Healthspan on Her Terms with Dr. Sheri

Sheri Erwin, DNP, MBA, APRN, FNP-C Doctor of Nursing Practice | Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
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Healthspan on Her Terms is where Dr. Sheri Erwin, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, a Doctor of Nursing Practice, board-certified family nurse practitioner, and specialty-trained functional and integrative medicine clinician, cuts through the noise, the conflicting advice, and what used to work… but doesn’t anymore. This is where we talk about the real things women experience but don’t always have clear answers for. The energy that’s off. The weight that won’t shift. The sleep that’s inconsistent. The labs that come back “normal”… but you don’t feel normal. It’s the space where you start to understand what’s actually happening in your body and what to do about it. Through conversations on hormones, metabolism, muscle, and longevity, you’ll learn how to move forward in a way that actually makes sense. Because your health isn’t about doing more or trying harder. It’s about finally understanding your body and working with it, not against it.

  1. Sep 30

    I Practice Medicine With One Foot In Each World

    You can do all the “healthy” things and still feel like something is shifting. Your labs may look normal. Nothing is dramatic enough to earn a diagnosis. But your sleep has changed. Your blood pressure or cholesterol is creeping up. Your body responds differently to food or exercise. Weight is harder to manage. Muscle and strength are quietly changing. That uneasy space between “everything looks fine” and “I know something is different” is a big part of why I created Healthspan on Her Terms and why I practice medicine the way I do. I’m Dr. Sheri Erwin, a nurse practitioner, educator, and integrative clinician, and I’m also a woman who has lived through perimenopause and into menopause. In this more personal episode, I share why I practice with one foot in conventional medicine and one foot in integrative care, and why I don’t believe women should have to choose between the two. We talk about the changes that can begin years before a diagnosis, including disrupted sleep, rising blood pressure, changing cholesterol and glucose patterns, stubborn body-composition changes, and the gradual loss of muscle and bone. I also explain why conventional medicine is essential for safety and disease treatment while prevention sometimes requires us to pay attention to trajectory before a number officially crosses a diagnostic threshold. And we talk about what healthspan actually means to me. It is not perfect biomarkers. It is not chasing someone else’s “optimal” ranges. And it is definitely not turning your health into a second job. It is building enough strength, metabolic health, bone health, cardiovascular health, and resilience that future you can travel, carry her own suitcase, recover from setbacks, stay engaged in her life, and keep making plans. You’ll also hear how I think about using the right tool for the right woman, whether that is lifestyle medicine, hormone therapy when appropriate, thoughtful testing, or medications such as GLP-1s, while protecting muscle, lean mass, and bone health along the way. If this conversation helps you feel less alone and more clearheaded about what may be changing, subscribe to Healthspan on Her Terms, share this episode with a woman who needs to hear it, and leave a review so more women can find the show. And I’d love to know: What was the first change that made you think, “I don’t feel like myself anymore”? The Metabolic Defense Project: For $39 a month, less than one dinner out, you get what usually costs hundreds elsewhere. Private vault that grows with new guides, trackers, and checklists, plus a personal app to track your goals and progress included with your membership, not sold separately. You get a live monthly group coaching call with a certified wellness coach. And member pricing on the supplements. All 50 states. Cancel anytime, no contract: 👉 https://l.bttr.to/lmzPN Free Health Quiz: Take the Next Decades Healthspan Quiz: nine questions on energy, brain fog, mood, sleep, and long-term health, plus a one-page guide: 👉 https://www.rootremedyic.com/next-decades-quiz Personalized Care: I work with women in AZ, CO, FL, ID, KY, MT, OR, WA, and WY through Root & Remedy Integrative Care. Start with Know Your Number: a comprehensive lab panel, a 60-minute results session, and a written Next Steps Plan based on your own data: 👉 https://www.rootremedyic.com/work-with-me

