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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. 4d ago

    Your heart health starts BEFORE your first period!

    🌿 Be first to find out about the Peri/Menopause Game Plan. My new live experience is coming very soon. Get on the list and you’ll hear about it before anyone else. Join the list → 🔥 Missed the Hotflash inc Summit 2026? Catch up on all 22 sessions with the All Access Pass. Get your All Access Pass → 📘 Want the condensed version? The Hotflash inc Summit 2026 Book of Knowledge has every tool, tip and takeaway from each session, plus all the studies referenced and the best quotes. Order the Book of Knowledge → Your heart health starts BEFORE your first period! An exciting new framework for women's health changes the game. I wasn’t planning to come back to the podcast just yet, but this news was too big to sit on. Four major US medical organizations have just published three coordinated papers in Circulation: the American Heart Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, ACOG and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Together they lay out a new framework for cardiovascular health in girls and women. Right in the middle of it are puberty, periods and perimenopause, now formally named as cardiovascular life stages. In this solo episode, I walk through the four stages of the framework and why pregnancy is treated as a “cardiovascular stress test”. I explain why your menstrual cycle is now being called a vital sign. Then I get to the part everyone wants to know about: what this means for hormone therapy. Short answer: it’s not all about the estrogen. This is joined-up, life-course thinking in women’s health, and it’s about damn time. I’m also kicking off a new run of shorter solo episodes, where I pull together what I’ve learned from more than 300 expert interviews, the research, and all of you. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Highlights 02:44 – Periods and perimenopause as cardiovascular stages 03:37 – The four stages of the new framework 04:09 – Pregnancy as a cardiovascular stress test 04:30 – How medicine splits us into parts 05:30 – The clues have been there for decades 05:57 – Your period is a vital sign 06:35 – Anovulatory cycles and missing progesterone 07:09 – Heavy bleeding, iron and long-term health 07:39 – Preeclampsia, early menopause and risk 08:09 – Hormone therapy is not a magic pill 09:10 – What cardiologist Dr. Kathryn Lindley told me 09:41 – My own cardiologist’s surprising answer 10:51 – Treating symptoms versus preventing heart disease 13:52 – Why it’s almost never just one thing Keywords: women's cardiovascular health, perimenopause, menopause, menstrual cycles, hormone therapy, cardiovascular disease, pregnancy complications, life course medicine Connect with Hotflash inc TikTok: @hotflashinc.menopause Instagram: @hotflashinc X: @hotflashinc YOUTUBE @hotflashinc Facebook: @hotflashinc LinkedIn: 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.

  2. Aug 28

    222 Roxanne Prichard: Sleep Is a Feminist Issue

    🌿 THE HOTFLASH INC SUMMIT IS COMING BACK IN SEPTEMBER! Get on the newsletter to be the first to hear, so you can sign up the moment doors open. You do not want to miss this year. Get on the newsletter → here. This was one of my favourite talks from last year's inaugural Hotflash Inc Summit, recorded back in mid-2025. My guest is Dr. Roxanne Prichard, a professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of St. Thomas, where she's built a career studying the science of sleep and mental health. She's designed popular courses on sleep and dreaming, led workshops for college professionals on sleep, and served on the NCAA Taskforce for Sleep and Well-being. Her TEDx talk, Addressing Our Children's Sleep Debt, was featured in the lecture series Transforming Education, and her research has been covered by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Teen Vogue, and USA Today, among others. What makes this conversation so special is that Roxanne is a true scholar of sleep. Highlights 02:57 – Why women sacrifice sleep more than men 04:44 – The biopsychosocial model behind perimenopause sleep loss 05:52 – The three most common sleep changes in menopause 08:18 – Sleep apnea isn't just a "men's disease" — and it's underdiagnosed in women 09:02 – How to test for sleep apnea from home 11:13 – What parasomnias are and why they happen 12:30 – The dementia risk of untreated sleep apnea 13:25 – The history (and risk) of sleep medications, from barbiturates to benzos 16:14 – The melatonin problem 19:04 – The science of morning light and your circadian rhythm 20:36 – How your circadian rhythm controls half your genes 20:54 – Roxanne's number one sleep tip for perimenopause 21:58 – The truth about sleep trackers, wearables, and "orthosomnia" 25:21 – What the research says about hormone therapy and sleep 30:27 – Reframing sleep as resistance 32:15 – Roxanne's parting wish for every woman listening For more from Dr. Roxanne Prichard: TEDx Talk, Addressing Our Children's Sleep Debt Ms. Magazine, Sleep Is a Feminist Issue: Why Women's Rest Is Political LinkedIn: Roxanne Prichard Connect with Hotflash inc TikTok: @hotflashinc.menopause Instagram: @hotflashinc X: @hotflashinc YOUTUBE @hotflashinc Facebook: @hotflashinc LinkedIn: 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.

