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Hotflash inc is an evidence, expert and human-experience driven podcast looking for the true truth in perimenopause, menopause and beyond.  In more than 200 episodes menopause and midlife journalist and host Ann Marie McQueen has spoken to a wide range of experts from around the globe, including practitioners, activists, researchers, doctors and industry leaders about this perplexing transition we still know too little about. She’s talked about her own frustrations and personal experiences. And she has connected with a perimenoposse of powerful women in the midst of a perplexing transition. As of March 2026, Hotflash inc Podcast is number 1 on GoodPods in Women's Health Podcasts. It is amongst the top 3% percentile on Listen Notes and in the Top 60 Menopause podcasts on Feedspot. *Last updated January 2026

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    209: The Best New Menopause Book I've Read – Andrea Donsky on Nourishing Menopause

    🌿 Get the free Fix It Fast Perimenopause List — your quick-start guide to feeling better now. → http://go.hotflashinc.com/fix-it-fast 🔥 Want to understand the full hormone therapy landscape in under three hours? Get on the waitlist for The Hot Truth About Hormone Therapy. → http://go.hotflashinc.com/hottruth-waitlist I don't say this lightly: Andrea Donsky's new book Nourishing Menopause is the best menopause book I've read. And I've read a lot of them. What makes it different is that Andrea actually bridges the gap — the one between "go see your doctor and get hormones" and "go natural and avoid everything." Most women don't even know that gap exists. Andrea lives in it, and she wrote an entire book from there. With a foreword from a naturopathic doctor and a foreword from a board-certified OB-GYN and former president of The Menopause Society, this book doesn't pick a side. It just tells you the truth. Highlights00:29 – Why Ann Marie called this the best menopause book she's read 01:31 – In perimenopause for 14 years without knowing it 06:57 – Do supplements actually work? The evidence they won't tell you about 10:30 – Artificial sweeteners, seed oils, and why research supports everything 11:35 – Why we need to start listening to our own bodies again 12:41 – 17 reasons women gain weight in perimenopause 13:12 – The Gen X diet culture PTSD we all carry 14:45 – Why the self-blame has to stop 18:46 – What misinformation actually looks like 22:20 – Phantom smells, itchy ears, and why the symptom list needs to grow 24:46 – How to actually evaluate research you see online 26:45 – Why Gen Z kids are already menopause savvy Connect with Hotflash incTikTok: @hotflashinc.menopause Instagram: @hotflashinc X: @hotflashinc YouTube: @hotflashinc Facebook: @hotflashinc LinkedIn: Ann Marie McQueen DisclaimerThis podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice. Always speak with a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your treatment, supplements, or lifestyle.

    28 min

  2. 30 APR

    208: The Hormone Therapy Revolution You've Never Heard Of

    🌿 Get the updated + free Fix It Fast Perimenopause List. → http://go.hotflashinc.com/fix-it-fast 🔥 Get on the waitlist for my new digital guide, The Hot Truth About Hormone Therapy. → http://go.hotflashinc.com/hottruth-waitlist Dr. Felice Gersh is a dual board-certified OB-GYN and integrative medicine physician here to talk about Rhythmic Physiologic Dosing (RPD) – and what she believes is wrong with the current approach of "low, static" dosing of hormone therapy. Highlights07:40 – What "regular" HRT looks like vs. RPD 12:00 – Her argument why "lowest dose" makes no sense 15:00 – Why measuring estradiol blood levels matters 19:52 – Yes, you will have a bleed — that's the point 21:00 – Growth factors, the brain, mitochondria, and estradiol 27:00 – The case for endometrial ablation as an option for RPD patients 31:31 – Vaginal and rectal progesterone — why it matters 38:00 – Progesterone intolerance — what's going on 43:39 – The tissue hormone argument — and why it doesn't pick up the slack 54:47 – Is this safe? 55:35 – The future: hormone pumps and new ovaries Connect with Hotflash incTikTok: @hotflashinc.menopause Instagram: @hotflashinc X: @hotflashinc YouTube: @hotflashinc Facebook: @hotflashinc LinkedIn: Ann Marie McQueen DisclaimerThis podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice. Always speak with a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your treatment, supplements, or lifestyle.

