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Hello Hormones with Dr. Carrie Jones
30 episodes
74: Dr. Terri DeNeui: What Testosterone Has to Do With Mood, Brain Health, and Aging in Women
Ep 74 · Aug 11, 2026 · 60 min
Most women are taught to associate testosterone with libido and muscle. So when they begin feeling depressed, anxious, emotionally flat, unmotivated, forgetful, or unlike themselves, testosterone may never enter the conversation. In this episode of Hello Hormones, I am talking with Dr. Terri DeNeui about why this hormone has a much bigger role in women's health than most of us were taught. We get into the relationship between testosterone and mood, what Dr. DeNeui found during her doctoral resea…
73: Can You Manage Perimenopause and Menopause 100% Naturally?
Ep 73 · Aug 7, 2026 · 26 min
Only a small percentage of women use hormone therapy during perimenopause and menopause. Some cannot take it, some do not want it, and others simply want additional support alongside it. But when someone says she wants to manage menopause "naturally," what does that actually mean, and which options are genuinely worth considering? For this episode of Hello Hormones, I searched through thousands of women's comments, messages, and conversations to find the strategies they repeatedly said made a di…
72: Solo Q&A: The Truth About Herbs for Perimenopause and Menopause
Ep 72 · Aug 4, 2026 · 27 min
Hot flashes, poor sleep, mood changes, irregular cycles, and lower stress tolerance can make women over 40 feel like their hormones changed overnight. That is often when the search for a "natural" solution begins, but herbs are not commonly used to replace the estrogen and progesterone declining during perimenopause and menopause. So what can they actually do? In this solo Q&A, I am answering the questions midlife women keep asking. Are there herbs that may help with low-estrogen symptoms and ho…
71: Zora Benhamou: What Women Around the World are Experiencing in Perimenopause: Symptoms, Stigma, and What Actually Helps
Jul 28, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
Have you ever heard that women in other countries do not struggle with menopause the way women in North America do? Or that menopause is somehow easier in certain cultures because women do not talk about it as much? In this episode of Hello Hormones, I'm talking with Zora Benhamou about what women around the world are actually saying when someone finally asks them. We get into why menopause is global, but the way women experience it, talk about it, and get support can look very different dependi…
70: Oxytocin: The Hormone Women Over 40 Are Sleeping On
Jul 24, 2026 · 24 min
Have you been thinking about estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, or cortisol, but still feel like something is missing? Maybe you feel anxious, disconnected, burned out, emotionally flat, in pain, stuck in food noise, struggling with libido, or like your body cannot fully shift out of fight-or-flight even when you are doing so many of the "right" things. In this episode of Hello Hormones, I'm breaking down why oxytocin is a hormone we may be completely sleeping on, especially for women over 40…
69: Ben Azadi: Why Women Over 40 Struggle to Lose Belly Fat
Ep 69 · Jul 21, 2026 · 54 min
If you have been eating well, moving your body, doing what you were told, and your belly fat still will not budge, this episode is going to explain why. So many women hit their 40s and suddenly feel like their body changed the rules. The same foods, workouts, and routines that used to work no longer feel like enough, and the advice to eat less or work harder only leaves them more frustrated. Today, we are getting into what is really happening behind stubborn midlife weight gain, especially when…
68: Dr. Beth Westie: The Right Order to Heal Your Hormones
Jul 14, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min
If you have been doing "all the right things" for your hormones and still do not feel better, this episode is for you. Maybe you tried a detox, added supplements, cleaned up your diet, worked on your gut, or followed the protocol that helped your friend. Not knowing that if your body is depleted, inflamed, or not ready for that next step, doing more can actually keep you stuck. In this episode of Hello Hormones, we talk about why the order you heal in matters more than the protocol itself. We ge…
67: The Midlife Itch: Why Everything Feels Dry and Itchy in Midlife
Jul 10, 2026 · 22 min
