TPP 498: A Conversation with Dr. Mary Claire Haver About Perimenopause
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What is the focus of today’s episode and who is the guest?
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I'm Debbie Reaver, and this is Full Tilt Parenting. Today's episode has a definite, very special episode energy. It's a brief departure from our regularly scheduled programming because we're going to be talking about perimenopause, a phase so many women move through without nearly enough information, preparation, or support. And I'm so excited to be bringing onto the show Dr. Mary Claire Haver. She's a board-certified OBG. Y N, certified menopause practitioner, and New York Times bestselling author of The New Menopause. Her newest book just came out today as this episode is released. It's called The New Paramenopause, an evidence-based guide to surviving the zone of chaos and feeling like yourself again.
Through her clinical work, the Galveston Diet, and her platform, The Pause Life, Dr. Mary Claire has become a leading voice and making menopause education practical, accessible, and grounded in science. Bringing Dr. Mary Claire on the show has been in the works for a while. Her book, The New Menopause, literally changed my life. And that's why it was so important for me to share her with all of you because, as you'll hear, getting through this time of life while also raising and supporting neurodivergent kids requires access to up-to-date, accurate information that can truly be life-changing and life-saving. This episode is a packed half-hour. Hour where we look at what's actually happening in the body and brain during parametopause, why early intervention, including hormone therapy, can make a real difference, and how gaps in medical training have left so many women feeling dismissed.
I really hope you find this content useful for whatever stage of your hormonal journey you're in. So let's get right to it. Here is Dr. Mary Claire Haver on the new Menopause. Hey Doctor Mary Claire, welcome to the podcast. Hi, thanks for having me. I'm so excited. I've been wanting to get you on my show for so long because I want to share the incredible work that you're doing for women. And I work with mostly moms who are struggling, parenting their neurodivergent kids, but also in this time of life. I know your story. I've been following your work for a really long time, even before the new menopause since the Galveston diet. And so I kind of know your origin story for the work that you're doing in the world.
But would you take a few minutes for listeners who aren't familiar with you to talk about how you came to be doing this work.
I'm a medical doctor in the United States. I did my residency in obstetrics and gynecology, and I worked at a large academic institution for about twenty years. I really didn't realize how important menopause really is to long-term health and how much women were really suffering until I was aging along with my patients. You know, I got out and practice, I'm having babies, my patients are having babies and we're all kind of growing up together. And I was lucky that I lived in a small town with a big university. And so everybody was my patient, right? Like the PhDs, the nurses, my friends.
How did Dr. Mary Claire Haver become a leading voice on menopause?
And so I'm seeing these patterns develop in these women that I work out with, go to church with, run half marathons with and Everyone was really struggling with this new weight gain in their midsection. It's a little bit vain, but like that's kind of like what got my attention was I started gaining weight, my friends were gaining weight, my patients were all gaining weight. And I was like, wait a minute. I know them. I know their lifestyles. I know this can't be right. They're not sitting up eating bonbons every night, you know. And all the conventional wisdom had taught me and medical school had taught me is this is a morality problem.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the focus of today’s episode and who is the guest?
0:00–3:30
2
How did Dr. Mary Claire Haver become a leading voice on menopause?
3:30–10:36
3
What sparked Dr. Haver’s deep dive into weight gain and inflammation during menopause?
10:36–24:24
4
How does Dr. Haver define perimenopause and why is it called the “zone of chaos”?
24:24–28:36
Speakers
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