  3. Aug 21

    221 Dr Aviva Romm wants to know: how are you really feeling?

    THE HOTFLASH INC SUMMIT IS COMING BACK IN SEPTEMBER! Watch this space, get on the newsletter, or follow us on socials to find out more. This is one of our most popular talks from last year's inaugural event, recorded in mid-2025. Dr. Aviva Romm is a Yale-trained MD, board-certified family physician, and world-renowned midwife and herbalist who's spent four decades studying women's health from every angle – obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, and integrative medicine. She's a longtime home birth pioneer and birth activist, and the bestselling author of Hormone Intelligence (2021), who has never been afraid to challenge the status quo in medicine. In this conversation, recorded for the very first Hotflash inc Summit in September/October 2025, she brings all of it – the decades of clinical experience and the humility of living through this transition herself. It's easy to see why people who attended the summit online loved this interview so much: Dr. Romm doesn't do fear-based menopause content, and she doesn't do "just take the hormones and move on" either. She does nuance – which is exactly what this moment needs. Highlights 03:54 – Why nature gets left out of the menopause conversation 05:11 – The historical roots of dismissing women's bodies (and nature) 09:41 – Is hormone therapy the icing, or the cake? 10:36 – The three questions every woman should be asking herself 13:26 – Why so many of us never learned to ask them 14:31 – Should you take hormones to prevent future disease? 19:21 – The most overlooked fix: vaginal estrogen for recurrent UTIs 21:11 – The good, the bad, and the unregulated: herbalism and botanicals 25:04 – Yes, herbs can have side effects too 30:44 – "This is the third way" 30:57 – What the research actually says on pine bark extract 31:42 – Her go-to herbs for sleep and hot flashes 38:13 – Where are the midwives and nurse practitioners in this conversation? 40:24 – The"alarming" entry of GLP-1s into menopause care 48:53 – It's not just pharma – the whole wellness industry sells fear 50:16 – Why checking your hormone labs in perimenopause is often pointless 57:57 – Fear as a marketing tactic Connect with Dr. Aviva Romm Website: avivaromm.com Instagram: @dr.avivaromm Facebook: @AvivaRommMD X: @avivaromm Connect with Hotflash inc TikTok: @hotflashinc.menopause Instagram: @hotflashinc X: @hotflashinc YOUTUBE @hotflashinc Facebook: @hotflashinc LinkedIn: 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.

