Hot Flash Health – Details, episodes & analysis

🎉 Meet Our Fabulous Guest: Kimberly Cunningham

In this powerful episode, we sit down with Kimberly Cunningham, board-certified nurse practitioner, functional medicine educator, and author of Great Sex Never Gets Old. With over 20 years of experience, Kimberly has helped countless women reclaim energy, confidence, and vitality through bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and smart medical weight loss.

✨ What you’ll learn in this episode:

• Why women in their 40s, 50s, and 60s have been dismissed by doctors for far too long
  

• The truth about testosterone and estrogen (and why they’re crucial for women’s health)
  

• How a flawed study created decades of fear around HRT—and why it’s time to rethink it
  

• Kimberly’s inspiring personal journey from catastrophic injury to thriving with HRT
  

This is the conversation every woman deserves to hear. No fluff, no guessing games—just real answers to reclaim your damn body.

🌟 Must-Listen Moments

Key highlights that you shouldn't miss:

• 4:00 - The gender bias in medicine (and even AI!) that keeps women unheard

• 7:00 -  Kimberly’s raw story of losing mobility and regaining her life through testosterone therapy

• 15:00 - Debunking the “hormones cause cancer” myth and uncovering the real truth about HRT

Connect with Kimberly

• Website: https://cunninghamclinic.com/

• Instagram @ cunninghamcliniccolorado 

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Connect with Hot Flash Health

• Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hot-flash-health4 

• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-flash-health/id1776707959

• Youtube: @HotFlashHealth

• Instagram @hotflashhealth 

• TikTok @hotflashhealth_ 

• Website: hotflashhealth.com

Have someone fun or inspiring in mind for the podcast? 🎉 Contact us above or share your recommendation with us in the comments —we’d love to hear! 🎙️✨

🎉 Meet Our Fabulous Guest: Dr. Amy Person 

If you’ve ever Googled “Why am I bloated?” or “What even are hormones and why do they hate me?” — this episode is for you. 🎙️

We sit down with Dr. Amy Person, a powerhouse in women’s functional medicine, gut health, and hormone balancing. From bloating and burnout to perimenopause and beyond, Amy is rewriting the conversation around women’s health and giving women their power back.

✨ Get ready for real talk, myth-busting, and empowering insights that will help you finally feel good in your body.

🌟 Must-Listen Moments

Key highlights that you shouldn't miss:

• 17:10 - What most women get wrong about hormones – It’s NOT just estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone.

• 22:06 - Why autoimmune issues and gut health are exploding in women – and what you can do about it.

• 27:08 - The real meaning of empowerment in women’s health – validation, education, and taking back your power. 

Connect with Amy

• Women’s Health Institute: womenshealthinstitute.co

• Instagram@dramyperson

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Connect with Hot Flash Health

• Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hot-flash-health4 

• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-flash-health/id1776707959

• Youtube: @HotFlashHealth

• Instagram @hotflashhealth 

• TikTok @hotflashhealth_ 

• Website: hotflashhealth.com

Have someone fun or inspiring in mind for the podcast? 🎉 Contact us above or share your recommendation with us in the comments —we’d love to hear! 🎙️✨

🎉 Meet Our Fabulous Guest: Karmen Berentsen

We’re joined by the bold, brilliant, and beautifully unapologetic Karmen Berentsen — CEO of A-Line Boutique, host of the A-Line Stories podcast, and author of the inspiring memoir Learning to Fly. With zero formal background in fashion, Karmen flipped the retail script and built a movement rooted in confidence, connection, and reinvention.

In this episode, we talk about:

✨ Embracing midlife style and unapologetic authenticity ✨ Navigating menopause, motherhood, and reinvention ✨ Raising confident daughters in a world of filters and fear ✨ How to stop shrinking and start showing up ✨ The power of asking: What do I want?

If you’ve ever stood in your closet unsure of what to wear — or unsure of who you are — this conversation will meet you right where you are.

🌟 Whether you're 37 or 67, just starting HRT or rewriting your life story, this one’s for YOU.

🎧 Listen now, and don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe!

