What mendopause reveals is the harvest of our lifestyle to that point. And including our red thread

or motherline. So our female ancestral trauma that we inherit whether we want to or not will often

play out in a rite of passage. It's an honour and a privilege to age. And here we are in this

culture that's doing everything, encouraging everybody to do everything

they can to avoid aging.

And we probably can't ride the journey of menopause without modifying our lives in the same

way that you can't give birth to a baby and mother it without modifying your life.

Hairy menopause and menopause are often framed as a problem to fix,

and the conversation quickly collapses into a single question, HRT or not.

But women's bodies are rarely that simple.

In this episode, Jane Hardwick,Collins and I explore a more expansive and grounded approach to the menopause transition. Rather than asking

whether hormones are the right answer for everyone, we look at a deeper question. How can we support

the complex physiological process the body is already moving through?

Our conversation examines the growing tendency to position H.R.T. as a universal solution for perimenopause symptoms,

and how that pattern echoes earlier chapters in women's health care.

When the pill was prescribed for nearly every hormonal concern or when medical intervention

became the default in birth. This is not an anti-HRT conversation. It's an invitation to widen

the lens. We talk about the many systems that influence the menopause transition and why supporting

the body's foundations can be just as important as the hormonal conversation itself. For some women,

hormone replacement therapy may become a meaningful part of their path. For others, it may not.

But reducing the entire transition to a single intervention risks overlooking the complexity

and intelligence of the female body. Just as we've begun shifting the conversation around

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