Hormones. Mood swings. Brain fog. Night sweats. And why doesn’t your shoulder work? The time is here for this whopper of a 3-part series on menopause with a total of five Ologists. No matter what your age or gender, you owe it to the people in your life who go through this to understand it. Brilliant and charming Dr. Mary Claire Haver is an OB-GYN who wrote bestsellers “The New Menopause” and the just-released “The New Perimenopause” and hosts the podcast unPAUSED. The wonderful and warm Dr. Monica Christmas is a professor and clinician with decades of experience in menopause treatment,  and repeat guest Dr. Lara Durgavich is a primatologist who has some answers about why our species goes through “the change.” 
Part 2 covers what to DO about symptoms of menopause, from vagina creams to hormone replacement therapy to libido to brain clarity and the importance of lifting heavy stuff. 
And finally, Part 3 has advice for loved ones to help support people in their lives who are sailing the stormy seas of hormonal change. 
Browse Dr. Christmas’s papers on <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Monica-Christmas-2177796874" rel="noopener noreferrer">ResearchGate</a> and follow her on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/drmonicachristmas/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>
Visit Dr. Haver’s <a href="https://thepauselife.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">website</a> and follow her on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/drmaryclaire/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@drmaryclaire" rel="noopener noreferrer">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@drmaryclaire" rel="noopener noreferrer">TikTok</a>, and <a href="https://drmaryclairehaver.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Substack</a>
Buy Dr. Haver’s books, <a href="https://thepauselife.com/pages/the-new-menopause-book" rel="noopener noreferrer">The New Menopause</a> and <a href="https://thepauselife.com/pages/the-new-perimenopause-book" rel="noopener noreferrer">The New Perimenopause</a>
Follow Dr. Durgavich on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ldurgavich.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bluesky</a>
Donations went to the <a href="https://www.foodequityinmedicine.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Center for Food Equity in Medicine</a> and <a href="https://www.stjude.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital</a>
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