Hotness

Dr. Liz Lyster

Hotness - The podcast where hormones, confidence, and desire come back online. Hotness is where science meets soul, helping midlife women reconnect to their vitality, confidence, and desire. Hosted by Dr. Liz Lyster, Board-Certified OB/GYN and hormone expert, this show offers medical insight and lived wisdom to support you through the physical and personal shifts of this life stage. Each episode explores hormones, sexuality, identity, love, loss, movement, and desire, providing practical tools for understanding your body. Embrace your hotness at every age.

  1. 3d ago

    Too Old to Train? She's 80

    Picture a college president in full academic regalia, covered from chin to wrists. Now picture that same woman at 71, on a bodybuilding stage in a crop top. That's Dr. Maria Cristina Sheehan. After 20 years running a college, she was watching colleagues slow down, gain weight, and develop heart problems, and a couple of them died at their desks. Her family has longevity, and she realized that a long life without health was the last thing she wanted. It was her financial advisor, of all people, who sent her to his trainer. She showed up bundled to her fingertips and worried about getting bulky. Eleven years later, she pulls 120 pounds on a cable machine where she started at 20. She also learned you can't out-train a bad diet, so she trained as a health coach and became her own first client, adopting a high-protein way of eating that finally took the weight off the table. We talk about why so many doctors aren't trained to guide women through strength and aging, and how resistance training supports muscle and bone at any age. Her Stability Solution program starts with two minutes a day, because nobody can fail at two minutes. These days she's upside down on gymnastics rings and learning a balance beam routine, and she wants to be on that beam at 90. Her line about the fear that comes with it made me grab a pen: don't let your fear interfere. As always, check with your own doctor before starting a new exercise program, especially if you have a heart condition, osteoporosis, or a history of falls. - - - - - About the Guest: Dr. Maria Cristina Sheehan, Ed.D., spent more than 40 years in higher education, 20 of them as a college president, before she picked up her first dumbbell at 69. At 71, she won gold on a bodybuilding stage, and she went on to compete in the sports, figure, swimsuit, and bikini divisions until she was 76. Now 80, she is a certified health and fitness coach with Sheehan Health & Wellness. She helps women build strength, stability, and independence through her Stability Solution program and her book, You’re Not Too Old, and It’s Not Too Late to Begin, which is coming out soon in a second edition. She is profoundly deaf, trains on gymnastics rings, and is learning her first balance beam routine. - - - - - A Birthday Gift for Hotness Listeners!  Dr. Maria Cristina’s Stability Solution gives you easy-to-follow videos, printable worksheets, and practical tips to build strength and balance, starting with two minutes a day, and you keep access for life. It’s normally $597. For a limited time, she’s giving Hotness listeners the same $80 price she offered for her 80th birthday. Get The Stability Solution for $80 with code DRLIZ at checkout: https://www.drmariacristina.com/drliz - - - - - Want to Feel Like Yourself Again? Grab my free guide, Dr. Liz's Guide to Midlife: https://drlizmd.com/hotness - - - - - Hotness with Dr. Liz Lyster, MD Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drlizmd.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/drlizlyster/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlizmd/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to Hotness on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠iHeart Radio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get the tools you need to thrive in midlife. - - - - - PODCAST Thank you for listening. Please subscribe and share. This podcast is produced by DrTalks.com ⁠⁠⁠https://drtalks.com/channel-growth/⁠

