The MiDOViA Menopause Podcast: Real Talk on Hormones, Work, and Wellness for Midlife
April Haberman and Kim Hart
55 episodes
1 week ago
Start with the lived experience, not the label. We sit down with gender-affirming menopause educator and advocate Lasara Firefox Allen to reframe menopause as a human transition that deserves respect, nuance, and choices. From the first hot flash to postmenopausal clarity, we map the terrain for trans, nonbinary, and gender-diverse people who are too often erased by narrow clinical language and outdated protocols. Lasara shares how dysphoria and euphoria can shape the menopause arc, why “hor...
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Start with the lived experience, not the label. We sit down with gender-affirming menopause educator and advocate Lasara Firefox Allen to reframe menopause as a human transition that deserves respect, nuance, and choices. From the first hot flash to postmenopausal clarity, we map the terrain for trans, nonbinary, and gender-diverse people who are too often erased by narrow clinical language and outdated protocols. Lasara shares how dysphoria and euphoria can shape the menopause arc, why “hor...
Episode 051: The Truth About Menopause: Black Women and Menopause
The MiDOViA Menopause Podcast: Real Talk on Hormones, Work, and Wellness for Midlife
46 minutes
1 month ago
Episode 051: The Truth About Menopause: Black Women and Menopause
Menopause isn’t experienced equally—and the differences are too big to ignore. We sit down with Dr. Kudzai Dombo, OB-GYN and Director of Advocacy and Outreach at Alloy Health, to explore why Black women often face earlier menopause, longer and more severe symptoms, and far less access to effective treatment. Drawing on the SWAN study’s decades of data, we connect dots between evidence, everyday experiences, and the systems that shape both. Dr. Dombo shares her own perimenopause story—misdiag...
The MiDOViA Menopause Podcast: Real Talk on Hormones, Work, and Wellness for Midlife
Start with the lived experience, not the label. We sit down with gender-affirming menopause educator and advocate Lasara Firefox Allen to reframe menopause as a human transition that deserves respect, nuance, and choices. From the first hot flash to postmenopausal clarity, we map the terrain for trans, nonbinary, and gender-diverse people who are too often erased by narrow clinical language and outdated protocols. Lasara shares how dysphoria and euphoria can shape the menopause arc, why “hor...
