The Truth About Menopause: Hormones, Aging & What Doctors Don’t Tell You
Over 50 & Flourishing with Dominique Sachse
Dear Media
4.6 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
In today’s episode, Dominique welcomes back her brilliant friend and menopause educator, Dr. Barbara Taylor (aka Menopause Taylor), for a deeply insightful conversation on how women can win at menopause with confidence, clarity, and knowledge.
Dr. Barbara shares the journey that led her to become one of the most trusted voices on menopause on YouTube—and how a 2016 conversation with Dominique helped launch it all. They dive into her new book, How to Win at Menopause, and break down the myths, fears, and facts about hormone replacement therapy, symptom management, and why it’s never too late to advocate for your body. Dr. Barbara also answers listener questions submitted by the audience.
Whether you’re navigating perimenopause, postmenopause, or just want to feel informed, this conversation is for you.
In this episode, Dominique and Dr. Barbara discuss:
- How Dominique encouraged Dr. Barbara to launch her YouTube channel back in 2016
- Why most women are misinformed or unprepared for menopause
- How Dr. Barbara’s teaching style helps women understand and apply complex information
- The real risks—and benefits—of hormone therapy
- What every woman should know about heart health, bone density, and brain aging
- How to find a provider who will listen and partner with you
- What questions to ask your doctor to manage menopause your way
- Why menopause education matters more than ever
For more on Dr. Barbara Taylor follow her on:
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSJItwa6IVPGxUVfTHKbwLg
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/menopausetaylor/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/menopausetaylor?success=1#
- Her Website: https://menopausetaylor.me/
- Her newest book, How to Win at Menopause: https://a.co/d/a6B9Aq2
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a Dear Media production. |
| 0:14.6 | Today's guest is not only a medical expert. |
| 0:17.4 | She is also a longtime friend. |
| 0:19.7 | Dr. Barbara Taylor, or as many of you know, |
| 0:22.2 | Menopause Taylor, has spent 20 years as a gynecologist and a surgeon before dedicating her |
| 0:27.9 | life to educating women on all things, menopause. She is smart, funny, and incredibly |
| 0:33.6 | passionate about helping women understand their bodies, breaking down complex medical |
| 0:38.3 | information to help you manage your menopause. And she's got a brand new ebook out called How to |
| 0:44.1 | Win at Menopause. And in today's conversation, we're diving into it and we're even answering |
| 0:49.1 | your top questions. So let's go. |
| 1:03.8 | Welcome back, my dearest, sweetest, most intelligent, insightful, funny, witty, adorable human friend. Barbie, I just love you. I love you. And I love our conversations off air. I love our conversations on air. |
| 1:13.6 | I just, you know, you're such an amazing woman. And anybody who's met you through me has come back to me and told me so. What a gift you are and just what a joy you are. So thank you for coming back. You're back for a reason, and I alluded to that in the introduction to you. You've got a new book out. We're going to talk about that. But welcome, my sweet friend. And thanks for staying up late. You're the reason I'm here. You're the reason I do this. Well, you got me started. Let's talk about yesteryear, shall we? Okay, so this was even before I had a podcast. |
| 1:46.1 | You were on my YouTube channel and we checked. It was July of 2016 and it was the first conversation |
| 1:53.3 | I had ever had publicly about menopause. You know, all the menopause talk, I hadn't seen. It wasn't out |
| 2:00.6 | there. It wasn't out there to the extent that it is today. |
| 2:04.0 | Gratefully, there are so many leaders and champions in this space now. Hallelujah, praise the Lord. |
| 2:09.1 | But I remember, and let's just play a little clip of when you and I had that chat from 2016. |
| 2:14.8 | This is Dr. Barbie Taylor. And first of all, I adore this woman so. She is a long-time friend. |
| 2:22.1 | The biggest problem with menopause is that most of the resources are biased. So there's |
| 2:28.7 | resources that encourage you to use hormones and resources that encourage you to use other things, |
| 2:33.7 | but there are |
| 2:34.5 | very few sources, hardly anything that just teaches you everything you need to know and |
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