Hey, it's Meredith. If you're a love letters fan, I recommend another podcast from the Boston Globe family. It's called Say More from Boston Globe Opinion. If you're exhausted by the news, like I am, but want to stay informed like I do, this is the podcast for you. Each episode, Globe columnist Shirley Leung, who's a friend of mine, talks to smart people around Boston and New England about news of the day and interesting ideas. They cover the best stories from the Boston Globe

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Hey there, it's Meredith. I've got a podcast recommendation that I think you'll really enjoy.

Embodied with journalist Anita Rao is a show about sex, relationships, and health that explores unexpected territory,

like a discussion on adaptive fashion that will make you rethink the

clothes in your closet, or a conversation with children's book authors who aim to shape how the next

generation thinks about their bodies. No matter the topic, you'll meet folks who aren't afraid to

question what we think we know about intimacy and who have some fascinating stories to share

about their relationships.

Find embodied wherever you get your podcasts.

As my women friends and I get older, we seem to fall into two categories.

One group is losing their hair. The other group, which I am in, is getting

hairier. I swear, I'll have one friend who's putting Rogaine on her eyebrows to make them stay

actual eyebrows. Meanwhile, I have so much hair all over my body that I could make a little

eyebrow wig for my eyebrowless friend.

This is happening, probably, because of paramenopause.

I don't know when I first heard the word paramenopause, but once I knew it, I noticed it everywhere.

Drew Barrymore would talk about it.

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