Have you hit midlife and suddenly everything feels dry, itchy, or irritated in places that make no sense? Your inner ears itch. Your shins itch. Your scalp itches. Your eyes feel dry and scratchy. Your back has that one spot you cannot reach. Even your private areas may feel itchy when there is no obvious infection, rash, or clear reason why. In this episode of Hello Hormones, I'm breaking down why this may not be solved by more lotion, more water, or another steroid cream. As estradiol and prog…
66: Dr. Lorne Brown: A Chinese Medicine Approach to Perimenopause
Jul 7, 2026 · 56 min
If you are in perimenopause wondering why you suddenly cannot handle the same life, stress, schedule, or people you used to manage, this episode will give you a completely different way to look at your symptoms. We are taught to blame every hot flash, rage spiral, night sweat, brain fog moment, and 2 a.m. wake-up on hormones alone, but Chinese medicine sees those symptoms as messages about the body's resilience, adaptability, and ability to move through change. We dive deeper into this in the He…
65: Wendy Strgar: The Vaginal Microbiome: Why BV, Yeast, Odor, and Painful Sex Keep Coming Back
Jun 30, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min
Most women have heard about the gut microbiome, oral microbiome, and skin microbiome. But the vaginal microbiome is still treated like an awkward side conversation, even though it can affect infections, odor, irritation, dryness, painful sex, pH, arousal, and the way women feel in their own bodies. And that's where so many women get stuck. They know something feels off, but the answer they get is usually the same: it must be yeast, BV, dryness, hygiene, age, or stress. Then the symptoms come bac…
64: Perimenopausal Rage: Why Your Anger Feels Louder in Perimenopause
Ep 64 · Jun 26, 2026 · 17 min
Depression and anxiety? Yeah, those get all the research and all the press. But nobody wants to talk about the simmering, seething rage that is just under the surface. The anger that comes out of nowhere. The irritation that is 10 times more than you expected. The feeling of I wish somebody would, because you are ready to pop right off. And the worst part is that most women going through it think they are the only one. I dug into the Reddit boards for this one and found hundreds and hundreds of…
63: Louann Brizendine : The Brain-Hormone Conversation Every Woman Needs Before Menopause
Jun 23, 2026 · 47 min
Brain fog, low libido, poor sleep, and suddenly having zero patience for the things you used to tolerate are usually treated like separate problems. Or worse, women are told it is just stress, aging, or "normal." But what if a lot of those symptoms are not random? What if they are starting in your brain? In this episode of Hello Hormones, I sit down with Dr. Louann Brizendine to talk about what actually happens to the female brain during perimenopause and menopause. We kick things off with the b…
62: Helmut Schmutz: The Histamine-Hormone Link on Why Your Body Feels Allergic to Everything in Perimenopause
Jun 16, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min
Histamine is all over social media right now, and for good reason. Women are taking over-the-counter antihistamines and noticing that their PMS, PMDD, sleep, allergy symptoms, and perimenopause symptoms are improving. But that also brings up the bigger question: why would something we usually associate with allergies have anything to do with hormones? In this episode of Hello Hormones, I'm talking about the hormone-histamine connection and the gut enzyme most people are still not talking about:…
61: Low Estrogen Symptoms You Didn't Know Were Connected to Your Hormones
Jun 12, 2026 · 13 min
Skipped periods, hot flashes, brain fog, joint pain, dry everything, and yes, even itchy ears. These are the symptoms women are told to chalk up to stress or aging, when the real story is often a drop in estrogen that nobody bothered to investigate. I dive deeper into this in the latest episode of Hello Hormones, where I walk through the 10 warning signs of low estrogen every woman should know. I also talk about why estrogen impacts everything from your sleep and mood to your gut, your gums, and…
60: Dr. Melissa Sonners: Why Women In Perimenopause Need To "Rebrand Self-Care"
Jun 9, 2026 · 57 min
Women in midlife are told their burnout is a willpower problem. That if they just set better boundaries, did the morning routine, booked the massage, and stopped saying yes to everything, they would feel better. But what almost no one is talking about is that your nervous system is the master control of every hormone in your body, and by the time women hit perimenopause, that system has been stuck in "pedal-to-the-metal mode" for years. In the latest episode of Hello Hormones, I sit down with Dr…
