The Health Courage Collective

Christina Hackett
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  • Alternative Health
  • Updated Weekly

The Health Courage Collective Podcast is for women who are too busy to slog through hours of generalized, inapplicable and often contradictory health information, but too smart to ignore that a few minutes of focused attention now can prevent years of suffering in the future. Hosted by Christina Hackett - a pharmacist who doesn’t want you to live on prescriptions, a certified coach specifically trained to maximize your potential, and a compulsive learner obsessed with preventative, cutting edge, holistic and integrative medicine. Take a few minutes a week to increase your physical and mental resilience so you can fearlessly look forward to your next 40 plus years, age like a pro, and have fun doing it! Episodes are brief and publish every Wednesday.

  1. 19h ago

    272: Why are Doctors so Divided About Hormone Testing?

    How to work with your perimenopausal hormones in a way that prevents or drastically delays the chronic diseases of aging shouldn’t be a hidden secret or controversial or confusing or seen as a matter of opinion or only available to people with the finances to self pay for services not covered by insurance.  But for now it is. So, what’s the deal?  Why don’t medical providers agree about the value of testing sex hormones around the time of menopause? www.healthcouragecollective.com Link to North American Menopause Society’s 2022 Official Hormone Therapy Position Statement: https://menopause.org/wp-content/uploads/professional/nams-2022-hormone-therapy-position-statement.pdf ACOG faq page: https://www.acog.org/womens-health/faqs/hormone-therapy-for-menopause iPolish Digital Press on Nails: https://ipolish.fashion/?srsltid=AfmBOop9LljxZfdtRvwTpZmMhgdStAlVjYQbnn0G7T-rozoGs7NL9I45 Are you ready to give your cells their best chance to not have to stop living before they die by allowing them access to physiologic levels of hormones, but aren't sure how to even get started?  Join the waitlist for my new beta program here and help me figure out how best to help wonderful women like you get the hormone care they deserve! Join the Waitlist Here Come visit me: www.healthcouragecollective.com email me: healthcouragecollective@gmail.com

    272: Why are Doctors so Divided About Hormone Testing?

  2. Sep 9

    271: The Muscle Building Rules Change After 40

    One of the biggest drivers of the long, slow rot model of aging is the loss of muscle mass that accompanies aging.  There are forces at play that drive that age-related muscle loss.  But once you know about them, you can take countermeasures to overcome them and persist into old age with more autonomy and possibilities than people who don’t deliberately age with anabolic resistance in mind.   Not affiliate Links: Buy Fortagen amino acids here $105 for 45 servings roughly equivalent to 50 gm protein each - aa blend enhanced for anabolic growth.  Fasting and keto friendly.  Do not take with other protein sources. Buy Kion essential amino acids here $50 for 30 servings - roughly equivalent to 18 gm protein each.  Ok to combine with other protein sources. Are you ready to give your cells their best chance to not have to stop living before they die by allowing them access to physiologic levels of hormones, but aren't sure how to even get started?  Join the waitlist for my new beta program here and help me figure out how best to help wonderful women like you get the hormone care they deserve! Join the Waitlist Here Come visit me: www.healthcouragecollective.com email me: healthcouragecollective@gmail.com

    271: The Muscle Building Rules Change After 40

  3. Sep 2

    270: Women Live Longer But Spend More Time in Poor Health

    While you may know that on average women tend to live longer than men, do you know how many of those years are lived in good health compared to men?  There are plenty of challenges unique to being female, but did you know that there’s a magic time period where we can jump in and dramatically change how our future is going to play out?   come to my website: www.healthcouragecollective.com Are you ready to give your cells their best chance to not have to stop living before they die by allowing them access to physiologic levels of hormones, but aren't sure how to even get started?  Join the waitlist for my new beta program here and help me figure out how best to help wonderful women like you get the hormone care they deserve! Join the Waitlist Here Come visit me: www.healthcouragecollective.com email me: healthcouragecollective@gmail.com

    270: Women Live Longer But Spend More Time in Poor Health

  4. Aug 26

    269: Waking Up at 3:00 AM during perimenopause

    Sleepio web based app with virtual therapist Somryst CBTI app CBTi coach free app Insomnia coach free app Provider directory CBT-I: https://cbti.directory/ Book: Quiet Your Mind and Get To Sleep: https://www.abct.org/books/quiet-your-mind-and-get-to-sleep-solutions-to-insomnia-for-those-with-depression-anxiety-or-chronic-pain/ Your risk of all of the chronic diseases of aging, how healthily you age, and how powerful you’re able to be in your life are all affected by how well you sleep.  Good sleep is a tremendous advantage to all areas of your life, but unfortunately elusive for over 50% of American adults and up to 85% of perimenopausal women.  There are so many good and effective tools to try for improving sleep.  And while it’s great to have options, they can make sleep seem like a harder problem to solve than it is.  Different problems have different solutions, and sleep is no exception.  Where to focus your resources gets way easier to decide once you understand the 4 aspects of sleep and which one of them is tripping you up.  Poor sleep is absolutely a solvable problem, and worth the effort to finally figure out.  And you won’t have to do so by randomly guessing anymore. Are you ready to give your cells their best chance to not have to stop living before they die by allowing them access to physiologic levels of hormones, but aren't sure how to even get started?  Join the waitlist for my new beta program here and help me figure out how best to help wonderful women like you get the hormone care they deserve! Join the Waitlist Here Come visit me: www.healthcouragecollective.com email me: healthcouragecollective@gmail.com