    57 min

  3. 24 APR

    207: Hot 50 & menopausal with comic JoAnna Ross

    🌿 Join us for the Emotional Fitness Retreat Transform Perimenopause into Power Wilson4Q x Hotflash inc Menla Mountain Resort, New York  June 4-7 2026  Sign me up! 🔥 Need help right now? Grab my free Fix It Fast Perimenopause List for quick, practical non-hormonal relief options, and get on the waitlist for  The Hot Truth About Hormone Therapy, a clear + comprehensive guide to understanding the entire landscape of options and empowering you to make your best decision. This week, I’m talking to Joanna Ross – a former Broadway dancer turned stand-up comic, yoga teacher, and creator of the deeply personal comedy special Hot 50. We talk about reinvention, the strange and often frustrating reality of navigating menopause, and what happens when you decide to put the truth – all of it – on stage.  This is one of those conversations that wanders in the best way. It’s real, it’s funny, and it gets to the heart of what so many women are quietly dealing with. Highlights 03:39 – What comedy really teaches you 05:20 – How menopause became her material 06:01 – The ‘wild west’ of menopause 07:24 – Celebrities, marketing & mistrust 10:41 – Doctors, hormones & “don’t suffer” 12:54 – When symptoms hit hard (and fast) 14:13 – The advice that misses the mark 15:14 – Finding relief (and stability) 17:19 – Why isn’t this being diagnosed properly? 18:00 – Learning menopause on the fly 21:08 – The problem with “quick fix” wellness 22:14 – Healing your relationship with food 25:12 – Why women need conversation, not products 27:57 – Comedy meets menopause 29:01 – Prepare before you’re in it 31:32 – Why it’s never too late to start something new 34:46 – The problem with yoga 41:19 – Intuition, discernment & midlife wisdom Connect with JoAnna Ross 🎧 Comedy Album & Special: Hot 50 (available on major streaming platforms) 🌐 Website: https://www.hotjoanna.com Connect with Hotflash inc TikTok: @hotflashinc.menopause  Instagram:  @hotflashinc X: @hotflashinc  YOUTUBE  @hotflashinc Facebook:  @hotflashinc Linked in:  Ann Marie McQueen Disclaimer This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice. Always speak with a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your treatment, supplements, or lifestyle.

    47 min

  4. 16 APR

    206: Emotional fitness, primal wounds and perimenopause

    🌿 Join us for the Emotional Fitness Retreat Transform Perimenopause into Power Wilson4Q x Hotflash inc Menla Mountain Resort, New York  June 4-7 2026  Sign me up! 🔥 Need help right now? Grab my free Fix It Fast Perimenopause List for quick, practical non-hormonal relief options, and get on the waitlist for  The Hot Truth About Hormone Therapy, a clear + comprehensive guide to understanding the entire landscape of options and empowering you to make your best decision. _______________________________________________________________ When I first heard Janice Taylor describe Emotional Fitness Intelligence, something clicked. It felt like the through-line of 15 years of therapy, books, experiments, backstops, progress and questions. Janice is the founder of Wilson4Q, and what she’s building – Emotional Fitness Intelligence – is her attempt to define, measure, and teach something many of us have been trying to figure out the long, hard way. It also happens to land right at the heart of midlife. Quotable "The moment you give anything power outside of yourself, you are operating from your emotional injury." – Janice Taylor Connect with Hotflash inc TikTok: @hotflashinc.menopause  Instagram:  @hotflashinc X: @hotflashinc  YOUTUBE  @hotflashinc Facebook:  @hotflashinc Linked in:  Ann Marie McQueen Disclaimer This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice. Always speak with a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your treatment, supplements, or lifestyle.

