Treated with Dr. Sara Szal

What drives a doctor to challenge the healthcare system? Dr. Brad Jacobs is a board-certified in Internal and Integrative Medicine and graduated from Stanford University— where he met Dr. Sara Szal over 30 years ago during their residency. It was then that he began to realize the deeper issues within the American healthcare system. Today, Dr. Brad Jacobs joins Treated to share his story—from growi...

Can you imagine a world where we all live to be 150 years old? Kayla Barnes-Lentz is trying to make that a reality. Kayla is the owner of a longevity medical clinic and joins Treated to discuss the future of women’s health. She shares her personal protocols, passion for pushing the boundaries of science, and belief that women can live longer, healthier, and more vibrant lives. In this conversation...

Model-turned-nutritionist Sarah Ann Macklin joins Treated for an intimate, raw, and deeply insightful conversation about stress, burnout, and the missing piece in our health: self-compassion. After years in the high-pressure world of modeling, Sarah found herself in the ICU—her body shutting down from extreme stress, malnutrition, and disconnection from herself. What followed was a decade-long jou...

Dr. Emily Morse and Dr. Sara Szal continue their conversations about sex and health in this episode. They start the conversation with a demonstration of the legendary magic wand and how it can be used to stimulate the prostate. Then they dive into why gay men have more satisfying sex and what heterosexual people can learn from them. After, they discuss the female pelvis and how to activate the pel...

Imagine if sex was something you actually looked forward to? Dr. Emily Morse and Dr. Sara explore this very question on this episode of Treated. Dr. Emily Morse is a pioneer in the field of sex and sexuality, starting her podcast, Sex with Emily, over twenty years ago. She’s helped millions of people navigate their sex lives – challenging cultural taboos and misinformation in the hopes to create a...

Following the last episode with Jeff Krasno on Good Stress, in this solo episode Dr. Sara unpacks the science behind toxic stress. She dives into how it embeds in the body, disrupts metabolism, accelerates aging, brain shrinkage, and chronic disease. Dr. Sara shares compelling research on the connection between stress, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, autoimmunity, gut health, and perimenopause. She also ex...

Entrepreneur, author, and wellness advocate Jeff Krasno joins Treated for a deep and inspiring conversation about metabolic health, longevity, and the power of good stress. Jeff shares his personal health transformation—from battling pre-diabetes, weight gain, and brain fog to reversing metabolic dysfunction through lifestyle medicine. In this episode, we explore: why balance is the foundation of...

Schuyler Grant joins Treated with Dr. Sara Szal (formerly Dr. Sara Gottfried) for a raw, hilarious, and deeply honest conversation about hormones, menopause, and why midlife is the most powerful chapter of your life. Meet Schuyler Grant: Yoga teacher, retreat leader, and my co-conspirator in rebranding menopause. In this episode, we dive into 100+ symptoms of perimenopause, how to manage...

In part two of our conversation, Dr. Mindy Pelz and Dr. Sara Szal (formerly Dr. Sara Gottfried) dive even deeper—unpacking the hidden cost of success, the ways women betray themselves in pursuit of "having it all," and why midlife isn’t a crisis, it’s an initiation. We also explore the power of intuition, the patriarchy of medicine, and how to reclaim your identity beyond your career, your family,...

At 35, after an Ivy League education, a career in “McMedicine,” and becoming a mother, Dr. Sara Szal (formerly Dr. Sara Gottfried) discovered the true power of hormones in healing. Now, as a precision medicine expert, she helps people reclaim their health through hormone balancing. In this episode, she reveals why hormones are the gateway to transformation—physically, mentally, and emotionally. Tu...

Dr. Mindy Pelz joins Treated with Dr. Sara Szal (formerly Dr. Sara Gottfried) for a raw, hilarious, and deeply honest conversation about the hormonal rollercoaster of midlife and why so many high-achieving women feel lost at 35 (and 55). She opens up about her breaking point and what it took to admit that she was not okay. They reflect on why so many women struggle to ask for help, why self-care f...

This is Treated, a new podcast with Dr. Sara Szal: Real talk. Real science. Real solutions . Each week you will leave with the tools you need to heal your mind, body, and soul so you can take your health into your own hands. Most people are trying to optimize, it’s in our nature. But we can’t “to-do-list” our way out of taking care of ourselves. This means health needs a perspective shift. On Trea...