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Send us Fan Mail How many hoops does a lesbian couple have to jump through in order to have a child? What is an intimacy coordinator? Whose hormones pull rank in a two-woman household where one is postpartum and the other is perimenopausal? Brooke Haney and Desi Waters join us to ponder these questions and even answer a few of them. We also discuss intolerance for uncomfortable shoes, experience b...

Send us Fan Mail Georgia Clark is a novelist, performer, and screenwriter. She's the author of the newly released Island Time , as well as It Had To Be You , The Bucket List , and others . She is also the host and founder of the popular storytelling night, Generation Women , which Ellie has performed in and which we wholeheartedly love and recommend.  At the time of this recording, Georgia&ap...

Send us Fan Mail Hilary Russo does everything. She is an award-winning television journalist, producer and multimedia host, a Certified Integrative Nutrition Holistic Health Coach & Havening Techniques® Practitioner, a cast member of Daily Burn 365, professor of Mass Communications at St. John’s University, AND she has her own podcast: HIListically Speaking . As if that weren't enough to...

Send us Fan Mail Can you use "Covid" and "abortion" in the same sentence?  We can and we did.  More on that in today's special bonus episode where we talk about Julia's abortion, Ellie's mother's pre-Roe abortion, and Ellie's grandmother's illegal abortion in 1960's London... a discussion that was inspired by the current climate as well as Ali...

Send us Fan Mail Since the launch of this podcast, we have been promising to interview a mental health specialist to talk about perimenopausal anxiety and depression, and just in time for Mental Health Awareness Month, we got the best one ever! Donna Klassen is not only a licensed clinical social worker with more than 30 years of experience, she is the co-founder and CEO of Let's Talk Menopau...

Send us Fan Mail Nicky Smith (AKA Nicky Styles) is a fashion stylist and Emmy-nominated costume designer who has worked on TV shows such as The Americans, Ramy, and Pose. Cheri Paige Fogleman is a celebrity trainer and fitness instructor who teaches on the live, daily fitness show, Daily Burn 365. Both are in their 40's and Cheri is TTC (an acronym for "trying to conceive"), while N...

Send us Fan Mail Functional nutritionist Kristin Johnson and functional health coach Maria Claps are the co-founders of Wise and Well , where they work with peri-menopausal and menopausal women in both one-on-one and group formats to create fundamental hormonal and whole health transformations. They joined our conversation "feeling salty", and we got to reap the benefits as they went off...

Send us Fan Mail Botox. Injectables. Fillers. Some of us get them and some of us don't, but most of us have opinions and MANY of us have misinformation. Join us for a fantastic chat with Jennifer DeMaio, a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-C) and Certified Aesthetic Nurse Specialist (CANS) who is the founder and CEO of FACE Aesthetic Artistry, a medical aesthetics and medical-gra...

Send us Fan Mail Jennifer Weedon-Palazzo, creator of MomCave TV,  and Monique Cupid of Brown Skin Green Beauty are both brilliant content creators who are going through "some sort of pausal thing". Jennifer's mission to provide a community for moms who need a humorous outlet and Monique's drive to encourage women of color to be proactive in their health by using clean and nonto...

Send us Fan Mail German-born and UK-based Dr. Mandy Leonhardt may have a youthful face and a calm demeanor, but she is tired of putting up with bullsh*t. She inspires other women to take proper care of themselves via her integrative and holistic menopause clinic Hormone Equilibrium , hosting England's first Menopause Cafe , and by simply saying no to things she doesn't want to do. (Sayin...

Send us Fan Mail Michelle and Joan MacDonald broke the internet after Michelle, a body builder and transformation coach , guided her then 70-year-old mother through a process that resulted in life-changing weight loss and the subsequent elimination of a slew of health problems. Joan's before and after photos can be found at Train with Joan , and you should take a peek before listening to unde...

Send us Fan Mail Who would think that an otolaryngologist could make us giggle like 12 year-olds at a slumber party, but that's exactly what happened with the fabulous Dr. Linda Dahl. You will hear a great deal of cackles, guffaws, and even a hearty snort as we cover the journey of this incredible woman who has excelled at enough careers to span several lifetimes. Learn about her work as one...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know that hormonal changes affect the sound of your voice? Did you know that the vagina and the throat are structurally similar? Did you know that the speculum your gyno uses was invented as a result of experiments done on enslaved Black women? Are we starting to sound like the little boy from Jerry Maguire ? Is that an outdated reference, or is it the perfect reference fo...

