Precision Menopause Care: The Right Hormones for the Right Goals with Lauren Streicher, MD (Episode 248)

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Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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We asked for your big questions on hormone therapy–and an avalanche ensued! This week, after 5+ years of Hit Play Not Pause, we’re doing a level set on hormone therapy. This week’s guest, nationally-recognized menopause expert Lauren Streicher, MD, digs into hormone therapy research, what it tells us and what it doesn't, why formulations matter, perimenopause versus postmenopause therapy, the cardiovascular implications of hot flashes, why hormone therapy needs to be personalized, and how every woman should approach her own care.

Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. Dr. Streicher is a Certified Menopause Practitioner of The Menopause Society, serves on the Editorial Board of the journal Menopause, and is a Senior Research Fellow for the Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. She is a Fellow in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and The International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health. She is also a best-selling author and the host of two podcasts.

Resources:

Dr. Streicher’s Substack: Menopause: The Inside Info

Learn more about her and her work at www.drstreicher.com

Podcasts:

Menopause, Midlife and More Podcast.

COME AGAIN Sexuality and Orgasm

Books:

The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy

Sex Rx: Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever.

Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina

Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist’s Guide to Turning Down the Heat

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0:00.0	If you've listened to this show for more than, oh, a minute, you know that I am a huge proponent of strength training,
0:06.0	especially lifting heavy for strength, power, and resilience as we go through midlife and menopause
0:11.3	when age and our hormones make all of that harder to hang on to.
0:14.9	So I am super stoked that I am getting to be part of Feisty 40 Plus's strong retreat this November 14th through the 16th in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
0:25.6	This retreat is designed specifically for women 40 and over and is 100% devoted to building a strong foundation that will support you for the rest of your life.
0:34.6	Led by Feisty favorite strength coach Cass Neiman, and me, Celine.
0:39.0	The retreat will give you all the fundamentals you need with hands-on coaching and small group
0:43.0	feedback.
0:43.9	You'll get tutorials on mobility and movement prep, learn how to do all the big lifts, and be privy
0:49.2	to a special pelvic floor session, and actually just have a really great time bonding and learning with like-minded
0:55.5	women. No egos, no competition, no body judgment, just solid strength training, real confidence
1:01.4	in a community of feisty women who lift heavy shit and lift each other up while they do it. Whether
1:06.5	you're new to strength training or you're looking to fine-tune your form, investing in a weekend like this can really fast track your progress, boost your confidence, and help you train smarter
1:16.1	for years to come. Click that link in the show notes. Come join me and get strong this fall.
1:36.3	You are listening to Hit Play Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.
1:41.8	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 you best,
1:45.1	no matter what your hormones are doing. This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
1:53.0	Hello, strong feisty women. I hope you all are well. So a few weeks ago, I asked you for your
2:00.0	big questions on hormone therapy in the Hip, Play,
2:02.9	not Pause, private Facebook group. And an avalanche ensued. And we could start a designated
2:09.7	podcast on hormone therapy and still not properly answer each and every one. And that's because,
2:16.9	as you'll hear all about this week,
	...

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