  2. Oct 9

    What is "Hotness"? Confidence - Dating in the Wild #3

    Solo travel was never on my list. I've traveled my whole life, almost always with family or to visit family, so landing in Las Vegas on my own for a business meeting has been an eye-opener. You make every call yourself, right down to what's for dinner and when. That turns out to be a quick way to build confidence, and confidence is what this third round of Dating in the Wild is about. Ask people what they find attractive in a partner, and self-confidence comes up again and again. I think the reason is wholeness. When you feel whole and complete exactly as you are, and exactly as you are not, you stop looking for someone else to fill a gap inside you. It's the tango idea I keep coming back to: you dance with a partner, and you stay on your own axis. Most of us spent our 20s and 30s running on outside approval, and there is nothing wrong with us for that. It is how humans learn. When my son was little, and thunder rolled, he would look at my face to find out whether to be scared. I told him it was God farting, and that settled it. Growing up gives us the chance to ask ourselves what we're feeling first, and that choice gets stronger the more we make it. I also share the overgiving lesson I learned early on when I went back into dating. I went too fast and gave too much, and a sweet start slid into little jabs and little resentments. Receiving care well is its own gift to the person giving it. Then I retire the idea of "the one." I still call my late husband the love of my life, which doesn't mean there won't be a next one. A teaching from Kabbalah says everyone who matters in your life is a soulmate with a lesson to teach, and the most important soulmate you will ever have is you. - - - - - About the Host: Dr. Liz Lyster is a board-certified OB/GYN and midlife hormone expert, and the host of Hotness. She helps women in their late 40s, 50s, and 60s feel like themselves again after being dismissed, undertested, or told everything looks normal. She is also back out in the dating world herself, which makes her Dating in the Wild episodes equal parts real talk and field notes. Dr. Liz believes women deserve to feel good in their bodies at every age, and that taking care of yourself is not selfish. Her north star is simple. Feel your best so you can do your best. - - - - - Hotness with Dr. Liz Lyster, MD Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drlizmd.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/drlizlyster/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlizmd/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to Hotness on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠iHeart Radio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get the tools you need to thrive in midlife. - - - - - PODCAST Thank you for listening. Please subscribe and share. This podcast is produced by DrTalks.com ⁠⁠https://drtalks.com/channel-growth/

  3. Oct 2

    Sunscreen or Skip Everything Else

    I have known Jen Rowell for 12 years, which means she has had her hands on my face for the whole of my own midlife. So when I asked her what she sees happening to women's skin in their forties and fifties, she did not hand me a list of products. She started underneath. Oil production drops and cell turnover slows way down, and her image for the rest of it is that the face starts making its way down while the bone structure stays exactly where it was. Then she named the thing most of us get wrong, which is that we keep buying the newest item on the shelf instead of the two that do the work. We went through her actual routine in order, and it is calmer than the skincare aisle wants you to believe. At night, an oil cleanse, a second cleanse, a growth factor, a retinoid, then something to seal it in. In the morning, a lactic acid cleanser, vitamin C, eye cream and sunscreen. We also got into what happens in the treatment room, from dermaplaning to red and blue light, and why she thinks the most underrated thing about a facial is that somebody makes you lie still for an hour. Self-care is not selfish. And when I asked what makes her feel her hottest, she said gratitude, and the way she said it has stayed with me. - - - - - About the Guest: Jen Rowell is an esthetician with 30 years behind the treatment table and a partner at Glow Skin & Body Care in San Mateo, California, a practice she and three partners have run for twenty-two years. Glow has been voted Best Facial and Waxing Salon in San Mateo more than once. Her work runs from the classic European facial to dermaplaning, peels, hydrodermabrasion, LED light therapy and gua sha lymphatic massage. She is a hands-on practitioner in the most literal sense, and she will tell you her hands do more than any machine in the room. She is candid about what a treatment can and cannot do, and she would rather talk you through the two products you actually need than send you home with twelve. Thirty years in, she works on clients she met before their weddings, then through their pregnancies, and now on their daughters. Book an appointment at glowskinandbody.com - - - - -  Hotness with Dr. Liz Lyster, MD Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drlizmd.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/drlizlyster/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlizmd/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to Hotness on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠iHeart Radio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get the tools you need to thrive in midlife. - - - - - PODCAST Thank you for listening. Please subscribe and share. This podcast is produced by DrTalks.com ⁠https://drtalks.com/channel-growth/