Send us Fan Mail We thought we were going to talk to Kelly Kane about her 20+ years as a Pilates trainer and ease into a discussion about her new courses in female sexuality and aging, and while we did talk about these things, the conversation took twists and turns we never could have foreseen. We touched on topics such as crystals for the vagina, fishing rubber tires out of the rivers of Vermont,...

Send us Fan Mail We've been podcasting for 6 months now, so we decided to use this final episode of 2021 to review our primary perimenopausal complaints  and discuss what remedies we have tried, what has worked, and what has not. We also have FUN, surprising each other with questions and divulging dirty secrets that we didn't know about each other, even after 27 years of friendship. Tune...

Send us Fan Mail Ophira Eisenberg is super famous, y'all. She hosts NPR's Ask Me Another, she is a panelist on Hulu's Up Early Tonight, and her comedic memoir Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy has been optioned for a feature film. We manage not to drool on ourselves while interviewing her, and instead get cozy about warm and fuzzy topics like geriatric pregnancy, breastfee...

Send us Fan Mail Stephanie Kilroy and Nancy Ellwood are badass b*tches who have overcome breast cancer and rectal cancer, and who are determined to laugh about the good ("We were surrounded by family and friends"), the bad ("I went through menopause twice!"), and the ugly ("I had a bag of liquid poop hanging off my body"). Tune in for a candid chat about doodies, doob...

Send us Fan Mail Talking to Confidence Coach and DEI Consultant Yvonne Davenport made such an impression on us that we have not stopped asking ourselves the question "Am I making a living, or am I making a life?" Yvonne speaks with infectious enthusiasm about how to redefine what success looks like, how to make diversity and inclusion a priority, and how to give birth in a car without ma...

Send us Fan Mail Sofia Moncayo and Jenna Struble are badass women who do good things for other people. We love a do-gooder, but when do-gooders can also be candid about their body issues and emotional struggles, we melt a little. In this episode, we introduce a brand new segment, invent a brand new word (chromosonahormonal), and talk about a brand new subject: tits and ass. Ok fine, that last one...

Send us Fan Mail Does "kegel" rhyme with "bagel", or is it "KEE-gel" like "beagle"? Pelvic floor therapist Lindsey Vestal teaches us that pronunciation is not what matters. All humans have a pelvic floor, and she explains where it's located, what it does, and how to seek help for issues that might be related to it. Tune in for an interactive exploration...

Send us Fan Mail Do phrases like "intermittent fasting" and "strength training" make you sleepy? That's probably perimenopausal fatigue!  It's time to wake up and listen to this episode's panelists.  Personal trainer and nutrition coach Alexis Paige and nutritionist and yoga instructor Christy Maskeroni Price talk to us about our mitochondria, as well as the meri...

Send us Fan Mail Let's talk "clean". Let's talk "green". Let's talk "pimples on a teen". This week, we interview Erin Williams, founder of the skincare and beauty line Erin's Faces, and host of the podcast Beauty Full Stories. Erin is a fountain of knowledge, tips, and honesty, and we love everything that comes out of her*. Listen and learn about h...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know that women over 50 have sex? Did you know that it's ok to stop shaving your body hair? Of course you knew, but it's so validating to hear other people say these things! On this week's panel, post-menopausal and childless-by-choice actor and model Amanda Barron  renews our hope in horniness, and Cambodian-American mother-of-two poet and writer Pichchenda...

Send us Fan Mail Is there a doctor in the house? Well, there is definitely one ON THE POD! Dr. Joan Kent, a NAMS-certified gynecologist, shares her approach towards treating patients in their perimenopausal years. Spoiler alert: she actually listens to them. On this week's very informative episode, Ellie and Julia continue to speak with certainty about things they may or many not know much ab...

Send us Fan Mail It's the first ever panel episode! Hosts Ellie and Julia welcome musician/comedian/actor/mom Jen Kwok, and clean-energy advocate and mother of four Christina Ficicchia, to discuss everything from predictable periods to Asian skincare secrets. The group manages to cover normalizing miscarriage, terms that are reminiscent of testicles, and more. It's an emotional roller co...