleep, movement, stress, mindset, and environment. She also shares how learning to trust he...
Your Body Doesn’t Need Less Stress, It Needs This with Kindal Boyle
In this episode of Hormone Freedom, Amanda Hinman and Helen Birney sit down with Kindal Boyle, co-owner of Fit Women’s Weekly, a virtual fitness studio serving women around the world.
Kindal shares a powerful perspective for women over 40 who are trying to do everything "right" but still don't feel their best: you don't have to control everything to create meaningful change. Because hormone freedom isn't about doing more.
