🎧 The Supplement Shift: 6 Essentials Every Midlife Woman Should Know | The Menowave Lounge

If you’ve ever stood in the supplement aisle wondering what actually works for menopause symptoms, this episode is for you.

Host Robin Duke sits down with Kimberly Marin, an acupuncture physician and registered dietitian, to explore the six supplements that truly support women in perimenopause and postmenopause — from brain fog and anxiety to gut health and energy.

Why magnesium might not be working for youHow to choose the right kind of Maca (yes, color matters!)
The underestimated supplement for inflammation, sleep, and focus
The connection between blood sugar, cortisol, and your mood
Gut health and hormone balance — what your body’s really asking for
B12, methylation, and midlife energy — decoded

Whether you’re overwhelmed by options or ready to optimize your regimen, Kimberly shares grounded, practical advice you can start using today.

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Feeling anxious, overstimulated, or just not yourself lately?
Menopause can bring emotional waves — but you don’t have to get swept away.

In this empowering conversation, holistic menopause strategist Jen Kunkel shares how simple somatic practices (like breathwork and grounding) can help you regulate your nervous system, ease anxiety, and reclaim emotional balance — even if meditation isn’t your thing.

🎧 Tune in for gentle tools to reconnect with your body, calm your mind, and feel like you again.

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Discover a soulful midlife ritual with Melanie Zimmer. Inspired by the 12 Sacred Nights, this 12-day journey helps women in menopause reconnect with their intuition, dreams, and desire — and set the tone for the year ahead.

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Blurry vision? Dry eyes? It might be menopause. Dr. Rani Banik explains how hormonal shifts impact your eyes — and how to protect your vision with food, lifestyle, and daily habits that support both eye and brain health.

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🎙️ Why is weight gain so common in menopause — even when you're doing everything right?

In this empowering two-part conversation, Dr. Kari Hamrick, a holistic functional dietitian, breaks down the role of GLP-1 — the “I’m full” hormone — and how shifting hormones, gut health, and stress impact weight, mood, and metabolism in midlife.

💡 What GLP-1 is and why it matters in menopause
🥗 How to boost it naturally with food and fiber
🔥 The connection between hot flashes, mood swings & gut health

Your body isn’t broken — it just needs a new kind of support.

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In this episode of The Menowave Lounge: Hot Flashes and Cool Conversations, host Robin Duke sits down with Coach Allie Theiss — board-certified sexologist, intimacy coach, and PhD candidate in Mind-Body Medicine — for a soulful and empowering conversation about intimacy, desire, and love in midlife.

💖 How can we reignite passion when our hormones shift?
📚 What does it mean to attract soulful connections in this season of life?
🎧 And how can we reclaim sensuality without shame?

Allie shares her personal journey, introduces her new book Soulful Connections, and opens the door to new ways of relating to love — through tenderness, truth, and her holistic SHE-BE-ME™ approach.

✨ Ready to tune into your own inner spark?

📝 Read full show notes here: https://menowave.org/2025/11/22/reignite-your-yes-a-conversation-with-allie-theiss/

Menopause doesn’t mean the end of your sensuality — it’s an invitation to rediscover it.

In this episode, intimacy coach Melanie Zimmer joins host Robin Duke to talk about how women in midlife can reconnect with their bodies, desires, and partners in deeper, more authentic ways. From breathwork to body image to redefining what intimacy really means, this conversation is a soft place to land.

💃 Practices to awaken sensuality (no pressure, no perfection)
🛏️ How to turn your bedroom into a sanctuary, not a stress zone
🎧 A free 10-minute ritual to help you unwind and reconnect

Your sensual self is still here — let’s bring her back, one soft breath at a time.

After 25 years on psychiatric medications, Bev Mackenzie began a powerful journey of tapering off — and coming home to herself. In this episode, she shares how nutrition, gut health, and nervous system healing helped her (and now her clients) break free from brain fog, burnout, and disconnection.

💊 Why 1 in 4 women over 40 are on meds — and what they’re not being told
🌿 How to taper safely, rebuild trust, and feel like you again
🧠 Food, nervous system regulation, and the “signal of safety” method

This conversation is a lifeline for any woman navigating mental health in midlife.