THIS MENO LIFE PODCAST
THIS MENO LIFE PODCAST
This Meno Life with Dr. Siân West
This Meno Life is the podcast for the woman who is too smart for the wellness internet and too symptomatic for the standard seven-minute appointment. New episodes weekly, short enough for school drop-off, dense enough to send to your sister.
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Two episodes to begin with: why this show exists, and what perimenopause actually is.
ABOUT THE PODCAST
Perimenopause arrives without an announcement. Night sweats, words that ghost you mid-sentence, a rage that arrives before you do.
You pay your copay. Your labs come back normal. You leave empty handed.
This Meno Life is a weekly show for women in perimenopause and menopause. I'm Dr. Siân West, board-certified OB-GYN and menopause specialist, and I spend my days on the questions a short appointment never reaches.
Hot flashes and broken sleep. Weight that arrived without a single change in your habits. Painful sex nobody warned you about. MHT, and what the evidence actually supports. Plus the rest of it: the mental load, the career still in progress, and being the one everyone needs.
What it isn't: a supplement pitch, a fear campaign, or a soft place to land.
Dismissal is not a diagnosis. Follow along so it's never yours.
I’VE GOT YOU WHEN IT COMES TO:
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Evidence-based explanations. No fear tactics, and no unnecessary jargon.
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Your symptoms are real. Not every symptom has one cause, and medicine can't promise perfect answers.
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You should understand your choices, informed by the evidence, your own risk and your preferences. Not every option is equally supported.
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What works, what doesn't, what's uncertain, and where the system falls short, with room for the real life of a woman in midlife.
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Want a menopause-trained clinician on your side? The TelePause offers online menopause and perimenopause care in Michigan.
Recent Episodes
Menopause Advice Online: How to Tell Good Information From Noise
Doctors disagree and influencers sound sure. OB-GYN Dr. Siân West explains why menopause advice online feels like a fight, and four questions to ask.
Nobody Was Taught This, and Nobody Owns It
Every test normal and still no answers? OB-GYN Dr. Siân West explains why menopause was never taught, why no specialty owns it, and what to ask.
My Doctor Won't Prescribe MHT: What Are Your Options?
Told no on hormone therapy? OB-GYN Dr. Siân West reads the real MHT contraindication list, names what isn't on it, and gives you four questions.
The Elephant in the Room: Why So Many of Us Feel Like Frauds
Why imposter syndrome returns in your 40s and 50s, how perimenopause brain fog feeds it, and what helps. With OB-GYN Dr. Siân West.
Why Men Get Viagra and Women Get Therapy Referrals
Viagra was approved in six months. The first drug for low desire in women came 17 years later. Dr. Siân West on the data behind the gap.
Feral, Not a Gentle Decline: The Hormone Truth About Perimenopause
Perimenopause isn't a slow decline. OB-GYN Dr. Siân West explains the hormone swings behind the symptoms and why one blood test often misses it.
Trailer | This Meno Life
Perimenopause arrives without an announcement. Night sweats, words that ghosted you mid-sentence, a rage that arrives before you do, jeans that betrayed you overnight, and a sex life that used to be uncomplicated and now requires a strategy meeting.
Why This Meno Life Exists
Dr. Siân West, OB-GYN and menopause specialist, on why being dismissed isn't the same as being fine, and why This Meno Life exists.