  4. Aug 15

    220 SOLO: THE ONE QUESTION EVERY WOMAN IN PERIMENOPAUSE NEEDS TO ASK HERSELF

    🌿 The Hot Truth About Hormone Therapy — I mapped what's actually happening in our bodies, the 12 different (and often conflicting) approaches to prescribing hormone therapy that are on offer – YES 12 – answered the tough questions, pointed out the gaps and so much more so YOU can feel good about what you decide and how you choose – or whether you even choose hormone therapy at all. Know why you are doing what you are doing – and get regular updates as things change. Find out more 👉 here 🔥 Free: The Fix-It-Fast Perimenopause List — And if hormone therapy definitely isn't for you, 👉 here is a really good list that will help you find some relief. This week Ann Marie is going solo – and getting straight to the point. If you're going through perimenopause or menopause, she says, you have exactly one job. It's not losing the weight, fixing your hormones, saving your marriage, or finding the perfect supplement. Ann Marie talks candidly about the health crisis that sent her looking for deeper answers and why she's suspicious of anyone – however well-meaning – who's selling a single fix for a complicated transition. It's a call to stop outsourcing the question of who you are, and start trusting what you already know. Highlights The blame-game buffet: hormones, gut, patriarchy, cortisol What if this decade is for questioning everything? Breaking down fear, shame, and expectations The real job (and it’s not fixing yourself) Wishing someone had told me THIS in my 40s Everyone’s selling their solution as THE solution The heroine’s journey: the descent, the meat hook, the dark night Your one job today Why it’s worth the trip to find out Connect with Hotflash inc TikTok: @hotflashinc.menopause Instagram: @hotflashinc X: @hotflashinc YouTube: @hotflashinc Facebook: @hotflashinc LinkedIn: 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.

  5. Aug 7

    219 'Perimenopause Doesn't Break Relationships – It Reveals the Cracks Already There' – Simon Salt

    🔥 The Hot Truth About Hormone Therapy – get the guide that cuts through the noise on HRT Simon Salt spent four years watching his wife get dismissed by doctors – told it was UTIs, bad diet, lack of sleep, anything but perimenopause — before she finally got a diagnosis. He spent another year and a half after that figuring out it wasn't happening to her, it was happening to both of them. Now he's a certified menopause coach and the writer behind The Quiet Transition, a publication helping men in midlife support their partners through peri- and post-menopause with actual empathy instead of good intentions and bad timing. Highlights 8:29 – The slow erosion: loss of intimacy, and filling the silence with stories 18:20 – The yogurt tub story – and what those irritations really mean 22:46 – Renegotiating intimacy when what used to work stops working 29:00 – Simon's framework: sit, listen, believe 34:12 – Why releasing control is so hard — and so necessary 40:22 – The new wave of men writing about menopause, and what Simon makes of it 42:58 – "There is no man who doesn't know a woman going through this" Quotable "Perimenopause doesn't usually cause cracks in a relationship. It reveals them." – Simon Salt, certified menopause coach, The Quiet Transition Connect with Simon Salt The Quiet Transition: Substack: https://www.thequiettransition.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonsalt Connect with Hotflash inc TikTok: @hotflashinc.menopause Instagram: @hotflashinc X: @hotflashinc YOUTUBE @hotflashinc Facebook: @hotflashinc LinkedIn: 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.

  6. Jul 24

    218 Anissa Nova on Reclaiming Menopause with Traditional Chinese Medicine

    🔥 Breaking news! Get The Hot Truth About Hormone Therapy – it's out now! This is a digital guide to help women and the women who care for them to navigate the chaos. Anissa Nova spent years in corporate tech before retraining as a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture, herbalism and energy work. Now she runs Pure Alchemy in Sydney, Australia, where she blends strength training, breathwork and rest with acupuncture and energy alignment to help women reconnect with their bodies. Highlights 02:04 – The Yellow Emperor's Classic and the 7-year cycle 03:52 – Yin, blood, and turning inward 06:59 – The liberation of no longer being "fertile" 09:05 – Hormone therapy isn't the only solution 10:30 – "We weren't built incorrectly" 12:06 – Helping women transition off HRT when it's not working 17:23 – The energetic nature of herbs 21:43 – What medical qigong actually is 26:12 – Mind, emotion, and energy shaping reality 28:31 – Applying a modern model to ancient medicine 29:47 – Why clinical trials don't reflect real-world treatment 31:06 – Where science's gold standard falls short 31:48 – Appreciating the placebo effect 36:11 – Emotions are energy — clean up now or later 37:30 – Acupressure vs. acupuncture 38:41 – Those electric zaps during acupuncture, explained Connect with Anissa Nova Website: Pure Alchemy LinkedIn: Anissa Nova Instagram: @Purealchemytcm Pure Alchemy — Sutherland Shire, Sydney, Australia Connect with Hotflash inc TikTok: @hotflashinc.menopause Instagram: @hotflashinc X: @hotflashinc YOUTUBE @hotflashinc Facebook: @hotflashinc LinkedIn: 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.