  4. Sep 25

    Normal Is Not Optimal

    Here is the line I want you to keep: "Normal is not optimal." Donna White has spent over 30 years teaching providers how to do hormones properly, and her example stopped me. A lab range for testosterone might run from around 300 up past 1,000. Come in at 352 and you are, officially, normal. Nobody calls and nothing happens. But most people there do not feel good. Swap in almost any hormone and the story holds: the range was built to catch disease, not describe a woman who wants to feel like herself. In her twenties, Donna had brutal PMS, acne, headaches, the lot — and was offered an anti-anxiety pill and birth control. Her reaction was one I hear weekly. That sounds like a band-aid. She went looking underneath instead, and thirty-four years later she is still there, teaching the people who write prescriptions. Hormones are signalling molecules — a fancy way of saying they tell your cells what to do everywhere, not just ovaries. That is why sleep, mood, focus and weight share the conversation with hot flashes. Route matters too: a hormone you swallow goes through your digestive tract first, and Donna explains why that path affects clotting factors, triglycerides and thyroid in a way a cream or patch does not. And a full workup is more than three hormones. Thyroid, stress hormones, insulin and blood sugar all sit in the same system, and you cannot read one without the others. On the news you have probably seen: the FDA began removing boxed warnings from menopausal hormone therapy products in November 2025, and approved the labeling changes in February 2026. Warnings for cardiovascular disease, breast cancer and probable dementia came off. The endometrial cancer warning stays for women with a uterus taking estrogen alone — exactly why a progestogen gets prescribed alongside it. That is a labeling change, not a promise, and not a reason to skip the conversation with someone who actually knows this material. It is a reason to have it. Donna's practical advice: start with the provider list on her site, ask your local compounding pharmacist prescribing in your area, and when you call a practice, ask what they test. If the answer is estrogen and progesterone and here is your prescription, keep calling. You are worth a real workup, and you are allowed to ask for one. - - - - - About the Guest: Donna White is the founder and CEO of the BHRT Training Academy and the author of The Hormone Makeover. Known as The Hormone Defender, she has spent more than thirty years in hormone education, and she teaches physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists and health coaches how to test for and prescribe bioidentical hormones, meaning hormones with the same structure as the ones the body makes. Her own start was personal. In her twenties she had severe PMS, acne, hormonal headaches and cramps, and what she was offered was an anti-anxiety medication and the pill. She went looking for something that was not a band-aid, found bioidentical hormones, and has been on them for about thirty four years. She is now sixty three. Website: https://bhrttrainingacademy.com - - - - -  Hotness with Dr. Liz Lyster, MD Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drlizmd.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/drlizlyster/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlizmd/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to Hotness on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠iHeart Radio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get the tools you need to thrive in midlife. - - - - - PODCAST Thank you for listening. Please subscribe and share. This podcast is produced by DrTalks.com https://drtalks.com/channel-growth/