    I Practice Medicine With One Foot In Each World

  2. Sep 23

    PCOS Is Now PMOS Why This Was Never Just About Your Ovaries

    PCOS has a new name: polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS. The condition itself did not suddenly change, but the new name finally says what women have needed clinicians to understand for years: this is bigger than ovarian “cysts,” irregular periods, or fertility. In this episode, I explain what the 2026 name change means, what it does not change, and why a diagnosis from your teens or 20s still belongs in your health story today. If PCOS was discussed only when you were trying to conceive and then quietly disappeared from the conversation, this episode is especially important for you. We talk about why an ultrasound alone cannot confirm or rule out PMOS, what features actually support the diagnosis, and how the condition may look different as you move through your 30s, 40s, 50s, and beyond. Irregular periods or fertility concerns may become less visible, while other signals may show up through changing blood sugar, waist measurements, cholesterol, blood pressure, sleep, mood, or difficulty managing weight. This is not about scaring you with a list of future health problems. It is about recognizing patterns early, while you still have the most room to influence what happens next. I also walk through what thoughtful follow-up can include, why a glucose drink test may uncover problems that fasting glucose or A1c can miss, and why ordering more and more labs is not always the answer. We discuss practical support without punishment, including strength training, walking after meals, sleep, nutrition, and medications that may be appropriate depending on your symptoms, health risks, and goals. If you were ever told you had PCOS and then encouraged to file it away, it may be time to reopen that part of your health history. Listen now, share this episode with a woman who needs it, and subscribe so you do not miss future conversations about the health you are building for the decades ahead. The Metabolic Defense Project: For $39 a month, less than one dinner out, you get what usually costs hundreds elsewhere. Private vault that grows with new guides, trackers, and checklists, plus a personal app to track your goals and progress included with your membership, not sold separately. You get a live monthly group coaching call with a certified wellness coach. And member pricing on the supplements. All 50 states. Cancel anytime, no contract: 👉 https://l.bttr.to/lmzPN Free Health Quiz: Take the Next Decades Healthspan Quiz: nine questions on energy, brain fog, mood, sleep, and long-term health, plus a one-page guide: 👉 https://www.rootremedyic.com/next-decades-quiz Personalized Care: I work with women in AZ, CO, FL, ID, KY, MT, OR, WA, and WY through Root & Remedy Integrative Care. Start with Know Your Number: a comprehensive lab panel, a 60-minute results session, and a written Next Steps Plan based on your own data: 👉 https://www.rootremedyic.com/work-with-me

    PCOS Is Now PMOS Why This Was Never Just About Your Ovaries

  3. Sep 16

    Where Did My Sex Drive Go? And Is Testosterone Really the Answer?