59: Dr. Amie Hornaman: Why Your "Normal" Thyroid Labs Are Not Telling You Everything
Jun 2, 2026 · 57 min
The test most doctors use to check your thyroid is not even a thyroid hormone. TSH is a brain hormone, and relying on it alone is how so many women end up with "normal" labs while they feel completely awful. It is a gap that causes most women to never get the full picture of the status of their thyroid. You can be eating clean, working out, doing all the right things, and still gain weight, lose hair, and feel a crushing fatigue that no amount of caffeine can fix. And too often, women are told i…
58: 5 Signs Your Cortisol Is Out of Control (That Nobody Talks About)
May 29, 2026 · 10 min
Cortisol always gets a bad reputation online, but here's the thing: it's not the villain. It's actually essential for your stress response, blood sugar, sleep-wake cycle, and even keeping inflammation in check. The problem isn't cortisol itself. It's what happens when it stays chronically elevated, and your body starts sending signals you've probably been brushing off as "just stress" or "just getting older." In this solo episode, I'll walk you through the five warning signs of chronic high cort…
57: Q&A: Your HRT Questions Finally Answered (The Stuff Your Doctor Glossed Over)
May 26, 2026 · 33 min
Every cell in your body has hormone receptors, which means when your hormones are off, nothing works the way it should. And yet, hormone replacement therapy remains one of the most misunderstood and under-explained topics in women's health. The confusion isn't your fault. A lot of it traces back to one study from 2002 that scared an entire generation of doctors away from prescribing hormones, and the ripple effects are still being felt today. In this solo episode of Hello Hormones, Dr. Carrie is…
56: Connie Zack (Co-Founder of Sunlighten): What Infrared Saunas Actually Do for Perimenopausal Hormones
Ep 56 · May 19, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
Did you know that the heat in your sauna might not even be the most important part? Most women hear "sauna" and think of sweating buckets, longevity bros, and biohackers. But there is actually a whole spectrum of light energy happening inside an infrared sauna that is doing the real work, and it has a lot to do with your hormones. In this episode of Hello Hormones, I sit down with Connie Zack, co-founder of Sunlighten and one of the original pioneers of the infrared sauna industry. With over 25…
55: Why Progesterone Is a Bigger Deal Than You Think
Ep 55 · May 15, 2026 · 7 min
Progesterone is one of those hormones that gets mentioned everywhere but explained almost nowhere, and that gap is costing women a lot. What most women don't know is that progesterone isn't just a fertility hormone. You have progesterone receptors from the top of your head to the bottom of your feet, which means when levels start to drop, the effects show up everywhere. We're talking worse PMS, heavier periods, anxiety that seems to come out of nowhere, and that lovely 1am wake-up where your bra…
54: Barbara Birke: What No One Tells You About Muscle Loss, Hormones & Strength Training After 40
Ep 54 · May 12, 2026 · 51 min
Did you know that the muscle you are losing right now is doing a lot more than changing how you look in the mirror? It is quietly running your metabolism, regulating your blood sugar, protecting your bones, and most women have absolutely no idea. You can be eating well, doing cardio five days a week, and still feel squishier, weaker, and completely frustrated that nothing seems to be working. And it starts earlier than most women realize. In this episode of Hello Hormones, I sit down with Barbar…
53: Andrea Donsky: Phantom Smells, Fatigue, and the Weird Symptoms of Perimenopause
Ep 53 · May 5, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min
When it comes to menopause symptoms, the first thing that comes to mind is hot flashes. But did you know it didn't make it to the top 10 most common symptoms of menopause based on Andrea Donsky's research and surveys? In fact, 9 out of the top 10 are brain and mental health related, think fatigue, brain fog, anxiety, and memory lapses, and most women have been brushing them off as "just life." In this episode of Hello Hormones, I sit down with my friend Andrea Donsky, Registered Holistic Nutriti…
52: Cynthia Thurlow: Why Bloating, Brain Fog & Itchiness Are All Tied To The Gut
Apr 28, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
