You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.

I am your host, Celine Yeager. Each week, I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers,

and other experts to help you feel and perform your best, no matter what your hormones are doing.

This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.

Hello, strong, feisty women.

So, this past week, I got two interesting messages.

One was from a physician who said she really enjoyed the show, but she was concerned that I was anti-hormone therapy, and she proceeded to tell me

the benefits that she sees and the women that she treats in her practice. The next day, a woman

from our feisty menopause membership reached out saying, well, it sounds like everyone is on menopause hormone therapy and she felt like she needed to figure out her own hormone plan.

And it's funny because neither of those things are actually true.

I am not at all anti-hormone therapy, nor am I on any hormone therapy, and I never have been.

And honestly, that might be why I don't talk about it spontaneously very much, because it's not

on my radar. It's not my firsthand lived experience. That said, I know it's extremely important

for many women, so I always want to be sure to address it when

it's appropriate. I also know there's a ton of confusion about it, even among medical practitioners.

And that's why I am thrilled to have doctors Avram Blooming and Carol Tavris, authors of

Estrogen Matters, on the show this week. Dr. Bluming and Carol Tavris, authors of Estrogen Matters, on the show this week.

Dr. Bluming is a medical oncologist and a former senior investigator for the National Cancer

Institute among many, many professional achievements and accolades. Dr. Tavris is a social

psychologist and a writer, and she has won numerous

awards for her writings about psychological science, skepticism, and gender equity. Their book,

Estrogen Matters, comes up a lot on this show, and I've had countless requests to have them on.

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