Dr. Stacy Sims

It's something that I'm really excited is coming into conversations now because three years ago, no one would say the word. I knew we had made it as women in society when the nightly news was talking about menopause. So let's go. I'm excited.

It's something that I'm really excited is coming into conversations now because three years ago, no one would say the word. I knew we had made it as women in society when the nightly news was talking about menopause. So let's go. I'm excited.

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Well, I know this guest, and she's very good at articulating, but also we have seen this upsurge of women like myself, my age group, put myself out there. We all grew up on the understanding that we were women, we were a little bit different from men, but no one told us about menopause. And now all of a sudden—

Well, I know this guest, and she's very good at articulating, but also we have seen this upsurge of women like myself, my age group, put myself out there. We all grew up on the understanding that we were women, we were a little bit different from men, but no one told us about menopause. And now all of a sudden—

there are these extreme changes that are going on and people are like, what's going on? And if I were to take a typical case scenario of a woman who's in her forties and goes to a doctor and goes, you know what? I can't sleep. I am trying to exercise, but I'm so tired. I can't do it. My body is changing and I just don't know what's going on.

there are these extreme changes that are going on and people are like, what's going on? And if I were to take a typical case scenario of a woman who's in her forties and goes to a doctor and goes, you know what? I can't sleep. I am trying to exercise, but I'm so tired. I can't do it. My body is changing and I just don't know what's going on.

The general response to her three years ago would have been, well, look, you're a woman in her 40s who's highly stressed. You have kids on one side. You have older parents on another. You're right in the middle of your career. You have a really busy life. Here's an SSRI for anxiety and depression. It's going to help you sleep.

The general response to her three years ago would have been, well, look, you're a woman in her 40s who's highly stressed. You have kids on one side. You have older parents on another. You're right in the middle of your career. You have a really busy life. Here's an SSRI for anxiety and depression. It's going to help you sleep.

But now with all the conversations that have been going on, a woman in her 40s will go to a GP and for the most part will be told, well, you're in your 40s, it might be perimenopause. And this is such a relief to so many women because they're not being gaslit anymore. They're not being told that what they're feeling isn't true. It's just something to do with stress.

But now with all the conversations that have been going on, a woman in her 40s will go to a GP and for the most part will be told, well, you're in your 40s, it might be perimenopause. And this is such a relief to so many women because they're not being gaslit anymore. They're not being told that what they're feeling isn't true. It's just something to do with stress.

Now they're being told, you know what? All your systems in your body are being affected because your sex hormones are changing. So remember puberty, when everything was changing and no one wants to live through puberty anymore? You're on the other side of that. You're in reverse puberty, where all of your hormones are starting to downregulate. So every system in your body is being affected.

Now they're being told, you know what? All your systems in your body are being affected because your sex hormones are changing. So remember puberty, when everything was changing and no one wants to live through puberty anymore? You're on the other side of that. You're in reverse puberty, where all of your hormones are starting to downregulate. So every system in your body is being affected.

Let's unpack it. Let's see what's going on. So when Mary Claire comes on and talks about menopause as an MD and talks about all the things that she's seeing in her clinic, women are like, that's me. Now I understand I'm not alone. And that's the power that's coming through all of these conversations and all of these groups like Naomi Watts Swell Group, right? They're talking about menopause.

Let's unpack it. Let's see what's going on. So when Mary Claire comes on and talks about menopause as an MD and talks about all the things that she's seeing in her clinic, women are like, that's me. Now I understand I'm not alone. And that's the power that's coming through all of these conversations and all of these groups like Naomi Watts Swell Group, right? They're talking about menopause.

So now women are listening and keying in and going, wait a second. There actually are things that are occurring to me and I can get information, which is why these podcasts are taking off because now women are like, I'm not just crazy. There are actually things happening to me and people understand that. Now, what can I do to help myself? Because it isn't being taught in med school.

So now women are listening and keying in and going, wait a second. There actually are things that are occurring to me and I can get information, which is why these podcasts are taking off because now women are like, I'm not just crazy. There are actually things happening to me and people understand that. Now, what can I do to help myself? Because it isn't being taught in med school.