  5. Sep 18

    Spicy Science #1 - Loss of Libido

    Two things women tell me in the exam room, almost word for word. The first is that they would be fine if they never had sex again. The second is that their partner is very understanding. What I do not say out loud is that understanding has a shelf life, and that libido was never only about sex in the first place. It is about intimacy and connection in a partnership, and it is about intimacy and connection with yourself. So I start where it actually starts, with comfort. If sex is dry, or there is pain at the entrance or deeper in the pelvis, then not wanting it is your brain doing its job. We are wired to move away from pain and toward pleasure. From there I walk through what shifts underneath: progesterone pulling back from your sleep and your mood, estrogen pulling back from the tissue of the vulva, vagina and the base of the bladder. That is not only a dry surface. It is a loss of elasticity underneath it, the way an old waistband crackles when you stretch it. Add reduced blood flow and a body that is bracing for discomfort, and desire has very little room to show up. Then comes the emotional layer, the quiet thought that maybe that part of life is simply over. I would like to gently challenge that. In most cases desire has not gone anywhere. The conditions that support it have changed. I also retire the idea that real desire has to arrive first and unprompted, because that linear model was built decades ago and it does not describe most women. Responsive desire, the kind that shows up once you have started and once you feel safe, is just as valid. And libido was never only sexual. It is life energy. It is the thing that gets you off the couch and out for the walk. If yours is not where you want it to be, there is a great deal that can be done. - - - - - About the Host: Dr. Liz Lyster is a board-certified OB/GYN and midlife hormone expert, and the host of Hotness. She helps women in their late 40s, 50s and 60s feel like themselves again after being dismissed, undertested, or told everything looks normal. Her work goes after the root of what midlife women are actually living with: low energy, brain fog, weight changes, low libido, disrupted sleep, mood shifts and vaginal dryness. Dr. Liz believes women deserve to feel good in their bodies at every age, and that taking care of yourself is not selfish. Her north star is simple. Feel your best so you can do your best. - - - - - Connect with Dr. Liz Lyster: Website: https://drlizmd.com/hotnessInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/drlizlyster - - - - - PODCAST Thank you for listening. Please subscribe and share. This podcast is produced by DrTalks.com https://drtalks.com/channel-growth/

  6. Sep 10

    Aliveness at Every Age: Tantra and Midlife Desire with Dr. Elsbeth Meuth

    Here is what I want you to sit with: my guest is 77 and radiantly, unapologetically alive. Dr. Elsbeth Meuth is the co-founder of the TantraNova Institute, and she is one of my favorite people to talk to about the thing my whole message is built on: feeling alive at every age. Elsbeth reframes tantra right at the top, not as a set of techniques, but as the original yoga of the energetic body, a way of tuning into the life force that has been running through us since before we were born. From there we get personal. She shares the turning point at 50 that led her out of a consulting career and into this work, why she believes the relationship with yourself comes first, and how she brings her energetic practice together with real hormonal support, because, as she says, the chemistry and the energy both matter. We talk about sacred sexuality, about presence over performance, and about why so many of us, especially at midlife, have let our connection to ourselves get pushed to the bottom of the list. It is warm, it is honest, and if you have been wondering whether this part of your life is behind you, Elsbeth is living proof that it is not. - - - - - About the Guest: Dr. Elsbeth Meuth is the co-founder of the TantraNova Institute, based in Chicago, which she built with her partner Freddy Zental Weaver. A former management consultant who came to tantra in her fifties, she has spent the last two decades teaching thousands of women and couples how to reconnect with their own life force, pleasure, and sense of aliveness. She is an author and educator, and at 77, a living example of the idea that vitality and desire are not reserved for the young. She teaches through workshops, private sessions, and online programs for both women and couples. Website: tantranova.com - - - - -  Hotness with Dr. Liz Lyster, MD Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drlizmd.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/drlizlyster/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlizmd/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to Hotness on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠iHeart Radio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get the tools you need to thrive in midlife. - - - - - PODCAST Thank you for listening. Please subscribe and share. This podcast is produced by DrTalks.com ⁠⁠⁠https://drtalks.com/podcast-service/⁠