Did you know your gut and your hormones are not two separate conversations? They are the same conversation, and most women in perimenopause are only being handed half the story. You can be doing all the right things, the protein, the workouts, the supplements, even hormone replacement therapy, and still feel bloated, foggy, exhausted, itchy in weird places, and like your body is suddenly working against you. The missing piece for so many women is the gut. In this episode of Hello Hormones, I sit…
51: Why Nobody Told You Testosterone Was This Important
Ep 51 · Apr 21, 2026 · 23 min
Testosterone is one of the most abundant hormones in a woman's body. Yet it is one of the least talked about, least tested, and most misunderstood. Women make testosterone in three different places, use it for everything from bone density to brain health, and can lose it at any age. Not just in menopause. And most doctors are still not checking for it. In this episode of Hello Hormones, I break down everything you actually need to know about testosterone, where it comes from, what it does, how t…
50: Dr. Shivani Gupta: What is 'Inflammaging' & How Ayurveda Explains What's Really Happening in Menopause
Ep 47 · Apr 14, 2026 · 57 min
Did you know that most of the symptoms women are told to just "manage" during perimenopause and menopause, the brain fog, the anxiety, the weight that won't move, the sleep that won't come, were actually mapped out and explained by Ayurvedic medicine over 5,000 years ago? And it's not just explained but addressed with specific tools, specific foods, specific rituals, and a personalized framework built around your body type that modern science is now catching up to prove. Most women in midlife ar…
7 Surprising Things You Didn't Know Are Signs of Perimenopause
Apr 7, 2026 · 23 min
Did you know that perimenopause can manifest beyond the common symptoms we know like hot flashes? To pique my curiosity about what you are experiencing when you detect you're in perimenopause, I ran a poll and the answers are nothing short of surprising. When estrogen and progesterone start shifting in perimenopause, the effects don't stay neatly in one place. They show up in other parts of your body often all at once, often mistaken as another symptom of another health condition. In the new epi…
Dr. Mamina Turegano: Perimenopause Skin + Hair Problems? When Your Labs Are Normal But Your Skin and Hair Aren't
Ep 48 · Mar 31, 2026 · 52 min
Did you know that women who wore foundation consistently throughout their lives may have accidentally been protecting their skin from brown spots and hyperpigmentation all along? That fun fact is only one of the things Dr. Mamina would like to share with every woman going through the drastic changes during perimenopause and menopause. Because most of what women experience during this transition, the dryness, the breakouts, the thinning hair, the products that suddenly stop working, isn't random.…
Struggling With Hair Loss: The 4 Causes You Need To Know!
Mar 24, 2026 · 24 min
Hair loss rarely starts at the scalp. Most of the time, the signal started months earlier somewhere else in the body. One day your hair looks normal, and the next you notice more strands in the shower, thinning at the temples, or shedding all over your clothes and bathroom floor. Suddenly your hairbrush looks a little more dramatic than usual. In this Hello Hormones episode, we break down the hidden hormone imbalance behind hair thinning, the 3-4 month stress delay most women don't realize can t…
Rachel Frankenthal: Evidence and Safety in Hormone Therapy After Gynecologic Cancer
Ep 46 · Mar 17, 2026 · 56 min
You get diagnosed with gynecologic cancer and the focus turns to surgery and chemo, while no one mentions your hormones just fell off a cliff. Your ovaries are removed or radiated, you are thrown into instant menopause, and survivorship starts the day you hear the word cancer. In this episode of Hello Hormones with Rachel Frankenthal, we unpack what no one explains at diagnosis: who can safely use hormone therapy, what induced menopause under 45 means for long term health, and why the HPV vaccin…
The Truth About Estrogen Detox: Don't Make This Mistake
Ep 45 · Mar 10, 2026 · 29 min
Estrogen doesn't just float around your body forever. If it doesn't exit on time, though, things can get messy. Heavy periods, PMS, bloating, bad sleep after one glass of wine, or feeling worse on a "hormone balancing" supplement can all trace back to how efficiently you're clearing it. In this Hello Hormones episode, we break down how estrogen is cleared from the body, why constipation can clog up its exit ramp, and how jumping straight to DIM might backfire if your estrogen tank is already run…
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