Menopause Stories with Dr Tamara Beckford – Details, episodes & analysis

What happens when a "Fortune 150 beast" suddenly feels incapable of recalling a basic metric in the boardroom? In the debut episode of the Menopause Stories Podcast, Dr. Tamara Beckford sits down with leadership strategist and former aviation executive Delilah Bartlette.

Delilah opens up about leading high-visibility global initiatives while unknowingly navigating the physiological shifts of perimenopause. From an unexplainable frozen shoulder to the "brain fog" that threatened her professional brand, Delilah shares the reality of maintaining executive authority when your body stops following the playbook. This episode is a clinical audit of why high-achieving women must stop "powering through" and start architecting a strategy for their next 40 years.

1. The Stealth Symptom: Why an achy shoulder was the "Aha moment" that led Delilah to investigate her hormones.
2. The Boardroom Blank: Navigating the fear of losing "street cred" when brain fog hits during C-suite deliverables.
3. The "Old Person" Myth: Dismantling the lie that menopause is a 60+ issue and recognizing the 10-year perimenopause transition.
4. Medical Advocacy: Why your primary care doctor might tell you to "thug it out" and how to find specialized clinical support.
5. The Power Track: Delilah reveals the surprisingly honest song that describes her journey through the "Midlife Hijack."

Delilah Bartlette is the founder of Delilah Bartlette Leadership Solutions. With nearly 30 years in the aviation industry, she rose to the top 1% of a Fortune 150 company, leading groundbreaking corporate initiatives. Today, she uses her unique perspective to develop courageous, confident leaders.

1. Reclaim Your Edge: Secure your Menopause and Hormone Strategy Session with Dr. Tamara Beckford to receive a 30-minute clinical audit of your labs and the "medical language" needed to architect your roadmap to optimal performance.
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Money is a tool. Freedom is the goal. A plan is the bridge. Join us for a powerful conversation with Dr. Latifat Akintade, a board-certified gastroenterologist, founder of MoneyFitMD and The Money Coaching School for Women Physicians, bestselling author of The Power to Choose and Done With Broke, and host of the MoneyFitMD Podcast.

We will cover the mindset and mechanics that help women physicians achieve true financial freedom without losing wellness or identity. Learn how to create a simple money plan, pay off six-figure debt, grow your net worth, and invest with confidence. Discover how to align money choices with your values, career, and life.

About Dr. LatifatDr. Latifat Akintade trained at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine, completed Internal Medicine residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Hospital, and pursued Gastroenterology fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. She is board certified in Gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. As the visionary behind MoneyFitMD and The Money Coaching School for Women Physicians, she blends clinical expertise, money coaching, and life coaching to help women physicians build wealth without sacrificing wellness or identity. She is a sought after speaker, an Amazon bestselling author, a dynamic podcast host, and a proud mother of three daughters who loves great books, loud laughs, and ocean views.

What you will learn

• A step by step money plan for women physicians
  

• How to crush debt and build wealth with clarity
  

• Investing basics that reduce stress and boost confidence
  

• How to protect wellness while you grow your net worth
  

• The power of choice in career, family, and freedom

Learn more.

www.moneyfitmd.com

In this powerful episode of Dr. Tamara Beckford sits down with Dr. Tamara Huff, also known as The Lady Bone Doc, a trailblazing Black female orthopedic surgeon and founder of Vigeo Orthopedics. With only a small percentage of women—and even fewer women of color—in orthopedic surgery, Dr. Huff is a true unicorn in the field.

She shares her journey from fixing homes with her mom to performing surgeries with power tools, and how her passion for movement, equity, and access to care inspired her to launch a mission-driven practice serving underserved communities. You’ll learn how she’s:

• Tackling health disparities in orthopedic care

• Supporting hospitals in rural and urban areas

• Training practices to better serve diverse patient populations

• Promoting movement as medicine through the Movement is Life Caucus

• Educating patients through her engaging platform LadyBoneDoc.com

Plus, she gets real about self-care for doctors, her love for history, and how community programs can create ripple effects that change lives.

Whether you’re a healthcare professional, patient, or community advocate, this episode is packed with inspiration and practical insight.

📍 Listen now to hear how Dr. Huff is breaking barriers, building bridges, and helping people move—one joint at a time.

Discover the secrets to thriving as a faculty physician with Dr. Caylor!

If you work in academia, you don't want to miss this episode. 

Tonya L Caylor, MD, FAAFP is a family physician and an academic physician coach in Anchorage, Alaska with 23 years of clinical and academic practice. She is a certified coach who has earned her ICF ACC credential with additional training in Trauma Mitigation Coaching.

She owns and runs Joy in Family Medicine Coaching Services, ® which partners with family medicine residency programs to help residents and faculty to enjoy all of life and thrive in their chosen careers.

Connect with Dr. Caylor.

www.joyinfamilymedicine.com

www.joyinfamilymedicine.com/blog

https://www.facebook.com/joyfmcoaching/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonya-caylor-md-faafp-b74a04158/

Ever wanted to create your dream life but not sure how?

Join me for this fantastic conversation with Dr. Gray as she shares how she has created her dream life while practicing medicine.

Meet Dr. Weili Gray, a dreamer and physician who experienced burnout and now happily practices sleep medicine in Vermont's beautiful countryside. Dr. Weili Gray attended the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, followed by an Anesthesiology Residency and Sleep Medicine Fellowship at the University of Vermont Medical Center. With her husband and three kids, she crafts a dream life brimming with family adventures and extraordinary experiences.