  7. Jul 17

    217 ADHD, Perimenopause + the Female Nervous System with Adele Wimsett

    🔥 Need help right now? Hotflash inc has got you: The Hot Truth About Hormone Therapy is a clear + comprehensive guide to understanding the entire landscape of prescribing approaches – at least 12 – to empower you to make the right decision, for you. The free Fix It Fast Perimenopause List offers quick, practical non-hormonal relief options. Or cover all your bases and get both! Adele Wimsett spent 20 years working in the criminal justice system before a health crisis of her own – her period stopped due to "healthy" habits like fasted training and keto – sent her down the rabbit hole of gender bias in medical research. She retrained as a women's health practitioner, and after her own ADHD diagnosis at 41, turned her science-nerd brain toward a question almost nobody was asking: what do hormones actually do to the ADHD brain? Highlights 10:06 – The "perfect storm": ADHD plus declining progesterone 12:26 – The problem with medicine's obsession with estrogen 18:35 – Organized at work – trauma connection 19:37 – The hidden cost of decades of masking 23:26 – Estrogen and testosterone through a neurodivergent lens 31:08 – Is an ADHD diagnosis essential? 35:57 – 3 practical daily tools Connect with Adele Wimsett: Instagram: @adele_wimsett Free SKOOL Community ADHD & Hormones Connect with Hotflash inc TikTok: @hotflashinc.menopause Instagram: @hotflashinc X: @hotflashinc YOUTUBE @hotflashinc Facebook: @hotflashinc LinkedIn: 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.

  8. Jul 3

    216 Why Perimenopause Might Be the Perfect Time to Try Psilocybin

    🔥 The Hot Truth About Hormone Therapy is here — my guide mapping 12 different approaches to hormone therapy, built from 250+ practitioner interviews and six years of research. $47 until July 15th, then $97. 👉 The Hot Truth Eve Simonsen is a certified psilocybin facilitator and microdosing guide based in the US. We get into why it works, microdosing vs. macrodosing, real side effects and contraindications, what a retreat looks like, and why you should never get your information about this from mainstream media. Disclaimer This podcast is for informational purposes is not a substitute for medical advice. Always speak with a qualified healthcare professional before making decisions. Psilocybin remains illegal under federal law in many countries, including the US and in most jurisdictions outside of regulated state programs. Highlights 07:29 – Why perimenopausal women are drawn to this work 10:33 – Full journey vs. microdosing, explained 19:02 – Real side effects and contraindications 25:39 – Who actually shows up for this work 29:40 – The real fears that hold people back 38:58 – Where to actually go for good information Go deeper Eve's own research available via her Linktree.Psychedelic Passage is a referral network that connects people to vetted facilitators.MAPS is a nonprofit that's been funding psychedelic clinical research for 30+ years.Hystelica is a UK-based nonprofit specifically studying psychedelics and female biology.Deva Collective is a women's-health-and-psychedelics research nonprofit.Double Blind and Lucid News for responsible journalism. Connect with Eve Website: cycle-alchemy.com Connect with Hotflash inc TikTok: @hotflashinc.menopause  Instagram:  @hotflashinc X: @hotflashinc  YOUTUBE  @hotflashinc Facebook:  @hotflashinc Linked in:  Ann Marie McQueen

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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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    Hotflash inc
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
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