Episode 463: Dr. Erika Schwartz: Why Your Doctor Is Wrong About Hormones and How HRT Actually Saves Lives

Habits and Hustle

Jen Cohen and Habit Nest

Education, Health & Fitness, Business, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship

4.4 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Are you being told hormones are dangerous while suffering through menopause symptoms? In this episode of the Habits and Hustle podcast, I sit down with hormone pioneer Dr. Erika Schwartz, who reveals why the 2002 Women's Health Initiative study destroyed women's health for decades. We explore how 7 million women were wrongly taken off hormones overnight, why your gynecologist still fears HRT, and the difference between bioidentical and synthetic hormones. Dr. Schwartz explains why pellets are dangerous, shares her daily supplement stack, and reveals how to find the right hormone doctor when the medical system has failed you. Dr. Erika Schwartz is a board-certified internist and hormone expert with over 30 years of experience. She's the author of "Don't Let Your Doctor Kill You" and became the leading hormone authority after her book "The Hormone Solution" hit #2 on Amazon the same year the flawed hormone study was published. What We Discuss: (06:50) Debunking Myths About Hormone Replacement (14:25) Navigating the Broken Medical System (19:20) Optimizing Health Through Hormone Replacement (35:56) Foundation of Hormones and Supplements (47:59) The Dark Truth About Medical Insurance (52:48) Exploring Supplements for Health (01:06:24) Empowering Women in Healthcare …and more! Thank you to our sponsors: Momentous: Shop this link and use code Jen for 20% off Therasage: Head over to therasage.com and use code Be Bold for 15% off TruNiagen: Head over to truniagen.com and use code HUSTLE20 to get $20 off any purchase over $100. Magic Mind: Head over to www.magicmind.com/jen and use code Jen at checkout. Bio.me: Link to daily prebiotic fiber here, code Jennifer20 for 20% off. David: Buy 4, get the 5th free at davidprotein.com/habitsandhustle. Find more from Jen: Website: https://www.jennifercohen.com/ Instagram: @therealjencohen Books: https://www.jennifercohen.com/books Speaking: https://www.jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagement Find more from Dr. Erika Schwartz: Website: https://drerika.com/ Books: https://drerika.com/publications/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drerikaschwartz/

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0:00.0	Hi guys, it's Tony Robbins. You're listening to Habits and Hustle. Crush it.
0:07.2	All right, you guys, you're in for- You need hormones. Everybody needs hormones.
0:11.3	Everybody needs hormones. Well, if you guys haven't guessed it yet, we have a hormone doctor on the podcast
0:16.6	today, but not just any hormone doctor. This woman, Dr. Erica Schwartz, is the OG of hormones. I know now it's like super
0:26.0	trendy and everyone's talking about hormones and HRT. This lady was doing it way before it was
0:33.4	popular and, you know, trending on, you know, Instagram and TikTok. And so I am so happy to have
0:41.0	her in the studio today. So Erica or doctor, how do I call it? Erica, I can call you Erica. I think I know
0:46.5	you. I know. We are. It's such a pleasure to be here. I cannot tell you how excited I am to
0:51.3	be with you. I'm excited to have you here. I can't believe I'm here with you.
0:55.0	Well, what's so interesting.
0:56.2	Of all the things, right?
0:58.1	Tell them.
0:58.7	So I met Erica probably like 25 years ago through a mutual friend named Tammy,
1:05.4	who at the time was working at Extra TV.
1:08.1	Right.
1:08.8	And her and I became fast friends, me and Tammy, and Tammy was doing
1:13.4	all sorts of things called, she was doing a show called Life Changers. Do you remember this?
1:18.0	I was supposed to be one of the main life changers. We did this pilot that they were incubating.
1:24.6	So I did that and then they, it was me and two other guys. Right.
1:28.8	Okay. Remember? And, and then I remember they wanted me to read teleprompter. And I remember
1:35.5	taking a ride and going to Santa Monica and saying, you know what? I don't want to read a teleprompter.
1:42.5	I can't do that. Right. It's not for you.
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