🌟 Must-Listen Moments

Key highlights that you shouldn't miss:

• 6:24 - The Power of Showing Up Through Style

• 12:03 - The Car Ride Lesson with Her Daughter

• 24:57 - The One Question That Can Break Groundhog Day

  
  

Connect with Karmen

• 📚 Grab Karmen’s book: Learning to Fly

• 🎙 Follow Karmen’s podcast: A-Line Stories

• 👗 Explore her boutiques & community events: https://aline-online.com

• 📸 Follow Karmen on Instagram: @karmenberentsen

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Connect with Hot Flash Health

• Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hot-flash-health4 

• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-flash-health/id1776707959

• Youtube: @HotFlashHealth

• Instagram @hotflashhealth 

• TikTok @hotflashhealth_ 

• Website: hotflashhealth.com

Have someone fun or inspiring in mind for the podcast? 🎉 Contact us above or share your recommendation with us in the comments —we’d love to hear! 🎙️✨

🎉 Meet Our Fabulous Guest: Corie Wightlin

 🎧 Welcome back to the Hot Flash Health Podcast — where we talk hormones, heat, and all the hell-yeah moments of midlife! 🔥 Today, we’re tackling a topic SO many women are secretly struggling with: Menopause and ADHD.

If you've ever yelled-cried in the laundry room, walked into a room and forgot why, or felt like your brain is glitching… same girl, same. In this empowering episode, we're joined by Corie Wightlin, a brilliant ADHD and executive functioning coach with a background in cognitive science and education. 🧠✨

We break down:

• How estrogen impacts your executive function, motivation, memory, and emotions
  

• The science behind why perimenopause and menopause feel like your brain has gone offline
  

• Practical tools to regain control, energy, and focus in midlife
  

• Why women with ADHD often crash hardest during hormone shifts — and what you can do about it
  

• How to stop people pleasing, start setting boundaries, and finally say "no" without guilt
  

• Plus, Corie’s group coaching program for midlife women with ADHD (diagnosed or not) 🚀
  

👭 This episode is for every woman who's felt overwhelmed, burnt out, or broken during the menopause transition. You're not crazy. You're not alone. And your brain isn't broken — it's just changing.

🌸 Subscribe for more real, raw conversations about midlife, ADHD, hormones, mental health, executive dysfunction, and women’s wellness. Don’t forget to follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Instagram @HotFlashHealth.

💬 Drop a comment below: Which ADHD or menopause symptom has hit you the hardest?

🌟 Must-Listen Moments

Key highlights that you shouldn't miss:

• 2:05 - Why Estrogen Crash Wrecks Memory and Focus

• 5:56 - How to Rewire Your Brain for Midlife ADHD

• • 18:38 - The Life-Changing “Fast Forward Remote” Trick

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Connect with Hot Flash Health

• Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hot-flash-health4 

• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-flash-health/id1776707959

• Youtube: @HotFlashHealth

• Instagram @hotflashhealth 

• TikTok @hotflashhealth_ 

• Website: hotflashhealth.com

Have someone fun or inspiring in mind for the podcast? 🎉 Contact us above or share your recommendation with us in the comments —we’d love to hear! 🎙️✨

🎉 Meet Our Fabulous Guest: Chen Lizra

Today on Hot Flash Health, we’re thrilled to welcome Chen Lizra — award-winning somatic coach, embodiment expert, TEDx speaker, and founder of The Power of Somatic Intelligence. Featured in Oprah Daily, The New York Times, and Cosmopolitan, Chen brings her groundbreaking work in trauma healing, feminine energy, and self-empowerment to help women navigate menopause with grace, resilience, and sensuality. 💃

In this powerful episode, we explore: ✨ How somatic healing helps release trauma stored in the body ✨ Reconnecting with your inner sensuality and feminine power ✨ Embracing aging, body changes, and menopause with pride—not shame ✨ The difference between pride and arrogance in self-love ✨ Cultivating confidence, self-worth, and divine energy at every age

👠 Whether you're dealing with brain fog, body image shifts, low libido, or just trying to bring your sexy back, Chen shares tools and wisdom to reclaim your radiance from within.