  7. Sep 4

    Midlife Plot Twist: Time Doesn't Heal Grief

    Here is the truth no one told us: time does not heal. We say it to each other constantly, and it is one of the kindest sounding, least helpful things we pass around. On this Midlife Plot Twist, I go straight at it. By the time we reach midlife, every one of us is carrying loss, and often a layer of unresolved pain underneath it, and that weight does not just sit quietly. It shows up in our energy, our sleep, our relationships, and yes, our health and our vitality. I walk through the myths we were handed: be strong, keep busy, don't feel bad, grieve alone, and where they come from, which is usually people who love us and were never taught any better. Then I name the short-term energy-releasing behaviors, the STERBs, that we reach for to avoid the pain, from overworking to doomscrolling to a little retail therapy, and yes, I have done that one too. None of it means you are broken. It means no one handed you the correct steps. That is what this series is for, and it is some of the most freeing work I have ever done. I want you to make room in your body and your soul for love, for freedom, and for your own best vitality. - - - - - About the Host: Dr. Liz Lyster is a women's health and hormone expert and the host of Hotness, known for helping women feel their best in the second half of life. She looks past quick fixes to the hormones, habits, and emotional health underneath how a woman actually feels, and she does it as the doctor who also sounds like a good friend, warm, direct, and a little wry. In this Midlife Plot Twist series, she brings that same honesty to the emotional side of midlife, the part most of us were never taught how to handle. - - - - -  Free Guide (Dr. Liz's Guide to Midlife): https://drlizmd.com/hotness- - - - -  Hotness with Dr. Liz Lyster, MD Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drlizmd.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/drlizlyster/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlizmd/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to Hotness on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠iHeart Radio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get the tools you need to thrive in midlife. - - - - - PODCAST Thank you for listening. Please subscribe and share. This podcast is produced by DrTalks.com ⁠⁠https://drtalks.com/podcast-service/

  8. Aug 28

    Stop Chasing the Orgasm

    Leah Piper opens this one with the cleanest definition of Tantra I have heard: the yoga of the bedroom. A solo practice for learning your own instrument, and a partnered one for playing with the band. Then she takes apart the three things she sees people do that quietly work against them. Making the orgasm the goal, which turns the whole thing into a test you can fail. Holding your breath right at the edge, which is exactly when the mind muscles back in. And going silent, when sound is one of the few things that carries you further. If you are worried about who might hear you, she has a fix, and it involves a pillow. Then we go where the real answer usually lives. Leah says the number one thing that shuts intimacy down is not low desire, it is not feeling safe, and she is open about her own history with that. She talks about the pattern where desire is loud when nothing is at stake and goes quiet the moment a relationship starts to matter, and about slowing everything down until the body stops bracing. We also get into responsive desire, which is not a deficiency, it is a different starting line, and the reason recreating what you did while courting each other works so well. My favorite moment is the last one, when I ask her what she does to reconnect to her own hotness, and she tells me about the mirrors in her house and something she calls sparkle plenty. You are not broken, and self-care is not selfish. - - - - - About the Guest: Leah Piper is a Tantra educator and relationship and intimacy expert who has been studying Tantra since 1997 and teaching it since 2004. She is an Advanced Certified Tantra Educator and the primary female facilitator for the Source School of Tantra Yoga, with additional training in positive psychology and somatic therapies. She is the founder of More Love Works, where she teaches through private sessions, on-demand courses, and live workshops, and she co-hosts the Sex Reimagined podcast with Dr. Willow Brown. - - - - - Social Handles: Website: https://moreloveworks.com Free Tantric Kissing Training: https://sexreimagined.com/free-tantric-kissing-training - - - - -  Hotness with Dr. Liz Lyster, MD Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drlizmd.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/drlizlyster/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlizmd/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to Hotness on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠iHeart Radio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get the tools you need to thrive in midlife. - - - - - PODCAST Thank you for listening. Please subscribe and share. This podcast is produced by DrTalks.com ⁠https://drtalks.com/podcast-service/

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Hotness - The podcast where hormones, confidence, and desire come back online. Hotness is where science meets soul, helping midlife women reconnect to their vitality, confidence, and desire. Hosted by Dr. Liz Lyster, Board-Certified OB/GYN and hormone expert, this show offers medical insight and lived wisdom to support you through the physical and personal shifts of this life stage. Each episode explores hormones, sexuality, identity, love, loss, movement, and desire, providing practical tools for understanding your body. Embrace your hotness at every age.

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  • Creator
    Dr. Liz Lyster
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    28
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Dr. Liz Lyster
  • Show Website
    Hotness