What No One Ever Told Us About Menopause

The goop Podcast

Goop, Inc. and Audacy

Society & Culture, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The goop Podcast, Gwyneth sits down with Dr. Mary Claire Haver—board-certified OB-GYN, certified menopause practitioner, and author of The New Menopause—to reshape the conversation around menopause. For too long, menopause has been misunderstood, leaving many women feeling unprepared and unheard. Dr. Haver is working to change that. She breaks down what we should have been taught about menopause, the real story on hormone therapy, and why this phase of life is still so overlooked in medical education. She also shares practical ways to support our bodies—through nutrition, sleep, and muscle health—so we can feel our best. She also opens up about her own experience: why she left traditional OB-GYN to focus solely on menopause, the six key shifts that have made the biggest difference for her patients, and how prioritizing herself has changed everything—her confidence, her relationships, and even her sex life. Menopause isn’t something we just have to get through—it’s a transition worth understanding and an opportunity to take ownership of our health in a whole new way. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	When you are pioneering anything or introducing new ideas to the culture, you get criticized.
0:09.0	You do?
0:10.0	Yeah. Did you hear about that?
0:12.0	I didn't find the one. I found someone I respected and we made it the one.
0:17.0	In a sort of longing kind of view of love, people understand each other as if by magic.
0:22.4	Nothing in itself is addictive on one hand. And in the hand, everything could be addictive if
0:27.2	there's an emptiness in that person that needs to be filled. I now know that nobody changes
0:32.5	until they change their energy. And when you change your energy, you change your life.
0:38.1	I'm Gwyneth Peltro. This is the Goop Podcast, bringing together thought leaders, culture
0:44.4	changers, creatives, founders and CEOs, scientists, doctors, healers and seekers. Here to start
0:51.6	conversations, because simply asking questions and listening has the
0:55.9	power to change the way we see the world.
0:58.7	Here we go.
1:01.5	Welcome back to the Goop Podcast.
1:04.0	Today I'm sitting down with Dr. Mary Claire Haver, a board certified OBGYN and certified
1:10.2	menopause practitioner who has been at the forefront of
1:12.9	reshaping the conversation around menopause. You may know her as the author of the new menopause
1:19.0	or from her incredible work helping women better understand this transition and take proactive
1:24.3	control of their health during this time. There's still so much misinformation when it comes to menopause, from hormone therapy myths
1:31.6	to the misconception that it's all in our head.
1:34.9	It's not.
1:36.2	Dr. Haver has been instrumental in changing this narrative, giving women the tools they need
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