    1hr 9min

  5. 9 APR

    205 SOLO: Emotional Fitness shouldn't take 15 years

    Emotional Fitness shouldn’t take 15 years In this solo episode, Ann Marie shares a deeply personal story from her years in breaking news journalism and how unprocessed trauma shaped her internal world well into midlife. She explores why perimenopause can surface long-buried emotional patterns – and why traditional approaches often fall short. This is a conversation about awareness, nervous system reality, and finding a more complete path forward. Highlights The TV character that mirrored my internal realityThe moment at a crash scene I’ll never forget-What adrenaline does in trauma – and what happens afterThe coping patterns I didn’t understand at the timeWhy I thought something was wrong with me“How long have you been like this?” – the question that shifted everythingHow perimenopause cracked open deeper self-inquiryThe “messy beach” and what hormones revealWhy emotional fitness might be the missing piece 🔥 Need help right now? Grab my free Fix It Fast Perimenopause List for quick, practical non-hormonal relief options, and get on the waitlist for  The Hot Truth About Hormone Therapy, a clear + comprehensive guide to understanding the entire landscape of options and empowering you to make your best decision. 🌿 Join us for the Emotional Fitness Retreat Transform Perimenopause into Power Wilson4Q x Hotflash inc Menla Mountain Resort, New York  June 4-7 2026  Sign me up! Connect with Hotflash inc TikTok: @hotflashinc.menopause  Instagram:  @hotflashinc X: @hotflashinc  YOUTUBE  @hotflashinc Facebook:  @hotflashinc Linked in:  Ann Marie McQueen Disclaimer This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice. Always speak with a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your treatment, supplements, or lifestyle.

    15 min

  6. 4 APR ·  BONUS

    204: Why is perimenopause so freaking hard? With Dr Kirsten Smith

    Naturopathic doctor and menopause specialist Dr. Kirsten Smith unpacks why perimenopause and menopause symptoms can feel so intense, where hormone therapy helps, where it gets overpromised, how stress, lifestyle, blood sugar and inflammation shape the experience, and why midlife often becomes a reckoning we aren't ready for. Highlights 05:47 – Why midlife demands radical responsibility 08:46 – The deeper root cause: self-worth, self-criticism, and women’s relationship with themselves 11:10 – Menopause as sovereignty: freedom, boundaries, and becoming more yourself 16:41 – Hormone confusion on Instagram, soy panic, and how nutrition advice gets distorted 23:19 – GLP-1s, blood sugar, inflammation, and why this conversation is much bigger than weight loss 33:59 – Dr Smith’s own frozen shoulder experience, hormone therapy, and what this reveals about oversimplified menopause messaging 43:02 – Why hormone therapy can be valuable without being a cure-all Fact check: 3 studies referenced Cleaning at home and at work in relation to lung function decline and airway obstruction. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. doi:10.1164/rccm.201706-1311OC;  Oxalate (dys)metabolism: Person-to-person variability, kidney and cardiometabolic toxicity. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14091719 MGLP-1 receptor agonists for weight loss for perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: current evidence. doi:10.1097/GCO.0000000000001015 Connect with our guest Website: drsmithnd.com Instagram: @drkirstensmithnd 🔥 Need help right now? Grab my free Fix It Fast Perimenopause List for quick, practical non-hormonal relief options, and get on the waitlist for  The Hot Truth About Hormone Therapy , a clear + comprehensive guide to understanding the entire landscape of options and empowering you to make your best decision. Connect with Hotflash inc TikTok: @hotflashinc.menopause  Instagram:  @hotflashinc X: @hotflashinc  YOUTUBE  @hotflashinc Facebook:  @hotflashinc Linked in:  Ann Marie McQueen Disclaimer This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice. Always speak with a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your treatment, supplements, or lifestyle.