    What happens when you still love your partner, may still find them attractive, but sex simply does not cross your mind anymore? It can feel as though someone slowly turned down the volume on your sex drive until one day you realized it had gone completely quiet. That change can feel confusing, lonely and deeply personal. I understand that experience not only as a clinician, but as a menopausal woman who has experienced it herself. A quiet sex drive does not automatically mean your relationship is failing. It does not automatically mean your testosterone is low. And it certainly does not mean you are broken. In this episode, we talk about the different ways low desire can show up. You may love your partner but rarely think about sex. You may enjoy intimacy once it begins but never feel the urge to initiate. Or perhaps you do not particularly miss sex, but your partner does, leaving you feeling pressured or guilty. We also explore something many women were never taught: desire does not always arrive first. Sometimes interest develops only after affection, privacy, connection and touch that genuinely feels good. This is known as responsive desire, and it is every bit as real as the spontaneous, lightning-bolt version we see in movies. But responsive desire is not the explanation for everything. Sleep loss, stress, mood changes, medication, vaginal dryness and painful sex can all turn the volume down. Hormonal changes during perimenopause and menopause may be part of the story, but hormones are only one control on a much larger soundboard. Then we answer the question many women are asking: Is testosterone the answer? I explain when testosterone may help, why a laboratory result alone cannot diagnose low desire, what realistic improvement may look like and why more is not better. Testosterone can be a useful tool for selected women, but it cannot correct pain, restore emotional safety or create enough energy to overcome months of disrupted sleep. Most importantly, this episode will help you ask three questions: Is this different for me? Does it bother me? What do I want now? Your sex drive is not a measure of your femininity, your love for your partner or your worth. If you want help understanding what changed, you deserve a thoughtful conversation rather than being told it is simply part of getting older. Subscribe to Healthspan on Her Terms with Dr. Sheri, share this episode with a woman who may need it and leave a review so more women can find these honest conversations. The Metabolic Defense Project: For $39 a month, less than one dinner out, you get what usually costs hundreds elsewhere. Private vault that grows with new guides, trackers, and checklists, plus a personal app to track your goals and progress included with your membership, not sold separately. You get a live monthly group coaching call with a certified wellness coach. And member pricing on the supplements. All 50 states. Cancel anytime, no contract: 👉 https://l.bttr.to/lmzPN Free Health Quiz: Take the Next Decades Healthspan Quiz: nine questions on energy, brain fog, mood, sleep, and long-term health, plus a one-page guide: 👉 https://www.rootremedyic.com/next-decades-quiz Personalized Care: I work with women in AZ, CO, FL, ID, KY, MT, OR, WA, and WY through Root & Remedy Integrative Care. Start with Know Your Number: a comprehensive lab panel, a 60-minute results session, and a written Next Steps Plan based on your own data: 👉 https://www.rootremedyic.com/work-with-me

    Where Did My Sex Drive Go? And Is Testosterone Really the Answer?

  4. Sep 9

    The Midlife Blood Pressure Change Most Women Miss

    You may know your weight, cholesterol, or A1c, but do you know your usual blood pressure? Not one rushed office reading. Your actual pattern. In this episode of Healthspan on Her Terms with Dr. Sheri, Dr. Sheri Erwin explains why blood pressure deserves more attention from the late 30s forward and how it connects with the larger midlife picture: changing hormones, disrupted sleep, insulin resistance, lipid shifts, stress, muscle loss, abdominal fat, and future cardiovascular risk. You’ll learn why one normal or high office reading does not tell the whole story, how to take a more useful blood-pressure reading at home, and why pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia, gestational hypertension, and gestational diabetes still belong in your health history decades later. Dr. Sheri also explains what the top and bottom numbers mean, when a pattern deserves evaluation, and why blood pressure should be interpreted alongside glucose, cholesterol, waist measurement, family history, symptoms, and lifestyle. This is not about chasing a perfect number or assuming every change is caused by menopause. It is about using good information to recognize patterns early and make thoughtful decisions for the decades ahead. If you have scattered results but no clear picture, the Know Your Number approach at Root & Remedy Integrative Care is designed to help connect those pieces and turn them into a realistic healthspan plan. Subscribe, share this episode with a friend, and leave a review so more women can find Healthspan on Her Terms with Dr. Sheri. Educational note: This episode is for general education and does not replace individualized medical care. Seek emergency care for severe blood-pressure readings accompanied by symptoms such as chest pain, shortness of breath, weakness, vision changes, or difficulty speaking. The Metabolic Defense Project: For $39 a month, less than one dinner out, you get what usually costs hundreds elsewhere. Private vault that grows with new guides, trackers, and checklists, plus a personal app to track your goals and progress included with your membership, not sold separately. You get a live monthly group coaching call with a certified wellness coach. And member pricing on the supplements. All 50 states. Cancel anytime, no contract: 👉 https://l.bttr.to/lmzPN Free Health Quiz: Take the Next Decades Healthspan Quiz: nine questions on energy, brain fog, mood, sleep, and long-term health, plus a one-page guide: 👉 https://www.rootremedyic.com/next-decades-quiz Personalized Care: I work with women in AZ, CO, FL, ID, KY, MT, OR, WA, and WY through Root & Remedy Integrative Care. Start with Know Your Number: a comprehensive lab panel, a 60-minute results session, and a written Next Steps Plan based on your own data: 👉 https://www.rootremedyic.com/work-with-me

    The Midlife Blood Pressure Change Most Women Miss

  5. Sep 2

    Why Don’t I Feel Like Myself Anymore?

