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I'm Dr. Kelly Casperson, board certified gerologist, author, and a leading voice in women's sexual and hormone health.

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Hey, everybody. Welcome back to the You Are Not Broken podcast. Today, we are doing a Ishwish 2026 review that is the topic of this. I'm also live on Instagram for people who are in the moment. Hi, welcome to 2026. Busy. Things are happening. Not as crazy as 2025. That was nuts. But happy to be in 2026 and setting the year off right. I've been to Los Angeles and the surrounding Los Angeles area three times so far in 2026, which is a bit above average.

But direct flights would be nice, Bellingham Airport.

So before we go into the Ishwish Annual Meeting, 26, I'm going to do some housekeeping things you guys need to know.

So much of my podcasts are me interviewing people

that I really love, like me just riffing and answering questions and like to get you guys

all caught up on the happenings. So we're going to run through some housekeeping items first.

First of all, Ishwish Annual Meeting, 27 is going to be in February, 27, and it's going to be in Vancouver, Canada, which is fantastic. So I'm

obviously there because I live in the Pacific Northwest, and it's an easy drive for me. And I think you

guys should come too. So for people who've never been to Ishwish, two things to consider. First

of all, people who don't know Ishwish is the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health, started by a urologist, fantastic organization, very multidisciplinary. And like, you go there and like women's testosterone is normalized. Like, you don't have to explain yourself. You're not fringy. You're not weird. You don't have to justify yourself. You just know. You're surrounded by people who know that female dose testosterone is a thing. And women's orgasms are important. Like, you don't have to explain yourself, which is refreshing. So for people who are interested, if you're new to the whole, like, I want to know more about female sexual health, et cetera, et cetera. I would recommend their fall

course, which is usually held in Arizona. It's usually in November. That is a didactic

classroom style. They have hands-on vulvar exams. That's your intro to do. The annual meeting is more

like research, what's new in the field, thought leadership, what's up and coming.

That said, if you can't make it to Arizona for the fall course, the beginning, so like the day,

eight to two days before the ishwish meeting is like intro stuff. So it's like intro to female

sexual health. I think they did hormones this year. So they do like intro stuff. So it's like intro to female sexual health. I think they

did hormones this year. So they do have intro sessions for people who kind of want to get the baseline

because otherwise you're kind of thrown into like academic style language. And if you don't

understand the nuts and bolts and the bread and butter first, it might be a little like, how is this

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