The Complete Menopause Episode: 8 Experts on Belly Fat, Brain Fog, Sleep and Hormones

Menopause and perimenopause can leave you with questions about belly fat, brain fog, sleep problems and whether hormone therapy could help. Your jeans fit differently. You’re losing your train of thought. You’re exhausted, but you can’t sleep. Where do you start when so much feels unfamiliar?

For World Menopause Month, Tamsen brings eight leading doctors and researchers together in one episode to help you understand what’s changing and what deserves attention. These are the conversations she wishes she’d heard before she was struggling to read the teleprompter at work, leaving herself notes and wondering why she didn’t feel like herself.

You’ll hear from Dr. Sharon Malone, Dr. Lisa Mosconi, Dr. Shelby Harris, Dr. Rocio Salas-Whalen, Dr. Vonda Wright, Dr. Kelly Casperson, Dr. Avrum Bluming and Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz. Eight experts, different perspectives and answers you can come back to—all in one place.

Inside the episode:

- Why you can still have periods and be in perimenopause—and why a single hormone blood test may be misleading

- Whether menopause brain fog can improve, and why women’s experiences vary

- Why more time in bed may not mean better sleep, and how cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) works

- The difference between visible belly fat and visceral fat around your organs

- Why bone health needs attention earlier than you might think

- How menopause can affect sexual anatomy, arousal and orgasm

- What to understand about hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and breast cancer risk

- How to evaluate menopause supplements and “hormone balance” claims before spending your money