    “I just want to feel like myself again” can sound like a passing comment, but I hear it as important information. It usually does not mean you want your exact life or body at 28 back. It means something shifted. Sleep feels fragile. Energy has become unpredictable. Your periods changed. Anxiety crept in. Brain fog will not lift. Sex feels different. Or your body no longer responds to the strategies that used to work. That experience deserves more than a shrug and “welcome to getting older.” I’m Dr. Sheri Erwin, DNP, MBA, APRN, FNP-C, a board-certified family nurse practitioner and integrative clinician. In this episode, I offer a different goal for the late 30s, midlife, perimenopause, and menopause: not going backward, but becoming the strongest, healthiest, most fully yourself version of the woman you are becoming now. We talk about why curiosity should be the first response when a woman says she no longer feels like herself. A thoughtful evaluation may consider menstrual patterns, sleep, nutrition, medications, mental health, thyroid function, iron status, glucose regulation, cardiometabolic risk, and reproductive hormone transitions. We also name an important truth: not every symptom is hormonal, not every woman needs every test, and more testing is not a substitute for good clinical reasoning. Then we make it practical with a simple framework: Restore what has been disrupted and deserves treatment or support. Rebuild the strength, sleep, metabolic health, confidence, and capacity your future requires. Release the expectations that keep you measuring your current body and life against a version of yourself who lived under different circumstances. If you have been saying you want your old self back, this episode will help you identify what you actually miss so you can ask for the right kind of care and begin building true healthspan for the decades ahead. If you are not sure where to begin, the Know Your Number visit at Root & Remedy Integrative Care is a focused first step. We look beyond whether your labs are technically normal to identify what your symptoms, hormones, metabolism, and key health markers may be telling us about your health now and your future risk. Learn more at www.rootremedyic.com. Subscribe to Healthspan on Her Terms, share this episode with a woman who needs it, and leave a review so more women can find the show. What are you ready to restore, rebuild, or release? The Metabolic Defense Project: For $39 a month, less than one dinner out, you get what usually costs hundreds elsewhere. Private vault that grows with new guides, trackers, and checklists, plus a personal app to track your goals and progress included with your membership, not sold separately. You get a live monthly group coaching call with a certified wellness coach. And member pricing on the supplements. All 50 states. Cancel anytime, no contract: 👉 https://l.bttr.to/lmzPN Free Health Quiz: Take the Next Decades Healthspan Quiz: nine questions on energy, brain fog, mood, sleep, and long-term health, plus a one-page guide: 👉 https://www.rootremedyic.com/next-decades-quiz Personalized Care: I work with women in AZ, CO, FL, ID, KY, MT, OR, WA, and WY through Root & Remedy Integrative Care. Start with Know Your Number: a comprehensive lab panel, a 60-minute results session, and a written Next Steps Plan based on your own data: 👉 https://www.rootremedyic.com/work-with-me

    Why Don’t I Feel Like Myself Anymore?