🌟 Must-Listen Moments

Key highlights that you shouldn't miss:

• 6:16 - What Aging Gracefully Really Means

• 11:42 - The Secret to Reclaiming Confidence in Midlife

• 39:30 - Pride vs. Arrogance: The Key to Emotional Anchoring

Connect with Chen Lizra

• FREE GIFT: Get Chen’s exclusive somatic masterclasses at https://somaticgift.com

• Learn more about her work: https://thepowersomaticintelligence.com

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Connect with Hot Flash Health

• Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hot-flash-health4 

• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-flash-health/id1776707959

• Youtube: @HotFlashHealth

• Instagram @hotflashhealth 

• TikTok @hotflashhealth_ 

• Website: hotflashhealth.com

Have someone fun or inspiring in mind for the podcast? 🎉 Contact us above or share your recommendation with us in the comments —we’d love to hear! 🎙️✨

🎉 Meet Our Fabulous Guest: Justin Simons

In this episode of Hot Flash Health, we’re thrilled to announce our official partnership with MyLabsDirect to bring at-home hormone lab testing straight to your doorstep. Co-hosts Dawn and Courtney sit down with Justin Simons, founder of MyLabsDirect, to dive into the creation of the Women's Complete Hormone Test — a comprehensive, CLIA-certified test that gives you clinical-grade results without stepping foot in a doctor’s office.

✨ Learn how this game-changing test is revolutionizing care for women in perimenopause and menopause. 🎯 Get clarity on symptoms like fatigue, mood swings, low libido, and more — all from the comfort of your home. 🔍 Hear the inspiring story behind the lab and why it’s the gold standard in accuracy and empowerment

🌟 Must-Listen Moments

Key highlights that you shouldn't miss:

• 1:50 - Why We Built the At-Home Hormone Test

• 7:10 - What’s Inside the Women’s Complete Hormone Panel

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Connect with Hot Flash Health

• Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hot-flash-health4 

• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-flash-health/id1776707959

• Youtube: @HotFlashHealth

• Instagram @hotflashhealth 

• TikTok @hotflashhealth_ 

• Website: hotflashhealth.com

Have someone fun or inspiring in mind for the podcast? 🎉 Contact us above or share your recommendation with us in the comments —we’d love to hear! 🎙️✨

🎉 Meet Our Fabulous Guest: Sue Van Raes

 In this powerful episode, we’re joined by functional nutritionist and food psychology expert Sue Van Raes, author of Food and Freedom. Together, we explore how to heal your relationship with food during menopause and perimenopause, manage emotional eating, understand your metabolism, and break free from cycles of guilt and restriction.

 🧠 If you’ve ever felt like your body is betraying you during menopause, this episode will give you the mindset and practical tools to tune in, not fight back. Sue also shares how Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) can help you understand your unique metabolism.

🎧 Don’t forget to like, subscribe & share with your favorite hot-flashing, truth-telling girlfriends!

🌟 Must-Listen Moments

Key highlights that you shouldn't miss:

• 3:00 - Menopause Isn’t Betrayal — It’s Awakening

• 11:40 - The Real Reason You’re Craving Comfort Food

• 26:50 -The Power of Blood Sugar Balance

  🤝 Connect with Sue Van Raes

• ​Website @ bouldernutrition.com 

• Instagram @ Bouldernutrition 

• Link to Book: https://www.bouldernutrition.com/books 

Connect with Hot Flash Health

• Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hot-flash-health4 

• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-flash-health/id1776707959

• Youtube: @HotFlashHealth

• Instagram @hotflashhealth 

• TikTok @hotflashhealth_ 

• Website: hotflashhealth.com

Have someone fun or inspiring in mind for the podcast? 🎉 Contact us above or share your recommendation with us in the comments —we’d love to hear! 🎙️✨

🎉 Meet Our Fabulous Guest: Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers

In this episode, we’re diving deep into sex, intimacy, and shedding shame in midlife with the brilliant Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers. From religious shame to cultural myths and menopausal misconceptions, Dr. Tina helps us reclaim our pleasure, voice, and confidence. Whether you’re dealing with low libido or just tired of bad sex, this conversation is the wake-up call you didn’t know you needed.