    269: Waking Up at 3:00 AM during perimenopause

  5. Aug 19

    268: Kindness Affects How You Age

    What things affect how well you age?  There are lots and lots of factors, but one of the funnest ways to boost your oxytocin, serotonin, dopamine, substance P, and overall healthspan is with kindness to yourself and others.  It improves your mood, reduces pain and cardiovascular risk and helps you live longer and stronger.  And the goodness is contagious. my website: www.heatlhcouragecollective.com my email: healthcouragecollective@gmailcom Are you ready to give your cells their best chance to not have to stop living before they die by allowing them access to physiologic levels of hormones, but aren't sure how to even get started?  Join the waitlist for my new beta program here and help me figure out how best to help wonderful women like you get the hormone care they deserve! Join the Waitlist Here Come visit me: www.healthcouragecollective.com email me: healthcouragecollective@gmail.com

    268: Kindness Affects How You Age

  6. Aug 12

    267: Protect the Organ that's Protecting Your Future

    If you want a healthy future into old age, you need a healthy liver.  Fortunately, it’s extremely robust and pretty low maintenance, considering how much crazy complicated stuff it does. But at least 1 in 4 Americans has liver dysfunction, which will slowly steal some of their agency of what they’re able to do as they get older.  I think it’s worth 20 minutes of your time to learn how to love and protect your liver.  Did you know one of your liver’s best protectors is estrogen?   Come to my website: www.healthcouragecollective.com Are you ready to give your cells their best chance to not have to stop living before they die by allowing them access to physiologic levels of hormones, but aren't sure how to even get started?  Join the waitlist for my new beta program here and help me figure out how best to help wonderful women like you get the hormone care they deserve! Join the Waitlist Here Come visit me: www.healthcouragecollective.com email me: healthcouragecollective@gmail.com

    267: Protect the Organ that's Protecting Your Future

  7. Aug 5

    266: Why You Can't Sleep

    Provider directory CBT-I: https://cbti.directory/  Book: Quiet Your Mind and Get To Sleep: https://www.abct.org/books/quiet-your-mind-and-get-to-sleep-solutions-to-insomnia-for-those-with-depression-anxiety-or-chronic-pain/ Sleepio web based app with virtual therapist Somryst CBTI app CBTi coach free app Insomnia coach free app Your risk of all of the chronic diseases of aging, how healthily you age, and how powerful you’re able to be in your life are all affected by how well you sleep.  Good sleep is a tremendous advantage to all areas of your life, but unfortunately elusive for over 50% of American adults and up to 85% of perimenopausal women.  There are so many good and effective tools to try for improving sleep.  And while it’s great to have options, they can make sleep seem like a harder problem to solve than it is.  Different problems have different solutions, and sleep is no exception.  Where to focus your resources gets way easier to decide once you understand the 4 aspects of sleep and which one of them is tripping you up.  Poor sleep is absolutely a solvable problem, and worth the effort to finally figure out.  And you won’t have to do so by randomly guessing anymore. Are you ready to give your cells their best chance to not have to stop living before they die by allowing them access to physiologic levels of hormones, but aren't sure how to even get started?  Join the waitlist for my new beta program here and help me figure out how best to help wonderful women like you get the hormone care they deserve! Join the Waitlist Here Come visit me: www.healthcouragecollective.com email me: healthcouragecollective@gmail.com

    266: Why You Can't Sleep

  8. Jul 29

    265: Don't Miss These 5 Midlife Screening Tests

    5 Midlife Screening Tests That Give You a well deserved Unfair Advantage Where to get a DEXA scan Where to get a Continuous Glucose Monitor  I’ve used Ageless Rx and had a good experience Where to get a VO2 max test Feeling overwhelmed by “all the guidelines”? In this episode, I narrow it down to five screening tests that are actually worth your time in midlife.  Especially if you want to feel strong, independent, and fully alive in your 70s and beyond. We start with the biggest threat to long-term health (metabolic dysfunction) and why tracking your glucose (ideally with a continuous glucose monitor) can change everything. Then we cover the DEXA scan for bone density, muscle, and visceral fat, plus the VO2 max test as the #1 predictor tied to all-cause mortality. We also talk smarter cardiovascular risk screening (beyond basic cholesterol, plus blood pressure) and cancer screenings that still matter: colorectal, breast, cervical, and skin. The theme: don’t aim for normal.  Aim for optimal. 00:00 Why Screenings Matter 00:32 Show Intro And Mindset 03:06 What Counts As Screening 04:42 Aim For Optimal 07:39 Test One Glucose Tracking 09:41 Test Two DEXA Scan 11:59 Test Three VO2 Max 15:21 Test Four Heart Risk Labs 20:16 Test Five Cancer Screening 23:30 Wrap Up And Next Week Are you ready to give your cells their best chance to not have to stop living before they die by allowing them access to physiologic levels of hormones, but aren't sure how to even get started?  Join the waitlist for my new beta program here and help me figure out how best to help wonderful women like you get the hormone care they deserve! Join the Waitlist Here Come visit me: www.healthcouragecollective.com email me: healthcouragecollective@gmail.com

    265: Don't Miss These 5 Midlife Screening Tests
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The Health Courage Collective Podcast is for women who are too busy to slog through hours of generalized, inapplicable and often contradictory health information, but too smart to ignore that a few minutes of focused attention now can prevent years of suffering in the future. Hosted by Christina Hackett - a pharmacist who doesn’t want you to live on prescriptions, a certified coach specifically trained to maximize your potential, and a compulsive learner obsessed with preventative, cutting edge, holistic and integrative medicine. Take a few minutes a week to increase your physical and mental resilience so you can fearlessly look forward to your next 40 plus years, age like a pro, and have fun doing it! Episodes are brief and publish every Wednesday.

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