  6. Aug 26

    AGING OUT LOUD

    “Aging well” sounds like a compliment until you realize what people often mean: she looks younger than they expected. In this episode, we pull that idea apart and ask a question at the heart of Healthspan on Her Terms: Can we pursue healthspan without turning visible aging into another problem women are expected to fix? We explore the pressure to cover gray hair, smooth lines, and remain visibly youthful, and why that pressure is not shallow. Appearance can affect how women are treated socially and professionally. It can shape whether we feel visible, desirable, and credible. But aging well and looking young are not the same thing. Healthspan should be measured by more than a reflection. It includes strength, mobility, sleep, metabolic health, cognition, community, intimacy, purpose, and the ability to keep participating in the life you want. Gray hair offers a perfect example. Some women feel liberated when they stop coloring it. Others genuinely enjoy coloring their hair. Neither woman is “doing aging right.” Pro-aging is not a ban on Botox, makeup, skincare, hair color, or aesthetic care. It is refusing the belief that women owe the world youthfulness. We also examine how anti-aging pressure can be repackaged as wellness and how to distinguish between addressing symptoms that deserve care and medicalizing every normal sign of aging. If you are ready to build a long, healthy life without living in fear of your reflection, this episode is for you. If this conversation has you thinking about what aging well means for your health, learn more about working with: Sheri Erwin, DNP, MBA, APRN, FNP-CDoctor of Nursing Practice | Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitionerat Root & Remedy Integrative Care: www.rootremedyic.comSubscribe to Healthspan on Her Terms, share this episode with a woman who needs it, and leave a review so more women can find the show. The Metabolic Defense Project: For $39 a month, less than one dinner out, you get what usually costs hundreds elsewhere. Private vault that grows with new guides, trackers, and checklists, plus a personal app to track your goals and progress included with your membership, not sold separately. You get a live monthly group coaching call with a certified wellness coach. And member pricing on the supplements. All 50 states. Cancel anytime, no contract: 👉 https://l.bttr.to/lmzPN Free Health Quiz: Take the Next Decades Healthspan Quiz: nine questions on energy, brain fog, mood, sleep, and long-term health, plus a one-page guide: 👉 https://www.rootremedyic.com/next-decades-quiz Personalized Care: I work with women in AZ, CO, FL, ID, KY, MT, OR, WA, and WY through Root & Remedy Integrative Care. Start with Know Your Number: a comprehensive lab panel, a 60-minute results session, and a written Next Steps Plan based on your own data: 👉 https://www.rootremedyic.com/work-with-me

    AGING OUT LOUD

  7. Aug 19

    Bloated Again? 5 Things Your Gut May Be Trying to Tell You

    You cut out dairy. Then maybe gluten. You bought a probiotic because someone told you it would fix your gut. And you're still bloated. In this episode, Dr. Sheri breaks down five things she wants every woman to understand about her gut, without a long lesson on digestive physiology and without another supplement to add to the cabinet. She covers: Bloating is a symptom, not a diagnosis. Why the pattern matters more than the fact that it happens at all, and the questions worth asking before you assume your microbiome is "bad." Your bowel movements are giving you information. What the Bristol Stool Chart actually measures, and why going every day does not automatically mean everything is fine. Your microbiome needs to be fed. Why fiber and plant variety matter more than the latest "gut healing" food, and how to add it without making bloating worse. A probiotic is not a gut reset button. Why more strains and higher CFUs are not automatically better, and the three questions to ask before you keep taking one. Testing should answer a clinical question. What stool testing can and cannot tell you, and why the biggest panel available is not always the most useful one. At the end, Dr. Sheri walks through a simple seven-day gut check you can do at home. No expensive testing, no elimination diet, just paying attention to the patterns most of us never think to track. Learn more about Root & Remedy Integrative Care at rootremedyic.com, and take the free Healthspan Baseline quiz at rootremedyic.involve.me/next-decades-healthspan-quiz. This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for personalized medical advice from your own healthcare provider. The Metabolic Defense Project: For $39 a month, less than one dinner out, you get what usually costs hundreds elsewhere. Private vault that grows with new guides, trackers, and checklists, plus a personal app to track your goals and progress included with your membership, not sold separately. You get a live monthly group coaching call with a certified wellness coach. And member pricing on the supplements. All 50 states. Cancel anytime, no contract: 👉 https://l.bttr.to/lmzPN Free Health Quiz: Take the Next Decades Healthspan Quiz: nine questions on energy, brain fog, mood, sleep, and long-term health, plus a one-page guide: 👉 https://www.rootremedyic.com/next-decades-quiz Personalized Care: I work with women in AZ, CO, FL, ID, KY, MT, OR, WA, and WY through Root & Remedy Integrative Care. Start with Know Your Number: a comprehensive lab panel, a 60-minute results session, and a written Next Steps Plan based on your own data: 👉 https://www.rootremedyic.com/work-with-me