Grab your wine, your weighted blanket, and join us for laughs, insights, and real talk about what it means to embrace sexuality at every stage of life.

🎧 Don’t forget to like, subscribe & share with your favorite hot-flashing, truth-telling girlfriends!

🌟 Must-Listen Moments

Key highlights that you shouldn't miss:

• 3:30 - Is it Low Libido — or Just Bad Sex?

• 5:50 - Consensual Non-Consent: The Hidden Libido Killer

• ​Website: https://www.tinaschermersellers.com/ 

Connect with Hot Flash Health

• Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hot-flash-health4 

• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-flash-health/id1776707959

• Youtube: @HotFlashHealth

• Instagram @hotflashhealth 

• TikTok @hotflashhealth_ 

• Website: hotflashhealth.com

Have someone fun or inspiring in mind for the podcast? 🎉 Contact us above or share your recommendation with us in the comments —we’d love to hear! 🎙️✨

🎉 Meet Our Fabulous Guest: Deb Rubin

In this episode of Hot Flash Health, Courtney Mamuscia welcomes guest Deb Rubin, a licensed clinical social worker and founder of The Mother-Daughter Journey. With over 20 years of experience in family dynamics and emotional health, Deb specializes in helping parents and teens navigate the messiness of growing up—together. Today, they dive into the emotional chaos that happens when moms are in menopause and daughters are entering puberty at the same time.

Deb shares practical tools for staying grounded, improving communication, and maintaining strong connections even when hormones are out of control. You'll learn how to talk to your kids about puberty, emotions, and body image without judgment or shame. They also explore the importance of emotional regulation, setting healthy boundaries, and embracing the power of repair after conflict.

🌟 Must-Listen Moments

Key highlights that you shouldn't miss:

• 3:04 - The Origin of The Mother-Daughter Journey

• 11:52 - How to Stay Regulated When Emotions Are Running High

• 23:07 - The Three H’s: Hug, Help, or Hear

  🤝 Connect with Deb 

• Website: https://www.debrubin.com/ 

• Instagram @ Motherdaughterjourney 

Connect with Hot Flash Health

• Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hot-flash-health4 

• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-flash-health/id1776707959

• Youtube: @HotFlashHealth

• Instagram @hotflashhealth 

• TikTok @hotflashhealth_ 

• Website: hotflashhealth.com

Have someone fun or inspiring in mind for the podcast? 🎉 Contact us above or share your recommendation with us in the comments —we’d love to hear! 🎙️✨

🎉 Meet Our Fabulous Guest: Rebeccah Silence

In today’s powerful episode, we’re joined by the incredible Rebeccah Silence—an award-winning author, media personality, and internationally recognized coach specializing in emotional healing, leadership, and self-worth. As the founder of Inspired Results and the creator of the Own Your Voice Society, Rebeccah has helped thousands of women break free from trauma, rewrite their inner narratives, and step into unshakable confidence.

But Rebeccah isn’t just a coach—she’s walked through the fire herself. From surviving an abusive marriage, to battling cancer while pregnant and being given a 5% chance to live, Rebeccah has lived through pain and emerged stronger than ever. Her story is raw, real, and beyond inspiring.

🌟 Must-Listen Moments

Key highlights that you shouldn't miss:

• 1:11 - Rebeccah’s Life-Changing Cancer Diagnosis

• 8:26  - The Adoption Journey: Mary Beth shares the emotional highs and uncertainties of fostering and adopting her son 

• 18:04 - Burnout Is Self-Betrayal

• Website: https://theunsilentwoman.com/ 

• Own Your Voice Society :  https://healwithrebeccah.com/sp/own-your-voice-the-unsilent-woman-society/ 

  🤝 Connect with Rebeccah

• Instagram: @rebeccahsulence and @theunsilentwoman 

Connect with Hot Flash Health

• Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hot-flash-health4 

• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-flash-health/id1776707959

• Youtube: @HotFlashHealth

• Instagram @hotflashhealth 

• TikTok @hotflashhealth_ 

• Website: hotflashhealth.com

Have someone fun or inspiring in mind for the podcast? 🎉 Contact us above or share your recommendation with us in the comments —we’d love to hear! 🎙️✨