    50 min

  7. 26 MAR

    203 REPLAY: Is estrogen really the problem?

    This podcast originally ran on 17 July 2025 In this deep-dive episode, independent researcher and Energy Balance Podcast host Jay Feldman walks Hotflash inc founder Ann Marie McQueen through his bioenergetic approach to health, exploring how modern life disrupts our energy systems and misleads us around hormones. Jay explains why perimenopause symptoms aren’t necessarily signs of estrogen deficiency, what progesterone’s underrated role is, and how metabolism, stress, and gut health all converge to influence the midlife transition.His work has been instrumental in helping Ann Marie connect the dots between her own thyroid, gut health, fatty liver, and hormonal changes. If you’re curious, overwhelmed, or stuck between conflicting advice – this one’s for you. Highlights: Why the mainstream medical model didn’t cut it for Jay How energy production impacts reproductive hormones The cultural lie of “eat less, move more” Seed oils, PUFAs and what they’re doing to your metabolism Sunscreens, toenail polish, and endocrine disruption Why low estrogen blood levels don’t tell the whole story What your liver and gut have to do with your hormones Why estrogen replacement might be a band-aid, not a solution Guest bio Jay Feldman is a health coach, independent researcher, and the host of the Energy Balance Podcast. With a background in neuroscience and exercise physiology, he takes a bioenergetic approach to health that focuses on restoring cellular energy and dismantling modern myths around nutrition, metabolism, and hormones. Jay’s personal mission is to help people heal by reconnecting them with their bodies and understanding how modern life throws off our internal systems. Work with Jay & explore more Website: jayfeldmanwellness.comFree Guide: jayfeldmanwellness.com/guidePodcast: The Energy Balance Podcast Join the Hotflash inc perimenoposse: Web: hotflashinc.com Newsletter: Hotflash inc. on Substack TikTok: @hotflashinc Instagram: @hotflashinc X: @hotflashinc Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube | Substack See hotflashinc.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

    54 min

  8. 18 MAR

    202: Unlocking the Hidden Layers or Menopause: Trauma, Hypnosis, and Inner Work with Sally Garozzo

    Unlocking the Hidden Layers or Menopause: Trauma, Hypnosis, and Inner Work with Sally Garozzo Join host Ann Marie McQueen as she delves into the transformative journey of menopause with Sally Garozzo, a clinical hypnotherapist and podcast host. Sally specializes in menopause, complex trauma, and the long-term impact of early life stress. She works with women who sense that menopause is more than just a hormonal disruption, helping them understand it as an identity and emotional recalibration. Sally hosts The Menopause Mindset Podcast and offers individual and group sessions to support women during midlife and beyond. Highlights: 01:02 - The sense that menopause is more than just hormones02:25 - Understanding menopause as a catalyst for emotional sensitivity04:36 - The limitations of traditional medical paradigms for complex stories06:54 - The metaphor of menopause as a tide revealing buried issues09:20 - The impact of childhood and family dynamics on menopause12:02 - The mind-body connection and how perspective influences symptoms17:41 - Personal stories of anxiety, panic, and recognition of trauma24:05 - The science of hypnosis: focus, suggestion, and energy work31:20 - Skills training for mind and body—neurobics and perspective shifts42:48 - How trauma and nervous system dysregulation amplify menopausal challenges44:50 - Words of hope: deep work, attunement, and community support Resources & Links: Marisa Peer - Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) Connect with Sally Garrozzo: InstagramWebsite Disclaimer: This episode emphasizes that menopause is not just a hormonal event but a profound inner transition. Healing involves understanding, acknowledging, and working through emotional wounds with compassion, practical tools, and expert guidance. This episode is for information and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as medical advice; always seek out an expert for proper medical treatment.  Join the Hotflash inc perimenoposse: Web: hotflashinc.com Newsletter: Hotflash inc. on Substack TikTok: @hotflashinc Instagram: @hotflashinc X: @hotflashinc Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube | Substack See hotflashinc.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

    45 min
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Hotflash inc is an evidence, expert and human-experience driven podcast looking for the true truth in perimenopause, menopause and beyond.  In more than 200 episodes menopause and midlife journalist and host Ann Marie McQueen has spoken to a wide range of experts from around the globe, including practitioners, activists, researchers, doctors and industry leaders about this perplexing transition we still know too little about. She’s talked about her own frustrations and personal experiences. And she has connected with a perimenoposse of powerful women in the midst of a perplexing transition. As of March 2026, Hotflash inc Podcast is number 1 on GoodPods in Women's Health Podcasts. It is amongst the top 3% percentile on Listen Notes and in the Top 60 Menopause podcasts on Feedspot. *Last updated January 2026

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  • Creator
    Hotflash inc
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    210
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Hotflash inc
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    The Hotflash inc podcast

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