    Bloated Again? 5 Things Your Gut May Be Trying to Tell You

  8. Aug 12

    Running on Empty? 5 Things Every Woman Should Know About Iron

    Your lab report says "normal," but your body says something's off. That disconnect is exactly why we're talking about iron in a more useful way than the usual anemia checklist. I'm Dr. Sheri Erwin, and I'm walking you through five things I want every woman to understand about iron status, so you can stop guessing and start having clearer, more productive conversations with your healthcare provider. We unpack the most common trap: assuming a normal CBC and hemoglobin means iron is fine. I explain how iron deficiency can show up before anemia, why ferritin reflects iron stores, and why ferritin is not a single magic target number for fatigue, hair loss, brain fog, or restless legs. You'll hear how inflammation can change ferritin, why clinicians often look at additional iron studies like serum iron, TIBC, and transferrin saturation, and how to interpret labs in the context of real symptoms. Then we move to the question that matters most: why is iron low in the first place? We talk through common root causes in women, including heavy or changing periods in perimenopause, low dietary iron intake, absorption issues tied to gut health, and why new iron deficiency after menopause deserves a careful look. I also share why more iron is not always better, what side effects to watch for, and the three questions to ask before starting any supplement: Do I need it, how much do I need, and how will I know it's working? If you're tired of being told everything looks fine when you don't feel fine, press play. Follow the show, share it with a friend who needs it, and leave a review so more women can find these conversations. The Metabolic Defense Project: For $39 a month, less than one dinner out, you get what usually costs hundreds elsewhere. Private vault that grows with new guides, trackers, and checklists, plus a personal app to track your goals and progress included with your membership, not sold separately. You get a live monthly group coaching call with a certified wellness coach. And member pricing on the supplements. All 50 states. Cancel anytime, no contract: 👉 https://l.bttr.to/lmzPN Free Health Quiz: Take the Next Decades Healthspan Quiz: nine questions on energy, brain fog, mood, sleep, and long-term health, plus a one-page guide: 👉 https://www.rootremedyic.com/next-decades-quiz Personalized Care: I work with women in AZ, CO, FL, ID, KY, MT, OR, WA, and WY through Root & Remedy Integrative Care. Start with Know Your Number: a comprehensive lab panel, a 60-minute results session, and a written Next Steps Plan based on your own data: 👉 https://www.rootremedyic.com/work-with-me

    Running on Empty? 5 Things Every Woman Should Know About Iron
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Healthspan on Her Terms is where Dr. Sheri Erwin, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, a Doctor of Nursing Practice, board-certified family nurse practitioner, and specialty-trained functional and integrative medicine clinician, cuts through the noise, the conflicting advice, and what used to work… but doesn’t anymore. This is where we talk about the real things women experience but don’t always have clear answers for. The energy that’s off. The weight that won’t shift. The sleep that’s inconsistent. The labs that come back “normal”… but you don’t feel normal. It’s the space where you start to understand what’s actually happening in your body and what to do about it. Through conversations on hormones, metabolism, muscle, and longevity, you’ll learn how to move forward in a way that actually makes sense. Because your health isn’t about doing more or trying harder. It’s about finally understanding your body and working with it, not against it.

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    Sheri Erwin, DNP, MBA, APRN, FNP-C Doctor of Nursing Practice | Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    27
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    Explicit
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    © 2026 Healthspan on Her Terms with Dr. Sheri
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