Beyond practicing medicine at a rural critical access hospital, Dr. Gray founded Dare to Dream Physician, a community to empower fellow doctors to dream big and embrace life through travel. She's all about boosting physician wellness and speaks on multiple platforms, including her inspirational weekly podcast, "Dare to Dream Physician Travel."

Join Dr. Gray's mission to reclaim life for physicians, urging them to dream boldly, explore the world, and live life to the fullest. Hop aboard on this adventure of imagination and exploration!

Connect with Dr. Gray

DreamPhysician on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/dreamphysician/

Weili Gray MD on: LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/weili-gray-md/

This episode is for every woman who has experienced a menstrual cycle!

Tune in to this conversation for expert guidance and practical solutions to tackle heavy periods head-on with Dr. Wing.

Dr. Edward Wing is the founder and principal physician at Lifetime Women’s Health and Wellness Centers in Suffolk, Virginia. 

Dr. Wing provides general OB/GYN care and specializes in treating heavy menstrual bleeding.  Dr. Wing is from New York City. He went to school at SUNY Brooklyn. He completed his residency at Columbia University/Harlem Hospital Center.

Contact Dr. Wing

FB: @EdwardWing

IG@LWHHeavyBleedingClinic

Have you tried everything, but you’re still depressed? Don't miss this episode if this is you or someone you know.

I am excited to chat with Dr.Heeramun.

Dr. Vineka Heeramun is a dual board-certified Psychiatrist and internist who practices as an inpatient and outpatient in Utah.

She attended Medical school at Semmelweis University and completed a residency at SIU-Southern Illinois University.

She is also the founder and CEO of Joyful Horizon Psychiatry, where she specializes in cutting-edge treatments like Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for treatment-resistant depression, OCD, and anxiety and spravato (intranasal ketamine) for refractory depression and acute suicidality.

Her goal is to help patients feel joy and regain their lives by mastering their mental health.

IG/TikTok:joyfulhorizonjoyfulhorizon

How can your medical career prepare you to be an author?

I'm excited to chat with Dr. Purpura about his journey.

Joseph Purpura, MD, is an obstetrician-gynecologist, patient safety expert, and award-winning faculty member at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine.

Dr. Purpura earned his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh. He is board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

He received a master’s in Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality from Northwestern University’s Institute for Healthcare Studies.

He lives in Santa Barbara, CA.

Contact Dr. Purpura

https://twitter.com/Joseph_Purpura

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-purpura-md-ms-92755914/

https://codecrisisbook.com/

What if physicians had a digital identity wallet to store and share credentials? I'm excited to chat with Dr. Houston about this today and the future of healthcare.

Dr. Leah Houston graduated from Albany Medical College for Medical School and chose to stay at Albany to complete her training in Emergency Medicine.

She is the Founder of HPEC, an organization dedicated to empowering physicians through decentralized identity. Her primary focus is automating credentialing, enabling physicians to work and move freely.

In a rapidly growing healthcare sector with over 20 million employees in the US, Dr. Houston recognizes the increasing turnover faced by healthcare systems due to dissatisfaction.

With HPEC, physicians have control over their digitized and automatically verified credentials, allowing them to onboard, open, and build their private practices without the friction of currently available legacy-driven credentialing systems.

As a product founder, she is a nationally requested speaker and author on self-sovereign identity in healthcare. She also recently completed training in Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare through MIT, concluding in July 2023.

Connect with Dr. Houston

Website: https://www.hpec.io/

Website: https://www.evercred.com/

Linkedin

Personal https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahhoustonmd/

Radu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/radu-popovici-2ab47615/

Seth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-back-74566518/

HPEC https://www.linkedin.com/company/hpecid/

Evercred: https://www.linkedin.com/company/myevercred

Twitter

Personal https://twitter.com/LeahHoustonMD

HPEC https://twitter.com/HPECid

evercred https://twitter.com/evercred

Facebook

Personal https://www.facebook.com/LeahHoustonMD/

HPEC https://www.facebook.com/HPECid/

HPEC Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/2059985940890704/

Evercred: https://www.facebook.com/myevercred

Instagram

Personal https://www.instagram.com/leahhoustonmd/

HPEC https://www.instagram.com/hpecid/

Evecred: https://www.instagram.com/myevercred/

TikTok

Leah Houston, MD → https://www.tiktok.com/@leahhoustonmd

Angel List

HPEC: https://angel.co/company/hpec

Evercred: https://angel.co/company/evercred-1

Crunchbase

HPEC: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/hpec-a109

Evercred: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/evercred

Techmap

Personal: : https://www.thetechmap.com/Profile/82909

GitHub

Personal: https://github.com/DrHouston

Company: https://github.com/HPECid

YouTube Chanel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYPzarR2xdCsE4ncqybvcA

Have you ever wanted to get into research? I’m excited to talk with Dr. Onwuemene about why clinicians must be involved in research.

Toyosi Onwuemene, M.D. M.S. is an Associate Professor of Medicine-Hematology at Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Onwuemene obtained her MD from Duke University and a master’s in clinical investigation from Northwestern University.

She completed her Internal Medicine residency at Duke University Medical Center and Hematology/Oncology Fellowship training at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University. Dr. Onwuemene is a hematologist and clinician researcher who helps academic clinicians build research programs whether or not they have a research mentor.

Connect with Dr. Toyosi

Linked in - Toyosi Onwuemene

Facebook - Toyosi Onwuemene

Instagram- @ CoagCoach

YouTube - @ CoagCoach