105 episodes

I'm Ann Marie McQueen, journalist and founder of Hotflash Inc, a platform to inform, entertain and encourage people going through perimenopause, menopause andropause and midlife around the world. I'm here reminding you that while nothing about this peri/menopause transition is easy, it is going somewhere good. My aim is to give you the best information, in the most objective, balanced manner I can muster. I'll give you access to some remarkable people, cutting-edge information and research, new ideas, viewpoints you may not be used to hearing, a global view, some serious talk, and lots of silliness too. I'll always trust that you can use your own open, inquiring mind, unique experience, education, experience and perspective to decide what's right for you. Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode, and if you like it, maybe leave a rating and a review. More info available at: https://www.hotflashinc.com/

The Hotflash inc podcast Hotflash Inc

    • Health & Fitness
    • 5.0 • 26 Ratings

I'm Ann Marie McQueen, journalist and founder of Hotflash Inc, a platform to inform, entertain and encourage people going through perimenopause, menopause andropause and midlife around the world. I'm here reminding you that while nothing about this peri/menopause transition is easy, it is going somewhere good. My aim is to give you the best information, in the most objective, balanced manner I can muster. I'll give you access to some remarkable people, cutting-edge information and research, new ideas, viewpoints you may not be used to hearing, a global view, some serious talk, and lots of silliness too. I'll always trust that you can use your own open, inquiring mind, unique experience, education, experience and perspective to decide what's right for you. Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode, and if you like it, maybe leave a rating and a review. More info available at: https://www.hotflashinc.com/

    106: Solo episode: BRB

    106: Solo episode: BRB

    I'm taking a short break, and we are going to come back stronger than ever. Here I explain why! I also butcher Joe Pulizzi's name, and for that I am sorry. See you soon. AMxJoin the Hotflash Inc perimenoposse: Web: hotflashinc.comTikTok: @hotflashincInstagram: @hotflashincX: @hotflashinc Episode website: Hotflashinc See hotflashinc.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

    • 6 min
    105: The menopause transition: 'It's a deconditioning'

    105: The menopause transition: 'It's a deconditioning'

    Today we are doing something a little bit different because let’s be honest, everyone is overwhelmed right now and I’m no different. This summer I was a guest on Sherry Jibb’s Happy & Healthy in Midlife Summit, and had a great conversation with her about so many things we don’t talk about much in the menopause conversation. Sherry is a registered yoga teacher, a movement educator in Pilates mat and reformer, reiki practitioner and personal trainer. She’s also a person who deeply...

    • 32 min
    104: Journalism, my mom, and the search for health harmony

    104: Journalism, my mom, and the search for health harmony

    I'm giving a talk at the Organic & Real show in Dubai and this is my test run. I talk about the intersection of my 30-year journalism career, which launched around the same time as my mother's death from pancreatic cancer. And how that set me on a path to finding out whatever I could about health and wellness, all while I struggled with unchecked IBS that resulted in a health explosion in the autumn on 2022. I talk about what I've learned from all the people I've interviewe...

    • 32 min
    103: Dr Vonda Wright: What to do about your perimenopause body pain (and protect your body as you age)

    103: Dr Vonda Wright: What to do about your perimenopause body pain (and protect your body as you age)

    Dr Vonda Wright is an American double board-certified orthopedic sports medicine surgeon, who has spent a career working with high-level atheletes and immersed in clinical research. She’s also a woman in her mid-50s who experienced terrible body pain and a range of other symptoms. All of that combined is fuelling her mission to educate women everywhere about the importance of taking care of our bones, muscles, ligaments and tendons as we age. We talk about the complexities of perime...

    • 48 min
    102: 4 women go through perimenopause and along comes WILE

    102: 4 women go through perimenopause and along comes WILE

    I have two power players in this perimenopause space: half of the four-person team that founded Wile, “a plant-powered hormonal and emotional wellness brand for women 40+ that reframes midlife as a time of peak power”. (You will hear the word “tincture”) Introductions: Gwendolyn Floyd is a venture-backed serial social entrepreneur – five companies and counting – and Wile’s co-founder and CEO. The title of this podcast is “4 women go through perimenopause” because not only is Gwen a perimenopa...

    • 49 min
    101: The most inspiring mid-sex-life story ever

    101: The most inspiring mid-sex-life story ever

    This is a very special podcast, because it’s with a person who is so authentic and honest about what she’s been through – a rare thing indeed. Over in Canada (Peterborough, Ontario, to be specific) Deborah Porteous takes us back eight years to when she was 53, going through menopause – and had never had an orgasm. Through the love of a patient and attentive partner that soon changed. It was through their search for a workable lubricant that Pleasure Pods, a disruptive company that ...

    • 1 hr 2 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
26 Ratings

26 Ratings

MorganBeveridge ,

A must listen for all women in midlife

If you want to be a exposed to topics that are relevant to women in midlife then you really need to be listening to this one regularly. Ann Marie is a breath of fresh air in the midlife space!

Who dat? Yo! ,

Informative & Enlightening!!!!!

As a woman with Type 1 Diabetes, who has been struggling with Perimenopause symptoms for over 10 years, this has been a super helpful guide to having conversations with all my care providers from my Endocrinologist to my GP and Nurse Practitioners. Going down the rabbit hole of the how’s, what’s, and when (not to mention labs needed) has been so much easier and has helped the dreaded anxiety of not knowing if it’s “all in my head” or not.

This podcast has been a godsend!!!!

theaipchronicles ,

Highly recommend this podcast

Ann Marie brings a refreshing perspective to this topic as a journalist covering the research to find answers without a preconceived notion of what they will be. Her authenticity and sense of humor is an added bonus.

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